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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-13
RENTEBst RENTERsl

EASY BOUGHT-EAST OWNED
now rs THE TIME TO BUY A HOME
Az APPEAL To THE WORKING
MEN OF AVERAGE MEANS-WHO
ARE BEING DRIVEN FROM PILLAR
TO Pest BY INCREASING HIGH
RENTAL N SOUTH BEND.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
FAILS TO BREAK u. S.
Immigration LAW
STRONG MAN OF
EUROPE DETAINED BOARD
STEAMSHIP LORRAINE.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Marijan Matt
ievik is the champion strong man OF
Tugoslavia and other parts of central
Europe. But he failed today to break
the immigration barriers when
he arrived on the French liner Lor-
raine from Havre In fact, he wasn't
strong enough even to bend the re-
strictive immigration law, which is
pliable enough at times.
1t was to his unbounded astonlsh-
ment that Marian, who travelled first
class with his Swear son, who plays
with 5O-pound dumbbells, learned that
there is such thing as quota I'M
migration law.
The Jugoslavian 1921 quota has been
exhausted for months. Marian was
detained on board the Lorraine and
sent word to some friends, who will
try to get him landed as an artist, as
he expects to do some artistic teats
here, such as putting two tons on his
back, swinging 900 pounds from his
teeth, and, thus encumbered, dong the
Tugoslavian national dance.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
DISPLAYS TOO
MUCH HOSIERY

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-For the
second time in a year Judge Won
A. Huffaker reprimanded woman
witness in his court for what he
considered too liberal display of
silken hose.
According to the judge, the wit
ness drew her skirt too high and
then crossed her legs in front of
the judge and jurors. Upon being
reprimanded the woman attempted
reply, but was silenced by the
Judge and retired weeping. Discuss
ing the incident Judge Huffaker
said his respect for the modesty of
his mother and that of other good
women compelled him to act as he
did and that no woman could come
into his court and insult mans
sense of modesty.
Short dresses" he said, "are no
doubt, to blame in large measure
for the lack of modesty prevailing
at this time"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
W. A. WINBURN VOICES
HOPE FOR NEW YEAR
MANY ENCOURAGING FEAT
URES IN OUTLOOK, SAYS
PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL.

Reviewing transportation conditions
of 1921 and discussing the outlook for
1922 President w. A. Winburn, of the
Central OF Georgia railway, has some
very interesting things to say.
He points out that although condi-
tons last year were unsatisfactory
such may be expected as the after
math of war, and do not indicate any
thing unsound or fundamentally wrong
with the south.
He asserts that there are many en-
couraging features in the outlook for
1922, provided agriculture, commerce
and industry adapt themselves to the
demands of the times.
In line with the Central of Georgia's
well-known policy of taking the pub
lie into its confidence, he tells the re-
suits OF the past year in transporta-
ton and the plans of railway manage
ment for the coming year.
Although railways in the south
made less than two per cent upon their
property investments, in the face OF
drastic economies, many rate conces-
sions were made to shippers in this
section, some of which Mr.. Wmburn
enumerates. He calls attention to the
saving to the public by the removal
of the war tax on freight and passen-
ger receipts, the ten per cent reduc-
ton on agricultural products and the
abolishing OF the surcharge for pas
sengers in sleeping and parlor cars.
Further reductions are pledged as
operating costs decrease.
Mr.. Winburn says that the first
steps toward relieving transportation
burdens have been taken, and pleads
for the cooperation of other industries
in restoring prosperity. He says:
1T is upon the basis OF co-opera-
ton that we must build during 1927
Cooperation must be actual and not
theoretical. Since agriculture is basic
industry the obligation rests upon the
farmer to diversity, to plant with an
understanding that he can no longer
RELY upon a single staple crop, to put
his products in marketable shape, to
sell what he has and meet such OF
his debts as he can. In this endeavor
the farmer must not be lett to hight
it out alone. The merchant must plan
with an eye to quick turnover and
moderate profits the banker must aid
in a selling program, and labor must
make concessions for the common
good. With such a program, vitalized
BY cooperation, results will be Ger
tain"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10

