The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 22, 1922, Image 1

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E THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Estt lt CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,3 BONKS TAX ON COMMON _PE0PLE President Harding Proposes to Raise Billions For Bonus by Tax on Sales Washington, Feh. IC?Pay the soldiers* bon?s with a general sales tax or postpone the legislation, was President Harding's advice to day to congress. Chairman Fordney of the house ways and means committee and Mc Cumber of the state finance com mittee said they did not think the bonus would be postponed, but were silent as to a sales tax. Leaders of the agricultural bloc were outspoken, however, against r this tax and threatened to counter with a program which -vould in clude reenactraent of the excess profits and high income surtaxes and an increase in inheritance and some othe? such taxes^ This plan also was favored by some Demo cratic leaders. Proponents of a sales tax pro feased to be confident that be x cause, of the strong desire in both . the house and setzte to put through the bonus-bill at this ses sion a majority of the members would come to accept this levy rath er than see the bonus program de bated. - / Pending farther reaction from the country there seemed to be a disposition on all sides *o move slowly. The president?* letter ad dressed to Representative' Fordney was read at a joint meeting of Republican members-of the house and senate committees dealing with the bonus question, who agreed af ter s6m"e\ discussion to leave the matter hv the hands of the major ity members of the house com mittee. In suggesting a general sales tax as "the only commendable plan" of raising funds^ Mr. Hard ing'said he believed the American people would accept such a levy for 1 this purpose, adding that it would distribute the .cost so that it would Jte.borne by.alief the. people and would not contribute but added difficulties to the problem of re adjustment. - If .congress would not adopt such a tax. the president wrote that it wetrld be wise to let the legislation go over until there waa a situation which would "justify the large out ,lay." Calling attention that the ad ministration was "driving for large economies," pushing the disposition of ?urplus "war property and that it has other transactions under con sideration which ought to prove a great relief to the federal treasury. Mj*. Harding added: *'It is not consistent to enact leg islation in anticipation of these things but it would be a prudent plan to await the'developments and I can see in such a postponement people are genuinely interested." Copies of the president's letter were' made available to the house and senate immediately after the delivery of the original to Repre sentative Fordney in the early af ternoon. There was brief open dis cussion of the communieatidn in the senate and none in the house but it was the chief topic of con versation in the cloak rooms of both houses. Republican leaders generally withheld comment, but Represen tative Garrett. Democratic leader, and Representative Gamer, rank ing Democrat on the ways and means committee, issued a formal statement in which they asserted that "there has been from the be ginning a purpose upon the part of the Republicans to engraft the sales rax system upon the country, so that there may be a gradual reduc tion of the taxes on wealth." Leaders generally, both Republi can and Democratic, said it was too early to undertake any pre diction as to whether if th<? issue finally came down to that, the bonus bill with a sale* tax provis ion would be defeated. TbV text of the president's letter, which was addressed to Chairman Fordney of the house ways and means committee, follows: **In accordance with the promise made to yourself and your asso ciates on the senate and house com mittees, charged with the responsi bility of formulating proposed bo nus legislation. I have carefully looked into the program of taxa tion, which has btcn suggested. In addition thereto I have made in quiry into the feasibility of issuing either short time treasury notes or long time bonds to meet the finan cial obligations which the proposed legislation will impose. It is not possible to commend to yon either of the plans suggested. "It continues to be , my best judgment that any compensation legislation enacted at this time ought to carry with it the provis ions