Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

ESTABIiSHED 1847 H-16-1923? -y PAGES''' THREE CEffTS LEWISTON i MAINE FRfoAVMARCH Z)o Lewision-Atwum Want the Festival? to Decide Prompt Action-Necessary if Anything Doner-Director Chapman to Meet Those interested April 12 't ms Senator Branded Goverjior FORMAL DEMAND FOR FALL RIVER WAGE INCREASE Cheapest Things in If Lew'sloa-Auburn seriously wish to chare- with Bangor and Portland the MqJap Muslo Festival wholly or In part and will glib practical assurance li Director Chapman that the' Armory will bo completed by a specific dkte ho will taka tha matter under earnest consideration It Is however- far too Important for any mliunder-atun-' ng or gtfess-work contracts with- artists and orchestra call for the expenditure of large sums Therefore Mr Chapman will meet all Interested In the Chamber of Commerce rooms at 1A o'clock on the morning of Thursday April II Upon the sLe and spirit of the gathering and the assurance It makeoi-moro specifically in regard to the complslloprf tha ha will shape his course of action This briefly was tbs statement he made Friday morning whan questioned by a Lewiston Journal reporter Must -Art Promptly "Is It not true" suggested the reporter "that contract with your artists will' be signed la a few areeke that If anything in done la Lewiston it must bo dons agreed Mr Chapman 'Are you 'euro your Auditorium will be completed In time? Rfjll It bo 1 DRIVINGRAIN 'STORMAETE At Catch tartna Uu boro fairly well Big crown wet el April 1 Set as Date for 15 Advance to ake Effect Early Conference bAskejl FAId RIVER Mam March if The Textile Council today mads formal demand on the owners of tho cotton mills In this city for wage Increase of It per cent April 1 wal set as ths data whan tha advance should take effect The Textile Council also requests tha Manufacturers' AaMclatloa to arrange a conference at "an early Trunk Luie 'Trolleys Out of Lewiston Canceled-City Crews Qeannpfar for the Expect Deluge aafi drainsart kMrtngjtortM gr IN JoteWa -viS 4f- GOVERNOR SUGGESTS A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO STUDY TAX EXEMPTION No Definite Recommendation But In ference That He Desires One Is Strong to the Legislature HEAVY SNOffAND GALE THE MIDDLE WEST a -y-M STATEPIER resolve GETS FINAL PASSAGE OVER VETO The Senate Acts in Concurrence with the Two Other Vetoes Voted Down One Sustained On st to heels of a I and l-t inches Wl eme feJWftng tain- "uttirfiCt o'clock Friday By boon Lewiston streeto were approaching a fltod eonditioa sad aideStrseta were becomtog mmu of deep now and water LewUton and Auburn recalved It' Inches ef rainfall starting at It Friday morning and ending in the afternoon This docs not compare with the tart rainfall of a mouth ago Fhon over tore Inches of rain ML lu spit to too fore-cart of colder weather for Friday afternoon tho temperature at taq gate boasa1 was ou tha rise RRay afteraooa At I and I etoft tat the afternoon tho records ahtorod a temperature of It degrees above sere Trolley ears were resuming schedules both In city and'ea1 trunk flaw in tha afternoon CHICAGO March 1I-B10WB py "Y-a strong gate anew fell lu sheets ui Chicago early today bet-bydaWa had given way to mMss'L-ov Much of tho wartera platoaUlm today lay under aaowv of Jfrom fwhan to foot aad a ha-bt mow faB had aaaasd-pASi'i Fnrtto eouth atroa wlads atortt''! ad too eastward pragrgm of auaihor storm witch swept up IVom Maifr Mexloo gwlrhng lata 'toriaade' -that storto apparoatly took its hoa trtl to tho aorthera JOartwIppi -LO NO QUESTION OUT HltGINS PUNS TO RON His FoEowers Very Conftdent-'- Announcement Is Exported By QKCiB SHKPARD Altliu Hon Leon Hlggln iBrewer has made no formal announcement one of the aafeet political forecasts ever aent' from Penob-acot county la tlurt he will again seek the republican nomination for governor itl4 He la confident aa never before that the altuatlon (atom hla political that ha le on the verge of achieving a long-eherlehed ambition 8o far aa Mr Hlgglna la concerned therefore apeculutlon cenaea to be