duly authorized bonding companies,
will be required to pay the state 9zuo
this wear, while the tax last year was
SIS. ,.-.
The tax on brokers, merchandise
and commission merchants will be IN
creased from $50 to 500. Dealers IN
coal coke or wood will be required
to pay tax of 500. Last year this
tax was $40.
The tax on dance halls is increased
from SIS to 500, while on companies
compiling dictionaries OF any charac-
ter the increase is from SIS to SlZo. =,
It will cost twice as much to tell
fortunes here this year as 1t DID last
wear. the tax this year being SzOO.
Tax on the manufacture OF ice cream
increased from SIS to $50. Motion
picture supply houses or film distrlbut-
ing agencies for each place OF busi-
ness will pay 500 against SIS last
wear. Tax on packing houses increased
from $500 to $500; picture frame hous-
les from $40 to SIS.
Moving picture houses and vaude-
vile shows will be taxed SlZ.oU
month. an increase of $3.50 a month
Private hospitals and sanatoriums are
required to pay tax Of $1OO, double
the amount last year. UndertaKers
will paw $500 as against $l00 last year.
Tax Collector Russell emphasizes
the fact that the proprietors OF con-
Germs that are taxed for the hrsit time
must register Immediately and pay
the tax.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
COTTON $3.50 A BALE
HIGHER THAN YEAR AGO
is INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE
THAT CONDITIONS HAVE
GREATLY IMPROVED.

ATLANTA. Ga.-New Years day,
1922, found the average bale Of cotton,
weighing 500 pounds, worth $3.50
more than a year ago.
Based on the last quotation on the
floor of the Atlanta commercial ex-
change-18.75-a bale of cotton was
worth $o375 against $66.25 for the
same day in 1921, based on the price
then of 1925. The net gain in spots
for the year, day for day, is $50 points,
but in this connection it must be born
in mind that prices during the past
year went even lower than that, and
ruling quotations at the time the seed
went into the ground were around ii
and II cents, or from SIS to 500 per
bale.
Taking the present price as a fair
average for the 1921 crop in Georgia
the value of the yield of approximate
1y 100000 bales is $75,000,0OO against
$4S,000,000, the value when the crop
was planted, gain for the farmers
of the state of $27,000,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
IN WILD CHRISTMAS
PARIS SPENT MILLIONS
DRUNKEN RIOTS, GAY PAR
TIES AND MAGNIFICENT
MASSES WERE FEATURES.

PARIS-More than $3,000,0OO was
spent for liquor in Paris the night be-
fore Christmas. jewelers. remained
open all night to sell gems for fabu-
lous prices to wealthy persons whose
purse strings had been loosened by
the champagne.
The prices in restaurants were the
highest on record. Many of the hous
es were decorated in Arabian Nights
fashion. A few oysters and piece OF
turkey cost $50. The average midnight
sup5ers in the best places were listed
at 200 francs and champagne at 100
francs a bottle. The supper menus
averaged more than 20 courses.
Some establishments insisted that
guests order champagne every half
hour. The night marked the opening
of all the theatres in the city. Startling
shows were the fashion. Costly gowns
and rich gems were displayed on all
sides.
For the first time since the arnis-
tice the war lid flew off. All the church
es held magnificent midnight masses.
Costly soloists from the opera were
hired to furnish the music.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
OF SEVERAL
CHANGES IN CABINET
MELLON IS CHIEF TARGET OF
GRUMBLERS. HAYES AND
HOOVER IN SAME CLASS.

