The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, September 22, 1921, Image 6
BRITAIN CANCELS IRISH CONFERENCE THE SINN FEIN IS SET IN THEIR DETERMINATION ON IRISH SOVEREGNTY SITUATION IS NOW CRITICAL Rupture Follows Refusal By Irish To Discuss Issue —May Call Parlia ment — Warns Os Effect •London Lloyd-Georg® has cancelled Ihe i roposed Irish peace conference at Inverness. The premier, following publication of Kamonn d< Valera's "acceptance” of the Invitation, telegraphed the Irish president that he found it necessary to call off the arrangements for the meet ing in Scotland. lie Valera’s insistence upon recogni tion ol the independence of Ireland a; a prerequisite to the conlerence, af ter the premier’s repeated declarations that the conference must discuss this phase as well as all others, brought about the rupture. The premier’s action, which, from j the standpoint of diplomatic jockeying, throws the onus for the break upon Sinn Fein, creates the most critical situation in which the Irish question lias found itself since July, when the premier issued his first invitation to the Irish loaders to come to London and‘discuss his proposals for peace. His dispatch to de Valera came with lightning-like rapidity, after a hectc 18 hours, during which couriers from Dub lin had visited him at Gairloch and dis cussed with him the principle npon which the negotiations now appear to have foundered. It does not end all at tempts at bringing about Irish peace hut it does end, for all time, any sup position that the Dritish government will grant any further concessions to Finn Fein. In his message to de Valera, the premier informed the Irish president that "it would be necessary to consult his colleagues, to determine what ac tion is necessitated by jhe new situa tion.” "in the meantime,” he said. "1 must make it absolutely clear that the gov ernment cannot reconsider its posl- I lion." Lioyd-fieorge in his telegram to de Valera tovi.ilc that he had informed the Finn Fein couriers who carried de j Valera’s reply to him, that reiteration j ol the reservation that the Irish load otM ne-.o:iate as "representatives of an im’epcndc t and sovereign state” would main the conference impossi ble. ”1 pointed out to the couriers.” be ; revs, “that vour letter specifically re- ' i.fflrmr that claim, stating that your I nation ‘lias formally declared its inde [ I envoi:. - ;«d recognises itself us a sovereign state,’ and that it is only m repnvontativea of that state that j It' delegates have any authority or ! p vv<t to act in behalf of the Irish people. I asked them to warn you of the re-tom effect of such a paragraph.” Lloyd (,'eorge added that he was will- ! irt; to regard the letter as st’ll undeiiv- I i red, in order to afford do Valera op- ! I or;unity to reconsider his position. , "in spite of this information.” he 1 continue , ’you have published the let lor in its original form.” The premier informs de Valera that lie will advise him as soon as pos t’d le of tlit* reaction of the cabinet to tbe latest development, blit that a few days’ delay v. ill be Inevitable. It is predicted that Llovd-Oeorge will call parliament into session to consid er the . ituat’on. Til at Lloyd-George leaves a possi ble lu ptinle m the present strained sit uation is soon iu the fact that lie cou ples the statement "I must cancel the eriangi ments for the conference next | week” with the declaration that it is ! ne: e-. ary for him to consult the other members of the government to learn their views. Woman Gives Birth To Her 22d Child Omaha, Neb Mrs. Earl M. Rowarv. 41. cave birth to her twenty second c Id recently, Mrs. Rowray became a bride at fourteen and a mother at | seventeen. She has been married twice. By her first husband she had twenty children. Four years ago he t ied ami she married a man twenty ' >e:u. her junior and since then two: children have been born to them. League Membership Nearing 50 Mark i Geneva. Switzerland.— The member- i shiti of the league of nations will in j increased to fifty if the assembly ! adopts the recommendations of the po litical committee which decided to ap prove the admission of Let via and Es tonia The applications of Lithuania and Hungary were put over, the com- ! inittee deciding to await M Hyman's report, which is expected soon, on the j efforts to settle the Vilna dispute he- ; lore acting on Lithuania. Hungary’s application will come up before the! end of September. Four Miners Are Buried By Cave-In Carbondale, l'a.—Buried alive by a mine cave-in, which occurred in tun nel No. 31 of the Coal Brook colliery, four mine workers await their fate. A rescue party is at work and is tunnel ing through tous of fallen cool and rock. The work is slow. One of the lescue party who came up from the workings said he had hailed the men and received faint cries from them in return. The wives and children of the entombed men are waiting at tbe top of the mine shaft hopeful of the suc cess of the rescuers. | TAX REPEAL IAN. 1, 1922 , Many Changes Made In House J Road Expenses Os Salesmen Not Exempt Washington.