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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-22
DEMOCRATS EXPECT FEW
CHANGES IN TARIFF BILL
mittcc Decline 10 Discuss What
Developed Behind Doors.
HARDING APPROVES PROGRAM
Eorlncy Says Attention Will Isc
Turned to New Schedule rs Soon
as Pending Emergency Measure
l. Out OF Way.
IKy Associated prcss !

WASIIiNGTOS, Feb. 2l.-Dcmo-
cratic members OF the House com
,Iittec declared after the conference"
that they expected 20 see few changes
made in the tariff bill! as IL passed
the Senate. Although itcpuhlican
members OF ihc conference declined
to dIscuss what had pon. on behind
the closed doors. their Democratic
colleagues freely .ta,ed that the
House Republicans apparently were
willing 10 take the broader Senate
bin and had expressed the hope ;hat
by accepting the Senate amendments
tho bin could bc sent earlier Ia the
President Their intention, IL was
said. was TO have time TO attempt to
override presidential veto if such
were necessary.
Harding TO Approve.
Presiden, Elect Harding has APP
proved 4 program Of tariff AID TAX
Legislation for the extra session OF
Congress comprising two tariff bills.
temporary and permanent meas
ure. with tax legislation sandwiched
in between. Chairman Fordncy. of
the House Ways and Means Commit
tee. announced today upon his return
at st. Augustine.
Mr. Fordney said his committee
would turn its attention to the new
program as soon AZ the pending
emergency tariff measure was out OF
the way. There was said TO be some
sentiment among committee members
for rre-cnactment OF the Payne Aldrich
law as n stop-Gap measure. that being
the shortest possible way such n
proposition could be handled in Con-
gress Mr.. Fordncy was inclined TO
favor such n proceeding, although he
felt that some of the rates were not
in proper relation to the present ex-
change situation.
To Work Out Details.
Many details Of the program agreed
to will be worked out between Sem
ate and House leaders and submitted
again to Mr.. Harding. il is under
stood. In tni: connection. Mr.. Ford
ncy said ;iat we In Congress Will
never have Mr.. Harding against rs
because We will reach an agreement
with Kim on everything before start
ing on any legislation"
Majority members of the joint con-
ference committee or the Fordncy
emergency tariff bill planned speedy
action today wncn the committee be-
gan consideration of the score Of
Senate amendments to the bill as
passed by the House. Hints had
been thrown ont that they you'd
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-22
GLASGOWBANK PRISONERS
ON TRIAL ATROCKBRLDGE
William Porter and Charles Wilkes Charged Will,
Theft of Over 900 Worth of VallIables and
War Savings Stamps Last November.

up their minds as TO The guilt of the
prisoners from reading reports of thu
crime In the papers The jury Is
composed practically of residents OF
Lexington.
The two prisoners were brought
from Roanoke yesterday in an auto
mobile by Sheriff j. L. Parent; who
was accompanied By a member OF
the Roanoke police force SIX off,
GERS In another car accompanied tn.
prisoners. but Sheriff Parent and his
quarry reached Lexington some time
before his escort" They left Roa-
nokc about o'clock in the after
noon.
Sheriff Parent had some d!mcul,.s
in convincing tho Roanoke au,hori-
ties that transportation OF the prison.
ers under his escort would be per-l
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-22
RICHMOND PEOPLE
TO HONOR BIRTH OF.
FATHER OF COUNTRY
All Federal, State and Mu-
nicipal Offices to Be
Closed.
SCHOOLS WILL RECESS:
SOCIETIES WILL MEET
Medals to Be Presented World
War Veterans by Sons OF
American Revolution.
Harding Sends Davis
Greetings by Wireless

Governor Westmorrlnnd Davis and
Mayor George AinSlie from PrcsI-
dent-ficct Harding was rnughr
out of the mir last night by George
4. Hoblnsou. O3. North Eighth
street, At midnight.
The mc-suEc reads:
"Msy the spirit Of Washington
be our guide In NIL our national
aspirations and may the current
yenr mark tho return of tranquil
MY stnhiIiiy md confidence and
proErcss for tho entire world.
"tSiEnrdD
"WaRREN G.. HARDING"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-22
.spee'al TO The Timss-p -pispatch.l

