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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
Inflated Currency Causes
Much Of High Living Cost

commercial and industrial enterprise.
Fear to Take Risks
Taxes are so high that i; is doubt
ful II enough reward is }ett to the m
dividual to induce him to take risks,
and without taking risks there can b
no progress. This too. should be
thoroughly investigated.
II IL be found true thc question OF A
sca pi,al levy Ia paw eff debt would
have to be carefully considered. II II
In my view pure question OF ex-
pediencv II a landowner succeeds ~
heavily morteaged estate he may
either continue to pay the interest on
all tic mortgages or sell part of his
land and redeem the encunbrance@ton
the rest That IT, the present prob
lem Of national finance.
Would ii be better 70 realize part
Of our capital and pay Off part or all
cf the war debit OR rs il more prn-
dent to continue To nay interest on Il
even AT The cost OF the present crush
ing taxationr do not see how We
can decide between them until our in
formation is much more complete
than IL Is al present
Capital Levy For Debt
But TWO things may be said imme-
diately. There go be no case for 4
capital levy except 10 pay off debt and
thereby relieve taxation, What SEE
curitv is there that il will really ba
used for these purposes and not r1ere-i
~ 10 encourage national extrava-
gance? Unless such security can 10
obtained we cannot afford to make
so risky a financial experiment
AT present direct taxation falls pri-
marily on a small class. and tina
great bulk OF the community contrib.
ufes by indirect taxation only Tho
result ~ that those In whose hands
lies the chief political power do not
feei Immediately the burden of ex-
pcnditare- .s&K
II Is no doubt true that they do
have ~ find part even ~ the super
tax and death duties sinc,. alt taxa
ton necessarily falls soora- or later
on the whole body az the population.
But this is not easily perceived. and
hence. though all desire economy In
the abstract. the real rulers Of thN
'F't*,ritrf- eFeS Hrn 10 tina Gsffre that ms
tional extrava gance does not matter
10 them
ON the ether hand the indirect taxes
ON necessities are not easy 10 defend.
1t would seem a much preferable ar
Management 20 sweep away all the
worst indirect taxes and replace them
by an extension OF the income tax ID
include though of course at a very
reduced rate a much larger body Of
the population.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
CLEMEACEhU RENTS
HUT ON OCEANS EDGE

Paris, Nov. IA nsherman's hut
consisting only of two ground floor
rooms and which stands on the very
edge of tho ocean, was rented by
Premier Clemeuscau yesterday ms
his future retreat, whero he will take
n well-earned rest Immediately after
the election in January.
Tho place is absolutely devoid Of
comforts ana convenicncos 1t is
typical OF the man who all his life
has scorned luxurios and creature
comforts. II is located near Lucon-
vendee, a few miles from the Pro-
mier's birthplace. The hut stands
alone in barren. uninhahited sen
side. on beach buffeted by the
oceans waves.
VI. C1emeceaus discovered It Friday
while on a hike during which ne ut
teriy tired out his companions Tho
spectacular vitality of the premier j.
once more evidenced on this tOur
Just completed which he regarded ~
rest 1t is estimated that he walks
not less than 80 miles every day
Visiting the district where he was
born he entered many a peasant =
home and stopped to chat with old
men and women who knew him as
boy
He concluded by publicly kissing
an old woman proprietor of drag
store, who was his Playmate WHOM
they Were both children, The woman
was so f9attered that she rushed 10
the public square of the village and
shouted;
Il have hccp kissed by Clcmeu-
ceau. ! perfer his kiss 70 dollar
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
WAGE CAMPAIGN FOR |
LODGE RESOLUTION (.

New York. Nov. ga nation wide
campaign in favor OF the Lodge reso-
luton to end the war Is to be under
taken at once by committee OF
American business men, according to
George Henry Payne. secretary of the
committee. which numbers among its
members l.. +. Loree, Richard NJ
Hurd and jules Bache, senator
Reed is to arrive here tomorrow from
Washington for IA conference with the
committee and later in the week
Senator Poindextor is to address IA
meeting of commercial travellers who
are organizing to aid the committee.
The league of nations and the
treaty are dead, said Mr. Hurd, the
chairman of the committee, tonight
Senator Lodge points the way to the
resumption of normal conditions in
the United States by a concurrent
resolution Of congress, Mr.. wilson y
dire prophecies as to what would
happen if the league of nations should
he rejected alarm no one
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
COOPERATION BETWEEN
FARMERS AND UNIONS