—The senate finance i committee definitely has decided that . the repeal of the excess profits tax j | shall be made effective January 1, ! 1922. This means the tax will apply dur- j ■ ing the current year. The committee, in reaching this de- j cisioti, concurs in the provisions of the tax bill as passed by the house. It repudiates the recommendations of the administration, made through Sec retary of the Treasury Mellon, that the ! repeal be made retroactive to January j L 1921. The argument for retention of the j tax Is that the year has so far ad- j vanced that the tax already has been j passed along to the ultimate consumer, j and that its repeal at tills late date would be of no benefit to the tax- I payer. Republicans on the committee were in favor, unitedly, of the repeal for 1922, with the exception of Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin, Senators Pen rose of Pennsylvania and Calder of New York, and perhaps others, favor ! ed making the repeal retroactive, but, when the vote came, it was unanimous fro mthe majority. Democratic mem bers of the committee refrained from voting. Other important decisions of the fi nance committee include the follow ing: Imposition of a 15 per cent tax on corporations, instead of 12 1/2 per cent tax as the house bill provides, effect ive January 1, 1922. Repeal of the capital stock tax, ef fective July 1, 1922. Elimination of the house provision exempting the salaries of the president and officers of the judiciary from the income tax. Agreement on a clause compelling all persons having a gross income of $5.- 000 or more to file an income tax re turn -whether the income is taxable or not. Elimination of house provision al lowing corporations to deduct from taxable income contributions made to charity. Elimination of house exemption of SSOO on income received from building and loan associations. Elimination of house provision ex | emitting from income taxes the ex- I crises of traveling salesmen while they are on the road. The important question of (he trans portation tax remains to he decided at | a later meeting of the committee. Al though it is indicated this tax will re main in effect as the house bill pro | vidcs. In addition, there is virtual agreement that the taxes on express l packages and the transportation of oil, re; raied by the house, will lie restored. ; j These taxes would bring into the treas ! ury about $30,000,-144. It is indicated | also that the tax on candy will be re j stored to 5 per cent from the 3 per 1 cent to which it was reduced by the ; lower chamber. The lax on tobacco ! will probably be left as it is, though | | this is regarded as a source of reve- ; j nue that can he tapped if there is need. | According to Senator Penrose, com mittee chairman, tiie bill will be com -1 Dieted soon, giving specialists an op portunity to prepare it for presenta tion to tlie senate. • Three Are Sentenced To Electrocution Lexington, S. C.—J. F. Kirby, O. i O. Fox and Jesse Gappings, convict- | ted of the murder of William Brazell, I Columbia taxi driver, were sentenced recently by Judge Thomas Sea he to | be electrocuted Friday, October 21. i I The three men were brought to Co- j ! lumliia recently immediately after re ceiving sentence and were taken to tiie state penitentiary where they will be confined until the day of their execution. To Decide Winner Os Southern League Memphis. Tennn.—A ruling by John D. Martin, league president, on a pro- | | test filed by the Atlanta club, is await- ( ed to establish whether Memphis has a clear title to the 1921 Southern as sociation pennant or the outcome of games to be played between Now Or leans. runner-up in the pennant race, and Mobile may decide the issue. Three Are Shot Trying To Escape Jefferson City, Mo. —Three of four ! convicts who attempted to escape from the state penitentiary recently were shot by the guards. One is not expected to recover. All were brought back to the penitentiary. The quar tet attempted its getaway after knocking a guard and a shop fore man unconscious. The four were em ployed in an overall factory. They are Joe Kenny, Dick Kennedy, Sam Taylor and Dan Hogan Kenny was shot through the body and wounded | dangerously. Auction Os Jobless To Include Women New York. —Urbaln Ledoux, also i known as "Mer Zero,” who auctioned ! off jobless man on Boston Common, said recently he would hold a similar auction soon near the New York pub lic library after a parade of the un-! employed tyt Broadway. He said that not only would he put jobless men on the block, strip them to the waist sell their services to the highest bidder, but that he also would auction off tbe services of any unemployed women who might apply. