Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 269, 26 August 1919 — Page 1

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TH VDT. YT.TV Mfi 9RQ Palladium. Est. 18S1. Consolidated vuu AUiv- 4KV with Bun-Telegram HOT. RICHMOND,. IND., TUESDAY EVENING, AUG. 26, 1919 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS CHANGES IN PEACE PACT ADOPTED DY COMMITTEE GOAL WORKERS AFTER MINES SAYS TAYLOR Want Government to Buy Mines and Turn Them Over to Men.

RATE OFFERED BY PRESIDENT IS DECLINED BY SHOPMEN Committee Presents Refusal to Wilson's Effort at Compromise of Rail Workers Wage Demands.

Daredevil French Flyer Guided Airplane Through Narrow Arch of Victory in Heart of Paris Three Members of Senatorial Committee Which is Probing Mexican Situation, Live on Border

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Amendments t o Eliminate American Representation on Commissions i n Europe Passed on Party Vote.

OPEN HEARINGS SOON (By Associated PtesO WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. In quick succession the senate foreign relations committee adopted today a series of amendments to the peace treaty eliminating the United States as one of the powers represented on international commission created to supervise reconstruction in Europe. The vote on the successive amendments was 9-7, the committee dividing on party lines. One amendment would eliminate the United States from membership in an international commission which will determine the boundary between Germany and Belgium. This amendment was one of a series of 8imlllar nature presented by Senator, Ball, Republican, New Mexico, proposing elimination of American representation on such commission. Senator McCumber, Republican, North Dakota, who voted with the Democrats against the Shantung amendment Saturday, was not present. MOULDERS BACK TO WORK AT 2 PLANTS Following conferences with officials of the two factories, moulders employed at the Wayne Works and the Malleable Castings company have settled their differences with their employers, and have agreed to return to work. The men employed at the Wayne Works have already started working again, and the men at the Malleable company will return Wednesday morning, according to union officials. Na change has been made In the status of the strike at the Reliance founrdy, according to union officials, and there has been no conference with the officials of the Reliance foundry in regard to a settlement of the strike. - The differences between the strikers at the Reliance plant and the officials of the company, have not yet been made known. According to one of the officials of the moulders' union, the employes at the Malleable foundry have been given a shorter work day, with the same rate of pay a3 they formerly had. The men will start tomorrow with a nine hour day instead of ten hours. The pay, $6.50 a day, remains the same. The Wayne Works employes work the same number of hours a day ' but were granted an increase in wages, said the union men there. Serbian Nation to Seek Friendship of Neighbors (By Associated Press) BELGRADE, Monday, Aug. 25. Announcing in the Chamber of Deputies today the government's policies. Liouba Davidovitch, the new premier said, among other things, that "Serbia in the impending reorganization of the Balkans would not seek special privileges but would base her claims upon the principles of international justice." "Serbia, nevertheless must defend to the utmost her just demands wherever they are threatened," he said. "When peace is concluded Serbia should pursue a policy of reciprocal confidence with her neighbors and cultivate intimate friendship. Czecho Slovakia and Poland seek good relations with us as do Greece and Rumania."

Detailing a wide domestic program i for all ex-service men who are musicthe premier announced the govern-ians to communicate with him, and to ment in a few days would submit an I become a part of the band to be orelectbral bill looking to the convoca-j ganized. tion of the national assembly. He said j Delegates were also appointed to ata committee would be appointed to ! tend the state meeting of the legion to draft a new constitutional law and that be held in Indianapolis next Thursday, a national defense force would be ' at which time Theodore Roosevelt, created. He expressed the hope that ; and other men interested in the natdemobilization would be completed be-' ional organizat ion will deliver adfore autumn and that labor legislation j dresses. Ralph Rogers and Verlin T. thould include a provision for an eight Ballinger were appointed as delegates

hour day. His address was heartily cheered by the deputies. Search Broadened for Missing U. 5. Aviators (By Asso Mated Press) oivnirnn fnlif In; fi SfiH ...4. na'nf i iD.itonontc Prooriw Waterhouse and C. H. Connelly, Army aviators who have been' missing since last Wednesday, aviation officers here today broadened the scope of their search for them in lower California, Mexico. Arrangements were made for a conference with Governor Estaban Cantu of Lower California regarding co-operation between Mexican and American searching parties. Governor Cantu offered the services of his forces to aid in the search Aviation -officials hoped today for better weather. A heavy rain storm prevented four planes from proceeding south of Jacumba yesterday In prosecution of the search. The new search party to be organized from Governor Cantu's forces will nhve its base at Ensenada, lower California. STEAMER GOES ASHORE (By Associated Press) HALIFAX, N. S.. Aug. 26. The Royal Mail packet company's steamer Cbaudiere went ashore off Bermuda.

