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RICHMOND PALLADIUM SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS VOL. XLIV.. NO. 316 StMrS Palladium. Est. 1831. Consolidated RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY EVENING, OCT. 20, 1919 ram 107.

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WHITE GIVES CONFERENCE PERSONALITY

Glowing Portraits, Full of Life and Color Sketched of Leaders of Industry Conference, by Famous Writer. GROUPS ARE SEPARATE By WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE. (Copyright, 1919, by The Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct. 20. The Industrial conference is largely a play of personalities. It Is trying to do the most important work done in America for the generations by any parliamentary body, and what it final. ly will do, will be largely the result of the play of personalities, the give and take which men are able to stand under pressure. It probably is more or less easy for the play of give and take to run smoothly in National Tennis Players' association, or in a Y. M. C. A. con vention, or a conference of advertis ing men, or even insurance men. For whatever men give and whatever they take In such assemblages, the second rate things of their lives are involved, but here in this Industral conference men are playing with tremendous forces, deeply personal to themselves and to their own fortunes. Here give and take is personal and personalties are under great strain The reader must understand that this conference is assembled in three groups, the labor group, the employ crs' group, and the public group. It Is Important to know also that these groups is In three separate wings, labor on the left, public in the center and the capitalists or employers' group on the right, They are not mingled one with another Each group sits by itself and men In each group are continually getting a group feeling and group interest This was graphically illustrated one day when the entire public group which Is represented by all sorts of conditions of men, manufacturers bankers, corporation lawyers, acade micians, writers, publicist, all voted against the capitalist group, excepting one man. The one man whose per-4 sonaiity was able to break through uicjiuud was juuB uaiy w me oieei

,Trust . .In spit of -bis group he waa

a i-a.viLu.iioi. auu uieu lur uuo v.Vi.u1st group, He Is the most noted fig ure in the conference, the best known man there. Judge Gary Bits in the midst of the public group, generally flanked by someone of his kind, like Mr. Langdon and Mr. Endicott, and watches the convention with rather a cold gray eye, exceedingly bright, ter rier bright, and utters never a word He is the dapperest man in the room. Sometimes he wears a light brown greyish suit with rather a splendid light vest; generally in his button bole there is a boutonniere. He Is dressed as if sitting for his portrait -wnn ciuuies creaseu, uuen lmmacuiaw ana nanas manicured, uney generany rest ciaspea togeuier in ms lap, as though sustaining nis stomach, wmcn is not large ana neeas no support. He Impresses one as being a nerve-

less man. He sat for thirty minutes According to members of the busiwithout moving a muscle except once ness men's committee, the services or

or twice to brush his chin while Samnel Gompers stood arranging the steel trust and all its men in a powerful speech one afternoon. His terrier bright eyes glistened as they gazed dispassionately at Gomper s face, but they did not flinch at Gompers' climax, and no color came or went into his face as the tide of Gompers oratory rose and fell The whole conference, 50 reporters and a room full of spectators were looking at Judge Gary while Gompers spoke, and Gompers was looking at Gary with rather a fiery eye. But never a twitch moved Gary's face Not even by the movement of a foot or hand did he indicate that he was under the slightest nervous presssure. The cold, determined, indomnitable physical nature of the man never had a more perfect test than it had that afternoon under the Gompers arraignment. Gompers lis Figure, Gompers himself is something of a figure, probably on the whole the most interesting figure iu the conference. He is a li' tie man, 5 feet S or 4 probably, ftock almost fat, but not quite, and. with moth eaten hair, smooth t haven features and rather leathery pink skin, sloping rather than square shoulders, long armed and short legged. He is Judge Gary's antithesis. Gompers rarely sits still. One might know how the conference is going by looking at Gomper's half-bald head, which flushes pink and pales white like the bulb of a barometer as the proceedings go forward, pleasing or displeasing. He does not fidget, but he rarely may be found in the same position ten minutes at a stretch. He has his group well In hand; indeed he is the soul of his group. There is not much consultation in public, but Gompers sits by Frank Morrison and keeps running fire whispered talk to him. Gompers is nervous; he likes to sputter in speech. He shows in a thousand physical ways his pleasure and displeasure. His face is mobile, his mouth is large and strong, his jaw is rather brutal and indomitable. He has tne big nose of the ruler; but his eyes there is the mystery! They pre sheathed with thin saurian lids. When he opens thfm wide he gives a flaming effect to his fact. Generally they are half closed and back of them sits the Jew, the quiet Oriental, grim, purposeful imaginative, the ryes of a man who sees great visions. The soul back of them dreams high dreams and yet the face around the Continued On Page Fifteen.