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR. MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. DRYS ARE MOVING TO CONTROL PARTY STATED THAT PARTY LEADERS DESIRE MORE MILITANT POLICY ASK FOR COMMITTEE MEETING Plan To Achieve Absolute Dry Leader ship Os National Committee And Run Bone-Dry Candidates Washington.—A movement has be gun within the Democratic national or ganization to make it a “bone-dry” j party, both in anticipation of the 1922 ! congressional elections and the presi j dential election two years later. The purpose of this movement, which may be said to be sponsored largely jby that group which advocated the nomination of William Gibbs McAdoo at San Francisco, is to effect an ab solutely dry leadership of the national committee, to support dry candidates at the congressional elections and seek a bone-dry outstanding figure for its next presidential nominee. Within the last three weeks spokes men of this group have bluntly in formed Chairman George White of the national committee that he should and must call a meeting of the committee without any delay, that there may be a reorganization and formation of a militant party. The reason given for demanding such action is that Democratic leaders gen erally are not kindly disposed to the "pacifistic” attitude of the national or ganisation at a time when, they feel. Democratic campaign thunder Is lying around in measurable quantities. They declare that if it hadn’t been for their agitation, begun several weeks ago, the Democratic organization would have let the New Mexican cenatorial election go by default. As it is, they say, the invoked activity now manifest ed by the organization in New Mex ico may effect a victory in that state for the Democratic candidates. Back of tiie agitation for more mili tancy, however, is the aim to make the party fundamentally progressive and absolutely unqualifiedly dry. Disclaimer is made that this purpose necessarily enters into the renewed movement against White’s leadership. Nevertheless, it is no secret thaz the lukewarm attitude shown towards Governor Cox’s campaign last fall by such monied Democrats as Bernard Baruch and Thomas Chadbourne was due to their belief that the Cox cam paign was being run by men not essen tially “dry.” George White, while a dry himselt. was and still is advised in many im portant matters by 3. N. Moore, who never has been an enthusiastic prohi bitionist. The first thing in the minds of the Democratic drys, therefore-- among whose leaders are Senator Glass of Virginia, and Senator Jones of New Mexico —is lo effect a reorganization of the national committee. Whether for mer President Wilson is involved in any way in the movement has not been : disclosed. It is known, however, tha j Glass in recent weeks has had two , prolonged conferences with Wilson, tin derstood to have been devoted to a thorough discussion of the party out look and the policies it should pur sue. Victims Os Airship Wreck Arrive Home New York.—The British cruiser Dauntless, bearing the bodies of the ! Americans who lost their lives when j the dirigible ZR-2 collapsed, August 24, : have arrived here. The Dauntless was escorted into the harbor by a fleet of j destroyers and aircraft and docked at | the navy yard. Later in the day a me- I mortal service, in charge of Captain I Vogelgesang, commandant of the na j Vi >l district, was held. Secretary of the Navy Denby participated. Argentine Deal Has Been Suspended Buenos Aires. Negotiations between j the Argentine government and Ameri ! can banking institutions lor a loan of fifty million dollars have been suspend ed. it is learned in authoritative quar ters here. The fact that these negotia tions were in progress have given rise during the last few days to many con flicting rumors, and recent violent fluctuations in the foreign exchange market here have resulted. It is not now known when the negotiations will be resumed. Franklin D. Roosevelt Is In Hospital New York. —Franklin D. Roosevelt, former assistant secretary of tho navy, who has been critically ill at his summer home in Campbell, N. 8.. arrived here on a private ear and was taken to a hospital. He was accom panied by his physician. Tennessee Deputy Sheriff Is Killed Knoxville, Tenn.—T. C. Partin, a re cently appointed deputy shefiff. was fired upon from ambush near Pine ville, Ky„ and instantly killed, it has become known here. Two Held In Chattanooga In Kidnaping Chattanooga, Tenn.—Henry’ James and a woman giving her name as Beu lah James, claiming to be the wife of the former, are under arrest at Smtihvillle, Va.. charged with the kid naping of Jack and Margaret Wood land. children of Mrs. Florence Woodland of this city, at Cape May, X. J., July 7. The arrests were made at the instance of a detective of Chat tanooga. who has been engaged to hunt for the two children and the alleged kidnapers. The two were taken tc i Cape May to face prosecution. NAVY BUILDING IS SOLUTION Undoubtedly Programs For The Future Growth Os Navies By Great Pow ers Will Be Focal Point Washington.