for raising the needed reve nues and I tind myself unable to suggest any commendable plan other than that of a general sabs tax. Such a tax will distribute tin cost of rewarding the ex-service men in such a manner that it will be borne by all the people whom they served and does not comnn't the government to class imposition of taxes or the resumption of the burdens recently repealed, the maintenance of which can be justi fied only by a great war emergency. "It is fully realized how great t iblished April, 1850. LS8L_ PROBiNG INTO i CONFERENCE ! SECRETS Information Demand ed by Senate Not Forthcoming Until Hughes Returns Washington; Feh. 17.?Reply by President Harding in responding to the Hitchock resolution for in formation on the negotiations lead j ing to the four power treaty will be I delayed until Secretary Hughse re turns, about March 1st. from Ber muda, it was indient^d tr***? ; PREACHER GUILTY OF i MURDER j Arkansas Man Convicted of Murder of a Woman I Mount Ida. Ark.. Feb. 17.?Rev. [ Harding. Hughes, a superannuated ! minister, was found guilty of the ! murder of Mrs. Anna McKennon. last May. and sentenced to life im prisonment. SIX MILLION STARVING ; Shanghai. Feb. 17.?Over six j million people are facihg starvation j in the provinces of Kiangsu. Che i kiang. Anhwei, latest estimates j show, owing to unprecedented j floods which wiped out twenty per cent of the rice crops. is the difficulty which confronts ! the congress in solving this difficult j problem. I am aware of the strong } sentiment in congress in favor of this adjusted compensation. I have spoken approvingly myself, ah lys with the reservation that the bestowal shall be made when it may be done without such injury to the country as will nullify the j benefits to the ex-service men ] themselves, which this expression of ! gratitude is designed to bestow. "It is an agreeable thing to sug gest that. action be postponed again, but, frankly, I do not find myself/favorable to the piecemeal payment plan, which is manifestly designed to avoid embarrassment to the treasury. The long drawn out payments will not afford an ef fective helpfulness to the service men. . "We have no serious problem in beginning the. allotments of publio lands and the immediate use of paid-up insurance. The real dif ficulty lies in. the payment of the cash bonus, liuther than provide that the maximum cash payment shall extend over a period of two and a half years, it would be vast ly better bestowal if we oould await the day when we may safely undertake to pay at once in full, so that the award may be turned to real advantage. "Inasmuch as the treasury is to be called upon to meet more than $6.000,0110,000 maturing obligations in the 16 months immediately be fore us, it is not possible to rec ommend the issue of several hun dred millions of additional short term notes. Further excessive bor rowing would likely undo all that has been accomplished in read justing interest rates and stabiliz ing the financial world, both vitally essential to the resumption of in i dustriai and commercial activities. "("'ranting that it is not fair to {oppose any proponed plan without offering a substitute, let me repeat that 1 believe the. American peo ple will accept the levy of a gener al sales tax to meet the proposed bonus payments, and we should contribute thereby no added dif ficulties to the problems of read justment. If congress will not adopt such a plan, it would be wise to let the legislation go over until there is a situation which will justi fy the large mit lay. We are driv ing for large economies, we are pushing tin* disposition of surplus war property, and have other trans actions under consideration which ought to prove a great relief to the federal treasury, it is not consistent to enact legislation in anticipation of these things. Put it would be a i prudent plan to await the develop ments, and 1 can see in such a j postponement no lack of regard for .the service men in whom all the J American people art- so genuinely ? interested. "I take it that the ex-service men themselves are no less eon j eerned than others about the res toration of business and tin* return to abundant employment. Those of their wounded or sick comrades, who were impaired by their war service are being eared tor with the most liberal generosity the na tion can bestow. There are here and there exceptional cases of neg lect ami attending complaint, but J we are seeking them out