DONALDSON SEGOND

IN AERIAL RAGE MINEOLA. X. V-. Oct 20. Captain J. O. Donaldson, the second aviator to complete the transcontinental flight from here to San Francisco and return, landed at Roosevelt field at 10:03 a, m. Captain Donaldson made the 5,400 mile flight in a single seater airplane. Lieutenant F. H. Manzelman, Cap tain Donaldson's closest competitor. who stopped over Sunday at Rock Island, 111., was 985 miles from Mineola, 20 miles less than Captain Lowell H. Smith and Lieutenant H. E. Queens had to fly from Cheyenne, Wyo., to San Francisco. Lieut. F. C. Kiel was prepared to start west from Sidney, Xeb., at sunrise. Eleven aviators who are eligible to start on the last leg of the flight, were at San Francisco. REDS IN U. S. OFFICES SAYS SEN. WATSON Fed 1 T 1 Commission erai 1 rade Positions and Other Government Jobs Held by Radicals, Indiana Man Charges. ASKS INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. Sensation al charges that socialists. Reds and other radicals are "intrenched in the government departments." and par ticularly that the investigating forces or the federal trade commission contain men hostile to the government and merican institutions, were made in the Senate today by Senator Watson, Republican, of Indiana, who in troduced a resolution for an investiga tion by the Interstate Commerce com mittee. Disclaiming any defense of the great meat packers, Senator Watson declared that the open records of some of the commissions' employes on that investigation showed them to be respectively outspoken anarchists, par ticipants in Red parades, pro-Germans. admirers of Lemne and Trotsky and ment nr stnart ri-,ac

charge of the investigation of the.len Shirk to the complaint of the

msat nsfHm- inHnctrv sn,tnr -nro. : son charged that beside being a well known exDonent of snr trines. Chase was presiden ganlzer of the Fabran Society of Chicago. "a soctetv founded for the - press purpose of furthering the doctrinca cnkll.-n, ; SOLDIERS URGED TO ATTEND MEET Service men, whether they are members of Harrv Rav tost or not. are urged to attend the service men s meetine to be held Mondav nlcht at the Commercial club rooms Thi meeting will complete plans for the eervice men's fair to be held at the Coliseum during the week of Novcm ber 1 at least 200 men will be required to make the fair a success. One of the biggest jobs of the entire fair 13 the awarding of the Hudson Super-Six automobile, which is under the direction of Ira Swisher and Clem McCon aha. These men are arranging tor I the award and will need a number of service men to assist them in the work. Other events, including the wheels of fortune, candy and flower booths, and the country store, in addition to the general management of the fair will need many good live wires, and it is for this purpose that tonight's meeting is being held v,, on :-i,. ...in i v participate in the fair, according to members of the committee in charge of the flower and eandv booths. Girls will be asked to assist the service men i n t V e r q n rl v o n A flAnor V.riAtlic n A in other events of the fair. Members of the Citizen's commit-; tee, who have been taking an active interest, will attend tonight's meeting and will explain details. The meeting will be called at 7:30 o'clock. Men Continue to Stream to Work at Chicago Mills CHICAGO. Oct. 20. Conditions in the steel mills of the Chicago district have improved to such an extent, that today, beginning of the fifth week of the strike, production was on a basis of 75 per cent of normal, according to company officials. Union officials, while admitting that practically all the plants were in partial operation, said their reports show, ed that inexperienced men were attempting unsuccessfully to fill the places of the veterans of the industry, who remain on strike. PITTSBURG IS QUIET. PITTSBURG, Oct. 20. With both the employers and union leaders marking time, the steel strike situation iu the Pittsburg district was practically unchanged early today, the initial day of the fifth week of the walkout. Harrison Township Will Organize Farmers Branch CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind.. Oct. 20. Farmers of Harrison township will meet at-Hurst Opera House, here next Monday evening, to organize a Harrison township branch of the Farmers' Federation. Lewis Taylor, of the state organization will address the meeting.