apeculutlon and becomes fact Ho haa fully made np hla mind to run nnd nwalta only what aeema the moat favorable tlmo and opportun Ity for hla announcement He believes my thoae moat Intimately In hla conlidence that the effect of an announcement la weakened If made too lone In advance Nevertheless they ook for him to aiieak before the leglelnture at aome of Ceatlaued mm Page Seven PRESIDENTS PARTY SPENDS WGHT ASHORE MIAMI Fla March Re-freahed from a nlght'a root ashore In tha Cocolobo Club at Cocolobo Cay an laiand aome II mllca south of here President Harding and hla vocation party today awaited the calming of choppy oeas before venturing Into the open Atlantic for a taste -of barracuda fishing The Presidential party arrived at the Intend late yesterday after a round of golf earlier In the day on the' Flamingo course while Mrs Harding spent her first night ashore In more than a week with her lios-tens Mrs Edward McLean In a eottnge near the Flamingo Hotel Besides being prejiared for the barracuda President Harding was ansloua to take a fling at the am-bertark and then klngrish as soon as cofadillons on the water would permit Calmer seas were expected with abatement of the stiff northeast wind which held thruout yesterday and Inat night Cut off from the main line by rismyne Bay with a radio the only means of communication the President la enjoying more seclusion than at any time' since hla vacation began Colder WASHINGTON Mar Forecast for northern Now England: Rain "tonight warmer in Maine and colder In Vermont tonight Saturday cloudy and nidrli colder southeast and south shifting to west-gales FVircroat for southern Mew England: llaln Hila afternoa and probably tonight colder tonight Saturday fair and much colder eouth shifllng to west galea JOURNAL ALMA AC SI Rites Ill I Bets 111 1 MOOM SI dare eld Rites Alt t-s- Length of day ll hrs11 mins Ikii Increase 1 hrs 41 mins Tltk day ef rear Tides lift Correction Friday Saturday Fori land-41 min Bath -4-41 min SI II la Goins on Tonight Empire Theatre (Perform-aneei LU nad ha White FlewSV" featuring Betty Compaoi NaeM linR (Performances at I aad Fid Gordon Leonard And Whitney Caaooa and Xlen Emma Raymond Oa The Dies Feature pfetare Betty Blvtfcls In "Hod Women Uvr tflt John Comedy traata- Theatre (Contlaeoas II to IASI) Frank Herein "The Belted Buck Joses lu' Footlight RaaxeFV serial Pearl While la heat re fEv Heart Company la CM Bpilagt Eddla hheolte VS A1 SearA twa alx-reaad-beats ethsr aastes A to ed boated lighted the seals In everything? It la a big proposition-Bringing-' uif part of the Mualo Festival -here is a big proposition too Nothing can be left to chance or gueas-work" Ha thought deeply for a minute aad addpdS -ThllVwhat I will da I shall be la Lowlstoa fla the Bight of AprU 11 to conduct a rehearsal It oa tho morning of the twelfth Lewis-tou-Aubura people are sufficiently interested to meet mo I will bo glad to meet them We will discuta the subject In all lit phkaea and find exactly where we stand would pleaae mo more than to give a coaoert la Lewiston Auditorium on Its opening night that-wlli Impress all New England la meant what I aald a few-montha ago But before Festival contracts are signed for the expenditure of additional thousands (he people of Lewiston-Auburn must make it plain they are In earnest too" Later'ln the day Secretary Greene of 'the Chamber of Commerce eald he wonld be glad to have tha meeting at Chamjwr of Commerce hood-' Quarters Strand theater building The Festival wholly or part would mean a-great deal to culturally and financially it la Hoped that there will be a very large attendance time to time legislatures have ex tended their tax privilege until at present In the ecctiona of the Statutes above referred to thcro are thlrtcen separata paragrapns- in which are enumerated inora than forty- different classes or property Jhat are tax (res by law this message I am not dls cussing property lawfully taxable but hich escapee taxation but am Manning niyaelf to property that lawfully exempt from all tax ments A study of our Tax Exemplioj Laws