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-Whie farm
organizations OF the country will not
Join with labor organizations in form
ing a new political party, there will
be close cooperation between the
two intrests, according to delegates
who attended the farm-labor joint
conference here. The labor ENJOYS
were still in session toray. The farm
ers closed their meeting Saturday
The farm organizations gave their
endorsement TO governm emit owner
ship and operation without profit OF
railroads and ships aud demanded
government development of oil and
mining resources. They will support
candidates in the coming elections
whose platforms advocates these pro-
eressiVe reforms.
Tho legislative program Of the
farmers also provides for control of
the meat packing industry, co-ope-
alive credit and Legislation to com
pei the financial beneficiaries Of the
war to pay the cost Of the war
through the imposition Of still high
or taxes on incomes. estates and war
profits.
The labor party delegates went
ahead with their plan to form q new
political party The convention will
he in session several days II was
said, but no effort viii be made at
this time TO select preside can
didate. The convention was called
by John Fitzpatrick. head of the III
inois labor party movement.
Glenn r. Plumb. author of the
Plumb Plan" for government CON
troll OF railroads, w0s the principal
speaker At toduy's session of the con
vention He outlined his plan and
urged that 1t he adopted as one OF
the planks IN the platform of the
new party. 81
Delegates representing the NON
partisan league Of Minnesota, with
drew from the convention. They cx-
planned they would not sacrifice the
nom partisan LEAGUE To the now par
ty. 1t was expected Governor Fra
zier, of North Dakota, ono of the nom
partisan leaders. would make an eff
fort to bring the partisan dele
gates back into the convention be
fore it had adjourned Max Hayes.
OF Cleveland outlined the platform OF
the new party II provides for;
Restoration of rights of free speech.
free press and public assembly
Naturalization of arilroads and
nainea and all public utilities,
Abolition OF speculation in land
Abolition of government by in
| junction.
| Abolition of militarism. military
| forces never to be used in industrial
| contentious.
| Oppositlcn to compulsory military
| service.
I Amnesty for lolitical prisoners
No stand on the league OF nations
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
One Thin Dime Keeps One Child
One Day on Teeming East Side
straught Assisted in Care Of Broods BY Gods Prov
idence House of the Episcopal City Mission Society

About ninety children under six
are cared for every day In the Broome
Street baby hotel" The tiny ones,
swinging in white cradles. sleep and
eat and chuckle and cry through the
day quite as other babies do the
them early In the morning. Take off
their little rags and dress them in
in the white frocks provided by the
house. with all the requisite layers
OF white cambria underneath. The
house provides everything that an
infants heart desires--mtlk and rub
Der dolls and motherly affection.
At night mothers come trooping in
to collect their children.
For the older children, varied
program of activities is given. Kin
dergarten, games and songs, maps
and luches, make the day one long
are classified. but not according to
and stuffy grade" plan. Oh. no. they
are just "pinkies" II they are quite
small. "bluies,' IL they are older.
brownies" If they are school chill
dren who come after school hours.
And of course, they wear pink and
blue and brown aprons according to
their classification.
There are no rigid rules OF the
house for the little people who are its
daily occupants. Aside from the
problem of manners that bugbear
of childhood. and OF such prime
principles as truth telling and kind
ness. there is the greatest freedom for
the youngsters. The rooms are big
and sunny. There are pianos and
picture books and doll houses and
balls and blocks In abundance for
their amusement There is play
room, big enough for three games of
tag all al once. and n corner OF it is
devoted TO the Kingdom OF dolls.
The attendance at Gods Provi-
dencs House Is about $1,000 yearly.
Many families have been going in and
out its doors for three generations.
The loyalty OF the Italian mothers
TO the house and TO Miss Edith Hop
kins, the director, Is supreme. On
holidays they go over to help out with
the work. They send their husbands
to do chores for Miss Hopkins They
adture their children to break their
backs If necessary at Miss Hopkins
bidding.
Gods Providence House is an
oasis in the desert for q very thirsty
people. Because Of It's unquestioned
usefulness tn the neighborhood and
the community at large. it is to he
aided by the nation wide campaign
Of the Episcopal church as . patri-
otto service
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
SWISS BREWERS PROTEST
Against IMPORTATION OF BEER

Geneva, Nov. 23.--Swiss brewers are
protesting against the renewed impor-
tation OF huge quantities Of beer from
Munich. In public announcement
they say:
AT a moment when Germany il still
complaining about the food shortage
and when Switzerland is host to the
innocent victims OF the war, the under
fed children. of Germany, Bavarian
brewers are getting the highly nutrl-
tive cereals used in the manufacture
of their product and are allowed to ex-
port eight and ten per cent heer, thus
greatly injuring the Swiss beer indus
try.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
FAITHFUL TILL DEATH
HER BODY is FOUND
BESIDE son. LONG ILL

