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BEREA, MADISON COUNTY. KENTUCKY, FEBRUARY 23, 1022 On Dollar ud Fifty Cent Par Yaar
No. 35
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FATE OF BLOC IS
III THE BALANCE
(.ADD GUARANTEE BILL WILL
CAUSE SPLIT IN UNIT, IT IS
PREDICTED
Measure Would Provide For Th Gov
ernment Buying All Surplus Staples,
At a Minimum Price, The Farmer
Doee Not Deiiro Ye Store.
Washington. The agricultural bloc
In the Senate In facing It first lUnsnr
one crista. It wa said. It ha pissid
through many others, iiot-ihly rn 'he
revenue Mil last summer, hut whether
II la to become the pen niniit fin-tor
In American tolitlc that .t hit ili
prtwpert of lriiii. Is linn.' lu n Un
balance. The division will l over Hi so
railed ldd stahlllMitlon MM, which
would mm mriti- farmer growing corn,
wheat, cotton ami raising hp srulnst
limn by tiovermnont fixing f minimum
prices anil provide that the Treasury
buy all aunlui Maples tie tiller d
not desire In tor.
A OM-eUng of die bloc will he con
ducted In an attempt to prevnitt a
pllL The rail has been sounded by
Remittor Cbarln I. MrNary, of Orgon,
who has succeeded Senator William S
Kenyon. of limi, aa roleuder of the
blur, wUtli Senator Arthur Capr, of
Kansas. Itoth are Itepuhllian ami
while frankly ant Idpa Ung divUI.ni they
mluamluv the danger. They Insist that
the committee of economic interns! and
ttie necessity that la tlie progenitor f
(be bloc will weld it t't:llir again
after thla crisis ha passed. Hut no
one defile Unit the cmnlng division
may be tiiude dangerous. The laidd
MIL U I wild, liaxn't the remotest
chance of hning passed by the Somite,
and if a mena'ier of the agricultural
bloc of the House lmnidui-ea It In the
lower rluintiier It p'obably never would
leave tbe tVmmilttee on Agrclulture.
Aad, If it dll. H would pre. ipltate Uie
errne struggle In tbe lower chamber
that I endangering th more powerful
btor In tbe Senate.
OLD BATTLESHIPS DOOMED
Will Be Sent To Junk Pile, Declare
Chairman Keeley Me Commia
aiona For "Middies"
Washington. Coagras will not
spend one dollar for Uie upkeep next
year of old w-arahlpe that are unable
Co contribute to national defense, Pat
rick 1L Kelley, Chairman of the Sub
coraiuJtle on Appropriations, whlrh
"jrtU frame the new navy hill, announc
ed. Opimemg the apprutiriatlon of fx..
1110,1113 anked fir by SerreUtry Kdwlli
Itniiby, Mr. Kelley declined to indlrate
bow nioch might be rut from tbe -rwlary'a
eatlnutte. Ity carrying out hi
pmirram of "Juiiklng wartlila vm
eita." It was Inthiiuted by the (Uialr
man's aaauciaUit, however, that the
figure would le rwlmtMl to SUlO.Oiai,
0UO. or poaadily f JiNi.(ai.a.
Aaked how be stood on the queaUoa
of tumliis; tbe M" memlM'ra of the
Brt rhiss ut Annapolia hark to civil
Ufa hi June, Mr. Kelley n.il.l:
"It nuiy lie dittl.-ult. but the tlrwt
Class will not he rmnilKloned."
IUCK GARRETT IS OUSTED
Arduiore, Oklo.- llu. k tiurrett, sua
penuVd ShcrilT of Carter County, waa
found to be guilty In lilrlrt i'..,ii-;
here on the tlflli count of ouotei
rtiuri:oM albiting tuisconiluct, und or
dered to be removel from oltlce Cm
pett waa suendnd from oltl.e .1 ui
uary IS. Ha waa represented by IS
attornoya. An speul will be taken, it
wma aniMiuiu-ed. The ouster poll I urn
chaj-god alleged failure to eufore prt
Mbrtion laws, gambling laws and hav
ing insisted the defenditnt In a crim
inal action brought by the ntttte.
OPPOSE FARMER ON BOARD
American Banker Vote Against Bonus
and Attack High Tariffs aa v
Menace.