Fall of Petrograd, Persistently Reported in News Dispatches, Means Beginning of End for Bolsheviks

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View of Petrograd, showing in foreground the Admirality building, where the

stand; General Yudenitch and map COMMERCIAL GLU3 WINS LEGAL POINT IN SHIRK LITIGATION Judge Fred C Gause of the Henry circuit court has overruled the demur rer of the United Refrigerator comranies. and Joseph Shirk and Mrs. ElRichmond commercial ciud The rommprcial club had .comnlain-

ia istlc docked that the defendants had accepted 1 hr ammint of real estatA in Rich-

rnona ior iaciory purines, aim ini had failed to operate their plant over a period of o years, as agreed upon uy them and tile ClUD. The mline of .Tudee Gause is a. very

significant one from a legal standpoint! We are expecting to be assigned to officials of the club said, as it now re-' our regular turn at guard duty Sunquires the defendants to answer the day, though we do not know anything complaint and go to trial on the merits ' for sure. The citizens do not seem to of the case. i relish the presence of soldiers, but The officials of the club say that i we get everything we need. We walk they can prove all the statements ; about l1 miles for meals, clean up made in their complaint, which, if the quarters, and do a little guarding rroved. would require the refrigerator about the present quarters. It seems

plant to be operated. j D. G. REIDIN CITY FOR SHORT VISIT Daniel G. Re id, of New nrk City, j his been in Richmond Sunday and j Monday visiting his brother. Dr. David rjonsran. who is senou.sly ill at hi home on National avenue. Mr. Rcid arrived here Sunflay morning and spent most of his time in the city with his brother. He attended Reid Memorial church Sunday morning. Levi Thomas, 71 Years Old, Taken by Death Levi A. Thomas, 71 years old, died at his home, 429 South Sixth street at tour o'clock Monday morning from 1 complications of diseases. i He was born March 2R. 1S4S. and been a resident of Richmond for lat o0 V?- . "e was als a f8 '.corpenter and built numerous buildi lUfeS lit it Surviving him are his wife, urelia Thomas, one daughter, Mrs. . red Schroeder, one son Har old I Thomas. two sisters Mrs. Sadie Golden and Mrs. John B. Maag: one brother Or - lando Thomas; and two grandchilQrFuneral services will be held at the home Wednesday aJternoon at 2 30 olock Re v F WD el will officHte at f Services Burial will be ticiate at u.e services, xiuiicii win in Hoover's cemetery, call at any time. Friends nsv French Vote $1, GG0, G00 Monument to Americans (By Associated Press) PARIS. Oct. 20. The chamber of deputies last night voted a credit of 1,000,000 francs for national participation in the erection of the monument at Polnte de Grace at the mouth of the Gironde river, in commemoration of American intervention in the great war. TROOPS TO TAKE OVER DOCKS. (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 20. The transport George Washington with several hundred troops on board arrived here, to take charge of the dock along the North River, where business has been paralyzed owing to the longshoremen's strike. ALLENBY LEAVES FOR EAST. (By Associated Press) MARSEILLES, Oct. 20. Field Marshal Allenby, British high commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, embarked on a British ship today for Port Said.

showing Petrograd and other Russian

Josh Allen Chauffeurs Mop; Company K Settles For Stay

The following letter has been received from a member of Company K, Richmond's company, in the strike zone Indiana Harbor, Oct. 19. Company K, 3rd Provisional Infantry, I. S- M., is all settled in quarters at the Standard Forging Works, occuPJ'ing an office building. It is steam "- t baths, and other conveniences Cots ; uu iulB c i i,. uvtll.Ud.lo lie ucm6 'u "i" " written. little strange to see Josh Allen, a prominent memuer m me iva.vuc County bar. pushing a mop around, and have Will Rindt, of the Jenkins Jewelry Store, going about with a dust cloth wiping up the furniture. Doc. Harrison is right in the midst of everything in the shape of work that comes f:long. Just now Luring, Gartside, r , , Foreman, and a lot of others are gathered in one comer singing . everything from "Home, Sweet Home" to "Tippcrary." One very pleasing incident of the second day in quarters was a present of two phonographs and a supply of records supplied by the Starr Piano Co., of Richmond, through their Chicago office. One was for the use of the Cambridge City Company and the other for the Richmond Company. The boys immediately ordered a vote of JACKSON DECIDES TO JOIN SCHOOLS Erection of a $125,000 high school J innr) Coin Trl tT O 'Al D rf '. - " Htns nf Jackson Town- . consolidation of theptownshlp nd town lllgh schools, , gecond inFtance in the 1 thereby township and town :Ve' v, L nc im tPH Pnrv.i ' in the township under the new plan. " get thorough and efficient high ool education, than they have been ! able to get heretofore. A high school .. . , . rrirn r?.irhmonri or UK ' . , some ouier icue m&u uiw, iUi i ial courses. Plans for the new school are already completed by the architect. It will be erected just outside of Cambridge City on an 11 acre tract of ground, and will conduct branches of education in industrial training, domestic science and other advanced courses. It is planned by school officials to make a erraded school out of the old Cambridge City high school and to erect a new graded school at Pershing, the improvements on the old high building and the erection of the new school to cost $30,000. TELEPHONE OPERATORS GO OUT FOR ONE HOUR (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Oct. 20. Dissatisfaction with an increase in wages granted last week by the Chicago Telephone company, resulted in a brief strike by 75 operators on one downtown exchange board this morning. For a time service was disorganized at this exchange, but a conference between the strikers and officials of the company, resulted in all of the strikers re- : turning to work after an hour's ab- ' sence.