and cor recting with all possible speed. .'1 j has not been possible to meet all the demands for special hospitaliza tion, le.it we are building to that .end. withoutVcunting the cost. We 'are expending $400,oao.fM"m a yeai . in compensation', hospitali ation land rehabilitation. These ihings are recited to reassure yon thai such delay as will enable congress to act ir*. prudence for the com mon good will have no suggestion I or unmindfuine?s of ingratitude." "Be Just and Fear HOUSE DEBATES i APPROPRIATION j ALL NIGHT j Special Message o f Governor Seems to j Have. J r r i t a ted Some of the Mem bers Columbia. Feb. 17.?Ar 2 o'clock this morning the house of repre sentatives adjourned debate on the annual appropriation bill, hav ing agreed to 17 of the KG provi sions of the bill and made only one , cut in the measure as presented to j the house Tuesday by the ways and ! means committee. This lone re duction was at the expense of the University of South Carolina, the 1 appropriation of $2,500^ for the j holding of a summer athlete eoaeh ! ipg school being eliminated upon ; the motion of Representatives It. J. [ Wade of Aiken and o. A. Ifydrick 1 of Orangeburg. The bill was un j der fire six hours last night and l this morning. The majority of the it; sections [passed without amendment were leach advanced only after consid erable debates and action on the i bill was interrupted frequently by |-efforts of various members to si - ? eure an adjournment and post j pone action on the bill. The house clock had been stopped at 11:44 o'clock and it was the purpose of the ways and means committee t<> extend the legislative day so as t<> permit the passage of the hill to second reading .and then the re convening of the house immediately to give it its third reading and semi j it to the senate. I At 10:30 o'clock just when the ] bouse was in the midst of its con sideration of the measure, a special message from Co v. Robert A. Cooper was received and read. In j this message the governor 'urged j upon the general assembly that if j any reductions must be made in the {appropriations as suggested in the ! budget tha in fairness these reduc [ rions should not all be made at the j expense of the high sqhools and ) rural schools. The re)?ort was re ! ceived as information and ordered 1 printed in the journal, j At about 1.20 o'clock jthls morn j ing the section of the appropriation bill providing for funds for the superintendent of education's of I fice was reached .and here the j question of the governor's mes ? sage was again brought to the fore. ? Representative ,1. K. KSamblin of ? Union moved to amend the section so as to eliminate an appropria tion of ?15.000 for the "betterment lot" negro schools' this proposal i being lost, however, by a vote of 59 ? to 24. Practically every one of the numerous amendments which hail ?so far been proposed to the bill bail excited lengthy dehato and Repre jsentative J. W. Hanahan then mov j cd the previous question on the entire matter. This proposal would j have cut further debate upon amendments and would have killed jail proposed amendments that were { not on the speaker's desk w hen the ; motion was passed, i This proposal evoked a storm of disapproval, several members call ling tho attention of the house to the fact that tin* governor had not sent a special message to the house on the section of the bill under consideration at the time. The mo tion, it was argued, would be con strued as a refusal on the part of the members of the house to re i gard the opinions of the governor I on this question. j Mr. Hanahan withdrew his mo j lion to order the previous question but rose to a point of personal priv ilege to voice his criticism of the j act of Governor Cooper in sending a special message to the house when it was known that the house had under consideration the sub jects covered by the message. '"When I have to be told by the governor or any one else how I shall vote mi any question." Mr, ! Hanahan said. "I should not be j here in this general assembly." The j governor. Mr. Hanahan thought, : when he s'-nt the special message j to legislature at the time lie did I "did a most Inappropriate thing." {"The message coming in the midst j of the consideration of the ques ition discussed in tho governor's communication." Mr. Hanahan s:tid. "leads me i<> believe that the nos jsage was intended to influence votes Mr. Ilanahan's address brought Rugense s. P.lense of Vowherry to his feet in defense of the governor, i "I know." Mr. Please said, "thai Robert A Cooper is an honest man ; r? t111 I know that he did noi intend I to inflm-nce unduly the house. He I is not that kind of ;i man. He is . v.