lSpetlti 10 l nv
LEXINGTON. VA, Feb. 2i.-.Wi!-
liam Porter and Charles Wilkes
wer. arr>!sncd in the Circuit
Court Of Rockbr!dGc today.
charged with breaking into the
Rank of Glasgow. at Glasgow. Rock
bridge County. and making away
with valua bles and war savings
stamps. valued at Sl0o.oo0. The
crime was committed IN November
last and the robbers made a get
away. hut were arrested in Roanoke.
Judge Henry ". Holt is presiding
Great difficulty was experienced In
obtaining q jury. Two panels OF
twenty men each were summoned be-
fore tho required twelve jurors were
obtained. The men rejected stated
they felt unable to SIT in the case
Tor the reasonWhat thsy had made
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-22
GOTHAM DIGS our TROM
HEAVY BLANKET OF SNOW
iRy Associa,.d pr.ss

NE" YORK. Feb. 2l.--I;reater New
York succeeded only partly today In
freeing Itself from tho thickcst COW
crihg OF snow that has callc, on tho
metropolis this winter Tonight the
Weather bureau predicted ia" prob
able arrival before dawn tomorrow
morning OF another blizzard tna,
would lay counterpart" OF slcet ana
snow over the hca"y white biankc;
which already hides the streets and
sidewalks aud clogs traffic lines
throughout tn" metropolitan district.
All modern SNOW fighting equip
fn.nt that science has developed waa
carried into battle today by more
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-22
STARR, OKLAHOMA
BANK R0BBER, Is DYING
h"ndif SUFFERS Intensely, and Fire.
uucntiy Pleads for Drugs
to Relieve Pain.
lBy Associated Press.I

iiAiRiSoN. ARK. Feb. 2l.--IIarry
starr, bank robbcr. shot here Friday
while attempting to. hold up the Peo-
pies Hank of Harrison. is sinking
slowly, and his death may he expect
ed at any time. according To physi-
clans.
Tho bandi; suffered intensely, and
frequently pleaded for drugs to re.
lieve him, For the first time. he talk
cd with officers concerning. the idcn.
tity OF his three companions. ali Of
whom escaped. and tonight Shrir j.
:. Johnson was following up the clues
given hip' by the wounded man.
He as said that ho realizes he is
mortally wounded and reiterated TINT
he Viii die gamely.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-22
Nonmnsnetic steamer Returns.

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Feb. Ell
Tho nonmagnetic steamer Carnegie
reached port today after~a voyage
which took her from New York Sto
the Indian Ocean. Ceylon. West Aus
tralia. New Zealand. Tahiti and Fam
ming leland in scientific investigation
OF tho magnetic condition OF the Garth
over ocean areas. l. y ~ D "a s,f 49,,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-22
rrohIblt. convic,s From res.if,ius.

AUSTIN. TEXAS. Feb. 2I.--Thc
state senate late today passed bill
permitting convictS TO testify in fell
ony cases. The bill was introduced
so as to allow w. S. Scrivner. escaped
convict ami confessed principal in the
Dallas post office robbery last month.
to testify. against Al. Rowan In con-
nection with the murder of G. W.
Stpet. post-ofllce employe, who was
sh during tho robbery.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-22
DAUGHERTY AGREES
TO TAKE POST OF
ATT0RNEY-GENERAL
Definite Announcement Is
Made From Harding
Headquarters
PRESIDENT-ELECT BEGINS
LAST OF CONFERENCES
He Is Expected to Leave St.
Augustine Sunday for
Marion.
IBy Associated Press. !