The New Year of 1922 may bring
some changes in President Harding
cabinet. according to reports in Wash
inqton. The ones who will be the first
to go, according to popular report, are
Secretary Hoover and Postmaster
General Hayes Formidable move
ments to shove Mr.. Mellon from his
position are already under way, and
he is feeling the pressure.
A report current among senators is
that Mr.. Mellon will retire and be sue
ceeded by Secretary Weeks, but his
friends assert that he will not give up
his post. The fight on him IS growing
stronger daily, led by many prohlb1-
Zionist leaders who do not believe Sec
retary Mellon has shown as dry
spirit as he should.
Postmaster General Hayes is said to
be more criticised than any other cab
met official. The chief assaults upon
him come from the democrats who
insist that Hayes is running his. de
partment purely as a political machife'
Hoover Is Disliked.
Secretary Hoover is disliked by
many members of congress, many OF
his opponents asserting his synIpa-
thies were pro- British and foreign, in
stead of American. No intimation has
come from the white house or the
department of commerce that Mr..
Hoover would resign. A persistent
report that Secretary Hughes will re
tire when the arms conference com
pletes its work seems to be without
foundation. it being generally admitted
that Hughes opponents are circulat-
ing the report in the hope that ne
may finally grow tired OF denying 1t
and actually resign.
Administration officials, however,
assert that they look for changes IN
President Harding's official family ear
Iy in 1922, but no one can say definite
" which designations will be received
first.
cabinet at the end of 1921, it is said,
but it is believed now that he will re-
main in the cabinet for several months
if not indefinitely.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
BRAVED BLIZZARD TO
GREET THE PRESIDENT
CUSTOM DISCONTINUED BY
WILSON REVIVED IN THE
FAMOUS BLUE ROOM.
A NEW YEARS RECEPTION
Meet and Shake Hands With $500
Persons, Who Stood in Biting Wind
Awaiting Adn1ittance. Foreign Dip
lomats and Common Citizens Stand
On Equal Footing.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The cold
est weather of the winter did not pre-
vent official Washington, the diplo-
matte corps and a goodly portion OF
the general public" from turning out
en- masse for the first white house
New Years reception in eight years.
This annual custom of personal
exchange of greetings between the
chief executive and the public, dis
continued during the Wilson admins
tration, was revived when the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding took their
places in the famous blue room at II
o'clock to receive the first OF their
thousands of guests.
Diplomats and other dignitaries were
greeted after the time-honored Gus
tom. Germany and Austria long un-
represented in this capital to say moth
ing of unbidden to the executive man
sion, stood on equal social footing
with the powers OF the allied side, Tor
Charges Lang and Prochnik were in
vited to the festival.
President and Mrs. Harding re-
ceived in the blue room. Filed past
them members of the diplomatic corps,
the cabinet, the supreme court, the
arms conference, the congress and
others whose names are synonymous
with fame in this and other lands.
A Touch of Charm.
The president put into the recep-
oh Of
ner which makes him personally be-
loved of high and low. 1t was not
the stiff, formal affair that such a
reception often is.
Then in the afternoon the president
and his wife received the public.
The government clerk, the pretty
girl stenographer, the ordinary bust
ness man could file by and be greet
ed with the same affability which had
been accorded to the more distinguish
ed at the forenoon affair.
The gates of the white house en-
closure were swung back at o'clock
for the public to enter and led by the
inevitable small boy the head OF a
long column, which had dared the
January breeze, swept forward to the
pillared entrance. A relocated marine
orchestra, divided in two sections so
that by alternating continuous music
could be maintained, began its pro-
gram as the procession moved up. The
big doors were .propped back and for
two hours the moving mass moved
through the massive entrance, its in
dividual units jogging under the COM
bined stimulus of the music and the
cold.
The number responding to the gen
eral invitation was officially reported
at $500, many OF whom stood for
hours in biting wind and in slowly
moving column of tours which extend
ed for blocks from the Pennsylvania
avenue portico.
The president and Mrs. Harding
met and shook hands with all, physi-
cal feat of no mean magnitude.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
MARY'S WEDDING WILL
BE COSTLY AFFAIR
KING GEORGE AND FIANCE
WILL DIVIDE THE EXPENSE
BETWEEN THEM.

LONDON, Eng.-In spite OF the
comparative poverty of the British roy
al family, due to the excessive increase
in the cost of living, it is announced
that the wedding OF the Princess Mary,
only daughter OF the king and queen,
to Viscount Lasceles is to cost nearly
$150,000. 1t will be the costliest tunc-
ton of its kind since the wedding OF
King George. While no date has been
set it is understood the ceremony viii
be performed some time between FEB.
'20 and April /.
The largest single item OF expense
will be the floral decorations in St.
lanes chapel, where the ceremony
will be performed They will cost
$4,000, which is exactly double the
figure paid at the wedding of King
George and Queen Mary. Next comes
the fee payable to the archbishop OF
Canterbury, who will read the greater
part of the wedding service. Five
thousand dollars will be his share OF
the roval bounty, with three additional
c1ergymen receiving $1,000 each. Each
chorister will receive $3.50 and the or
ganist will receive $1,000. King George
fixed all the fees, ordering a SO per
cent increase over the amounts paid
at his own wedding.
Groom Pays Half.
1t is understood that Lascelles, who
is extremely wealthy, has agreed to
pay half of the wedding costs. One OF
his gifts to his bride will be SIS 600,
the cost of her trousseau, and he has
already settled $250,000 upon her
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
u. S. NEXT TO THE
LARGEST WHITE NATION
MAY SOON EXCEED RUSSIA IN
POPULATION. WORLD CEN
SUS STATISTICS.

