TUE S?MTEIl WATCIEHAX, Est a
CONSOLIDATED AEG. 2,1
HARDING 1
PLAYINi !
POUTKS:
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Using Bonus Legisla-j
tion For the Purpose'
of Putting ?grieul-j
ture Bloc in a Hole
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By Wallace Bassford +
(Special News Correspondent).
Washington, Feh. 2S.?It is ^row-]
ing into a settled belief- among j
those who watch und study the;
mystifying moves of big politics j
that the president's utterances on j
the bomis constitute a reflection j
of his desire to defeat the propo-j
sition and to let the blame rest on ;
the farm bloc, which he looks up- j
on as l>elng the evil genius of his j
administration. It is believed that j
he would like to place rhese men ?
in a hole from which they might j
never be able to extricate them-j
selves. When he gave it ou3 that \
he <ilJ. not favor bonus legislation j
unless the mercy cotfhl be raised j
by a sales tax. he knew that the;
farm bloc is on record as strongly j
opposed to such a tax. Thus Hard - j
ills' "passes the buck" to those!
gentlemen and at the same time j
throws ia sop to his Wall Street j
friends who want a sales tax to
eventually take the place of taxes
and surtaxes on incomes. In the
same breath he tells the soldier he
would like to see him get a bonus
?-bui throws an obstacle in the!
way.
It is. more than suspected that !
the president would like to see ai
lot of members of his own party'j
fall outside the breastworks in the
coming- election fight. There are
so many Republicans in the house
senate, that he cant handle
them, and if any fall he would pre
fer that they bo members of the;
farm bloc in both house and sen
ate. Of course it is well known
that the Democrats are getting to-:
gether a most militant organization
for the purpose of causing an ut
ter disappearance of this unwieldy
condition. One of the big Repub
licans toid a newspaper man the
other day that the leaders of his
party were hopeful that .the ma
jority of 160 in the house could be
reduced to 30 or 4(? without start-j
ing. an avalanche rlw*t- wordd wipe;
out the majority completely. They
would like to have a congress that!
could be controlled by a few iead-j
ers, but it is a dangerous time to
<ry the tactics thonght of. As far
as impartial observers can see at
this rime, the slaughter among' Re
publicans of both house and senate
will bo great, but that the farm
bloc will suffer the least. The
Democrats say the Republicans arc
in for th? worst trimming they
have had in 30 years.
While addressing the.League of
Republican clubs in Washington
last Saturday the president made
a damaging display of his Tory
ism. Only those who read wide
Ty and keep close observation are
aware of the extent of Harding's
reactionary tendenclis. Sonn- who
read this will recall that he was
one of the few public men who;
condoned the action of a little!
group in the Baltimore convention
of 1S12 who withheld the nomina
tion from Champ Clark after he
had received a majority of votes
and after he had shown in the- i>ri- ?
maries that he was the choice of
the voters. Harding showed then;
that he believed In bosses handl
ing and controlling conventions. He;
was always a bitter anti-Roosevelt
man and always opposed Teddy,
who believed in the-people and the
primary. He condoned the action
of the convention thai nominated j
Taft when everyone knew the
masses of the party wanted "Roose
velt. Students of politics under-1
.stand that an infallible test of aj
public man's attitude on the great
principles of government is found |
in the nominating method which
he favors. Those who believe in j
progressive democracy condemn :
the oJd convention system with all
its manipulation. trickery and j
fraud. President Harding takes j
his stand with those who still be-]
lieve in the bossism of a few lead- I
ers. who dictate policies am' can
didates. 113 tne address mentioned !
the president said: "I would rather j
trust the declaration of a party,
expressing the coa&i jenoe of its J
membership in representative i
convention, looking forward tu a I
successful appeal to the conscience j
and' convictions of the country, j
than I would to the ephemeral
whims of passing moments in pub
He life. I wish I dared - -1 WILL
sal it - I CRAY 10 the return of in
tclligent conventions. 1 had rather
have men appeal for popular sup
port on the pronouncements of
party conventions, urterag their
convictions, than to have the ap
peal of tin- individual tor Iiis par
ticular locality."