—The crux of the forth coming Washington conference on armament limitation is embraced in the present naval building programs of the great powers. Whether machinery is set up for immediate reduction of naval arma ment or whether there is established merely a formula for future limitation of war-craft building will depend upon whether the nations can agree on dis position of their present building out lays. The questions are these: 1: Shall the powers go ahead with their present building agreement on a policy to prevail in the future, or 2: Shall the powers establish ma chinery for curtailing present building activity to relieve the immediate tax burden involved in this work? 3: If the present programs are to be curtailed in what classes of ships are the cuts to be made? The situation confronting the confer ence has been brought rather sharply into relief by dispatches from Tokio declaring it to be the decision of the Japanese government that its present naval building program must be car ried out to completion. And this, as those in touch with the attitude of oi ficials here have known for months, is the attitude, too, of the American government on its own building pro gram. It will be recalled that Secre tary Hughes recently made it very clear that the forthcoming conference was for the purpose of “limiting arma ment” and not for “disarmament.” And this government’s attitude is fur ther brought into relief by the reve lation of Director of the Budget Dawes that his estimates on departmental savings showed that none had been submitted by the navy department. Before the armament conference was called President Harding made it quite clear to those interested in the subject that there was no intention on the part of the United States to “junk” the work already begun, entailing vast expenditures to date, on the present naval program. Since the conference was called government officials have supported this same contention—that the United States must go ahead with its present construction program. If this ultimately proves to be the immutable disposition of the negotiat ing powers here, the conference will, of necessity, confine itself largely to he creation of a formula and machin ery for future armament limitation, while the taxpayers go on carrying their present burden. Against such a program there would certainly be very loud clamors from congress and from much of the public, who are ex pecting immediate armament curtail ments. On the other hand, if the work of effecting immediate reductions is tak en into consideration, the United States is in the delicate position of having to advocate continuation of her present naval progress just the same. Inferior to Oreat Britain both in the matter of great battleships and battle cruisers and inferior to Japan in the matter of battle cruisers, United States naval authorities say that the breach between this country and Eng land in the battleship class must be narrowed while the breach between the United States and Japan in the battle cruiser class must be wiped out. The only way to do this would be for Japan to cease building bat tle cruisers, England to cease building battleships—and the United States to go ahead with her present program to its completion. Petroleum Fire Is Fatal To Ten Philadelphia.—Ten workmen were killed and more than a score injured, several of whom are expected to die, in the scond serious fire to visit the big Ponit Breeze plant of the Atlan tic Refining company in a month. Three men are reported missing and' may have been burned to death be neath flaming tanks of petroleum. Bank President Is Shot To Death Dodge Center. Minn.—D. T. Rouns ville, president of the First National Bank of Dodge Center, was shot and i instantly killed in the bank recently by a man presumed to be a robber. A posse was immediately formed and the assailant was captured just out side of town. “Disarmament” List Os Topics Sent Washington.—The American gov ernment has sent to the governments of all the powers invited to partici pate in the conference on limitation of armaments and far eastern ques tions a list of the topics suggested for discussion. Officials of the state de partment refused to comment on the nature of the suggested program, but it is understood that the offered list of subjects is nothing more than tenta tive and calculated to serve merely for the basis of agreement or amicable understanding. Committees Named To Pass On Loans Washington.—Appointment of six teen local agricultural loan commit tees to handle applications for loans under the congressional authorization making available one billion dollars for agricricultural and live stock ad vances has been announced by the war finance corporation. The committee members, the corporation says, ar fa miliar with conditions in their respect ive localities, and it is expected that a great deal of time will be saved in the distribution of the loans by hav ing the parliamentary work completed. 