<>\ that kind of n governor 11" y??u iwill reflect you will recall ibai though the slate constitution pro vides .-that l here shall be three s< pa - irate departments of the stale ;-.<>v j eminent, this same constitutum jalso gives the governor I be re-hi In ; furnish the legislature with the in j formation. This same cnnsi?uti??n j gives the governor the rieht in v< t.. a bill passed bv both houses and : not even a majority of the members Inf the two house.-: <;m override I-his j Veto. '?your governor and my govern or, the chairman nf I be boa rd nf j trustees of the highest institution ? ?f learning in the state lias rnl dresi;e<| this rot?i in n n i < ?: 11 h?u tn I vorr. 1 hold that i f he thought We j wore driving In the wrow diree. I t Jen that it was not 'nh bis pri< liege tint it became his duty to in I form up of it. He had the right to I Sat?Ix't all the rials Thou Aims'! ;i Sumler, S. C, Wednesday STUDENTS KILLED AT CROSSING I Automobile and Tram; Crashed Together; at Grade Crossing! Near Durham Durham. X. C. Feb. IT.?Three were killed mm! three injured when a switch engine struck an automot- i bib- her??. Tin- dead are (borge' Hadlry, of Mount Airy, N. C Geo. Torry peoples. of Townsville. Va., j and T. 11. Bryant, of Chapel Hill, ! X. < \ The injured ar?' Charles ! Iceman-, of Monroe. X. C. probably ! fatal: P. Honey, of Ooldsboro. .V. I C. (*. (Spauoh. of W ire f on-Sa- | lem. All were students at the l'ni-i v'ersity of N'orth Carolina, except I Eryanf. who was the chauffeur oi (the ear in which the party was re-j turning Jr. a; a dance in Raleigh. | STRiKERIOT IN PAWTUCKET, 1 RHODEISLAND Police Threaten to Use Riot Guns on Crowd o f Strike Sympa thizers. Four Ar rested Pa-wtueket, 11. 1.. Fei?. 20.?The first disturbance in connection with the textile strike occurred to-'ay near Jenckes Spinning company. Officers drove back the crowd with clubs when four young women op eratives were intercepted by strike sympathizers. The poliee threaten to discharge rioi guns and the crowd dispersed. Two men wer?? arrested. THE NEXT DIS TRICT ATTORNEY Official Circles Wondering Who Will Succeed Frank Wesion Columbia. Feb. 16.-?Interest is being manifest in the answer to-the question, "Who will be the next I United States district attorney for [the Kasteni district of South Car |olina?" The answer will probably come from the Republican leaders in Washington, and possibly with in a lew mouths. Francis If. Wesion. of Columbia, is the present district attorney, un der Wilson appointment. His term ] of office will expire in March. Mr. West on will tender his resignation before the end of his term. He has so stated. Kut who will take his place. Xo indication has come from Washington as to who will be named in Mr. Weston's place. There are few Itepublican lawyers in the district. However, someone will he appointed within the next few weeks. CALIFORNIA PIONEER DEAD One of the Last Survivors of a Famous Party j Los Angeles. Feb. 20. ? Mrs. Kliza P. Donner Houghton. one of tie last survivors of the Donner party, many of whose members starved to death on their way across the plains to California seventy-five years ago. is dead at her home her?-, aged seventy-live. j BOMB OUTRAGE IN NEW JERSEY Xew Uruiiswick. X. J., Feb. L'n. - Three houses at Wood bridge Park were blown no today by a I bom'I.. I *~ , :, , - ? -Lzzrr- . send this communication, a oom imunication thai is important be j cause it affects every home and I fir..side in South Carolina and we who are presumed *o represent the i homes and firesides of the state j should give it due consideration. The pubib; school system of the ?state may depend upon this meas- \ j ore." j Mr. Ill ease then moved to ad-i IjiUirn. this proposal being opposed j by ftepi'esentatives .1. i\. Owens.j I I: T Uli:: bes. i 'bind X. Sap p. all whom e. oil ended t hat proper I i onsid.