Of course the president had a
reason for distaste for primaries
he submitted his candidacy to Un
people in the primaries and trot
turned down, but a few bosses, in a
hotel room, made him president
of the United States. But he has
raised an issue that is full of dyna
mite. People romembe* XaPt's re
marks about "the whims of tie
majority" and "the gusty passions
Of the mbb/" Much water has gone
over the wheel since then- -a great
war Lms been fought and won by
the people of this country, but
there are those who remember thai
those expressions did a vast deal
Wished April, 1S50.
881._
TAX EXTENSION
WAS VETOED !
BY GOVERNOR!
. !
Gov. Cooper Bases His!
Objections to Meas-j
lire on Constitution-!
al Grounds j
' i
Columbia, JFeb. 2S.?Governor
Cooper will probably tonight or to
morrow send to the general assem- j
bly a veto message on two nets j
which, have passed both branches
of the legslafure. One of these!
will veto the tax-postponement act j
and the other will, if sent, which -is
considered certain., veto the act to!
enlarge the hoard of trustees of the,
University of*South Carolina from!
seven to twenty-one members.
There is considerate interest inl
the outcome of those nets. The
governors opposition to the tax!
postponement measure is that I. in
volves points that -are in viola-!
tion of the constitution. One of j
these is the provision that the post- J
ponemenv of lax paying shall not j
interfere with a man's voting in !
the ]'J22 elections. The governor'
says this would tie up the elections j
and would be wholly contrary to j
the plain provisions of the constl- j
tution. j
Lat?-r? the governor sent to the
legislature his veto of the tax post- j
ponement measure.
The governor opposes the tru*>-j
tee bill on the ground that a board j
of'twenty-one members would be'
unv ieldy: that it would be prae
liealh impossible to get a quorum I
for any meeting. Proponents of I
the act point out in answer to this
that the hoard of twenty-one would
delegate to an executive committee
of about Seyen the routine business
of the board. They also point out
that twenty-one men of the state
handling the affairs of the Univer
sity would enlarge the circle of its
supporters and tend to strengthen
its hold on the people of the state.
BONUS STILL
IN DOUBT
Washington, Feb. 2S.?House
ways and means committee Re
publicans spent three hours today
trying to reconcile their differences
over the soldiers' bonus but with
out success. After they had ad
journed until tomorrow, Chariman
Fordney announced that he had
been "authorized to say that the
committee haS arrived at no con
clusion."
It was understood that there
was a general discussion of the
whole question of finances, acri
monious at times, and that at the
finish the situation was just where
it was before the special sub-com
mittee tentatively agreed upon a
special tax program which subse
quently was disapproved by Presi
dent Harding.
The discussion today was report
ed to have revolved largely around
the proposition to write into the
bill some kind of a fihanciing pro
vision that would meet the pres
dent's views at least half way. The
sales tax suggested by the presi
dent and rejected by the special
committee last week by an over
whelming vote was not pressed par
ticularly, it was said, and the im
pression went out that some mem
bers had in mind a special tax pro
gram.
Hanford MacXider, national com
mander of the American legion.
.'?nd John Thomas Taylor, vice
chairman of the legion's legislative
committee, discussed the bonus
situation with President Harding
at the White House today. They
said afterwards that they were
"perfectly satisfied" with the re
sults of the conference and express
ed confidence that there would he
no delay in the enactment of the
adjusted compensation legislation.
They added that the president was
"heart and soul with the legisla
tion." and understood his position
fully.
Tokio. March 1?The navy de
partment orders to stop construc
tion work on eight capital ships on
four dock yards as the result of the
Washington agreement will throw
twenty-five thousand men out of
employment, according to 111?- As
ahi. Sonic of the ships are nearly
completed.
Milwaukee. March I?Five men
held up and robbed William Ornis
by. the payroll clerk or the Palm
olive company of nineteen thousand
dollars today while alighting from
a taxi cab :it Ihe company's plant.
The bandits escaped.
Ralejgh, X. C. March : Gover
nor Morrison has granted a thirty
day respite to Wright House, an
aged neuro who is under death sen
fence for the murder of William
Whit !'?>-. a Walstonhnru nu-chaiH .
in the work of putting Taft out of
the White House. Millions siiil
believe that Our government de
rives its just powers from the con
sent of the gov? rood, a nd t Ivy
don't propose i<> permanently dele
gate those powers to a few bosses
in a hotel room some blocks from
the convention ha!!.
The president's remarks are pan
and parcel of the plan <u the Ue
publican bosses to destroy the pri
mary system, but tiie people an
against them and Hardmg's
speech is ;i monkey wrench in the
machinery, tossed there in a mo
ment of exuberance.