Elgtn, Ill. Nov. 23.--Mrs. Mary
Ann Park was always the pal of her
son, Frank. She was eighty eight
her san fifty-six. Eight years ago
Frank had a stroke of paralysis He
had never raised a limb since. He
had never spoken. save in the unin-
telligtble mutterings Of paralytic.
For eight, long years he had lain on
a bed fn Sherman hospital and for
eight long years the mother has
never left the bedside of her stricken
son, save for an hour or two at a
time.
Then one day as tho aged mother
kept her lone but tireless vigil. the
attendants found her dead body lying
across the sons bed, her mothers
arms thrown out in a last embrace.
Death found her where a pal Is al
ways TO be fonnd--by the side OF
pal in need.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24

Ten cents a day for board ana
keep.
II sounds like "reminiscences OF the
rare old, fair days when IL Z H. MnS
a pup and prices knew their piact'
Or the frencied fancy of a house
wife beaddled by the antics OF prices
as they polovauit skyward
But this Is tbs actual quotation OF
cost And II you were HVihF On
~Broome street or Grand street on
New York's East Side where hte ~
thick est and money is scarcest, 70"
coud take advantage OF that hEurs
pFovirsd you were oncer sh IN.
your ten cents you would have mix
and dolls. pink aprons and pudding.
ali day long until your mother came
along in the evening ana gatheTea
YOU up again. You would have care
Dc luxe and feeding without stunt
For this is day nursery estraofdl-
nary. a verita BILE baby's paradise IL
. n Goods Providence House" OF the
Episcopal City Mission society
founded for the benefit OF the Bowery
babies who swarm on every door
step.
Here it is that any baby of any
age my be left for expert care ana
feeding il the mother happens TO be
nara puA TO IL 10 CdIH ioa iA''i "NA
self. Mothers are hard put TO IT
down there on the Bowery quite OF
ten. Here it is that a four year old
may have kindergarten in the morn
INK, a nap In the afternoon. riotous
games ct three o'clock and over and
above everything else, bread ana
milk. soup and pudding, until he is
n tat and rosy AZ any uptown baby
that ever lived Here IL is too. that
school children OF needy parents
may come for a hot luncheon at noon,
And for reading. games. gymnasium
and shower baths after school Gods
Providence House leaves its doors
open MI day for the entire child
.Opulation of the neighborhood-
II IL to expand this kind OF activ-
ity In the Episcopal church that the
nationwide campaign of the church
-nns been launched, one phase OF
swhose program Is to raise $42.o0o.-
900 to strengthen all Episcopal ac-
tivtties throughout the world. Babies
al over the world arc one Of the
speciai concern OF the church In It's
skKorts to promote good citizenship.
ana in New York. Gods Providence
House ts one OF the most important
Institutions of the church. Gods
Providence House win derive direct
benefit from the church's nationwide
rnsnpairn. IT needs workers and
money to expand it's usefulness.
<
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
SPEAKERS ENTAUSE

the state in the interest Of the CAM
paign. made a Ave minute talk. in
which he too gave II as his opinion
that nothing can solve the condition
Of unrest in the country but religious
awakening. The nationwide CAM
paign, he said, amounts to nothing
less than n revival~--in the sense that
it is auickening of the nations
spiritual life.
DR.. Mckim declared that the
church needs unity OF purpose just ~
badly as the allies did in the dark!
days of the war when Marshall Foch
was called to the supreme command
of the armies.
The right spirit Is being a~,sk-
cned,'' he said. I'm all my connection
with the Episcopal church, covering
the period from 1863, | have never
seen anything like it. II is indeed a
place today 10 get religion. We are
beginning in this campaign to move
forward like an army aud not like I
body of awkward squads And the
whole future OF the world depends
upon the issue, now joined, between
Christianity and paganism-'
The invocation was pronounced 10y
Rov. T. Y. Downnah, Of All Saints
church, and the bonediction bt Key
John j. f1Tasatt, of Trinity church.
Besides these ministers the speakers
and. the presiding officer. Oliver J.
Sands and Rev. G.. Trcclan nd Peter. -
of st. James church, occupied seats,
on the speakers PLATFORM,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
EDGAR VI. WILLIAMS DIES
AT AGE OF so YEARS

