Joplin News Herald (Newspaper) - March 4, 1925, Joplin, Missouri n Y w Instead tit Worrying About the Weather in Washington Why Hold Future Inaugurations in the THE WEATHER Missouri and cloudy arid not much change in Oklahoma and and Thursday warmer warmer N NEWS HERALD Exclusive Day Dispatches of the Associated Press EDITION I Jus 1 111 MARCH PRICE THREE CENTS COOLIDG Governor Baker Urges Increase in Taxes BILLS TO RAISE OVER FOUR MILLION Recommends Boost of 2 Cents in Property and Increases of 50 in Income and State Cor By thn Associated Jefferson March An increase of two cents in the rect state property tax and Increases of 50 per cent in both the state in come tax and the state corporation franchise were recommended to legislature today by Governor Sam Baker as a means of ing additional revenue for the state institutions and departments during 1925 and The tions were made by the governor in a special message delivered person ally to a joint session ofthe houss and The governor pointed out that recommended biennial period tho estimated revenue avail able for the only or short of the recom mended to be The appropriations of two years to talled approximately and itis desired to make the 1925 20 appropriations virtually the Would Board In addition to the tax the urged tho passage of the transferring the collection of the income tax from the state auditor to the state tax commission which it is estimated will yield The three increases recom mended are before the legis lature In bills that have been report ed favorably by These three the governor esti with tho income tax collec tion transfer will produce 300 additional revenue for tho next two After onethird of this amount is deducted for the schools as provided by how ever he pointed out there still will be a shortage of To cover this the governor pointed to two bills before the one increasing tho Inheritance tax and one to make the public service commission ho estimated would produce about Ho also referred to the administration consolidations bills before the which he esti mated would effect a saving of in the expense of operating the state These meas ures he said more than off set the State Expenses The in part The expense government has been constantly Some of this cost has been in the interest of Some of It can be elim There are certain functions of government which create expense from which there is no Our unfortunates in the eleemosynary institutions must be looked after and our educational institutions must be It is natural to pre sume educational tions arid the eleemosynary tions would cost more to maintain this year than last year for progress means finding better and ef ficient means of I have stated repeatedly that the tax question should not be a political It is a simple problem of mathematics in finding legitimate means for raising sufficient to carry on the activities of the state in an efficient Hesitated to Make I have no desire as governor of the state to in any manner usurp the functions of the general nor do I desire appear in tho role of a as I I have refrained thus far from mak ing any specific I not wish to shirk any ity and now that I am firmly con that there will not be suf ficient revenue under the existing laws to support our state tions as they should be I beg leave to make the following report to your honorable body present GETS BECAUSE HE VOLUNTEERED San March Thomas Carroll Spencer an swered his call in 1917 without waiting to be and his John soda water liked this act so well that Spencer was left in which was probated He answered the call of his country In its of need by and did not wait to be and I liked him for will Financier Kills Himself With Ice Morris Found Room of Exclusive By the Associated New March the of missing persons conducted a quiet hunt for Morris vice president the Equitable Trust with an ice pick imbedded near the was discovered in a locked room of the exclusive The verdict was The mo tive is believed to have been dis closed in two notes found near the One of these was to Robert of the Equit able Trust The address borne by the other was kept secret by Officials of the trust company were quick to issue a statement Parkers affairs as vice president as head of the bond department were In Al Wife Is Prostrated His with whom he occupied a large apartment on East 79th near Fifth while their 19 yearold attended a private was pros Friends declared the Parkers were Ideally Wall Street considered him one of the most promising financiers of the genera At the many social and busi ness clubs of which he was a mem he was looked upon as a pros and successful person with out a He was 48 years old and a graduate of the class of 01 at Only one possible clue to a motive was business associates said he had complained of severe headaches for several since he returned from a thres months trip abroad in the interests of Monday at 10 to he left appar ently in excellent saying he was going to the Wall Street offices of the trust With the finding of his body it de that Parker had gone to the University Club before noon Mon day and engaged a room for tho Club officials forced the door at oclock yesterday morning and found In DAMS URGES A CHANGE IN SEN AT ERULES Vice in ural Address Declares Under Present Rules Rights of the People Are March in the rules of the senate Is demanded by American public opinion and by the conscience of individual sena Vice President Dawes de clared today in his Inaugural ad Under the present he the rights of the American people are He referred especially to the pres ent rules which permit a senator to delay proceedings Indefinitely by holding the One Senator Can Prevent Under this the new vice president a minority of even one senator can prevent a vote on a measure which two thirds of the senate has agreed to bring to a Although the congress the right to make its own this does not excuse customs which might put the in the of to used in legislative The inaugural speech President Dawes in part follows What I say upon entering office should relate