"Be Just j?u<l Fear '
LEGISLATURE
STRUGGLING
WITHJAXES
Senate Has Hydro
Electric Tax Bill Be
fore It For Second
Time?House Voted
Against MeGhee In
come Tax
Columbia. March L?-The hydro
electric tax bill went on the sen
ate calendar today for the second
time during: this session of the
general assembly, thus putting it
squarely up to the upper branch
of the assembly to lake a second
thought and act again on a meas
ure that is said to be aimed at
bringing relief to the small taxpay
er. The senate debated long and
killed hard this bill once this ses
sion. Tim house passed it. the sec
ond time, however, and sent i: back
to the senate. The hill was passed
on third reading in the house Tues
day night without ;i dissenting
voice.
There is said to have been a
change of heart in the senate in
i
regard to the tax reform measures,
and it is likely that this hill will
pass now". In addition to this bill
there is Olle more Vet LO be Voted
on by the senate, the luxury lax
bill. The senate is expected to kill
this.
The house last night voted
again also the Sirnnuholf hill to re-:
quire men to present certificates of
health before being grante<l mar
riage licenses. This hill was pass
ed by the house last year, bin was
killed this year by the senate. It
now goes t<? the senate for another
trial.
The house Tuesday night V(;!ed
non-ooncurivnce in the MeGhee
income tax bill, and this measure
has gone to free conference. The
MeGhee bill provided an income tax
approximating twenty-five per cent
of the federal mx. The original
house hill, passed las: year, pro
vided a lax of about fifty per
cent of the federal schedule.
The house voted concurrence in
the movie tax hill, a measure to
tax moving picture theaters accord
ing to a scale graduating with the
population of ihe towns.
Representative Barhett intro
duced a resolution to require lite
stale tax commission ami the at
torney general in look into tin
street car situation in Columbia,
with a view to ascertaining wheth
er or not the company is operat
ing at a loss and to ascertain
what authority the state has t?> re
quire the company to operate its
cars. The cats have been idle for
nearly two weeks, due io a strike
of car men. and the city council of
Columbia claims that it has no au
thority, the company's franchise
being granted hy act of the state
legislat ure.
Columbia. March I.?The sen
ate last night overrode Governor
Cooper's veto of the tax postpone
ment resolution. The vote against
the governor was to The sen
ate heard a long debate in which,
the governor v.as scored strong for
his stand. The senators "did not
mince words to Condemning the
governor for his position. They
disagreed the idea ih.it the state's
credit would he hurl. The govern
or vetoed the resolution on the
ground thai the postponement
would cripple the state financially
and injure iis credit and also that
the clause to allow citizens to vote
regardless Of delayed taxes would
be in violation of the constitu
tion and would ruin the elections
this year.
Columbia. .March !. Ry an
Overwhelming "aye" the house of
representatives adopted and sent
to the senate the concurrent reso
lution by Representative W. ! >.
Harm!:, of Columbia- to require
the state ia\ commission and Ihe
attorney general to look into the
matte;- of the financial -tains of the
Columbia Railway. Gas & Flectrie
company's street railway depart
ment and to ascertain what au
thority the legislature has in the
present street car strike situation
in Columbia,.
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LOW INTEREST
RATE SECURED
Greenwood. Feb. 1'x. - For the
first lime in live history of Cr-< u
wood county. the annual >?nunty
loan has been awarded lb a hank
outside of the <it\ <.r Greenwood.
th<- flank of Ninety-Six having been
the lowest hhhh r on I he loan for
the coming fiscal year. The Rank
of Nmct\ Six offered io loan the
< oi:nt\ SX?.uO? ai one-ior:\ seven?b
of I per cent., or a total of S17.<?2.
Fifty thousand of this amount v.a
for school purposes and will < n
able schools of t!:>- counl> to ran
(heir normal terms, even with re
duced collections of la: es. a< cording
t" T. K. Dorn. eoonr> superintend
en: oi educatio;)
FORCED MAN TO
DRINK POISON
Nashville. March !. .1. K. Stout.
In. John V'en'ivss. .less Savo.Iy,
Tom and Ivi'tiest Uyrd. < barged with
intent to eominii murder in forcing
W. .1. Fuhher to drink laudanum
were found guilty b\ a jur> I Oda)
The sentene-j carries from Lhr< .
twenty years.