Aviator Godefrey, French aviator, recently performed the daredevil and seemingly impossible feat of flying his airplane through the arch of the Arc de Triumphe in Paris. The plane HARRY M. RAY'S NAME GIVEN TO . RICHMOND POST Boy, Killed in Action, Cited for Bravery, Honored Mrs. Holaday Wins Prize. To Corporal Harry M. Ray, who was killed in action in the St. Mihiel offensive, in France, was given the honor of the name for the Wayne county post of the American Legion, at a meeting of the legion held Monday evening in the circuit court room. The fifty members of the post present at last night's meeting voted to call the post the "Harry Ray Post." Harry Ray was the only Wayne county soldier who was killed in action, who received a citation for bravery and his name was suggested by Mrs. J. F. Holaday, in the contest for the $50 prize offered by Will Romey, for an appropriate name for the post. The name was chosen from a list of four names submitted by a committee appointed to select the most appropriate name from the long list submitted in the contest, the other names being "Frank Lichtenfels Post," "Gennlich Post," "Wayne Post," and "Frank Genn Post," all of the Legion. Application Blanks Ordered Plans were inaugurated at Monday's meeting for an extensive membership campaign for the post, and every effort will be made by the ex-service men who have already joined the orLganization to make the Harry Kay Post one of the strongest in the state Application blanks have been ordered, and will be given to all ex-service men who were honorably discharged from the service, as a part of the membership campaign. A committee was also appointed at Monday's meeting to organize a post band which will be distinctly a part of the post. It is planned to complete the organization of the band before the next meeting, which will be held on Sept. 22. President Strayer, ha3 issued a call from Harry Ray post. Members Are Wanted. In connection with the announcement concerning the membership campaign. President Strayer announced last night that efforts would be made to obtain as many members as possible before the post's charter is granted, in order that a complete reprei setitation of the county's service men will appear as charter members of the post. All persons who join the post before the next meeting, and probably those who join immediately following the meeting will be classed as charter 'members of the post, and their names will be placed on the charter. India Suffragettes Are Going After Franchise LONDON, Aug. 2fi. India has her quota of suffragettes of the type that believes in going to sources to obtain results. A representative of this contingent of women franchise seekers, Mrs. Sarojine Maidu, told the Indian constitutional relations committee in the House of Lords that her fellow country women wanted the vote and that if granted it would make for unity. Garbed in native eastern dress the Oriental suffragette presented one of the strangest sights ever witnessed in the staid upper house.

Aviator Godefrey and view of hisj plane passing through Arc de Triumphe. The scant room he had at, the sides of his plane is apparent.

was whirling along at 143 kilometers an hour when it slipped through the arch. There was just barely room for the wings of his plane to go through without hitting tne sicies oi iu aiu. The feat is considered even more difficult than that of flying through one of the towers of the Tower bridge in London. This feat was performed two or three years ago. ODESSA TAKEN IN ATTACK BY ALLIED FLEET Black Sea Port Falls After Two Days Bombardment by Vessels. By Associated Press) LONDON. Aug. 26. Occupation of Odessa, chief Russian port ron ..the Black Sea by allied forces Is admitted in a Bolshevik government wireless message from Moscow received here today. The occupation was effected, the dispatch states after thirty vessels had bombarded the city for two days. On the Russian northwestern front, according to the Soviet statement, the Bolshevik troops are advancing in the region of Pskov, having progressed already to within three and a half miles of that city. Shortly after the Bolshevik message was received confirmation was given in official quarters here of the occupation of Odessa. A Russian volunteer army, it was stated, had occupied the city. The Bolshevlki retired in the direction of Balta, 120 miles northwest of Odessa. An announcement by the Ukrainian mission in Lodo on Friday last stated that Ukrainian troops had captured Odessa after severe fighting north of the city. Previous dispatches to the British war offices reported that the Bolshevik! had been driven from Odessa by the populace. VLADIVOSTOK, Aug. 26. Lieutenant-General Rozanoff, the highest Russian authority in eastern Siberia, denies recent reports that the all-Russian government under Admiral Kolchak had abandoned Omsk and moved to Irkusk. LONDON. August, 16. The war office announced this evening that on the western front of General Denikine, the anti-Bolshevik leader in southern Russia, the advances are continuing with great rapidity along the entire line. Bauer Asked Hungarians To Destroy Documents (By Associated Press) BASLE, Aug. 26. Rumanian military authorities have discovered in the archives of the Hungarian foreign ministery a telegram from Otto Bauer, former Austrian state secretary entrusted with the management of the state bureau of foreign affairs to Bela Kun former head of the Hungarian communist government, asking him to destroy all documents relative to the delivery, of arms by Austria to Hungary, according to a Buda Pest dispatch received here. Weather Forecast For Indiana by the United State3 Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Wednesday. Not much change in temperature. Temperature Today Noon 70 Yesterday Maximum 73 Minimum 62 For Wayne County by W. E. Moors Fair and cooler tonight. Wednesday ! fair with rising temperatures. General Conditions Generally fair i and cool weather still prevails north i of the 25th parallel, the center of the cool wave being over the Dakotas. Weather is generally stormy along the ! Atlantic cctst.