81. AUGUSTINE. FLA. Feb. Ell
DeiinitE announcement that Harry NJ.
Daugherty. Ohio. had been chosen for
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS under the
coming administration was made to-
day by President Elect Harding.
President; Elect Harding began the
week of his prcinaugura.ion confer
ences her. today with several i'm
portant questions regarding the make
up and first steps OF hts administra-
;ion still undecided. Definite s.,ec-
iions for three pr the ten Cabinet
places are yet to be made. and al
though there are Indications that Mr.
Harding has abou, made up his mind
III regard TO two Of them, lie is uu-
dcrstoud To be far from final choice
on sthe most troublesome of all. th.
Secretaryship of the Navy He also
has most OF his inaugural address to
write during the week. and in addi-
ZION. must come TO Il decision on vari-
Gus other subjects with which he will
have 10 deal as soon as he takes Of
tlce.
VIII Leave sunday.
The" "Presidnnt-eiact virtually has
hut six working days left before In
Auguration. He Is expected to leave
here next sunday night for Marion
where he will spend n day winding
up personal affairs and receiving a
formal farewell that has been ar
ranged by his neighbors and friends
The week will bring to ST. Angus
leaders of first magnitude. probably
to sit in the Cabinet
Tn" Presidcn,-e elect made known his
selection after a conference with Mr.
pausherty and. although there was
n" formal announcement OF an ac-
ceptance. the general understanding
was that the appointment was as
good ms settled
No statement was issued In connec-
tion with the announcement, and Mr.
Harding would add no comment. fur.
'her than to say that he was con.
vinced Mr.. Daugherty would make
great Attorney General
When his attention was called TO
recent newspaper attacks on Mr..
'auSnerty. he replied: THE on
position to him has made me more
man evei convinced tina; would
like 10 have him in the Cabinet
Was Campaign Manager.
The selection Of Mr.. Daurberty
who was the Harding preconvention
manager and who served during the
campaign as a member OF the Re-
publican campaign committee. has
been generally expected by those in
close touch with the Cabinet situa-
tion.
1t is the second Cabinet choice To
DO definitely announced. Mr.. Harding
having made known last SATURDAY his
decision to appoint Charles T..
Hughes. OF New York. Secretary of
State
Bcs!dcs Mr.. Daughcrty. the presI
intellect conferred today with
Averell Hartman. OF the Hartman
shipping interests. and said after
ward that he was much impressed by
the argument Of shipping men who
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-22

1t Is not believed thcrc viii b. any
great discomfort caused by the cold.
1t Is felt tina; Richmond has prac-
t!cally escaped III" blizzard which has
been raging throughout the country
east OF tho mississippi River.
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22
FIND FISH IN HIS STOMACH
Perfectly Formed Specimen is Alive
When Emitted by Louisville EIec-
trical Engineer.

Louisville. Ky.-A live piscatery
specimen i'm ones stomach is not an
enjoyable companion, according TO II.
9. HOwerton, electrical engineer.
Mr.. Howerton emitted the fish after
being confined to his bed for two days
with severe pains in his stomach. The
fish was perfectly formed, having eyes,
mouth, fins and scales. Ii was about
four inches long, one and one-half
inches wide and one-quarter of an inch
thick. 1t was alive when cast from his
stomach, and has been preserved in al
cohol.
Or. c. $. Whitlacht, attending Mr..
Howerton, is making a study of the
fish. II closely resembles a perch.
Il cannot imagine how it got into
my stomach" said Mr.. Howerton.
when l was boy lived in the coun-
Try and was very fond Of swimming.
Also i drank spring water. believe
may have swallowed a fish egg or
very small minnow, which has grown
20 maturity in my stomach In the
last few years | have been a sufferer
from stomach trouble and often have
felt the disturbing sensation that some
thing was moving around inside"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22
srbser ri OF ion 80 90 Per Year.
FRIDAY JULY %, 1921.
CASTLES IN SPAIN.

Spanish architect. Senior Tories
Campos. has just published an appeal
for the preservation of the ancient
castles of Spain. says New York Her
aid. He Is apparently a sensible young
man with practical plan, which is
Tot concerned with those airy struc
lures raised in day dreams all over
the world but has 10 do with embat-
tied and turreted walls silhouetted on
the heights OF cliffs and which often
seem in the twilight floating founda-
tiOnless among the clouds. But the
castles for which Senior forbes Cam
pos asks protection are reminders of
the romantic days of SPANS military
and commercial power. of lie Sage and
Gil Bias. Cervantes and Don Quixote
and of the cOnquistadors who brought
back from the American colonies the
gold with which many of these great
fabrics were raised.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22

In view of the public interest that will
be taken in the profits of the coal in
dustry. and particularly in the So
called storm center of South Wales,
it is interesting to find a record of
the profits of coal mining i'm its very
earliest days. An inquisitiOn post
norton, held at Caerphilly on June
10, In the year 1907, concerning the
lands Of Gilbert. in the County of
Glamorgan, states that there is at
Keuenkarn (Cefn CarnaW one pit
wherein sea Goals are dug and the
profit is worth by the year POS" says
London Morning Post. The industry
has developed wonderfully since those
early days, but, nevertheless. the small
pit at Cefn Carnau appears TO have
been a sound business proposition, car
ried on peacefully without recourse to
either lockout or strike.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22
THEY ESCAPE J0NAH'S FATE
But Capturing Whale in New York
Harbor Was Not Without
Difficulties.