Vot?lx*t all the ends Thou Aims"I ai
Sumler, S. C, Saturday,
RAILROAD
j POLICY IS
CHANGED
[New Federal Railroad
I Law Effective To-!
day. Six Per Cent;
Guarantee is With-;
drawn and No More!
j Loans To Be Made j
j \Vashington. March I -Two ?hr-.j
portart! changes in ihe government ?
policy Inwards the nation's railroads:
became effective today. The sec-!
Lion of the transportation act fix-!
ing a six per cent ret urn which I In
roans are entitled to earn under]
the Interstate Commerce (.tornmis-j
i.-jsion regulations expired as did the'
i period during which the roads un- j
der fed<-nil control during the war;
I are entitled i<? ask the government!
for loans for aid to continue opor
aiions after the return to private'
management. The six per cent re- j
turns is superseded by the regit la - ;
tions r< quiring the Commerce Com- !
mission to make rates to give the I
roads :i reasonable return on the
value of property used in trans
portation:
$32,000,000
SUGGESTED
FOR SUBSIDY
-
Pres. Harding' Comes:
Out Strongly in Fa-!
vor of Government j
Aid to Private Cor
porations
[ Harding in addressing congress on
the administration's plan for go.v
(ernment aid to the American mer-i
t bant marine, declared the influ
ence of the United States in world's
Councils was sure to be measured
Ibv the standard of the nation's mer-?
chant marine. Me urged the re-,
turn of the merchant marine io
I private enterprise with the gov-|
lernmeni's aid and estimated thirty
j two million dollars annually. Au-!
jthorizati n for induction of marine
: personnels into the naval reserve;
|and the requirement that not over
I fifty per cent of immigrants be
}'transported in foreign ships. He
j also advocated an amendment to
'the interstate commerce aci to
j permit railways to own and oper
Iate steamships other than coast-1
j wise, and to allow preferential rail;
and steamship rates on through j
shipments on American vessels.:
? He emphasized the importance of
Ithe merchant marine because of
[suspended naval construction.
j COTTON FIRE
AT HARTSVILLEj
-
1 inrtsville. Feb. L'S.- -The ware
I house of Rouse. Reynolds & Howe,
containing approximately I .OOP
[bales of cotton, was discovered on,
fire ai :?:"(> o'clock tonijrhi om] iu-:
idications late tonighl are lhai the
Warehouse and its store of cotton
will he totally destroyed.
The blaze has proven a stubborn
one and was beyond com rid almost.
before the firemen had au oppor
tunity to effectively eombai it.'
I The cotton !i;:<! evidently been j
j burning for some time-before the;
j lire was discovered and ;i rather-;
[high wind has multiplied the dif-J
i ticuTfies of the firemen in their ef-j
I fort to si cm : he t tde.
The origin of the lire is unknown.!
! The warehouse, which was origin-j
[ally constructed as ;i tobacco ware-1
house, had been converted into a
j Cotton storehouse by the addition !
j of a t:.i covering and was cousid-i
I cred fairly safe. Wot knien, l. av
ring the biiililiug at .*? o'clock, saw
j no evidence of " "0 and no one is
j known to have neon inside the
[..warehouse het-w.con thai time and j
j :>:.:-i o'clock When Live blaze was
1 discovered. ?
I Some of the cotton :i!! of which ;
! appears |o be certain of destruction
I was purchased at or near the top
j ?prices, while of I he |.H?H h.ilesl
I are ai leasi partially covered l>\
insn in pee.
N. Y. PRESSMEN
STRIKE ENDED
New York. M;irch I Tim con
tto\.i. \ between the publishers of
daily newspapers and the web
pressmen's union Over arbitration
award of Federal Judge Martin T
Maaron. e.nood today. Don (*. Seitz.
ioana?;cr of the New York World.
;> ni.in < d a ft er a pn hlishers' tin el
in;;.
AMERICANS USE 1
TELEPHONES
New York. M.irch t The Ame?> !
lean people exceeded all others in
the ii. e ?if modern appliances \..:s'
demonstrated in llie annual report i
"t t he American Tele pi e and I
Telegraph Company issued today.
This country has two thud:. u.i the
world's telephones.
! he thy Country's, T!iy God's and I
March 4, 1922
aitm
A
Princess Mary, Only:
Daughter of King!
George Becomes the!