-raI ion could !..? given the I governors message without ?d-j jminimont. Tin re ww. nothing set forth in the special message. tho\ urged, thai was not contained in j the budget, which has been in the j bands of members of the house ; since rl'iv opening of the session. The motion was finally carried at! :' o'rlotdi after half an hour's argu- j hie til "ii 111 quest ion. The h??use will meet again :it fO'J ? ?.!..?K this moniing. section Is of! rbe bill, tin- superintendent of ed - j ucation appropriations, being still under consideration. t lie thy Country's, Thy God's and ', February 22, 1922 FARMERS SADDLED WITH WAR BURDENS Manager of Farmers National Council Says Money Powers Decree F a r m e r s Shall Bear Brunt of War Costs Chicago, Feb. IX.?The money powers have decreed that the farm ers should boar the brunt of war costs, Benj. C. Marsh, managing I'director of the Farmers' National [Council, told the session of that j body, today. adding that "the J farmers have lost twenty billion j dollars through the deflation of .farm products prices, foreclosing 'of mortgages and high freight i rates. INEWERAOF ! PROSPERITY r ISJOMING I Annual Report of Fed eral Reserve Board Predicts Early Im provement of Eco nomic Conditions j Washington. Feb. 20.?Business [throughout the country, progress ing through well defined cycles, is {nearing the point o f an upward [swing of the economic pendulum, ^according to the annual report of ithe federal reseve board, trans emitted to congress today, When : the revival definitely sets in it will ?be followed in due course, by a new ? < ra of prosperity, the report says. jThe hoard confined its report to an .account of the operations of the ; organization for 1&21 without..ofier . i*g suggestions for legislation af | focting the reserve system. : SUMTER FARMERS I SIGNING UP : Campaign For Marketing Association Still Under Way 5,000 Bales Pledged Columbia. Feb. is.?The receipt j of contracts representing over L.600 I bales of cotton from Dillon county j yesterday sent the total number of J baits sfgned in that county to over . ?:,u0u according to officials of the 'South Carolina Cotton Growers' j Coopc-rative association. Surnter county has passed the f?.00fl hale mark, a number of additional con tracts having been sent in from ?that county this week by K. VV. j Dabbs. Jr.. the county director. : A telephone message from T. I Meeks N'eel. the director for N'ew I berry county, Thursday brought the ! informal ion that committees had I been appointed in that county and j that an active canvass would he ! made Saturday In some sections of the county. Mr. N'eel said that a i wave of enthusiasm for coopera tive marketing had swept over the county following the visit of Dr. Clarence Poe. who spoke in Xew j berry on Monday. J VV. T. Gregory of Lancaster was j a caller at the headquarters of the association and said he believed Lancaster county would reach its I quota Mr Gregory, w in* is a bank I er. merchant and farmer, has :il | ready signed the contract and is greatly interested in the outcome of the campaign. I A telegram from Dr. W D IV.r Igan county director from Darang ton county, asked that more c??n ? tracts be sen! him indicating that I the drive was continuing to pro gress most satisfactorily in that 1 eounty. Darlington, with over 17. I 1100 hah-s signed up. is leading the state. TAXICAB DRIVER NOW SOUGHT Disappeared About Time Tay lor Lost Life l.o?: Angeles. Feb. 1!?. - The search for a taxicab driver v. ho dis appeared from his home here abou: the time William Desmond Taylor, dim director, was murdered was the outstanding feature today of lite police investigation of ihe case. The man. it was said; bad driven Taylor home on several occasions and detectives believe be might have visited the director the nighi he was slain. The driver's disappearance was reported to the police several day? ago by his wife, who expressed alarm over his absence; The otti cers. in looking over his elfte* . dis covered three bullets of the calibre Of that winch lulled Taylor and a cap similar to that worn by a man several witnesses have reported see-; ing near the Taylor apartments the ni.yht the director was slain. Truth's." DE VALERA j STANDS FOR ! WAR TO LAST _ ! Irreconcilable Presi dent of Irish Repub lic is Opposed to the Free State Compro mise . j Cork. F*-b. l(i (By the Assnciat !od Press).?A striking feature of j the mooting hold in Cork today un der the auspices of Kamon De Va i lera was the presence of large i numbers of the Irish Republican [army from the city of Cork und ?from various parts of the.county who were assembled by companies under ihrir officers. Donald O'Callaghan, lord mayor I of Cork, presided at the principal platform which the speeches were i delivered. Mr, De Valera propos ed the same resolutions ns