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The Washington herald., 1921-04-22

teenth street southwest, plate
printer, and Immediately after ap-
pears the name of William Harding.
OF III Sixth street northeast, a pat
ternmaker. The only distinction
given the President is that his name
is printed in heavier type.
Wilson Is Included.
Woodrow Wilson. of 2340 s. street
northwest. appears among Several
pages of Wilson's. There is no oc-
cupation given for the former Prcsi-
dent. 1
The names OF George B. Christian,
secretary to President Harding (no
address): Theodore. Roosevelt, As
sistant Secretary of Navy, (no ad-
dress): District Commissioners,
James F. Oyster. of 24o0 Sixteenth
street northwest, and Cuno H. Ru-
dolph. 2236 Connecticut avenue
northwest, appear in the front of
the directory under the heading of
Too Late"
Sixteen and a half pages of the
book are given over to families
bearing the name of Smith; fourteen
pages contain Johnsons; the Browns
take up thirteen pages. while the
Jones rank fourth with ten pages
devoted to them. There are 1l0
John Browns.
Deborah Aaron, OF apartment 315,
the Cavanaugh apartment. holds
the distinction of being the FIRST
person listed in the directory. while
John Zydeman, OF 1917 NJ street
northwest. Is the last Individual re-
corded
The Washington herald., 1921-04-22
Congress VIII Drop
Landis Impeachment

Impeachment proceedings insti-
tuted against Judge Lands. Of Chi
cago, in the last Congress will not
be pressed in the Sixty-seventh
Congress unless charges are again
presented from the floor of the
House.
This was announced yesterday by
Representative Dyer. OF Missouri
chairman Of the judiciary subcom-
mittee which had under considera-
ton the impeachment charges made
by Representative Welty. Of Ohio
against Judge lands based on his
dual capacity of Federal judge and
supreme arbiter OF organized base
ball.
. Representative Welty, who agi-
tated the Lands impeachment in
the last Congress. Is no longer a
member OF the House.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-22
Census Chief Given Silver.

That no industry outside the War
Departments accomplished as much
in SO short a time as the Bureau of
Census under Samuel L. Rogers. was
the tribute paid to the retiring di-
rector yesterday when the employees
presented him with a silver service.
The presentation was made by WILL
lam M. Stewart, acting director,
who lauded Rogers work during
the six years he was at the head of
the department.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-22
ID. c. VIII Spend S2O,OOO
To ReSurface IS Roads

As a means OF preserving more
tian sixty-five stretches of road
way, the District engineer depart
ment yesterday completed arrange
ments for the expenditure of 100000
in resurfacing these highways.
While numerous other streets
that need tarring are not contained
in this years list, Maj. s. Besson,
assistant engineer commissioner in
charge Of roadways, said yesterday
that he hoped to be able to make up
another list of streets to be COW
cred with tarvia after July 1, when
the new appropriation becomes
available.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-22
ULtinatun Sent Panama,
Says Unofficial Report

1t was reported unofficially yes
terday that this government had for
warded and would soon make pub
lie its reply to the note from Panama
and Costa RiCa. Confirmation could
not be obtained at the State De-
partment. 1t is believed to consti-
tute in substance an uItimatum. re-
quiring Panama either to apply the
white award or to assent to its
execution by the United States
The disputed territory is the Coto
diStrict, still administered by Pan
anna, which up to the present time
has refused to recognize the leRi-
timacy of the White decree although
bound by treaty with Costa Rica so
to do. The obligation falls upon the
United States under a treaty with
Panama to require respect for Chief
Justice Whites decision.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-22
Secretary DaUis Fapsrs
Risiey for Solicitor,

The nam. Of Theodore @. RIsiey.
Of Nj, Carmel. NJ. was ~ssnt
to President Harding yssterdsy
through 'he Attorney General az
the choice of Secretary OF Labor
Davis for departmentf solicitor.
The President is expected to act on
the selection Immediately.
Risley has served in several Fed
ersl legal ofiices and was a special
counsel for the once Of the Comp
troller Of the Currency during the
ineumbency Of Brig. Gen. Charles
@. Dawes
The Washington herald., 1921-04-22
Assaults Man and Wife
In OlDn Home With CIub