New York, Kch. 20. The economic
policy commission of the American
Itmiker' iiKaoclutlon adopted a resolu
tion exprcsNltig opposltlou to the pro
posed addition of a fanner to tbe fed
eral reserve hoard. Tbe commission
also declared lit favor of legislation
to simplify the function of Hie i.
serve bourd, boldltig that "the present
division of authority Is objectionuhle.
mill tli.il It lead to unueccsHury red
tape mid ilelny." It rellernted the bunk
er' opposition to a ooldlcr bomiH, mid
luiloracd President Harding' sale tax
suggest Ion to apply In the event the
bonus should be authorised. The coin
mission went on record aguliibt high
I a rl lis thiit uils'hl prove u restriction
on Imports and cause an Immigration
flood.
Arrest Claimant to Title.
port Huron. Mich.. Keb. 'JO. Joseph
Capunno, who claim be bus Just In
hcrlli'd un Italian title and f75tMN)0,
was arrested here for Muskegon au
ihoritles. wh-i hold a warrant rliaraj
Inf him with embetxlemeut of f7,U.
of the fund of the (Irent Lakes Nil
ver Pluck fun t'ompuny, of which li
whs treasurer.
BONUS SALES TAX
IS NOT DECIDED ON
House Members May Accept
Harding's Han to Raise
Fund.
MAY PUT TAX ON PRODUCTION
Ststed at White House That Preaident
Will View With Favor Taa en Pro
duction Rather Than General
Sales Tsa.
WaxhlnKtmi, Kcli. '.II. With ten days
announced by t'luilrtniin Kordm-y n
the time within which their druft of
the measure would be mmpletel. He
publican member of the Ihmim way
and iiichiih committee continued at
work on the aoldlen' lionun bill, al
thoiiKh with little indication of what
direction their dnwunalon were tak
ing them on the queotloii of caKh pay
menta and the rnlalng of fundi to
meet these.
A to the ale-ta plan advocated
hy I'realdefit Harding, however. It had
been atated that aeveral days might
elae before a decUioii wa reacheil
nl whether thl nhoiild be adopted.
May Pass Before March 4.
Whether the opoalilon to xuch a tax
could be reduced to a point that would
Insure paage of tbe bonu bill with It
continue to be a auhject of unending
dlcualon among houe member.
There apienred to be a growing deter
mination among Itepulillcun. however,
to put the ineaHure through, regiirdle
of what miubt huppen to It In the sen
ate, and. lender nald. If the bill wa
In shape for conlderatl"n by a Itepnb
Mean caucu within the time set by
Mr. Forduey It would be paed lefore
March 4.
Favors Tax on Production.
It wa stated at tbe White lloiiae
that If the sale tax plan Is adopted.
President Harding would view with
favor a tax on production, rather than
on general retail sale. The executive
wa anld to consider the former aa
the simplest form, especially since It
would avoid the problem of exemptions
likely to urine under a general retail
tax.
SOVIET SPHKADtnta IDEALS
Constantinople. Unaehm Itolshevlk
Influence Is growing steadily In parts
of Asia Mimar dominated by Ttirklxh
nationalist it Is regained here, snd
a Soviet aiwionilc iiiIumIoo, is touring
the country, giving lea-tures in which
they protest uganiat the gnuiting of
riNicesNioiis to foreigners.
FOUR KILLED BY SNOW
Inver. Colo, r'our employee of
the Is-nvi-r und Salt Ijike Kuilrond
were kllle, when a stiiiwajiile strick
an engine heliNiging to Unit r.sid nour
IMip, C0o. The men were swept
down a iahwm. Tisi ! t ih-ep.
I.IKE SENTENCE OF McKENZIE
AFFIRMED BY COURT OF
APPEALS
The Court of Appeals at Frankfort
Friday affirmed the life sentence of
Clayton McKenrie, Johnson county
alleged moonshiner, convicted of im
plication in the murder of Prohibi
tion Agent John Reynolds and James
Melvin, Marshal of Paintsville, in a
gun battle near Slate, Johnson
county, in which McKemie and Sam
uel Fitzpatrick, deputy marshal,
were wounded.
The officers raided a still near Mc
kenzie's homo August 26, 1921, and
pursuing the men cam upon Mc
Kenrie in front of a house where Al
bert Dye and Ed Stambough, after
ward jointly indicted with McKemie,
had taken refuge. The fight took
place in front of the house. Dye es
caped and a reward of $750 has been
offered for his arrest.
3 ARRESTED, 10 STILLS DE
STROYED IN MARION
COUNTY
Three men were arrested and ten
large stills were destroyed by a squad
of prohibition enforcement officers
headed by H. Georg Blincoe, who
raided in Marion county Friday and
Saturday, It was announced yester
day. One man, who drew a gmn on the
officers and tried to fight them off,
waa charged with Interfering with
Federal officers. He is Albert Gray
cf the Potinger Creek district. II
is being held In ;iil at Lebanon.