New York-This is a whale of a
story.
Thar she blows :" cried George
Rand. watchman at the Midland Bench
pier. Staten island, as he saw al IS
foot honest-to-g gosh whale spOuting a
few yards off shore in New York har-
bor-five miles from the Woodwork
building.
Summoning re-enforcements in the
person of White Lane, restaurant
keeper. Rand boarded his motorboat
and putt-putted out TO do battle.
Rand let the whale, which had strand
ed in shallow water, have several
broadsides from his shotgun. The only
effect was a sleepy grunt, according
10 Rand.
Then Lane got busy with a butcher
knife and carved several choice steaks
off the whales back. This is said 10
have put the eritter in a temper and il
snapped several times at the boat. Re
membering Jonah's fate. the amateur
whalers put back to shore and added
four workmen 10 their crew.
Heaving "A hawser over the whales
starboard fiipper. they towed it To the
beach. At last accounts the animal
was pretty near ruined"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22
MORE LAND FOR FOOD.

During the last three years IL Is
said that 1,239.959 horses and mules
have been shipped from the United
States 20 foreign countries. the great
or portion OF these animals having
been used in war service. IL may be
interesting 10 know that this great ex-
portation Of draft animals IN no way
taxed our supply of available animals.
but due 10 the increased use OF motor
trucks, surplus OF some half-miliiOn
horses and mules IL available. More
than GO0.0OO motor trucks and other
commercial automobiles are now in
use in the United Suites and they Ave
displaced approximately 2.Wp Oo0
horses and mules. Analysis OF avail
able records Shows that MOTOR vehicles
have not only released these animals,
but have also released the 10000 900
acres of land necessary 10 feed them
and made these millions of acres which
are so badly needed. available for the
production of food for mankind, says
the Scientific American Ii is esti-
mated that motor trucks haul 100000
tons OF goods annually at cost of
IS cents per ton mile. With horse
drawn vehicles the cost Of transporta-
ton is increased TO II cents per ton
mile.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22

To the artificial atmosphere and
publicity In which children are being
brought up. away from the privacy
and restraint of fine exclusiveness and
reserve of the home may be attributed
much that Is ungracious and gives Of.
Tense I'm the speech, dress. mariner
conduct and ideas of modern clfi.di B..
and young people. Our youth have
confused standards, or no standards
at all. The consequences extend be-
yOnd violation of the canons of good
taste, says st. Louis GlObeDemocrat.
The line determining moral equality is
but dimly perceived. Sacred things
are derided, honesty becomes old-fash-
Toned. and the step to actual wrong
doing so easy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22

In a manifesto en- cooperation. Is
sued in Paris by a number of univer-
sity professors and teachers who have
formed cOmmittee for the study Of
cooperation. il is stated that co
operative societies refuse 10 recognize
capitals right To control an under
taking and appropriate for itself The
profits under the preteXt that it had
created these profits. cooperative
societies prove to us in the first place."
says the manifesto, that an under
taking can live and prosper outside
the conditions which political economy
declared indispenSabc-that is to say,
without the lure of profits and the
pressure of competition. Cooperative
undertakings, in fact. work without
the stimulus of profits. since their rule
is to restore profits to those from
whom they were taken, and, as for,
competition. wherever they can they
endeavor to substitute for it fedora
ton or amalgamation."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22
RESENTS HERO STUFF
Makes Me Tired" Says Girl
Who Baked Burglar.
With Her Fathers Revolver She
Made Thief Drop His Plumber,
but He Outran Her.