Crewe. Va. Nov. 22.--Mr Edgar NJ,
Williams. son Of the late r. T. VIII
Jams died this morning about 3
rclnck. at his home about hree miles
rom Crewe.
Mr.. wflliarle was about Fifty years
If age and had been in poor health
for several months. He was loT9
Democrat and a patriotic citizen. For
many years he served on the Demo-
cratic precinct sccmmi,tee and was
active in all party affairs and faithful
10 his friends.
His funeral will takr place at 3
O'Clock tomorrow evening from
Wards chapel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24

Athe RAILWAY steel Springs company
s2ha American Glue company and tne
sfMfeYstatc Iron and steel company.
Operators said tonight IL the strik E
khor,ld be settled tomorrow II wouio
- ten DAYS before enough coal could
~ mined to permit industries to op-
. crate on normal schedule.
w. A report from Duluth, Ill. SAID
that $4,000 miners In the dfsSic,
were not satisfied with the propos<o
~sRe increase of 81 percent and ~
was doubtful IL they would rauty tne
action OF John l.. Lewis acting pres
ss.,t ~ the miners, in accepting the
terms.
Tnev were also holding out for a
six- hour dsv ard a FIVE day week.
They expected another convention OF
rhe miners would he called to rautF
any action taken in Washington. :.
Chicago operators also expressed
,he nn.nioo that the miners would
ROT accent the offer Of the govern
n,ent
s~Ths miners have not accepted the
:, nar cen. increase" said r. c. Hon.
mold. secretary 81 the Illinois opera
tors associations. They have ac-
'rente~s II only on the basis Of seven
Aosr day Tho operators are hrn'
for an stSEf-GN0S Gay A"'S
,see~{teiv arreoseH e granting the III
-er ce.t increase. even on inc eiEnt
,o,g- hsxss Do not believe they
wy3i accent Il ON the basis ot 81
ply cert Increase coal would jump 81
a *on. TIE operators say they are
,srctert4rr The public and they DO
pot heYse,rr the increase necessary.
Chairman Proctor will confer with
Nsx.r- Thompson Of Chicago tomor-
--~ rao-zlnr and VIII ask The mayor
70 sSsue ar official order directing
,,anse~4-a .sor. of fuel. II Is expected
~ o-as- walll affect store. ONCE
nx.tasrrx- s,-eeg cars service ana
street iirs:l1S
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
FRENCH LOTTERY
LOAN AUTHORIZED

Paris, Nov. c$--The minister 81
nnance has authorized the long
planned lottery loan OF 5000 900 900
francs $500 .0o0 o0o) This amount
y 70 be divided into S.ooo,oo bonds
81 500 francs (slo0) each.
The bonds Will be Issued AT 4ss
francs ON December 10. They viii
weld FIVE per cent and Will be re-
deemable at minimum of 600 france
Every quarter prizes will ne allotted.
There will 10 one million frame
~prizs. one Of half million, FIVE OF
zoe, 900 francs each. and ten 10000
franc prizes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
PEFPING TOMS PEPPERS
CLOSED: HE Is FINED S1a

Chicago NoS 222-z7.Caosing the
peppers of "Peeping Tom" is no
offense, in the opinion OF Judge Will
liams. of this icty.
Daniel T. Gerow, Jr.. was brought
before the Judge on complaint of
Judd Dodge who claimed that Gerow
biackened his eyes and smashed his
nose.
Gerow admitted administering the
heating, explaining that he saw
Dodge on the fire escape of a young
woman's bathroom
The complainant was fined $25.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
CAPTAIN D'ASSUNZIO PLEADS
FOR SUPPORT OF GABRIELLE,

Chicago. Nov. 23,---Captain Ugo
o'Annunzio today called upon Italia ms
OF America to support his father.
Gabrielle D'Aununzio, the warrior
poet Of italy in his fight for Ffume
and Daimatta. The appeal was made
IN a speech Captain DAnnunzio de-
,ivered at the laying OF cornerstone
Of a new italian SCHOOL.
II urge every Italian In America 80
rand by my father said Captain
D'Annunzio. support his program
for a greater italy. including Fiums
and Dalmatia. There is only one
thing that will save Italy. and that
the unity of Italy and that Ia my
fathers program.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
IRELAND LIKE OLD
TIMES IN FLANDERS
SAYS fNGLISHMAN