ANOTHER WORM CAPTURED
As the Citizen goes to press age
port comes that Ben Davis, deputy;
L. C. Powell, marshal, and Rub Ab
ner, police, raided another still in the
vicinity of Big Hill and raptured a
two-inch copper worm and one nian,
whose name we did not learn. T'iy
are now on the way to Richmond
with both th man and th worm.
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iks?Ter1.LJ.iiwiwi iiaji'ssasasse )uXiitl!jiSi. .
1 Interior courtyard of ancient kin-f pVlace at Uvnoa, where erxMomiCciynak'e Will sseet ? 2 Remarkable
photograph alum lug the steamship Northern il'actflc belna;4eatrore4 y-ftr M Wa aW-TbotBaa A. ' Edison photo
graphed wlih Mrs. Kills.) on bis
YOUTH AND CRIME IN
KENTUCKY
One of the chief sources of defile
ment of our youth lies in the great
number of crimes committed in the
State, many of which ar du to fail
ure to enforce the criminal laws. It
is very evident that something; ought
to be done at once to leasen the num
ber of crimes. There is too much
murder, too many assaults, too many
people carrying; concealed weapon,
too many places where deadly weap
ons may be bought, and far too little
respect for the law and the officert
elected to enforce the law.
Just recently I asked a group of
1,500 young people, most of whom ar
Kentuckiana, how many of them knew
of murders committed in their neigh
borhoods during; the past twelve
month.; and over sixty-five percent
answered affirmatively! I inquired
what the two leading causes of these
murders were, and the replies were
overwhelmingly in favor of "moon
shine and pistol totin. It 1 iat
time that we have definite action
from the Legislature on stringent
measures, and it ia equally impera
tive that we have prompt and vigor
ous action from every officer of the
law.
There are some things in our laws
that need changing. House Bill No.
370, introduced by Representative C.
D. Minor, should pass; House Bill No.
Ifi4, introduced by C. A. Chandler,
should be enacted into law; other
changes are needed. Some really new
laws would go a long way towards
eliminating much crime. We need a
law that would prohibit the buying,
the selling, or the ownership of dead
ly weapons small weapons in the
Commonwealth. We may rasa law
against murder "till the crack of
doom" and fail utterly to put a stop
to it until we do away with the weap
ons employed. The sale of revolvers
thould be prohibited absolutely, and
those that are now in the Stale
should be confiscated. We need also
a re-enactment of the jury law that
would make it possible for nine
jurors to render a verdict in crimi
(Continued on pag I)
W. A. LOCK II ART SELLS BARBER
SHOP
W. A. Lockhart, who haa been pro
prietor of the Boone Tavern Barber
Shop for several months, disposed of
it last week to Moseman and Hinegar,
two Academy students of Berea Col
lege. Patrona of Boone Tavern Shop
are assured the best of service under
the new management Messrs. Mose
man and Hinegar ar very deserving
young business men and should share
a nortion of vour natronage.
Mr. Iiockhart will continue the bar-
ber trade at I-ot's Creek, Perry
I county, his family to remain in Berea.
DEPUTY SHERIFFS DESTROY
STILL IN MADISON AND
ARREST MOONSHINERS
Deputy sheriffs Ben Davis and R.
O. Moberly set out Monday, Febrtary
20, with, papers for the arrest of
James Mc Daniels, who was war ted
in Jackson county. But their mis
sion was interferred with by the dis
covery of a moonshine still in oper
ation in Jackson Hollow, between
Hobtown and Big Hill.
Th deputies arrested two m?n,
who gave their names as Bill Thorn -
aon and Bert Rogers, and carried
thent to Richmond,' along with a cop
per worm and a gallon of moonshino
as evidence, Davis and Moberly re
turned then to destroy the still.
seveaty - Oflb blruday.
BEREA COLLEGE STUDENT REP
; RESENTS SOUTH CENTRAL
i SECTION OF COUNTRY
IN WASHINGTON
MEETING
The following is republished from
the Courier-Journal.
By Ulric Ben
The Courier-Journal Washington
Bureau
Washington, Feb. 19 Ratification
of the Four-Power pact and .Vmerican
participation at th Genoa economic
conference, will be urged, it wa an
nouced tonight by a deputation of
the National Student Committee for
the Limitation of Armaments which
will call on President Warren G.