Wife of Viscount]
Lascelles
London. Tvh. 28.? Princess Mary. .
only .daughter of King George and!
Queen Mary, was married today
to Viscount l.nscelles. with all the
pomp and dignity befitting a royal
wedding. The ceremony began in
Westminster Abbey ;.i 11:30 and
soon thereafter the couple were
pronounced man and wife, while
ijhe chimes of Westminster rang
Out the happy message, and vast
cjrouds gave tumultuous greetings.
The honeymoon special is p re
pa. n <l to leave for Shifnall. Shrop
shire, i o'clock this afternoon.
\ rviris. Marcii 1.?The allies are
esci^cted to refer the whole ernes-i
tum of German reparations to she
reparations commission for a de-;
cision after the meeting of the
finance ministers here on March
Judge lanms
to play ball
1
Famous Chicago Fed
eral Judge Will G i ve
Ail His Time to Big
Leagues
ci
ueagrt.
With a tear in
his eye. but ao unfaltering step.
Renesaw Mountain I Hindis today
walked from the federal building
a private citizen after 17 years as
federal judge. Starting tomorrow,
the fatuous jurist, who recently re
signed, will devote his time to the
position of baseball commissioner.
Judge 1-audis swung through the,
first part e,:' his final day on the
bench in characteristic fashion,
disp. sing of nearly a dozen cases
in the typically Landis manner
which once caused a convicted
1.tlegger. to refer t>> him as "that
white haired hellcat in ledern!,
court." and a pardoned youth to
term him the "whitest guy that
ever talked to a. fellow." lie fined
one man cue cent for tax dodging
because, he said. "You've tried u
be square," and slapped a $5.0001
fine <>n the man's partner because;
he "hadn't played fair."
hi the afternoon the judg-- sar in
his chamber amid the debris of his,
departure, watching his personal;
effects being carted away. Busts|
of Lincoln, of Gresham, former
secretary of state under whom the]
judge served as secretary, pictures
of famous persons, the propeller oi
the airplane his son Reed flew in i
the war, a clock from his boyhood
Indiana home and dozens of other j
mementoes surrounded him during:
the informal reception of hundreds
of visitors.
It was in this surrounding that!
the air of the government official j
was swept away and tears tricked
down the chocks not only of the
judge i>::i of several of .his v?>hors.;!
persons from all stages of life <ume
to clasp his hand. Rank presi
dents and society leaders mingled j
with laborers and occasionally a
former prisoner with whom the <
judge had been lenient. The judge,
show ed the greatest emotion v'hett;
reporters presented htm with a
signed testimony wishing him Inck.i
riving he was "taking the life of;
the Joint away." and that tlvty I
would always remember him as an j
??honest to God man and a judge j
with the right kind of backbone." j
Alter reading it the judge swung!
his big chair around so the report- i
ers could not see him and when he!
turmd Pack five minutes later hist
cheeks and eyes glistened with I
tears. T!'e last person to lud fare-1
well to Judge Landis was Joe Ruck-j
ner, bailiff in the judge's tirsi coat-;. '
Rucknor h it his bed. where he wns
confined with pneumonia, to jour-j
ney through a snow storm for the J
farewell. |
The judge took his own muffler,
pul ii on Ruckner and rushed him
a w a y.
Judge Landis w ill leave in about
ten days for a lour of the Southern
mi j r league training i-nmpS he
sail.
STTB-COMMITTEE
IS APPOINTED
Waslvtogron. March i. A special i
.- ii I .con i mi 11 ee to work out rn.!
dier (?onus plan which would not
eatai! a heavy draft on the treas
ury within the next two years has
been appointed by the house ways i
and means committee. The 1 ;l!
will pi Oha hl\ be ? Omplel ed in a
few days and immediately repo rt -
. d. h is e\p. c:?.d a small de
mand for cash will be a feature.
Xew Vork, March I 1'welye
more Stock brokers have been in
dicted by the supreme court in
connection with tin- bucket shop'
investigation by the gi
grand jury.
null's."
TOO MUCH
POWER FOR i
COMMISSION
Senate Wants to Get
Act From Governorj
Cooper? New Body:
Would Re Able to
Regulate E v e r y
? Public Utility in the
State !
Columbia, .March i.?a peculiar
situation developed in the senate!
jusi before midnight tonight during
the debate on the public service!
commission bill wheu if w as dis-i
covered that the act providing fori
the new consolidated public ser- '?