Fort Worth, TeX.-Rose Breedlove,
a nineyear-Old girl a. Alba, near Fort
Worth, who stopped a burglar with
her fathers siX-shOOter after he had
gathered up the Silverware in the
home of her parents, says hero stuff
makes her tired" After one day of it
she has declared a strike against hav-
ing her picture taken, publicity, and
explaining to visitors.
One day the family was away from
home, leaving Rose playing with her
dolls alone in the big house. She saw
a burglar enter, and she hid under
the covers of her bed, but left a peek
hole through which she saw the in
truder ransacking the place.
When he gathered up the Slverware
she could hardly restrain herself.
When she saw him. walk across sec
ton of the floor just vanished, which
her mother had warned her not to
step upon, she slipped from her hiding
place. got her fathers big weapon and
went into the dining room and holding
the pistol in both hands, ordered the
rObber 10 hold up his hands, which he
promptly did. After compelling him
to replace the plumber, she ordered
him into n closet. but instead he
slipped through the kitchen door and
fled. with Rose in hot pursuit, clad
only in her niGhtie. But the burglar
man could run faster and got away.
The family returned few minutes
later to find Rose in the yard still
holding the gun and regretting her
failure 10 capture the man.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22

Project to Harness the Colorado
River Bigger Undertaking
Than Panama Canal.
COST WOULD Be S0OO,OOO,OOO
Propose Developing Hydro-Electric
Power on Huge Scale for Distribu-
ton Over Wide Area Of
the Southwest.

Los Angeles, Cal.-The worlds
greatest electrical project" is the way
some engineers describe the Southern
California Edison company's plan for
impounding the waters Of the Colo
RADIO river and developing hydro-elec-
trio power on huge scale for distri-
button over a wide area of the South
west.
Edwin o. Edgerton, special counsel
for the corporation, formerly president
of the California state railroad COM
mission, states the project ultimately
would involve $SO0,OOO,OOO, or twice as
much as was spent on the Panama
canal
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22

1t is certainly TO be hoped that the
German people will accept the view of
one OF their spokesman who says that
the terms finally agreed upon are just
and properly framed. We are prone
10 forget that this settlement is es-
tabllshing precedent for future wars.
y just settlement will allay resent
ment. One that enables the victorS
TO enslave the vanquiShed would make
trouble next time.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22

DR.. james Cotton of Toror . SAYS
that he has discovered an ether"
which will force a man to I, his in
nermOst thoughts, because IL '"S-roys
memory and judgment" If II C.t .oys
memory how can one be sure that the
patient is telling the truth? The doc
tor refuses TO give his discovery to
the world on the philanthropic ground
that 1t would be a dangerous thing to
do, says Mobile Register. AS long as
he takes this ground nobody can
prove that ne is rOmancing about his
discovery
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22

A husband wants Il divorce because
his wife not only went with other men
To dances. accorl.n. To his allegations.
but paid the expenses of the parties.
Now he thinks she olsht To pay the
fiddler
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22
Fate Follows Family.

Wheeling. w. Va.-Seven children
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles w Hilton az
Wheeling have met vioient deaths
within the past II years. The lat,k
death occurred recently when John
Hilton. aged thirteen. was drowned in
the Ohio river.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22

The Department of Agriculture
fears ga alarming shortage i'm APPLES.
pears. peaches. plumS and cherries,
AMI the general public fears an alarm
inc increase in tho price OF all those
rrGlts
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22

hn eminent surge N says tobacco is
the least harmful of four social
poisonS." tea. coffee. alcohol and TO.
bacco This will cause much conster-
nation. probably, among tea and cof-
fee drinkers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22

Considering the fact that the Indian
population of the United States I'm
creased 10 per cent In the last ten
years. While the alien population grew
less than : per cent. the cause of 100
per cent Americanism may be said 10
be looking up.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22

Inmates of an old folkS'NhOme. both
seventy years old. have married 10 cul-
inmate romance that began over n
checker board. Ii would be interest
inc To know just how much time
elapsed after he proposed before she
said Yes"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22

II doesn't seem likely that the bet
ter homes movement will make as
much progress as is expected until
rents and building costs get down TO
point where the people who are will
ing TO have better homes can afford TO
get home 10 better.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22

\ Connecticut legislator proposes to
make 10 a misdemeanor for the wearer
of wrist watch 10 set 1t at daylight
saving time. Well. there was time
when it was considered crime TO
wear wrist watch ut all. We
progress, though slowly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22

Whether a Hindoo is technically
white" is the more difficult for Il
naturalization official to decide be-
cause some are and some aren't. The
question is as much individual as ma
tional; and some of the HindoOS are
mixed not only in their ancestry but
in their knowledge OF it.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22

Another advantage of becoming a
hOme-OWner is that IL gives YOU a
chance 10 protiteer on Yourself the
Boston Transcript tells Us. Yes and
that beats giving the other fellow a
chance 10 operate OH your pile.