Harding at th What House tomor
row afternoon. ' v
The Student Committee, according
t the National Council for Limita
twt of Armaments, represent 300,
00 yoang ' men and women in 250
'V-ritie And coliegea
the Pacific treaty and taking part at
Genoa are included in resolutions
which have been adopted independent
ly at various colleges.
John Welsh of Boothbay Harbor,
Maine, a student at Berea College,
"y., will appear at the White House
as the representative of South Cen-'
tral section of the country.
Start of New Movement I
Persons connected with the council
regard the recognition of undergrad-j
uate opinion by the White House to
be the beginning of a possible stu-'
dent movement in the United States
comparable to such movements
abroad. j
The present committee, one of the
cooperating organizations of the Na-i
tional Council, waa organized in Chi-,
cago last November following a con
ference of forty men's colleges at!
Princeton and of nineteen women's'
colleges at Vassar.
It was designed originally to simu-l
late and voice student sentiment with
regard to the armament conference,
but now it plans to continue its work
to arouse discussion of economic, so
cial, and political problems, both na
tional and international, in American
colleges.
Denby's Nephew a Leader
Charles Denby, Jr., nephew of Sec
retary of the Navy, and chairman of
the committee, will lead the deputa
tion to the White House. The party
will include six regional chairmen, in
cluding Mr. Welsh, State chairman,
and representatives of individual col
leges. v
BANDITS HOLD UP GUARDS AND
. TAKE WHISKY
Twenty masked and heavily armed
bandits, using three large motor,
trucks and a touring car, Sunday
night, February 20, held up, bound
and handcuffed a civilian and six
guards at the old Oscar Pepper Dis
tillery, owned by Labrot & Graham,!
seven mile west of Versailles, on th
McCracken Tike, and stole 200 cases'
of whisky' valued at approximately
$25,000.
GARRARD COUNTY LOSES PROM
INENT CITIZEN
Alex R. Denny, one of. Garrard
county's oldest snd most prominent
citizens, died at his horn in Lancas
ter last Friday morning. Mr. Denny
was President of Lancaster National
Bank and had been active in business
affair until shortly before bis death,
i II was 91 years old.
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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Republicans Struggling With
Problem of Financing the
Soldiers' Bonus.
DENBY TRIES TO SAVE NAVY
Asks Personnel of 00,000 and Appro
priation of $350,000,000 Gsnsral
Strike ef Coal Minora Impend
Collins and Craig Com
, ing te Agreement
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
NEARLY everyone Is In favor of
giving the ex-service man a
bonus, but no one. is willing to help
-JaT . raisiua the u4cessary rev
enue estlmafwtl at $aOT,iO,Tino anntr
ally for the next thret years has
aroused determined opposition. Mem
bers of the house ways and means
committee thought eight spectul taxes
would turn tbe trick, but every element
of tbe populutlon that would be di
rectly affected by thein raised an Im
mediate wall.
Republican leadera appealed to Pres
ident Harding to suggest aometliltig
feasible, and he undertook to do so on
Thursday. But what should his plan
be but the same old geuerul sales tax
proposition which It has been admitted
by nearly everyone cannot possibly get
through congress I Because this was
bis only plan, and because be also
criticized the plan of providing for the
payments of cash bonuses in Install
ments over a period of two and a half
years. It was assumed by many In
Washington that the President really
wished the bonus legislation again
postponed, though he hesitated to ssy
so flatly. The situation was plainly
uncomfortable for the Republican,
and the Democrats were Joyously tak
ing every advantage of the discomfi
ture of their adversaries. The leaders
of the agricultural bloc In both the
house and the senate reiterated their
unqualified opposition to any kind of
general aalea tax.
Some of the Republican leaders
atrongly favored the passage of a
house bill w Ithout any plan of financing.
They thought the necessary money
might be made available hy further re
duction of appropriations for certain
department '"I0'8" ,h army and
navy. Mr. Mondell prepared a state-
nient to show how nearly i:hk,niu.
Out) could be saved this way. Hut
even that would not be sufficient, and
many congressmen urged again the Is
suance of bonds. Of course th defi
cit, after the problematical saving of
fcrUM.MHi.MMV In appropriations, could
be made up by Issuing short term cer
tlllcatea of Indebtedness, which It was
asserted tbe market would readily ab
sorb. Ruth the President and Secre
tary Mellon declsre that a big bond
Issue would seriously etnburass the
extensive refunding operations that
must he undertaken during the coming
year, causing an Increase In Interest
rates an disturbing tbe Liberty bond
market. Some other government offi
cial do not agree with them.