to its adminis tration and the conditions under which it is Unlike the of deliberative and legislative does not elect its presiding He is designated for his duty by the con of the United Concerned Only With In the administration of this of his duty is to be concerned with methods of effective as distinguished from policy of the body It Is not for the vice pres ident to be personally concerned with the interests of political parties or with the policies or projects in volved in legislative save in that unusual contingency where under the constitution it becomes necessary for him to cast the decid ing vote in case of a Nor should in view of that unusual assume any at towards prospective legisla tion until the contingency Any other course would Inevitably lessen the weight of his influence in those impartial and nonpartisan matters with which it is his duty under of the United States to be In my trust I may yield to no senator in cour tesy and kindliness and in deference to those unwritten laws which al ways govern any association of whether official or pri It shall be my purpose not to transgress In any way those limits my official Dedicates To Tax Reduction And Promotion of Peace These Two Purposes of Ad ministration Are Out lined in High Relief by President in His ural DUTIES HE SAYS Declares People Want Greater Economy in Gov Again In dorses American Adher ence to World any legislative over which he SIGNS PAY BOOST Measure Increases Salaries of Cabinet Mem bers and Vice March Coolidge today signed the legislative appropriation carrying increased salaries for members of the cabinet and the vice The measure was the last signed by the president today at his room at the capitol where he had gone to take the oath of PROPOSED NEW WATER RATES ARE SUSPENDED Jefferson March The public service commission today ordered suspended for a period of 120 days a rates by tho proposed increase In Joplin Water Works activity determined by and ordered an appraisal the constitution of tho United States Of the companys property an and by proper parliamentary pro OATH TAKEN BY PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES By the Associated March oath of office of the President of the United States Is prescribed by the and In that form has been pronounced by every President from Washing ton to It Is as fol lows I do solemnly swear or if that I will faithfully exe cute the of president of the United and to the best my protect and defend tho constitu tion of the United When President first took the oath at Ver after the death of Presi dent he added So help me GENERAL MITCHELL TO BE DISCHARGED March the heels of the aircraft stirup by the house committee hear it has been learned that Brigadier General Wil liam central figure in the will not be continued as assistant chief of the army air service when his present appoint ment expires March General Mitchells it has been made Is not on the list of officers now before Secretary Weeks for consideration for ap pointment to the Just The Chevrolet Coupe See them administration Motor Sales on Page But the vice president in because he is not elected by tho members of this nor by a but by the people of the United States and his constitutional and official relations are to the sen ate as a should always ex press himself upon the relations of its methods of transacting public business to the welfare of the na For to officially call to the attention of the senate any duty such as an im provement In the method under which its business is carried so far from being an irrelevant and un called for action on his Is a su preme In past because the mem bers of this body have cherished most commendable feelings of fair courtesy and consideration for each other as certain customs been These have into fixed and written rules of procedure for the transaction of public business which in their present form place power in the hands of Individuals to an extent at times subversive to the fundamental principles of free rep Whatever may be said about the misuse of this on page audit of its An application for an increase in rates was filed recently by the Jop lln Water Works The pro posed schedules are said to rep resent an of 33 13 per cent over prevailing WHEAT PRICES DROP BUSHEL March shot downward nearly 8c a bushel in price The market fell as low as May as against at yester days An unexpected Wreak In Liverpool quotations lead to heavy selling here and forced the collapse In Lodge Officer Pleads Guilty To Rum Charge vice president of the Eagles who was arrested with eight other men in a raid on CONGRESS DIES IN PEACEFUL CALM Wild Legislative Jams Usually Accompany Close of a Session Takes Oath at Simple Cere monies While His Members of Cab inet and Other Notables Stand DAWES ALSO SWORN IN The full text of President Cool address will found on inge Crowd on Historic Route of Inaugural Pageants Smaller Than Usual Millions Hear Execu tives Talk by fly the March accompany tho close which long ugo had Main guilty this the 1405 Vi January pleaded morning In circuit courtat Carthago to a charge of illegal possession of Sentence was deferred until tho first day of tho Juno term of court at Carthage in order to give Harri son time to finish up some business The lodge official was charged LEAD AND ZINC New March steady spot Zinc steady East Louis spot and futures March spot 6d futures Zinc spot Od futures with violation of the state liquor law as a result of the raid In they small quantity of liquor they found in his He at first pleaded not guilty to the but withdrew that plea this An injunction suit to close the hall on the grounds that it has been operated as a gambling house IH pending In circuit court here as a result of the March sixty eighth congress died today amid peaceful calm In striking contrast t the throes of and which have tortured It during mos of its tenure of As against the sensational char actor of some of Its sittings with the long list of charges and a benevolent atmosphere In and Donate and there was lacking the wild legislative