DALLAS. Tex. April 21.-"Catch
the man with the club"
rms cry has gone up here fol-
lowing series of mysterious at
tacks upon persons in the Iast two
weeks the most recent Of which oc-
cured Thursday when a man WELD
ing club. stole into the home of
Mr.: and Mrs. ShiveIy Russell and
asSalled them. He broke Mrs. Rus
selIs skull and fractured the hus-
oands jaw. but overlooked a child
asleep in the bed.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-22
Alleged Forger Rearrested

Rearrested after he had been re-
leased on habeas corpus writ, AL
den Frost, 25 years old, was yes
terday taken back to Ashland, Va.
to answer a charge of forgery. ac-
cording to the police. II Is claimed
by the police that Frost passed
alleged forged notes on a bank at
Ashland. Sheriff Hall took the pris-
oner to Virginia.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-22
Senator to Address Clerks.

senator Thomas Sterling. of South
Dakota, will address tonight's
meeting of Federal Employees Union
No. 2 to be held at Pythsan Temple,
1912 Ninth street. Sterling is the
author of the Sterling re-
tirement bill and also introduced
the reclassification measure in the
Senate. He will speak on "Reclas-
sification."
The Washington herald., 1921-04-22

$1,000. .ooe.o 900. due to Unnecessary
profteering OF middlemen. arbitrary
restriction Of credits by Federal Re-
serve banks and unreasonable rise
In railroad rates.
'out, of a dollar" says Mr..
Brookhart, (which labor pays for
farm products, the farmer gets 3s
cents. Out of the dollar which the
farmer pays for labor products the
laboring man gets IS cents-a gap
between reciprocal producer and
consumer of so cents out OF each
dollar Is caused by distribution
costs"
The sessions this morning will
conclude the farmers conference.
Yale Law School is planning q
year-round session 20 enable stu
cents TO shorten their courses.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-22
FARMERS OPPOSE
SPECULATING IN
GRAIN And COTTON
Demand Corrective Law
Or Will Put Limit on
Production.

Support Of grain and cotton ex-
changes, but opposition to the spec
uIative features connected with
them represented the >concensus Of
opinion of the speakers addressing
the National Farmers Union at their
session in the House once Building
last night. ....
Senator Carraway. of Arkansas.
was the sole dissenting voice. He
urged the total elimination Of 'ex-
changes. . He declared. however.
that he would support the measures
of his colleagues for barring spec
ulation.
Replying to a speaker who de-
clared that Congress could enact
remedial legislation in fifteen min
utes, he asserted about the only
thing Congress would be likely to
pass in fifteen minutes would be an
appropriation for mileage for the
Congressman"
Evils Are Conceded.
Many grain operators concede
the existence of evils in these ex-
tnduBcbs auCCidECo oChoNOI NappCE'
Never has Congress been more dis
posed to listen to the farmer. II
you will but get together and unite
on a specific plan"
A note of warning that unless cor
rective measures were taken, the
farmers would resort to limiting
their production, was sounded by
NJ. McOliff. president Of the Farm
ers Union of the State OF Kansas.
I'VE are getting poorer and
poorer" he said. The price we are
getting for wheat does not equal
the cost OF it's production" Others
who spoke were Senator Norbeck. OF
South Dakota, and Representative
Moore, of Virginia.
VIII Show Losses.
In a report that will be oficiaIly
presented to the delegates at the
session this morning. Secretary S.
W. Brookhart. Of Iowa will present
/ statistics, indicating that the farm
ers have sustained a total loss OF
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1921-06-30

Those vhs are DESTROYS Of having
their potato plots inspected With the
view OF having them certified later
should get in touch with the Farm
aursau office Immediately A. the
first or preliminary field inspection
will be- made July ii-is and sehsd-
nle musf be arranged within the
very Immediate future.
The horiieuIturisf In charge states
that only three days can be given TO
the work ia this county hence the
necessity for compact and well ar
ranged schedule.
Quite a number have expressed :
desire TO have their field inspected
and within a few days they viii be
Informed an 10 their place on the
schedule. Those who have not TAX
on up the matter should do 20 At
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1921-06-30
Dance Every Friday
Night At Reybroco

starttnx Friday night OF last week
the local post OF thr American Lee
sioa viii coadsct dances weekly at
Reybroco roof garden.
The Hue bird orchestra has bee~
engaged 70 fsrsisA shs music for the
Friday aight dsaess. and II II expect
ed they viii ~ we'll pssronized. not
only b. FILLER people but by Bull and
Twin Pals essesvs. Who can drive
to riles Nth little difficulty and en-
JOY . svs~sdl6 svsaias's amusement.
A isfse crowd sstesdsd the dance
last veeh
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1921-06-30