SKNATtiR ItoltAli 1 consistently
opposing tbe bonus becuuse, be
su, It will interfere with the euro
of the soldiers now undertuketi by tbe
government through the veterans'
bureau. He predicts that within teti
years the annual expenditure for dis
abled soldiers will have reuched $1.
ftt 10,01 of which uo one will com
plain "so long as the appropriations
are based on tbe necessities snd re
quirements of the disabled soldiers."
Director Forties of the veterans'
bureau calls attention to the fact (hat
(Continued on Pag Sis)
World News
By. J. R. Robert on. Professor mi
History and Political Selene
Bert College
A Bill ha just passed Congress
providing for th funding of the debt
owed to the United State by foreign
countries. By the terms of th bill
credit instrument will be issued, run
ning for a period of twenty-five year
and bearing an interest of tt per
cent a year. Th credit of countries
is maintained by payment of their b
li rations, ss in the case of individuals.
There i disposition, however, la
European countries to criticise th
United State for expecting payment,
on aecooat th xtMra1y bad finan.
cial conditions, and in Franca, par
ticularly,, a belief baa grown op that '
our coon try would not demand ft;
much lea at so ar!y dat and wir ., -interest
Oni xrvaengvnt. 'basawwdl
ooes not se it nut way.
Th first meeting of th lhtrta'"-.V
tional Court of Justice,' pnHZjityt .:
th Lagn Of Katkma, pa4 Jatj ;
Wednesday tn the HaTJ of JtaftfeeV at "
th Peace Talaoa, at the Hag, Ifl '
Holland. Th occasion - was on of
much dignity and formality. Th
President, Dr. Loder, made th ad
dress of welcome. He will dm, flur.
ing th sitting, a gavel presented by
the famous university of Leyden, oa
which is carved th motto of William
th Silent: "Calm fat the Raging
Water." Prayers wer offered in th
various churches, previous to th
opening. Among other notabl per.
son present was Queen Wilhel.
mina, of Holland. Although th
United State ia not a member of
the League of Nations, th Court is
largely tha work of our own Mr.
Root, and w ar represented among
th judge by John Bassett Moor,
the international lawyer.
Great interest is shown by Eng
land in th coming marriage of Prin
cess Mary to Lord Henry LaaceUe. .,
This daughter of George V and Queen
Mary is a favorite among the English
people, and they want to show their
affection for her. . Sha is besought on
all aidea to acceB-.roieU-of r '
oua kindaj and sh how her demo
cratic spirit by accepting them, "ft'
pleases the people, also, that she is
making the wedding an English af
fair. Three of the bridesmaids can
claim descent from Georg III and
many of her presents are heirlooms
that have historic associations. Th
Princess has many relatives in the
continental countries, but they are
not to take a conspicuous place.
England has lived so long under the
gloom of war and the stress of hard
problems that the people are disposed
to make all the more of this event
as an outlet for the social spirit
The German Chancelor, Herr Wirth,
had a narrow escape during the week
from an adverse vote in the Reich
stag, which would have made his res
ignation necessary. Several resolu
tions were introduced in criticism of
his policy of handling the railroad
strike, which tied up transportation
thruout Germany. He saw the dan
ger in time, and by a passionate ap
peal brought about a delay in the
vote and a probable resolution of con
fidence in its place, when the matter
Comes up again. Between the capi
talists who are taking advantage of
conditions in Germany and the labor
ers, the government has very hard
problems to handle, in addition to
reparation, taxation, and reconstruc
tion. Conditions in India are becoming
a subject of concern to the English
House of Commons. The Viceroy of
India ia determined to pursue a se
vere policy toward those who rebel
.against the English authority, and
there ia division of opinion in regard
to the wisdom of such measures.
The success of this policy depends
in large measure on the sttitude of
the masses of people, and the Vice
roy is confident that they ar loyal.
He believes that the vast population
is in no sense qualified to govern it-
! self, and the attempt would be dis
! astrods to India a well as England.
BRIDE'S TEARS IGNORED
New York.- Heedless of the tearful
pleas of his bride of a few week, po
lice urrtvte l tins Silverberger, of the
Itronx, and tisik him to Police Court,
whore he was held without bul for
extruditiou to Memphis, Tetin., to face
churl's of nJihcry and attack with In
tent to kill. With two others Silver
berger was alleged to have beaton a
Meaiphls jeweler last March and rob
bed hUu of f I.V worth of diamond,
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