Jams which usually of a Tho caught up with its passed a few minor measures and occupied Itself with listening to tary touching Us member Representative Longworth ot the republican floor leader soon to become compli tho democratic and vice versa and ho in turn paid tribute to Speaker who will be junior senator from Massachusetts in the next Tho house at the Instance of thanked the for his fairness and im Two Hills Tho naval covering wide range of subjects and the second deficiency appropriation were tho principal measures receiv ing final congress approval during tho short days The after passing the de had trouble keeping it self In order for a time because of tho changed order of seats made necessary by the Inauguration ar It how in acting upon a number of minor measures and recessed from time to awaiting the Inaugural vith a direct mandate from the peo today dedicated and his administration to lightening of the tax burden at lome nnd promotion of peace hrough mutual understandings with the nations of tho These two purposes were outlined n high relief by Coolidge in his delivered from a stand at the east entrance of the capitol just after he lad taken his second oath of office aa president ot the United Dividing his attention almost equally between affairs nt home and problems and between things accomplished and achieve ments hoped Coolidge spoke with assurance as to the de claring that because of action al ready an era of prosperity lay ahead and a firmer courage and a higher hope Inspired the heart of all To Ko Mom We have and propose to more and more ho If wo have any It has been It wo have any we have found it In that Accord with this he as demands the conduct of gov along certain definite These lines in tho field of domes tic affairs to the exer cise of greater economy In govern and to reduction of he The recent he had demonstrated that the policy that stands out with the greatest is that of economy In public expenditure with March Coolidge was inaugurated president in his own right today by over whelming mandate of the For the first time In nineteen months the country hns a vice presi Standing at the historic spot where a long line of predecessors have taken the sacred Presi dent Coolidge bent and kissed the Bible in the hands of Chief Justice Taft and delivered his inaugural ad Vice President a few minutes had taken his oath and delivered his inaugural address in the senate The president took the oath of of fice precisely at 1 Vice Just The New Chevrolet Coupe and See them at the Motor Sales Virginia 817319 reduction and reform I favor tho policy ot of not because I wish to save but because I wish to save he The men and women of this country who toll are the ones who bear the cost of Kvery dollar that carelessly waste means that their life will be j so much the more Every dollar that we prudently save means that their life will be so much more Tax Reduction The practice of such he President Dawes had taken the oath at Ceremonies 4 the presidents firm stand for a lack of expensive display which had the ceremony to the last degrees of it still was f a marked contrast from the mld night moment of nineteen months when roused from sleep by the news of Presidents Hardings sud den he took the same oath by the glow ot an oil lamp In his fathers Vermont The presidents Colonel John stood near him day and gathered close by were and her Good hue members of the the preme ranking officers of tha 4 army and members of the dip corps and members of the congressional committee in charge of the inaugural A March sun had promised to flood the ceremonies with a glorious was overcast by gathering clouds as the hour of tha inauguration arrived and a of a crisp bright day had slowly to a threat df a cold But there was no change in the arrangements of the presidents CASE AGAINST STOKES ATTORNEY DISMISSED By tin Associated March trial of aged New York mil charged with conspiracy to defame Helen Elwood his opened today with dismissal of the indictment against Daniel Stokes New York has brought the time when can be further tax reduction and unless we wish to ham per tho people In their right to earn a we must have tax He declared his opposition to ex tremely high tax rates because they produce little or no because they are bad for the find because they are The verdict of the country has been given on this he That verdict We shall do well to heed Prefacing his discussion of Americas relation to the world with the declaration that our coun try represents nothing but peaceful intentions toward all the Coolidge set forth ways and means of manifesting that while at the samo time maintaining such a military force as comports with the dignity and security of a great peo Would to He reiterated his advocacy of American adherence to the perm anent court of international justice declared that having taken the lead in the movement for limita tion of that lead America continue to favored continuation of the policy of participation in world confer ences whenever conditions auguration In the open air outside the because the official par ty was shielded by a large steel Millions Hear When tho president spoke the words of his inaugural address 6et had the oar of the greatest audience 3 ever addressed by one man in the of Not only the thou on It t J It 11 v we sands gathered before him on the J capitol plaza were enabled to with the aid of amplifying but throughout the country heard the the music of marine band anil the progress o entire ceremony by a great book up which covered stations over the United N Pennsylvania route of many pageants of war contained a smaller than it has at any other within the memories of old Modest decorations and a raw reduced program for the procession all due to the insistence on had the attraction of the magnate for Bowing his head over his mothers the the bath at l Chief Justice Tatt read of the obligation he o had once assumed in a could be heard well by as do end waa audible pu stand Then he bent his kissed the Bible and throng recognised Continued 6a