For time ehatterbcs may our,
shine the wiser man whose tongue
wags less. But Ia the end. as Solo
uBou long ago assured Us. "a prsfing
food shah fall The man whose brain
works full time nnds bluffiDg unneees-
sary. His talk Is profitable. not only
10 himself. but to all with whom be
comes 10 contact
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1921-06-30

Mayn~ yoa also have notie~d thai
wh~u = xosss y ssistns seven ehiI
ssea her fsvorsss dog IL . dead ons.--
lallss News
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1921-06-30
NorlCr no wArER USERS

NOTICE TO WATER USERS
OWING 10 the material change In
the Law regarding "Insr~sercnc~
with D<feh~~ ~ C~aAls" passed by
the last Legislature. we respectfully
refer 10 the following statute.
SECTION essS, 1871. INTER-
rERENCE WITH bitches 49,.
...... ........ OR CANALS .......- ....-...
Every person Who shall. without
The authority OF the owner or man
aging sssst. aud with intent to de-
fraud. tAks water from any canal
diseh. fiums or reservoir. used Tor
the psrposs Of holding or conveying
water for manufacturing. aSriesi-
tursl. nlains or donssue usss. or
Who shall. without liks authority.
raise. lower of otherwise disturb,
any sats or other sppurtsnance
thsrvof used for the eoatroi OF meAs-
prensot OF water. or who shall en-
psy or place. or caused to he emStied
or placed. into any such canal. ditch.
flame. or reservoir any rubbish.
nth OF obstruction to the free flow
Of the water IL guilty Of a mtsde-
mesnor, and upon conviction thereof
shsil b. punished by fine OF not
less than tio0 together With impri-
soan snt In the eoanty Jail for 10
days: and not more than $4,000 or
by imprisonment In the county jail
not to exceed months. or by both
such fine and imprisonment"
TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1921-06-30

6hee il they desire a visit to their
field.
II. ". POWERS.
County Ayr Agent.
Evening journal., 1921-12-28
r0R HOME RELIEF.

NTOW that the strain and the drain OF Christmas is over
IN in thousands OF Wilmington homes and business
places n is to be assumed that the people OF our city
will proceed to build up Mayor Hareys Emergency Fund
to The 10000 that needed TO with the distress
ing economic conditions in city.
Colonel George A. Elliott who is chairman OF the
Emergency Relief Committee. announced days
that up TO that time time only $4,000 had been received
in cash and pledges Since then the total has been
increased hut st is far from the amount needed to
guard against human suffering here between and
sprlns.
-FOUR Investigations have been made with and they
show want suffering and distress in hundreds OF fam
lilies and the winter has only begun" the commit
tee The majority OF due 10 inability 10 get
work-yvh savings exhausted food cut down. absence Of
coal These conditions bring suffering distress and often
sickness TO mothers and their children. These are our
own people citizens Of Wilmington, and your help to
them will be distributed with during the winter
season May not feel that your response, that
you Of the conditions, Will be free and generous
as has been the past to the suffering Of other
lands II you already contributed please send
Gin your generous contribution without delay; perhaps
Increase your first pledge Pledges be paid monthly
durng the winter to Mayor Leroy Harvey City Hall.
Your committee feels that the is worth any sacrifice
YOU may be able TO make"
That is a frank and fair appeal which should produce
sthc desired result
Evening journal., 1921-12-28

In his publication, the Commoner.
William j. Bryan celebrates the un-
precedented Congress event of a
minority Democratic membership
taking legislative control away from
the Republican majority and put
ting tax schedules into the statutes
as effectively as Claude Kitchin did
when the Democratic party had
control under President Wilson.
Tho House OF Representatives
adopted a maximum income tax
rate of S2 per cent. In the Senate
however, as Mr.. Bryan boasts, the
Democrats, although mastering only
a little more than one-third OF the
voting strength OF the chamber.
captured enough Republican votes
from the majority two-thirds to die
tate the income surtax rates finally
adopted there. These they placed
at so per cent. instead OF the 80 per
cent OF the Republican House.
But that was not enough to sat
isfy the triumphant Democratic kid
napers OF Republican members.
When the Democrats and their an
nexed Republicans had forced the
so per cent. maximum rate through
the Senate the schedule went to the
conference committee. which agreed
upon a compromise maximum OF 40
per cent
Evening journal., 1921-12-28