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Nationalization of the coal mines is sought by many mine workers and ,a bill to that end has- been prepared, Harry N. Taylor, president of the National Coal association, testified today beforo a senate committee investigating the coal situation. The plan is for the government to buy the mines and turn them over to the men for operation, Mr. Taylor said. Already many of the miners are demanding a six hour day and a five day week, he added. COMBINATION 10 DENIED. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Denying that a combination among bituminous operators to fix prices exists. J. D. A. Morrow, vice-president of the National Coal association told a Senate coal investigating committee today that such

a combination would be impossible if attempted. Prices at the mines, he said, have declined under the competition which prevails and are lower than they were a year ago. "There are about 5,000 separate commercial producers operating approximately 7,000 mines, from which bituminous coal is regularly shipped," Mr. Morrow said. "In addition there are some two thousand operators with about 3,000 mines who begin producing and selling coal whenever the price goes up a little and offers a profit to them. Moreover there are hundreds of thousands of acres of coal lands along railroads on which new mines can be readily and quickly opened by any one so disposed. Such a condition obviously does not lend itself to restrictive combinations among producers. "Of the 5,000 separate bitumunous coal producers in the United States, 2,294 approximately 45 per cent, hold membership in the National Coal association. They produce about 60 per cent of the total output of bituminous coal in the country. Denies Price Combine. Charges that the National Coal Association is a combination to maintain prices are without foundation in fact. ' The national coal association represents these operators and looks after their Interests in matters of general concern, such as transportation and traffic questions, standardization of cost accounting, co-operation with governmental agencies, and similar activities There is nothing secret about its business. Its files and records are open to the committee or any other authorized agency of the government at any time. Producing Cost High. Mr. Morrow said bituminous coal prices had declined since the armietlce and in general were lower than the prices fixed by the fuel administration. "These fuel administration prices were intended to prevent the charging of undue prices for bituminous coal and to limit the profits which the mine operators might make," he said. "At the same time they included fair profits. "The cost of producing bituminous coal is higher now than it was a year ago, due to the fact that the mines then were operating six days a week and in many cases are now operating only four days per week and in some cases only three days a week. The overhead expense of maintaining the mines goes on just the same whether coal is produced or not. When these increased costs are considered in connection with the general decrease in prices it is clear that profits of bituminous coal operators are materially less than a year ago." GOVERNMENT STORES PLANNED TO FIGHT HIGH LIVING COST (By Associated Prss) WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Retail stores for the sale of household commodities included in the surplus stock of the war department will be established September 25, it was announced today. The stores will be located in depot centers and other large cities and they will accept and fill mail orders. Continued purchase by the department of certain necessities showed that these stores may be continued indefinitely as a. part of the government campaign against the high cost of living, it is understood to be under consideration. CINCINNATI AND GIANTS BOTH WIN PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Aug. 22 Cincinnati defeated Philadelphia, 4 to 3, in the first game of today's double header. Cincinnati again won the game in the last three innings of play. R. H. E. Cincinnati 000 100 1024 11 1 Philadelphia ... 200 001 0003 7 2 Eller, Luque and Rairden; Rixey and Tragressor. NEW YORK BEATS PIRATES. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 26. New York defeated Pittsburgh, 9 to 1, in the first game of today's double header. Pittsburgh's pitchers were pounded all over the lot. The score: R H E Pittsburgh 000 000 010 1 ' 7 1 New York 206 000 Olx 9 15 0 Miler. Ponder and Schmidt and Lee; Nehf and Gonzalas.