Indicates that they are no bused upon any fundaments) prlh clple but are the result of -slow and unregulated growth where each now exemption was added to relieve aome special Class of property Item taxs tlbn Today these tews are III balanced and unfair! Without doub' abuses have crept Into tholr administration so that property of great valua that should bo taxed Is now relieved from thla burden Thee: lawa need to be revised by unbiased men with Statewide vision If a tha present time accurate figures Muld be obtained to show tbw amount of tax exempt property In the State some constructive action might be taken by tha present Legislature Is a act however that no such tabulation aver has been niadv and while Homo ocai bopyhiof aisemora have uncom- Contlaaed on Page Mxteea for tha bonding of public motor vehicles The-legislature adjourned to 411 Monday afternoon SIGN RUSS-POLAND FRONTIER PROTOCOL PARIS March II JBy tho Associated Premier PolacAre Count Maurie(Eamoyakl the Poilsh-m In later and (he Allied Council of Ambaaaadorr yesterday' signed ths protoeel fixing he frontiers between -'A- NKW YOBK -March Celebrities joined with patriotic organisations la dedicating a medallion of the lata Theodors Roooeveit aboard thy liner President Itcoss velt -yesterday The bronpb tablet was dooated br Mrs John Hays Hammond1' president of theBaeoe- AUQL'DTA Mar II Three measures wrt-e passed over the veto by the Senate Friday morning In concurrence with the house Them were the resolve appropriating IUS000 for repairing shads at the State pier In Portland tho resolve In favor of the Eastport bridge and the bill appropriating' money for tho expenses of the commissioners of pharmacy Senator Buzxell of Waldo urged upon tho Senate the Importance of sustaining the governor's veto in WILL H0T1EG0TIOTE UNTItRUHRREfURlJ siJfk-l ley of AUGUSTA Mar It Charges that Oov Baxter Was a 'hheap aad that Senate Hinckley of Cumberland waa man who would aacrlfloo hla state to advance hla own political In tercels wars exchanged In a public discussion between the senator and Gilbert A Chadboufaa private aeo-retary to Oov Baxter which loo placo la tho foyer of (ho house Friday noon 1 According lo spectators and the principals in tha affair which proved tha sensation of tho week In legislative circles Secretary Chad-bonne and Senator Bemla of Somerset wore In conversation whoa Senator Hinckley came along Senator Bemla beckoned to Senator Hinckley who Joined them Senator Bomb then remarked that they were discussing the matter of vetoes with a special reference to tho vote ot tho senate a short time before la yoNHdtnt rth ntrsf -tlisItxti ptar resolve Senator Bomb as- I tha opinion (bat it might he wrong---and then tho -Iroubln start ed Then tlm Kpnrha Flow AooonHng to Secretary Ohad-bourae Senator Hinckley charged that Gov Banter a cheap fakir that ha was not sincere and that he was also endeavoring to use the veto Power of the chief -executive to control legislation Ho further said according to Mr Ohadboume that ho woe-tired and nick of cheap secretary who waa putting out cheap propaganda at all times in of tho "Ho aald" continued Mr Ohod-bourae "wo know all about that Washington trip and the cheap propaganda which you put out about Mr Chadbourno rays ha replied that Senator Hinckley wao going about the state house organising the legislature against the governor that iio should bo ashamed of himself and that ho ought to give more attention to hla duties And I apologise to those around me for being mixed up In ouch a dirty says tho secretary Block Terskm Ronatoc version of the affair Is la the mala the same but he says that Secretary Chad bo unit started tha trouble upon tho remarks of Senator Bemla by saying with much profanity that tho Senator and tha Legislature ought to be ashamed of their course He then tdldl the senator aald Beaatnr Hinckley that he was 'a cheap politician who was- willing to meriflee his State to gratify hla own political ambitions and that it a dls-race for tho Senate to do to II hod nnd the Legislature to over-ride the vetoes