Were [adopted at his meeting in Dublin : lust Sunday and repeated virtually ttie same arguments as were then I nut forward, declaring; that Ireland : was in greater danger than it had been at any time in 7."u years. The [Countess Marie Vicz and Charles I fhirgess and other followers of De Valera supported the resolution. ! The train on which Mr. De Valera traveled Saturday evening to Cork was met at the railway sta tion at Thurles by 3,000 persons carrying Sinn Fein flags. Address ing the people Mr. De Valera said he was glad to see the republic was not dead in Tipperary and that the people did not want the British ! monarch as king of Ireland. Arriving in Cork Mr. De Valera ; was greeted by Lord Mayor O'Cal j laghan and other prominent Re : publicans. De Valera declared he j desired every Irish citzien fully to [understand the seriousness of the i situtaion and to fully appreciate j what they were doing. He declar ed, thai they were being proclaim i ed for a republic they were fools and did not realize what they were doing. If an election were forc i ed upon them, he added, he was : surr- that the citizens of Cork^would j do their part in proving to the 'world that they still stood for an i Irish republic; . j Mr. De Valera challenged the : lenders of the free state to frame a constitution proving their con tention that they could give to Ire land perfect freedom and thereby , b-t Ireland know what it is voting j for. j "If they can make a constitution j which the English king will not be ?in." said Mr. De Valera. "it may j not be very difficult for us to agree [with them."* Pointing Jo the question of an al ternative policy, Mr. De Valera as serted thai his task was the task of any general with a stampede.1 j army. He had to rally tin- people j into a strong position behind the (standard of the republic to the same strong position they had held j ten months ago. If that were ac complished the British would be as 'anxious to come to them as they j were lasl J uly. I ? I Belfast, Feb. }'j (By the Asso ciated Press).?With the excep tion of a few minor incidents the ; week-end in Belfast passed quietly. IA man named Runter returning i from church this morning was shot i and wounded by an armed party in ?the Springfield road. : At Clones the situation now is !quiet. The patrols are moving labour unarmed. Members of the (special constabulary who were ) kidnapped are still being detained jat N'ewton, Butler ami Kooslea. j Belfast. Feb. 1 ? (By the Asso ciated Press).- The members of ; the football team of the Irish Re | publican army, recent ly captured a: ; Dromore. have been ordered re j leased by the viceroy, according to an official announcement issued this evening. The announcement { adds that Michael Collins, head of the provisional government, has 'given assurance of the release of ? additional kidnapped loyalists, j The official announcement came I in a dispatch from the viceroy, j Viscount Fitzallen in Dublin to Sir James Craig. The di>pateh said thai Mr. Collins had promised the [release of is individuals kidnapped jat various times. Lhese not includ ing the unwound.-.! special con stables arrested at Clones. It is believed, however, that Mr. Col ! lins has arranged for their release also. Tin- border was quiet today and .tiie liaison commission will begin I operat ion.-- tomorrow. IRISH PRISONERS ! ARE RELEASED Republican Army Football Team Given Liberty Del fast. Feb. Members of the Irish Republican army football team, who were; captured last month, were released from j.iil to day WAR ON FLORIDA BOOTLEGGERS Washington. Feb. 2?L -Tne us,- of airplanes along iho Flor'da coast in the war on rum smugglers is un derstood to be under consideration at prohibtion headquarter.-. Mir: trck son LEGISLATION i \ NOW BEFORE ! THE SENATE I - ! Several Measures that Have Passed the House Now Have Hard Sledding* in Upper House i Columbia, Feb. 20.?When the .senate reconvenes Monday night the 'general appropriation hill is* likely [to be-reported to that body for ref j erence to tin- finance committee jand titeri all of the revenue meas ures, including the new hills will j have- reached that side of the Ieg i islature. j The tax* reform program as sug gested by tin- South Carolina Tax i payers' association is still quite ? speculative s> far as. final results, j hy the general assembly were con : corned. Of the various measures ; only one is ready to become law and that must have the signature of ? Governor Cooper. This measure is the Inheritance tax hill, which has J been passed by both houses and the two bodies have agreed to the free conference amendments. The j gasoline tax bill is still before the I ; free conference committee to iron ! out the dir. rences between the twoi : houses. This committee has been delayed in its work on account of the services of Representative S. T. ! Hughes of Marion being needed in ! the house during the consideration ; ot the appropriation bill, j Another of the revenue bills? that providing for a tax on hydro ! electric power has been killed by I the senate after having passed the I house. This will hardly be resur rected during the present session. I The luxury tax bill is threatened ! with death. It has a unanimous j unfavorable report "from the t'm ?ance committee and is on the sen ate calendar only by unanimous j consent, which does not presage its j passage but merely gives the pro ponents of the measure a chance . to push it on the floor of the son jate. However it appears that it I will have little chance of passage. The income tax bill is somewhat l"up in the air" too as the senate . has shown its preference to a meas ; ure vastly different front that pass Led by the house and ttit? senate has ihad a select committee appointed ito draft up a bill similar to that [introduced by Senator McGhee of; Greenwood which provides for a very simple operation?to take the ?federal income tax returns and by j a short and simple operation to have ihe taxpayers fill out a blank ; upon which a certain percentage? suggested by the author at ten per j cent of the federal tax paid. The i feasibility of such a. procedure has j been Questioned as doubt is express ed as to how much assistance can I (be expected from the federal au j t horities. ! The movie tax hill has beert re-j I ported with a favorable recom-j mendation with amendments by ?the senate finance committee but '.the entire subject has been ehang ? ed by that committee in that it [provides for a license by motion; I picture theaters instead of on the i films as the house had provided. This however is not considered 'of as vast importance as are. some i of tin; other measures. ; The senate has passed the cor poration license tax bill with ?amendments and returned it to the house, which may or may not .agree to the amendments and an ;other free conference committee Is ; probable. Another minor reveue : raising measure is that which has passed both houses, with amend ments by the senate providing for a schedule of graduating fees on foreign corporations. The eyes of the people of the! stale are also turned on the appro priation bill. This bill has a two- j fold interest, first because of the! ? !ose watch on the reduction or ad ditions that may he offered by the senate and also because of the, dif ferences existing between the gov- '< ernor ami the ways ami means com- j mittee with the house evidently) backing up the committee by its ac- , lion, in the matter of reductions made hy tin- ways and means body on the department of education ap propriation. (Governor Cooper con-j tending that lie foresees possible handicaps to the public school sys tem in these reductions. The bill] as it passe?! the house carries a reduction of about a million dol-i lars from hist year or from twelve to five mills. Kfforts to further re- I duce the appropriations and tot add to the school appropriations] failed after one of the most memor able lights ever staged in the house on a similar hill in previous years. The house after "burning the midnight electricity" Fridax nightl and Saturday morning in order to | pas.-; tin- appropriation bill on to the senale adjourned until Tuesday] night. The senate has a somewhat j larger calendar with measures of] more general interesi although the house has quite a lot of state-wide [ hills on i:s calendar too. Therefore; the house is freer than the senate, j Among some of the Important j me:isures before the house which are likelj :o get early consideration ! i< included the resolution bv rep- ' Representative Sapp to repeal the pecial three mill school levy. On tin- senate side is a resolution to] ehe the general assembly the right i to provide just and equitable meth- j wis ot raising revenue. The bill by Senator Miller to? HRON. Established June 1; lSafl. VOL.LI1I. NO. 3 RADICALS CONTROL UNIONS Leaders Plead in Vain For Sane Policy as Miners Demand Six ? Hour Work Day and Five-Day