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Left to right: Senators Marcus A. Smith, Albert B. Fall and Frank B. Brandagee. Senators Marcus A. Smith of Arizona, Albert B. Fall of New Mexico and Frank B. Brandagee of Connecticut compose the sub-committee of the senate

committee of foreign relations which will investigate the Mexican situation. Senator Smith is the Democrat of the three. He and Fall, because of the fact that they live in border states, are acquainted with conditions which exist in Mexico.

OPERATION OF REFRIGERATOR CARS ADVISED Discrimination Against Small Firms in Shipments Charged by Trade Commission. (By Associated Press! WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Declaring that the step is necessary to control the business of the five largest packing companies the-federar trade commission in a special report to President Wilson recommends that operation of refrigerator cars and of cars used for transportation of meat animals be declared a government monopoly. It recommends further that the property concerned, including icing stations and other facilities as well as the cars, be acquired by the government and railroads thereafter be licensed to own and operate them. The big packers, the report says now own ninety percent of all the refrigerator equipment in the country suitable for the transport of fresh meat. "The present country-wide system of distribution by the five big packers has grown up from their control of refrigerator car lines in conjunction with various pools" the report says in part. "In turn the volume of traffic of the five packers has enabled them to secure from the railroads advantages over competing shippers. Formerly in the shape of direct rebates these advantages are now usually in expedited service to the big packer cars: In favorable mixing rules which include all their diversified products and even many articles not related to the packing industry; by allowances paid to some of the big packers by carriers for a part of the transportation service; by favorable arrangements and lease of stock yards by the railroads of bumping posts manufactured by a subsidiary of one of the big five. Independent Cars Misused. "The small independent packers cars are misused and diverted, frequently being out of his service for extended periods, in several instances as long as six months. In 1917, the cars of the "big five" and their subsidiary companies maintained an average of 80.8 miles per car per day, while the average for cars of their competitors, the Independent packing companies, was only 54.5 miles." The commission's investigation of the private car ownership has developed the fact that while packers claim losses, the report says "a proper revision of their car accounts" shows the car operation has netted some profit. -This amounted to 6.8 percent in 1912, 3.4 percent in 1914, and 4.3 percent in 1917. "The prompt and efficient handling of the trafflic in meats and other perishable foods is of great public concern," the report says in making the recommendations "and it is also Important that all shippers should have equal and adequate service. The reccommendatlons are made to correct present inequalities of service and rates as well as to prevent the dangers of monopolistic advantages." J a go-Slavs Want Ships Belonging to Slovenes (By Associated Press) PARIS, Monday, Aug. 25. The Jugo slav delegation has sent a note to the peace conference asking that former Austrian merchant vessels which be long to Slovenes be turned over to the jurisdiction of the Jugo-Slav republic. First Snow Reported; New York Has Downfall (By Associated Press) HORNELL, N. Y., Aug 26. Although the sun was shining, snow fell for five minutes today, melting as rapidly as it struck the ground.

MORE EFFICIENCY IN EDUCATION IS PLEA OF HINES

States Superintendent Says Increased Pay for Teachers is Great Present Need. "Increased salaries of teachers, increased quality in the teaching profession, and more emphasis of efficiency in educating the children of today who will be the men and women of tomorrow is what we need worst in the schools," Bald state superintendent of education, I. N. Hines, before the teachers of Wayne county, Tuesday. "The problems of this readjustment period are peculiarly difficult, but I have no fear of the moral and spiritual Issues growing out of the world war. In spite of these problems and other troubles we are going to settle down, I think, to pushing our way out War Debt Tremendous. "One of the outstanding things we face is the war debt of more than 20,000,000,000, with interest as much as the whole debt left at the close of the Civil war. We are going to have to train the coming generation to be more efficient with hands and brains, for they and their children and their grandchildren, and perhaps their great grand children will have to face this burden," said he. "The national education laid out a program in which the fact is emphasized that we need a higher level of patriotism and citizenship. Secondly this program embraces the Americanization problem which we must confront; thirdly, the abolition of illiteracy of which we have more than we in Indiana wish to admit; fourthly, the use of the English language as the universal language In this country so that we will not have to take an Interpreter with us when we go about the country; fifth, that the physical and moral education of our children shall not be overlooked, and sixth, that vocational education be given its needed place. Americanization Important. "Americanization is pointed out as one of the most important parts of this program, the speaker said. He mentioned the fact that a certain county superintendent in Indiana was forced to call on the state department for assistance in keeping the private school in his community from teaching the German language. "I thought that we were through with the German language in our schoos, and I am inclined to think that it will be headed off some way," said Hines. He mentioned the opportunity and value the night schools in Indiana have in Americanizing and teaching the English language and the history of the United States. Superintendent Hines said: that about one-fifth of the teachers of this state quit their jobs every year leaving their places to be taken by beginners, just out of high school, with about 12 weeks of normal school work. "I believe the salaries of teachers should be increased, and the schools must pay more money if they are to have enough teachers to go around. The situation is desperate in Indiana. Day after day superintendents come to the state headquarters asking our aid in helping them get teachers. un tne otner nana l nave never known a time when there was as much restlessness in the profession. A lot of us are picking up and moving on tor a mere trine or an increase "If we have enough teachers In Indiana when the schools start next month we can call ourselves fortun ate, said Hines. TROOPS TO CHARLOTTE (By Associated Press) RALEIGH, N. C, Aug. 26. Four companies of state troops were order ed today to Charlotte, where disorders in connection with a street car strike resulted last night in the death of at least two persons and the injury of a dozen others.