London. NOV, 23.-~-"Atl Ireland is
organized ana under arms says the
Daily Express In commenting editor
tally on the disclosures of a special
English correspondent who is inves-
tigating conditions in that country
and who says in a dispatch from Dub
lin;
1T was Ike old times in Flanders.
landing in ireland. | SAW the familiar
figures with tir hats aud fixed bay
onets guarding the battery Of Kings
ton harbor. a military airplane drop-
ed overhead and a train fun of Of
ficers was just coming in
In Dublin I met tanks waddIing
fran. the castle, * found a steel pill
box on the railway bridge command
ing Liberty Hall, quarts in fun war
Kilt We're marching the streets 1t
might have been A.ras in 1917.
! From Dublin l got nearer the front
! line. Military precautions became
more complete. Al the railway sta
ttinn soldiers entrained. only one at a
! Time was allowed 10 leav&r tic faYlk&
and no man IL allowed to let go his
rife
There Is a King up Of arms In
| Ireland--the soldiery knows what that
means. If a girl speaks to soldier
she is put in coventry by her friends
In the moving picture houses no native
will sit beside q soidier-~hc is ostra-
cized. Civilians shadowed me and
thoroughly searched my luggage and
bedrooms to see il | hid arms
Mails Indispensable
! II sent a package of films to Eng
land; ii never got there on tho 9TH
er hand, was advised to use The
| Republican mail service on the ground
4. I - L
fish post. Everywhere I went was
asked to buy the Republican war loan.
The Republican uniform is Haunted
| openly in daylight
| Fifty mounted men. whose horses
wore special shoes tn muffe the
sound Of galloping hoofs, took nc out
to the country after midnight picking
up recruits as they went along. and I
saw secret drill guarded by armed
sentries Hundreds upon hundreds of
disciplined men are picketing the coun-
| try reporting the movements OF the
police and military. The Republicans
have a system of exchanging signals
by lamp flashes.
THE houses where the police live
look like biackhouses, SURROUNDED by
barbed wire and sandbags. with sig
nal rockets ready for s. O. s. calls.
I'm County Clare the police have
had to evacuate their barracks to save
the lives OF the occupants and the
county is practically unpoliced. In
lasmuch as the Republican governi~> nj
| rules supreme owes vast areas. the
Legitimate authority haXng effaced
itself. the people actually believe "A
republic is established. Republican
law courts have been established. talk
ings all the business from the legal
tribunals. Republican police are MAX
ing their appearance. there is Re-
publican mail service and soon there
will be Republican money and Rcpub-
licau collectors Of tax. The Irish
problem has solved itself"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
DEATH NOTICE

BoiGS--Died sunday at her residence,
No 1e5 South Laurel street. at /
o'clock, MRS. w. Ci. BOGGS, wife OF
Rev. w @ Boggs Resides her hus.
band she Is survived by this follow
ing children: Elizabeth a. John G..
Louise r., W Frank and Agnes NJ.
Boggs.
The interrnent will be in Black
stone TOMORROW Tuesday, MORN
ING at 40 o'clock
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
ANOTHER kLoNDikE IN
LAPLAND DISCOVERED

Paris, Nov 23--Another Klondyke
has been discovered in Laronia. or
Laplapd to the north of Finland The
reports brought back by plaeers are SC
sensational and important that the Nor
wceian government has sent an official
expedition to the goidfelds Meanwhile
a stampede is reported in progress.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
Alleged Smuggiers Arrested

Zurich, Nov. 23--Seven French OF
hcers and sixteen French and German
merchants have been arrested at
Mayence on charges Of collision in a
wholesale smuggling system. The Of
hcers, who belonged TO the economic
section OF the French army of oc-
cupation, are accused Of giving per
mits for the importation into Ger
many of goods on which there is an
embargo
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24

gevsL Saturday. Nov. - tvia London
Na~snher srH-The Let's. according
70 ar cT3csai statement. have captured
N,tsu. General Bermor5t, commanding
the opposing troops js asking for an
spmtrtfcs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24

London, Nov 23--Though she
lived within few yards OF the Cold
stream Guards barracks, At Windsor.
Mrs. Hannah Deadman. of Helena
road. just died, and never knew there
had been war. She was ninety
two years old. blind and partially
deaf Although she used frequently
to ask questions about the increased
cost of living and the absence Of her
grandsons, who were serving, the
secret was kept from her TO the end,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24

Paris. Nov. 2s.---Segotiations lookin
to n settlement of the printers strike
have fallen through The printers have
resolved not to resume work until their
demands are met in full.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24

Clarence Johnson, colored, was ar
rested in the Third district last night
charged with stealing a cameo ring
valued at $40 and diamond ring
valued at SIS, the property OF Dan
Massey
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
MEETING OF WELFARE
COMMITTEE TOMORROW

The inter denominational welfare
committee will meet tomorrow morn
ing at II o'clock at the Young Wo
mems Christian Association building