burned The charges against those burned to death
were Murder q rape and murder p
The offenses charged against the whites were Murder
81 rape. T. One OF the put to death was charged
with assisting to escape who had killed an ooer
OF the law The other charged with melting racial
troubles The ofenses charged against the Negro men
were Murder, II: attempted murder 3; rape 10; at
tempted rape 81 killing in alteration, a. no special
charge 3; woundng men, 4; furnishing ammuniten 20
resisting arrest 2: leaders in race clash q charge
not reported, 3; assisting to escape who had Neu
officer Of law, f. making improper remarks to woman
threatening TO knl another entering young woman
room, e. insulting woman, 4; writing note to woman, -
attacking and woman, 4.
The States in which ynchings occurred and the NUM-
Der in each state are as follows Alabama, 2; Arkansas
s. Florida ;; Georgia Il Kentucky f. Louisiana D; Mis-
sssippi i Missouri North Carolina, 4; South caro-
lima 3 Tennessee 4; Texas, 4; Virginia, l.
Those figures significant They show that IN noul
The North and the South there is imperative need OF con-
tnued agitation in favor Of permitting the law TO take its
course against those who are accused Of crime.
Evening journal., 1921-12-28

with his new Federal personnel
board President Harding should be
able to reduce She number OF Gov
ernment employees by tens Of thou
sands. The overloaded payrolls have
been one of the most baffilng of the
problems with which the common
sense and practical methods OF the
President have grappled.
Because Of civil service laws and
rules the independence Of the vari-
GUS departments from one another
and the personal questions which in
ovitably enter into the work Of put
ting men out of employment, pay
roll reduction has been very much
slower and less satisfactory than the
other reorganizations 80 signally ac-
complished by the bpsinesslike Hard
ing Administration.
In Washington alone there are still
virtually double the number Of Cow
ernment employees there were on
June 80. 1916. In the whole country
there are nearly 100000 as against
some 44O, 900 before the war.
The government and the country
alike have greatly expanded in re-
cent years, calling for more work
than was necessary before the war,
but in the old days the departments
we're crowded with thousands of sal
airy drawers who were Of little or no
use. II everybody that remains on
the government payroll is now made
10 hecome useful. II not in one place
Evening journal., 1921-12-28
Kidnapped Congress Members
(FrOm the New York Herald.)

But this time in the House 106
Democrats shanghaied 93 Republi-
cans and defeated the compromise
proposal of the Republicans. They
fixed the maximum, as Mr.. Bryan
says, at so per cent. the rate they
had forced upon the Republican
party in the Senate.
In this way the Republican ma
jority OF both the Senate and the
House had the income surtax rates
made for them by the Democratic
minority, which had been so utterly
repudiated by the American people
at the national election.
Is the Bryan boast, we wonder
going to be the alibi which the de-
faulting members or the Republican
Senate and House will set up for re-
pudiating their party's pledges to
revise the old Kitchin schedule,
into sound and safe taxes? Are
they going to plead before the
American public that they could moi
help betraylng the public because
they could not help getting kid
naped by tho Congress? This kid
naped plea would be about as worthy
of them as their failing to make
good on their platform pledges. II
would get them about as far with
the American public.
Evening journal., 1921-12-28

is enacted which permits the deduc-
tion Of a net loss in prior years from
the net income Of the succeeding or
next succeeding year. Another pro-
vision of especial importance to busi-
ness concerns is the amendment
which permits the deduction OF a
partial writ-off OF bad debts or a
reasonable reserve for bad debts.
Among other administrative pro-
visions which are decided improve
provements over the former act. may
be mentioned the provision which
makes it possible for a taxpayer to
reach a final agreement with the
government on an assessment, which
agreement cannot be re-opened
either by the government or by the
taxpayer except in cases OF fraud.
and the provision that only one ex-
animation OF a taxpayers books of
accounts shall be made for each tax
able year, except under certain con-
dltions.
"In addition to the changes in 'he
taxes on incomes. a number OF
changes have been made in the i'm
position Of miscellaneous taxes, tho
most important OF which is the re-
peal, as of January 1, 1922, Of the
transportation taxes and many OF
the so-called nuisance taxes.
As to the business outlook. the
Guaranty Survey points out that the
year which is closing has marked in
this country a turning point in the
fnHarfnr
The financial and commercial inter
relations of nations are so compre-
hensive and intricate that no coun-
try, however favorable It's domestic
conditions, can. in a worldwide, re
adjustment, escape the ill-effects OF
economic arrangement elsewhere
Nevertheless, American business ~
tivity in general has been for some
months gradually emerging from the
trough OF depression.
Moreover. for the most part cur
rent industrial production does not
Evening journal., 1921-12-28