325 ARE INDICTED; | MURDER CHARGED LOGAN COUNTY GRAND JURY NAMES MANY IN BLANKET INDICTMENT RESULT OF MINEWAR PROBE j Charges Are Based On An Alleged Vi> lation Os The Redman Act— Specifying First Degree Murder Logan, W. Va.—Three hundred and twenty-five names were included in a blanket indictment, charging murder, returned by a Logan county special grand jury recently. The indictments followed an investigation of recent dis-> turbances on the Logan-Boone county border. Among the names are those of C. F Keeney and Fred Mopney, president and secretary, respectively, of district No. 17, United Mine Workers of Amer ica, and W. Blizzard, also a United Mine Workers’ official. In addition two hun<dred indictments charging in surrection and "pistol-toting” were re turned. The blanket indictment charging those named with being principals and accessories to the killing of John Gore, deputy sheriff of Logan county, was based on an alleged violation of the Redman act. That act classifies such deaths as murder in the first degree. Gore was killed August 29, in an exchange of shots between armetl men and deputy sheriffs in the eastern part of Logan county during the attempted march across that county of a number of men who had announced their inten tions to proceed into Mingo county and there protect state martial law invok ed several months ago. The special grand jury further held in the indictment'that a “conspiracy to inflict bodily harm and punishment” had existed, and that as “the result of such conspiracy to foment revolution and insurrection',” and “the carrying of weapons in violation of the Johnson law.” Keeney and Mooney have been sought for the last three weeks, fol lowing the indictment at Williamson on charges growing out of a fatal shoot ing affair in the county during disor ders last May. After making its return to Circuit Judge Robert Bland, the jury was dis charged and the capiases immediately issued. While no announcement has been made of the date on which the men will be brought to trial, it was believ ed generally that the cases will be taken up at the October term of cir cuit court. A Washington dispatch says that members of the senate education and labor subcommittee investigating con ditions in the West Virginia coal fields left that city for a tour through the districts in which disorders recently occurred. Chairman Kenyon of the committee, which recently heard a number of wit nesses in Washington, was accompa nied from Washington by Senator Shortridge, Republican of California. They will be joined at Williamson by Senator McKellar, Democrat of Ten nessee, who is en route from Knox ville. No formal hearings are planned by the committee members, but they are bringing along a stenographer to re cord the testimony of witnessees wher ever they may find them. Automobiles will meet the party at Williamson, and the senators plan to visit all parts of the troubled area before they return. Senator Kenyon says he hopes to con clude the visit to West Virginia in throe or four days, but that later more witnesses may be heard. Says Ship Board Finances Bettei Washington.—The shipping board which President Harding recently recently stated has entailed expendi tures from the treasury of approxi mately three and a half billion dol lars “is getting in sight of the end of the need for asking great sums,” Chairman Lasker announced recently. The board chairman made his announ cement in connection with submis sion to Director of Budget Dawes of additional estimates amounting to $26,500,000. Fewer Freight Cars Idle In August Washington.—A decrease of 17,312 in the number of freight cars idle due to business conditions August 31 was reported during the week ending Sep tember 8, the Association of Railway Executives recently announced. A de crease in the number of car 3 need ing repairs .also was reported, tjie statement adding that this "would seem to indicate that the rail car riers are making progress in their effort to get their equipment into shape in order to meet increased de mands for transportation facilities.” U. C. V. Reunion Spors Are Named New Orleans.—Official announce ment of the sponsor, maids and ma trons of the Confederate Veterans’ re , union at Chattanooga has been made through the office here of General A. B Booth, adjutant general and chief of staff to Gen. K. M. Van Zandt, com manding the veterans. The list fol lows: Mrs. Roy W. McKinney. Padu cah. Ky.. matron of honor: Mrs. A. Me- D. Kimbrough. Greenwood. Miss., chap erone: Miss Martha Dulaney Bachman. Chattanooga. Tenn.. sponsor; Misses tcva Hall. Macon, Ga. I CALOMEL DYING FAST IN SOUTH “Dodson’s Liver Tone” Is Taking the Place of Dangerous, Sickening Drug. 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