The fall of Petrograd may not mean the Immediate death of Bolshevism, but observers declare it the beginning of the end. The Russian forces fighting Lenlne are led by General Yudenitch, who is closely co-operating with the allies, as well as with Admiral Kolchak of the Siberian army, and General Denekine of the Southern army.

forces loyal to the Czar made their last ' Cities mentioned In recent dispatches. thanks- to be sent to the Starr and that phonograph is now working overtime. , Prepare for Long Stay. The fellows are making the best of a bad situation. Most of them are here at considerable loss and lnconvenience to themselves They had to drop business and go with only about ten hours notice, and at times it is plain a man here and there is worryng about affairs at home, but when spoken to about it he smiles and remarks that lots of fellows have had to do worse and they want to stick until it is over. We hear all sorts of rumors, some that we will be sent to Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, and now and Continued on Page Thirteen NEW SUGAR PRICE MADE BY PALMER (F.v Associated Press) j WASHINGTON. Oct. 20 Steps to prevent an abnormal increase in the price of sugar because of the existing shortage wase taken today by the de- . part ment cf justice. Attorney General Palmer notified : . beet sugar refiners, who have been ; holding their products from the market until the price situation became more stabilized, that the United States sugar equalization board had decided , that 10 cents was a fair price to be charged the wholesaler, and that any charge in excess of that amount would be regarded a violation of the food control act. j Refiners were asked to telegraph j their concurrence in this price, which I would mean that they would put theit I supply on the market immediately. I thereby relieving the present stringen cy. The price to the wholesaler here- : to fore has been 9 cents, so that the new price means an increase of 1 cent a pound. War Parliament of France Dismissed hy Clemenceau PARIS, Oct. 20. The curtain was rung down tonight on the session of nnrlir6Ti i-licl cat n rt i n t o rrunt 1 v . thro"us;h the greatest national effore in , French hlsto Premier clemcnCtau ; was the leading actor in the final i dracm Litt!e oeremony marked he i . .. . .conclusion 01 uusniets. raui ueschar.el. president of the chamber ot deputies, deeply moved, eulogized the war session or parliament, paid homage to the heroic soldiers of France and the glorious dead, reviewed the task accomplished by parliament and expressed the houe that the new chamber would work to raise France from the ruins of the war. . M clemenceau arose and in a loud! clear voice, read the decree closing the session. Deputies, cheering and shouting "Viva la republique," crowded around the premier to congratulate him. Wilson Again Comfortable After Slight Relapse (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. President Wilson's digestive disturbance has subsided almost completely, and he was comfortable today, after a fairly good night, his physicians announced in the following bulletin at 11:25 A. M. "The president's digestive disturb ance has subsided almost completely after a fairlv good night. He is com fortable this morning. Grayson, Ruf fin, Stitt"