Mee bill contained large supervisory
and regulatory powers over every j
public utility operating in South;
i ar. Una. both as !.> rates and ser
vice.
The matter was referred to by
Senator Wat kins in his speech op
posing the public service bill ami
In- c.'aimed that the measure will
be necessary in view of the j
amendment i?> the railroad commis
sion bill. " i
Senators Mcfihee. lionham and
others claimed that they, did not
know ,.f the amendment when they
voted fee concurrence in the house
amendments, otherwise there would
have been a free conference com
mittee. After considerable discus-j
j; >H. during which Senator Boriham
moved t?> adjourn debate on the I
public service bill until the other
matte;- could bo disposed of, it was
decided that it will take a concur-1
rent resolution to get the measure,
out of the hands of the governor,'
v?ho has not signed it yet. for pos- !
sible amendment in the senate. The'
bill was ratified as an act this
morning.
T.ie amendment over which a'
storm was raised was introduced in
the house by W. I). Barnett of'
liichland. February 22. and adopt-'
ed by [he house. It reads:
"The railroad commission is here-!
by vested with power and jurisdic
tion to supervise and regulate the
rates and service of every public i
utility in this state and to file sucll
iusr and^oasonable standards, das- !
siii?aUons. - regulations, practices
and measurements of service to h*)
furnished, imposed or observed and ;
followed by every public utility in
this slaie."
The bill providing for the mow-*?
and duties of the public t?*.?v**?
commission was debated througB*;
out the winde session of the sen
ate tonight. The bill was intro
duced and passed by the house la*i;
session. It seeks to giw the public
service commission authority to j
adjust and make equitable rates to
iie charged by power companies, j
An amendment was offered to.
make the provisions applicable to
the newly created railroad commis
sion with which the public service
commission has been combined tin- '
der the act recently passed by the <
legislature. Senator Miller foster
ed the bill and made a strong ap-j
peal for it. Senators Pearce and
f^i.ne.v also spoke In favor of the;
bill. Senators Hart. McGhce. S'oung j
ami Moise spoke in opposition to I
the hill. Senator MoColl wanted
an amendment inserted to exempt
electric power plants which are
owned and controlled by munici-j
paliiics. _ j
The serato tonight received the
concurrent resolution from the
house calling for an Investigation
of the si reel car strike in Colum-j
bin. On objection consideration,
went over until tomorrow.
Senator Welte tonight introduced :
a joint resolution providing for an
extension of time for the payments
of >a.xos in arrears.
The senate adjourned shortly af-?
tor midnight without reaching a I
vote on the bill under debate.
HOME OF GEN.
LEE BOUGHT
Cape May. X. .1.. March L -The j
former home of Oen. Bobert ?. Lee.
commander of the Confederate
army, was purchased today by
Leonard 11. Davis, president of
the Progressive league of this city.
Mr. Mavis announced thai he
would leave intact tin* war relies
and antiques in the old mansion.
!>nt would restore parts of the
building to conform with the ar
chitect are of the period in which
it was built more iimri lOrt years
:.go. The property was purchased
from the estate of the late Albert
A FAMILY MIX-UP
Maysville. Wy.. Mrach 2. - Two
divorce suits are pending in the
Mason comity court here because
? si! [vellum and bis nncint-in
(.?w. Mrs. Ad die (tallaghei*. ran off
together, according to petitions
tiie.i by Mrs. Itnii Gallagher Kei
tum, aged is. against her husband
and .lohn Gallagher, aged .">"..
against Iiis wife.
Washington. March ? A com
plete re organization of the naval
lesnv.-. .-loolishing the existing
naval or marine corps and estab-'
lishing .i nae.ii reserve as a com
pohent part of the navy, consist
ing of three classes. fleet, reserve.!
n a-ich am marine, naval reserve and
volunteer national reserve, is pro
posed in the tentative bill prepar
ed by the navy department.
THE TRUE SOn
TAXES ARE j
POSTPONED !
TO JUNE 1ST|
House Joins the Sen-;
ate in Overriding:'
Gov. Cooper's Vetoj
Extension to June
1st With a Heavy
Pen alt v
Columbia, March i'.?The house]
of representatives voted, as did the]
senate, to override the veto of iho
governor on Tie', resolution to post
pone the payment of taxes, and j
yet the postponement of taxes is I
not expected to injure the state's j
financial condition to any great|
extent, due to the heavy penalties
imposed.