The human race is steadily increas-
ing, according to latest International
census figures, the world now con-
tanning about 1,800,000,000 people,
more than half of them Asiatics. The
numerical supremacy OF Asia is, how
lever, threatened, for, while China and
India are so thickly populated that
further increase has become difficult or
the new worlds of America
and Australia are capable OF enormous
additional developments.
The present population OF the world
gives Europe 500,000,000, Asia 900,-
100000, Africa 150,000,000, America
200, 100000, Australia and other island
areas 100000 The Asiatic and Afri-
can figures are necessarily conjectural.
Japan Gains Rapidly.
The first census OF Japan taken this
wear gave an aggregate for the Japan
Iese empire of nearly 100000 popu-
Ilation, of whom 100000 are inhab-
Iitants of Japan itself. Japan's rapid
population increase is a problem for
Japan and her neighbors both; it is at
the root OF much that is now under
discussion at Washington,
The British empires share OF the
worlds people is large, but consists
mainly Of Asiatics and African natives.
The empire as a whole contains about
I450,000,000 persons, including 10000
1000 natives OF India OF the aggregate
for Britain only 65,000,000 are white
The greatest white, or mainly white,
nations are now, i'll point OF number
as follows: Russia, in Europe and
Asia. 130,000,000; United States, l06,-
100000; Germany, 60,000,000; United
Kingdom, 47.000,000; Italy, 100000;
Ukraine. 100000; France, 10000
900; Poland, 100000; Spain, 23,OOO,-
900: Rumania, 100000.
Germany, at the last pre-war census,
in 1910. including Alsace-Lorrane,
had 65.O00000 At the 1919 census the
new Germany. including Silesia, had
lust over 100000. The contrast with
France is of much interest. France
now has 100000, including Alsace-
Lorraine. In the 1911 census, without
IAlsace-L Lorraine, France had 39,6OO,-
1000. Thus, the gain of Alsace-Lor-
raine leaves France smaller nation
than she was ten years ago.
America Rivals Russia.
America as a whole continues to
grow rapidly and the United States
bids fair to beat Russia in population
within Is years, Tor she grows not on
ly by natural increase but by lmmi-
grafton. Uncle Sam now rules Il,0O0,-
600 families, with an average income
by far the greatest in the world. The
United States can boast of being the
nearest thing to wealthy nation the
world has yet seen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
DECLARES PROMINENT
MEN HAMPER JUSTICE
ATLANTA JUDGE SAYS LAW
ENFORCEMENT DEFEATED
BY LENIENcY EFFORTS.
COURT is BESEIGED BY THEM
After Calling Loudly in Public for
Punishment of Criminals Citizens
Importune Court and Pardon Board
After Convictions Are Had

ATLANTA, Ga.-Judge John D.
HUMPHREYS, of the criminal division of
Fulton superior court, charging the
new grand jury Monday, urged a
more rigid enforment of the criminal
laws in 1922, and in this connection
declared that law enforcement is seri-
Iously handicapped by the activities of
many prominent citizens, who call
loudly on the outside for strict pun
ishment of criminals, and then use
their efforts to obtain leniency for
bootleggers, automobile thieves and
other law breakers.
Judge HUMPHREYS revealed that he
is besieged by such requests for the
hating OF justice.
The only remedy for the present
situation" Judge HUMPHREYS said, lis
to hold before the criminal mind the
certainty of punishment if convicted
and an added vigilance on the part OF
county and city authorities in appre-
hending criminals | do not consider
that any particular crime wave has
struck the city, but | do know, from
figures at hand, that indictments have
increased in the last four years on an
average of 800 year"
1900 Indictments in Year.
Judge HUMPHREYS cited figures
showing that in 1919 approximately
900 indictments were returned, i'll 1920
there were 1000 and in 1921 the high
water mark was reached when over
500 indictments were returned.
Judge HUMPHREYS also emphasized
the fact that the work of the courts is
being hampered by well-known and
prominent citizens asking for clemen-
cy for criminals after conviction. He
said that practically after every con-
viction he is beseiged by friends and
relatives of the convicted person who
are asking him to tighten the sentence
After failing, in most cases, they
take the matter to the prison COM
Judge HUMPHREYS said Il
wish to go on record as standing for
strict enforcement of the law and if
a person is convicted before me his
friends need not intercede, and if they
go to the prison commission asking
for pardons | cannot conscientiously
recommend that they be granted, ex-
cept in a few isolated cases, where
peculiar circumstances warrant such
action"
Young White Criminals.
Judge HUMPHREYS expressed amaze
ment that so many young white boys
are being convicted of robberies and
automobile thefts. He said that in the
majority of the cases which he has
heard during the past year young
white boys have been the defendants.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
MEXICAN BANDIT GAVE
HIS LIFE FOR LOVE
WAS LURED TO DEATH BY
NATIVE BEAUTY. LAST OF
OUTLAW CHIEFS.