Week Indianapolis. Feb. "IS.?Renewal of the demand of union eoal min ers for a six hour day, live days week, a proposal that was made before the 1919 strike, was adopt ed today by the convention of the United Mine Workers of America as a part of the policy the union will seek to have included in new wage agreements, effective April 1. This demand had the united opposition of the union's leaders, including all district presidents. The convention's action for shorter work day, however, was the only radical change in the -vage policy proposed by the union's s^ale committee, which centered me! union's policy proposals toward re taining present basic wages ?dr soft eoal miners and gaining in crease for anthracite workers un der threat of a general strike. The strike and wage proposals by the committee were adopted by over whelming votes. The strike dec laration, however, provided for its submission to a referendum vote of the union membership before any walk-out is ordeed by officials. In declaring for the six-hour day the delegation overrode the committee recommendation for an eight-hour day underground, and also voted down a proposal limiting actual work to seven hours a day. Bitter criticism of the union's officers was made by delegates in urging adoption of the six-hour day. but several officials tool fhe floor, appealing for favorable aeiion on the committee's eight-hour de mand. Yice-Pre.sident Philip Mur ray asked for the defeat of the six hour day proposal, so the union "can defend its demand before the American people, while Fred Moon ey, secretary of the Wes; Virginia district, declared-that adoption of the six-hour day meant "suicide." John Ilesslerr'and Lee HalL, pres idents of the Indiana and Ohio dis tricts, respectively, also fought the' six-hour proposal. But. the dele* gates argued that the six-hour pro posal meant more continuous werk, and called on the officers to "car ry out cur wishes." Whether the six-hour day de mand obtains for rhe anthracite districts was an unanswered cues lion raised from the lloor by a deh> gai.e, who pointed out that the an thracite workers were not pressing the proposal. President John 'L. Lewis, replying to the c,n. stlou, said he was unable to advise the delegates as to the six-h >ur day as affecting anthracite worl.< rs. Aside from the action o." the sir hour day, the delegates 'aisv corded an intention to stiften up -orne of the minor demands recom mended by the scale committee by substituting "demand" for ' recom mend" where it appeared in the committee report. Besides the work day and wage proposals adopted by the conven tion, its other demands as adopt ed included the following: ? ? Removal of "ineojiRable differ entials" in wages which would re sult in increased wages in some fields; pay and one-half for over lime work; double pay for Sunday and holiday work: elimination at the automatic penalty clause of present agreements providing for fining miners or operators for vio lation of contracts, and all cbxk traets to obtain for two ye*.-s, be ginning next April 1. A NEW SENSATION PROMISED Los Angeles. Feb. 20.? V n?*w angle, details not announced. is promised today in the William Desmond Taylor murder investiga ation. create a new railroad commission to be composed of seven members is also before the house, the sen ate having: passed it with a provis ion that the present commission ers hold office until their terms ex pire. When the full purport of the bill is carried out, if it passes, it would provide for one member from each congressional district. The question "When will the leg islature adjourn*.'" is still in the prophetic stage. There was an ef fort made in the house to -finish consideration of the appropriation bill Thursday night, hold two legis lative days that night, give the measure its third reading ami send the bill to the senate on Friday, but when these plans failed and the Juli was not finally passed un til the legislative day of Saturday the opinion was voiced that instead of adjournment in two weeks that the ssession will necessarily go at least three weeks longer?or until March 11. There are various and sundry lo cal measures which make the two calendars rather bulky but in each house the first part of the morn ing sessions are given to consider ation of local matters and by the end of the present week if is ex pected that the most of these will be cleared out of the way and the introduction of new bills will be fewer.