The vote of the house to override
the governor's veto was 7:? to D.
The vote was debated at some;
length in the house Wednesday
night. Representatives Bucking- I
ham. Walling. Evans and Bryson I
spoke against the veto, alleging
that the state's credit would not be
ruined by the resolution, and that j
the times demanded this relief to
the taxpayers.
The penalties Imposed by the)
resolution as it passed both]
branches of the legislature and be
comes law, are as follows:
Taxes paid after March I, pen-]
alty .*; per cent.
Taxes paid after April I, penally
3 per cent.
Taxes paid after May 1, penalty
per cent.
Taxes paid after .June l, penalty
s per cent.
Executions are to bo issued for
all taxes paid after June I, with
execution cast fixed at $1, the
executions to be held by the sher
iff till September 1. The $1 exe
cution cost means that for a man
whose tax is small the penalty will
be much heavier titan the rate of
interest.. For instance, the penal
ties paid on $100 of taxes paid af
t?--r June 1 will he *D or li per cent.
The Simonhoff Bill.
The house of representatives,
after passing to third reacting
Tuesday night, the Simonhoff bill
to require medical certificates of
health its requisite for securing
marriage licenses. Wednesday night
voted to recommit i:. without any
debate which would mean death to
it. but after an appeal by Mr.
Simonhoff for a careful consider
ation of the measure, the house re
fused to put the clincher on 'he4
action to recommit, leaving the bill
with a still further chance at life.
.Vn excitable argument between
Messrs. Simohhoff and O'Rouko.
of the Charleston delegation, in
vvhich Mr. simonhoff declared that
he was a labor candidate and in
vvhich Mr. O'Rurke stated that he
was "not the product of labor," was!
cut short by the speaker, who
brought the house to laughter
when he declared that the wanted
1
to prevent another split in the i
Charleston delegation.
_+. & m>_ '
STRANGE CASE
IN GEORGIA
Tusealoosa. Ala., Feb. 2s.?The
state of Georgia today, through So
licitor General E. s. Taylor of
Rome, began its tight to extradite
George Nichols, who is alleged to
he Hiram Casey Nettles, held here,
in connection with tin- slaying of
Peter Mooney in Rome, Ga., ."it
years a^?>.
Nichols through his attorney j
stoutly denied that he is Nettles.]
declaring that he had never gone'
under any name except his own.;
which is Nichols.
Horace C. Alford. Birmingham I
attorney, empowered by Solicitor
: General Taylor to represent the
state in the ease, declared he
would produce witnesses from
Georgia to substantiate rhe allega
tion of Alabama and Georgia
n.sses thai Nichols and Nettles
are the same person.
It is understood that Nichols is j
prepared to introduce an array of
witnesses in an effort to suhstan-j
Rate his claim that he is not the j
man wanted in Honte.
Alford said ho was prepared to ]
show that the name Nichols was
assumed soon after the Rome kill-j
ing.
The alleged identification of
Nichols as Kettles came about!
through members of the man's!
family, according to George W. |
Favors. Birmingham attorney, who
1 signed the warrant for Nichols"!
arrest. The attorney said that:
Nichols and his second wife were.
divorced at Tusealoosa about a year!
ago, T!ii>. proceeding led to the
inquiry that resulted in Nichols*
arrest. At?-. Favors declared. Among.I
persons v ho gave information con-j
eerning the history of the Route j
case was Nichols' !S year old son.!
Hiram Nichols, a student at the 1
Aiaban a Boys" Industrial school at
En t Lake, according to the at-!
term v. < >ne other son. n\n daugh
ters and the divorced wife live in j
I iirmlnghn m.
Nichols has lived here for j
veai - and is said to l>e 7-" vears 1
MONUMENTS
IN EUROPE
Washington. Match 2. -The erec
tion of nine monuments in Europe;
to mark pi.tees of special interest j
in the service of the A. E. F. is
contemplated in the memorial ]
plans of the war department. I
rimOX, Kstablished ,|?me I, l.x??.
VOL. LIIL NO. (5
MYSTERY IS
PROBABLY
OLVED
Six Drug Peddlers Are
Caught in Raid on a
Los Angeles House
?Housekeeper Says
They Killed Movie
Man
Los Anselms. Feb. *S:?The
mystery of the murder of Willi.no
Desmond Taylor, film director, '"is
solved if the story tcid by Mr*.