Mr ChadhPliTiie told mo that 1 Woo ono ot the cheapest thing In tho state and that I waa not regarded as told Benatto Hinckley 1 Called Governor VUtlr i Among other things Senator Hinckley toys that he said wan tha: not regard the governor a sincere that he did regard him aa a fakir and that he was tired aad irk of a private secretary who waa constantly patting nut tho kind of cheap prapagaada thathe (Chad-boarao) aai "I waa yyleiYiag the qtory of lost night In Port last paper about Justice Riddell's visit says the A Senator addlag: "Aad that trip to WaMilngtom with Its vlcp residency nnd embossed er-tolpJu Japan" COT its EXPECTS EARLY WIERNATL MOVE WWW TORN Maph Amerteq bT on the verge ofU- mgro la eea- foqny with -its totonatlonal re-spoartbUlty aad wants Infornutloa freea admlalrttotlou this euBjMt Bain bridge Cdlhy former Secmory ef State dfclarvd tho XJfo la-of" Naw Fork at )t lift aaaual dinner larthlght DUESSEUXJRF Mar lt (By the Aseootated rree)i One French art-dter- wao killed and Jhtoo aoldteis aad three French railroad mm wave hljurad whan a French iroep teals woe wrecked aefir Trevev (n the" Rhlaetead1 today- too reeuM el Xr AUGUSTA March II Qov Baxter Friday aent a message dealing with the tax exemption problem of the State 'to the House an 1 Senate The moeeage dlscui considerable length the matter oi Intangibles and whlls he makes no positive recommendation for a ape elal receaa commlttoo to Investigate tho subject and' report to tho next legislature he does say that such a ono would no doubt sccuro -valuable Information glso that If It la appointed it ahouid bo given a aufii-clcnt appro prlallon to meet its need The message follows: itn Meeangc To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the list Legislature: Several bills have bocn Introduced during the present eeeoloa -or the Luglalnture to chayge our tax' ex-ejnptloa laws These bills have drawn attention to ths unaatlstae-lory status of Git 'laws now governing this subject Chapter ll Section I' of the Revised Statutes as amended gives In detail tha several classes of property that are relieved by law from bearing their proper share of the tax harden Fundamentally all tha property within tha State equally should pay taxon and no clam of property seoulo bo allowed to reap an unfair advantage thru tax exemption for the purpose of discussing tha question of wagon This demand of tho Textile Council which represents sin craft unions brings approximately one half tha MAM workers la ths 111 mills bam back of a wage laereaca dsmaad The United Textile Workers of America sever 1 weeks ago mado a demand for an advanea ef 8 per cent A strike to support tho dsmaad haa been voted by the constituent tnambere of eaoh Neither has set a data for such walk out however this measure and Intimated' that if It were done a sufficient amount to make the pier safe would bo taken from the contingent fund Senators Eaton Wadsworth and Brewster urged the- Senate to vote against the veto and tha vote waa IS to S' agalaaL Gov Baxter sent a veto message to tha Senate Friday on the resolve providing for a commission to investigate the necessity of a State library and report to the next eLgIslaturc The veto was sustained by a vote of IS to fi pariah and thru It make a accoaj attempt to obtain iadietmeate on murder chargee of thoae believed to bo responsible for tho death of -Watt Daniel aad Richard according to lemmes Watmaloy assistant attorney general here today Ha Indicated that at-tho same time the attorney office probably would file ta formation against more than two score Individuate whom ho said had bocn linked with tho Morehouse pariah crimes oh minor chargee such as lytng ln wait assault and battery and deporting from tha state If this plan of procedure were out he-explained the eat in which the men charged with minor offences were Involved would not gefiUre action 'by a grand jury and ths state- could proceed with their prosecution la tha courts FORMER QUEEN MILENA of mmm9 dies ANTI RBR Franco Match It (By tho Aasodated Press Formv Queen MUeaa of Montenegro' died