MEXICO CITY.-Pedro Zamora,
the last of the leading bandits in Mex
leo. was lured to his death by wo-
man he had made captive. According
to authentic stories Zamora was prob
ably the most daring and picturesque
bandit who ever raided town south
of the Rio Grande, Zamora and his
brother. Antonio, were originally
vaqueros, or cowboys, on one OF the
great ranches in the state of Jalisco.
Several years ago a favorable offer
was made to any one who would run
burro and mule trains to pack sup
piles into a mining district in the
state, and Pedro and his brother gave
up their ranch jobs and became pack
lfreighters. They would have prosper
ed but for the many bandit crews then
harassing most OF Mexico. They were
held up and robbed times without
number.
Became Bandit Himself.
Finally Pedro became enraged and
decided to turn bandit himself. He
gathered 40 or so reckless men about
him. and started out on his career as
II.
success and soon he had 800 well arm
ed, well mounted men at his COM
mand.
Like all bandits, from the time OF
Robin Hood on, Zamora's crew not
only robbed and killed, but it also
made bandit love to the women of
the territory through which it passed.
Resultant wrangles and jealousies led
T. -, nfN
outlaws, to decide on a bold plan. Rid
ing down one day toward the beauti-
full little village of Autlan he said to
his men:
Below us are the homes of many
beautiful women. You dogs who are
SO amorous will take what women
seem good to you, but | will have no
ouarrels over them. For each a wo
man. if he wants to be burdened with
her on the road" Pedro Zamora him.
self had no intention of taking a wo-
man with him. He considered them as
beneath his dignity as bandit chief
tain. The Zamora band rode out of
Autlan at shutdown with % women
captives and on that first journey Pc
dro caught sight of Conchita Lopez,
Ia 1o-vear-o1d girl of unusual beauty.
Killed Her Captor.
The attraction was mutual and that
night Conchita stabbed and killed her
captor that she might be with Pedro.
From then on they were inseparable,
and when the federal troops began TO
close in on them Pedro, after bury
ing much of his loot, escaped with
Conchita. taking $4,000 in gold with
him. The pair finally agreed to sur
render on condition that they be sent
to Durango and that they retain their
loot. And then Conchita disappeared.
Zamora learned she was in Mexico
City with plenty of money, his $780,
600, and that she was living ike a
queen. He broke his parole and went
to the capital to see for himself, was
arrested and assassinated in his cell.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
MEASURE NOW EFFECTIVE
ELIMINATES MANY TAXES
THAT HAVE BEEN PAID FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Federal
taxatio Ur b the stroke of
T,idnipht. Desa "a traveller
buying his ticket no rolSa
government the per cent he mas h
paving for two years or more. The
man at the soda fountain doesn't have
to paw a 10 per cent tax on his soft
drink. The woman dropping into into
a drug store for lip stick, cosmetics
or the like, no longer buys an internal
revenue stamp along with the goods
she wants.
The new tax law, eliminates fifty
seven varieties or more of petty ex-
actions by government tax collectors
and reduces taxes on still others to
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
Girls Plan TO Invade South
Carolina S Womanless Town
Postmaster Asked to Investigate and
Make Confidential Report.

GREENVILLE, S. C.-Donalds,
which has gained nationwide repu-
tation as being town without a sin
gle manageable woman, due to an
epidemic of weddings last summer, is
to be invaded by Chicago women,
who will give the matrimonial pros
poets the ''once over"
The Greenville postmaster received
a letter today from a Chicagoan who
STYLED herself as Young. pretty and
a good cook, with money" saying
that she and others were planning a
motor triplsouth and that they wanted
the postm ester 10 investigate the sit
uaion at Donalds and give confidential
report on the boys who, for lack OF
more excitement, almost crowded the
stove out of the village drug store at
nights.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
THE. NEW FEDERAL TAX LAW SAVES
PEOPLE OF THE OF u. S. $425, 100000

an estimated extent of $425,000,0OO an
nually.
There Are Still Taxes, However.
New taxes of FIVE per cent OF the
amount when the sale price exceeds
given sums are placed on carpets and
rugs, travelling articles, motor cars
and wagons, smoking supplies, pho
Geographic articles, radio and cable mes
sages, firearms, jewelry made of pre-
cious metals and slot vending ma
chimes.
Some special taxes retained are those
on brokers, pawnbrokers, proprietors
of public amusements, renters OF pub.
lie conveyances and employers OF child
labor.
Stamp taxes still in force are those
on stocks and bonds and their sale,
custom house affairs, foreign insur-
ance policies, powers of attorneys, and
playing cards.