program fixed the tonnage OF cruis
ers foilla leaders and destroyers al
100000 TONS for Great Britain anc
the United States and 10000 tons
for Japan. on the basis of the SIS
3-1.75-1.75 ratio France would bl
entitled to about 10000 tons IN
cruisers, fiotilla leaders and de-
stroyers.
But. as NJ. BRAND intimated in his
cable to Mr.. Hughes, France viii
ask for more than this. Her speciai
need is in cruisers and other sur
face auxiliaries, not for aggression
but for defense. In fixing the ratic
for these vessels more elasticity Il
possible than 1t was in fixing the
capital ship ratio. Auxiliaries can
not maintain an oversee naval offen'
sive. For economy's sake II is de
sirable TO hold even tonnage Of this
sort down. But concessions in tn,
spirit OF Mr.. Hughes's recognition Of
the peculiar position Of France and
Italy can be made without imper
Hing the results already achieved
in restricting navies in the future Il
police and self-defensive uses.
Evening journal., 1921-12-28
Harding Hammering at Waste
CFrom the New York Herald).

then In another, there is little doubt
that the number OF employees could
be cut down to the pre-war figures
and still take care with ease of the
increased work.
In the simple way he gets at all
the business problems OF the gov
ernment President Harding's new
working plan proposes that such en-
ployes as are not needed where they
now are and cannot be shifted 10
places where they are needed and
can be efficient will have to go. The
Civil Service Commission must CO.
operate in this reform.
At an average Of $4,000 a year
1000 names dropped from the
rolls, as now planned, would amount
to some 5000, 900 900. AT an annua
average of only $500 the saving
would be S225, 100000 a year. This
is the interest charge. in round num-
bers, on five billions Of dollars oi
Liberty bonds Il is as much as the
government expects TO save out OF
the navy expenditures by the vasi
fscrapping Of capital ships.
There is no more excuse for car
rying payroll deadweight in the gov.
ernment service than in private bust
ness. When the public is staggering
under the heavy tax burden it is now
carrying and will have 10 carry for
many years there is even less excuse
for government waste, and President
Harding is not the man 10 stand FOR
Evening journal., 1921-12-28
A General Disappointment

The new revenue act is a source OF
general disappointment. declares the
current number OF THE Guaranty
Survey" issued today by the Guar
anty Trust Company. Of New York.
THE failure OF Congress to re-
duce the surtax rates to a point that
the recipients of large incomes would
be attracted to industrial invest
ments instead Of non-taxable securi-
ties" the survey states, sis a serious
drawback to business revival. The
relation of taxation to business re-
covery should have been the main
consideration in the revision of the
tax law, but the new law has signally
failed in this respect to grant relief
from the heavy burden OF taxation.
which has been born for the last
three years
Although the law on the whole is
locking in the reform that should
have been forthcoming at this time,
it contains a number OF constructive
provisions. The repeal of the excess
profits tax, as of January 1. 1927 is
particularly important. and the re-
lief thus offered to corporations in
the future by the elimination OF this
burdensome and intricate tax should
assist in the revival and extension OF
corporate activities.
THE reduction Of the tax on capi-
tai gains to a maximum of IL 1-2
per cent, should make possible the
development of property now owned
by those who are not prepared to ex-
tend operations and who heretofore
would not sell because OF the high
rates of surtax. The broad provis-
ions of the new law, with respect to
the determination OF gain OF loss in
connection with tho exchange OF Sc
/ curities in the merger or reorganiza-
ton of corporations will likewise be
conducive to Industrial development
Several administrative provisions
tending to a more equitable report
ing Of business income are included
in the law A permanent provision