John Tini?11 in connection with tha
arrest here today of six drug" ped
dlers is correct,? tonight deolartjd
Detective Sergt. Herman Cime, oh%
Of the police squad assigned to the
ea se.
When Sergt. Cline, head of the
police homicide squad, made this
statement Mrs. Hupp, who told the
police she had "kepi house" for the
men. had been rigidly .inc.-tripnod
by two detectives of the district at
torney's office. Officers said they,
would cheek up every detail of her
statement.
Another witness. new in thu
ease, and whose exact connection
with it. and whose name was not
made public officially, was taken
before District Attorney Wcolwine,
to whom he was said to have told
a "very important story." This wit
ness is called "Frenchy George*' by
the detectives, who decline farther
information.
"French George's" story, how
ever, was believed to relate to the
arrests of the si\ men. who were
accused of having sold drags and
liquor to motion picture actors ami
actresses and others in the Holly
wood district.
The six men in custoly wero
caught in a raid at .Mrs. liupp'r
home. They gave their names as
William East, thirty-six: Walter
Kirby. Diventy-three; .lohn Herkey,
twenty-live: Flay Lynch, twenty
six: George Calvert, twenty-live,
and Harry AmorKeim, twenty-sev
! en. Police were holding them in
[ communcado tonight.
! According to the police, Mrs.
Itupp directly charged two of the
men with the murder of Taylor.
[The oMieers -quoted her as saying
I Kirby and Calvert had made threats
j agt'hist Taylor in her house, assert -
: ing that the director had "injured
' their business." Snc declared they
showed nervousness the night of
February 1, when Taylor was mur
der* d: were away from her home
for a time early that night, and,
returning "stayed up all .nigh;."
I The police stated Kirby and
Calvert were no stranger.? :?> them:
Shortly before Taylor was .slain,
according to the police re tatement
.u* Mrs. rtupp's story, three ?>f the
??tx men returned to her h??me, and
t?ld her:
"Lie double-crossed us: wouldn't
pay !".->:? the bpoze we brought him.
We'll get the -. Were going
!?> kill him."
The name of the director was not
spoken, however, i; was stated.
Mrs. Hupp said she dismissed the
threat from her mind until tin- day
[after the murder. Then, she said,
while she and the two men were
at dinner, she suddenly cried out
in one of them:
? Von are the man who killed
Taylor."
"lie turned perfectly white, and
sagged in his chair." Mrs. Kupp
was quoted. "Then he said: 'Good
God. djhr.'t say that again.' Don't
[ever mention that again.'-"
**i never did," Mrs. Ruppi, was
! said to have continued^ "but dur
; ing the next two weeks, one man
; would frequently come running
i into the house and hide in his
j room, once >he said to me, "The
j hulls are after me. Help rne hide."
J Mrs. Iiupp was said :?? have
given the police the name of an
alleged bootlegger from whom the
j six nnm wen- reported to have ob
I rained the liquor they wore
charged with having sold. The o?
: licers were said to be searching
[ for this man.
The arrests today revived the
j theory 1.rough.! forward several
j times and as oft? n said to have
been discarded, tliat Taylor was
j slain because of his alleged activi
! ties a gains; a narcotic ring. L
i was even declared that the officers
had practically proved the director
oace engaged in a physical encoun
ter with a drug peddler he e?ughl
negotiating with, an ;;ctrer*s friend.^
A detective attached to the dis
trict attorney*!* otlice said otlleoxs
would pay another visit to M.tbel
Normaad. film actress, who is re
covering from what her physicians
announced as a severe attack of
influenza, ami nervous breakdown.
Los Angeles. March 1. -Further
questioning of the six alleged drug
peddlers and bootleggers as to
their knowledge of tin- Taylor mur
der is planned today b\ tin- police
and district attorney's office. The
arrest followed a quarrel between
one of them and their housckeep
? r. M rs. John Rupp.
FOUR DIE IN
ELECTRIC CHAIR
Xashville, March L- Charles Fe
nce. Tom Christmas, Otto Stevens
and John McGlure were electro
cuted in the state prison today f?r
the murder of George Lewis, at
Knoxville. May . 30th. last. The
men met death with a prayer on
iheir lips, except fetree. and ail
going to the chair calmly.