STRIKE VOTE AT ONCE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. The committee of 100 representing the railroad shopmen, informed Director General Hines that they could not accept ae a basis of settlement of their demands, the rate submitted to them yesterday by President Wilson, Results of the negotiations here were communicated to the union locals throughout the country with instructions that a strike vote should be taken lmediately to determine whether the president's proposal should be accepted. Pending the issuance of an official strike vote, it was urgently requested, by the International officers that all men should remain on the job. Director-Gen. Hines today requested the board of railway wage and working conditions to take up promptly any claims that have been made or may be made by railroad employes for readjustment that "ought to be made in order to make sure that equal treatment is done on the basis of the gen eral principles of wage adjustment which the railroad administration has already established." WESTERNERS TO STAY OUT LOS ANGELES. Anr. 2fi All striv ing railroad men here will ignore Instructions of their national chiefs that they return to work and will continue ineir sinse accoraing to a decision reached early today after an all night meeting. The meeting based their action on a phrase on the order to return to work which said thev timu! nnt anhm themselves to danger of mob violence. xney saia to return to work at present would be dangerous In that respect. BIG TAX INCREASE MADE FOR COUNTY BY STATE BOARD (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 36. An Increase of 20 percent on all lots and lands and 20 percent on all Improvements in all cities and towns except Boston, Cambridge City, Fountain City, Greensfork and Whitewater was ordered by the state tax board for Wayne county Tuesday. An increase of 30 percent on all personal property in all townships, cities and towns except Richmond, and in Richmond an increase of 40 percent on all personal property was also or. dered. Directing every county in the state to Increase some part or all of Its as sessments from 5 to 100 percent, the state board of tax commissioners to day issued orders increasing by mil lions of dollars the aggregate tax assessment in Indiana. In two instances certain classes of property in Noble and Carroll counties Blight redactions were ordered. The greatest Increase was ordered for Gibson county, where the increases ran as high as 100 percent. On one class of taxables in Lake county, a 100 percent. Increase also was ordered. Good sized increases also were order ed for Vigo, St Joseph, Allen and Vanderburgh counties. The state board still has nnder con sideration the equalizing of approxl. mately 2,000 corporation assessments, fixed originally by county boards of review, it is hoped to dispose of these this week, when the third or equalizing session of the state board will end. The fourth session, which will begin Sept. 15, and end Dec. 6. is a new one under the new law and is for the purpose of fixing tax levies. SEVENTEEN MORE PLANES ENTERED IN AERIAL DERBY (By Associated Press) MINEOLA. N. Y.. Aug. 26. Seventeen additional airplanes, entered in the first International aerial derby for a $10,000 prize offered by John M. Bowman of New York, and the several American and Canadian cups, wers ready to leave Roosevelt field today for Toronto. With clearing weathei it was also expected by promoters of the contest that more of the eleven planes which left Toronto yesterday would arrive here today. Three machines landed safely last night afte a trip from the Canadian city in which storms and contrary winds made nyt ing difficult. The twenty-eight military and civil, ian air machines which left here yes terday, had not succeeded in reaching Toronto last night. There was a possibility that some of these airplanes would reach their destination , today, although a large unmber were report ed to have landed at various . points in New York state because of englnt trouble and other difficulties. Thre machines were seriously damaged 1 making landings at Albany and wen definitely pat out of the race for inter national aerial honors. ..- K