at tM o'clock this morning Tha and cams nan hour after her daughter Queen Helena Illy had left Antibes fpr Romo by special train' When tha royal carrlage reached Genoa Queen Helena who hod hastened to hor motherte 4-uldo oa Wdaesday received a unto oago anaouaclbg thvdeath -1 LMiteaa who was ft rears cMi had boon auffrriag too'oamo tlas asterte eotereete aad chronic STATE MAY TRY AGAIN TO OBTAIN INDICTMENTS IN MOREHOUSE MURDERS Unofficial AnnounccmtofT(m r'y ft- BERUX Mar (By the atod Gt-rmnpyV hi roepomw the raeaut i that France and Belgium will evacuate the occupied regions no fart as Btriin makes tangible gusreateee erts that may a complete withdrawal of tho alHes will make rtble aes tangrtlaUoto! -r Tbo-optelea -so far- hto' beeu "ox-preened oaly ta tho pram aad to Bel- ctotag eirelto but tt te kaoem toner odltom aad polltleaaa alflw bava he 1a formed by tho uvmuut that'' anp oegrtlef leae oa tha reparation -qneetitm are eeaditlonal span tha re tarn of -the Ruhr to German oontruL1 WOMAN PRESIDES: IN THE MAINE LEGISLATURE BIGIRISHSHOOTIIIGa AND BURNING PLOT IS tv 1 i vto -v I- UNCOVERED AT DUBLiri 'A BASTItor La March In-uqicteat evidence to warrant In diriment la conaectlon with masked band activities la More-house parluh and tha deaths of Watt Daniel and Bichard ported by tho Morehouse pariah grand Jury to Judge Fred Odom Into yesterday After staling that It "had carefully considered all tho evidence brought before this grand Jury sc to the activities aa to masked and hooded the report added: "The majority of this body are of tho opinion that the evidence provided was not sufficient to warrant tha finding of true Mile against any particular Tho Jury since March -i have heard more than Hi witnesses and also considered the testimony brought out at the opening hearing li January Judge Odom in hie charge a year ago teat summer and when the present jury waa organised vigorously arraigned those Responsible tor tho various crimei- and told them at the door of tho Mu Klux Kten Tho report caused little surprise horn aa It had been forecast by many of gltlsaas Captain M' sfclpp Ith exalted cyclop of the Morehuiwo klan 'declared hi' was 4 satisfied with- tha verdict state baa doneli duly and I hope It Is satisfied and will let the matter he said UtS' Ante NEW 'ORLEANfi! MAch I-Tbe atalfi may jnoWri te obtain a Startling Plans Revealed iir Documents Fo und in Men on i AIJG GST A March 1 (Special woman for the first tlmo la tha of Maine! presided offer the doHberatloaa of tho house of reproach tattvea on Friday morning Mrs Dora'S Plnkham representative from Fart KanL- w-cqhed the chair by Speaker Holley very early In tha eespa She wsa escorted-to tw desk by Mac eenger Hayes amid the applause at Her mala associates aa presiding officer Mrs! Elokham coaducied herself in thi game careful sthloh haa charactarlaed her work thruout tha sssslan and dtmoutrat ba familiarity with parUamsa-tary procedure The aught to pass report of the Icaal affalra MmmlttVe-uu the bHl lacreaalng the pay of tha chief of police captains of police mad patrolmen of Lewiston woo tabled by Gagne of Lewiston ThOegal affairs eomqilt(ef ra parted oughtaot to pass bn tha Mile DUBLIN March document found ifi a rqld la thl cliy'cc March 'reveals rtartlioy plaas for thd dtotrusUon to reeldeatoe oad a campaign of rtwotfaig' on (IghL vT auet the desperate qud ter borons methods being adeptedby the enemy ta destroy thq govern-menCT toe doeumtot aald- ro-pubUcaw armys geaeral headqaar ten hag decided taumead aad in maJto aoera draaOc the action ordered In recent general 'don to eemmaataatsk them-L embodied la -nqw whlchr wUt come Into Opemtlua it any further enocutloM'bx tha my are carried out to Ihta trcx ed-: or Ihte date''-JJv iAamag thoae mcatloaad aa liabha to be shot on sight fire member of ton Ike State parliament army officers of all ranks judges legal adrtsere and thofroprltorn and directors ef the hootile presg in Ira load had tho sealer officiate m- -ptegod hr the mm sdah editor sub-editors and leader writers Ja eased where tt lo kaeuffi that Ihw.