GEORGE SUTER, 50

YEARS HERE, DEAD George Suter, 70 years old, died at his residence, 107 North Twenuetn street, at 7:30 o'clock, Sunday evening from complications of diseases. He was born October 19. 1845, ana has been in Richmond for 50 years. Survlvinz him are his wire, Mar garet; 4 sons, Fred. Charles and Wil liam or this cuv. ana iiarry, oi r. KMttle. Washington, and 1 daughter, i J Mrs. Omar Todd. Funeral services will be held rrom iha hnmn Wednesdav afternoon, with the Rev. E. E. Davis officiating. BurThe ial will be in Earlham cemetery, funeral will be strictly private. LSHEVIKI DIVISION IS WIPED 00T Red Force Hastening to Defense of Petrograd Cut to Pieces by Yudenitch Army White Flag at Kronstadt. MANGIN TO BALTIC? (Ry Associated Press) LONDON. Oct. 20 Petrograd is virtually isolated, the war office announced today, anti-Bolshevik cavalry having cut the railroads leading from.; Vologda. A Bolshevik division, which was being rushed to Petrograd from the interior, to defend the city against the threatening advance of General Yudenitch was virtually wiped out at Krasne Selo, when General Yudenitch took that outpost to Petrograd, according to war office advices. The white flag was hoisted over the Russian fortresses of Kronstadt, Friday, it was anounced by the British war ocice toaay. ro ueia.ua uo given. TO SUPERVISE WORK (By Associated Press) PARIS, Oct. 20. Newspapers here announce that General Mangia of toe French army has been nominated as chief of the interallied mission to supervise the evacuation of the Baltic provinces by German troopB who up ; General Von der Goltz , maa r ,5!. it," till last week were under tne ccm ey declare, nowever, mat xne nomination has not been confirmed, but that it seems probable that this or some similar post has been offered to him. General Manein is understood not to have made known his decision as yet. A Paris dispatch Saturday said that General Mangin. "the French member of the interallied commission to superintend the evacuation of the Baltic states by the troops of General Von der Goltz," would leave Paris immediately for the Ealaic, to be followed by other members of the commission. No word of his departure, however, has been received. pj . w if r:nJICZUre OU rr ail rinas Sole Living Relative For Pearson, War Vet When a man has gone through 6 months of war and comes out without a scratch, he's glad enough to get back home, but in Richmond today is s man wearing a silver plate in his right cheek, another iu his knee, without home and family. He is Gordon Pearson, veteran of 5 years' fighting with the Canadian and American armies. Pearson came back to America happy because he was going home, but upon arriving in Grand Rapids, Mich., he discovered that home, father, mother, and sister had vanished, the result of a alai automobile and railroad acci dent. With only one relative left In the world, he came to Richmond Saturday night in search of Mrs. Anna Conner, his surviving aunt. However, he found no trace of Mrs. Conner either through the postal or civil authorities, until, about noon Monday. On a down town corner a man stepped up and asked him if he had been looking for Anna Conner. He was assured Mrs. Conner lived near Centerville. The house was closed but throueh a window Pearson saw a picture of his father. Neighbors told I him that Mrs. Conner had gone to ' 1-1 i T-i .- j ni4 tli'it c?t UlallU A4PIUD IU HMi, diiJ tiittt probably be back tonight. Beveridge to Arrive for Roosevelt Meet Wednesday Former United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge, who will address a mass meeting in the high school auditorium Wednesday night as a feature of the Roosevelt drive, will arrive in Richmond Wednesday evening from Muncie, county chairman Lewis G. Reyuolds announced Wednesday. Music by the Garfield orchestra will probably feature the meeting. Organization of the county for the drive was started Monday, and a few subscriptions were taken, Reynolds 6aid. Literature was also received. TWO KILLED IN FIRE AT IOWA FALLS (By Associated Press) IOWA FALLS, la.. Oct. 20 Two men were killed, another may die and several others were more or less seriously injured following two explosions in a fire which destroyed the produce plant of Swift & Company j here late yesterday afternoon.

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GARY STILL STANDS FOR OPEN SHOP

I Head Re-affirms Decis ICC ion Not to Negotiate With Hired Labor Representatives. AGREEMENT WAS NEAR (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Oct 20. Reaffirming his refusal to negotiate with representatives of labor unions, not employes In the plant of the United States steel corporation. Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the corporation's board of directors, informed Chairman Lane, of the national industrial conference, and Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, today that he would not recede from his stand for the open shop. Judge Gary was understood to have expressed fear of the consequence of further recognition of labor unions. The effect of his announcement on the industrial conference remains to be developed. The capital group remained in session all morning, forcing postponement of the conference meeting until 2:30 p. m. With the tentative agreement reached Saturday, completely upset by developments Sunday, that question collective bargaining between labor and employes still had President Wilson's industrial conference deadlocked today at the opening of the third week of the conference. The situation 6tood . t 1 just wnere it was wnen tne Doay aajuunieu r naay aner aays or iruitiess efforts to reach a solution satisfactory to all. The stumbling block today was the insistence by the employers that to the substitute resolution framed late Saturday by the central committee of the conference, which it was believed would be acceptable to all interests involved, be added a clause declaiing It the right of emplayers and employes to bargain Individually. The resolution, before this clause was requested would have given labor the right to organize into trade and labor unions, 6hop and other Industrial associations, and would have given them the additional right to be heard. In dealing with their employers through "representatives chosen by a majority of their own members." Labor delegates announced their unalterable opposition to the individual bargaining clause. The employers were said to be insistent and that was the situation facing the conference today. SOLDIERS LANDED IN N. Y. STRIKE (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Oct. 20. Five hundred soldiers of the regular army were landed today from the transport George Washington, to attempt to end the congestion at the army piers in Brooklyn, caused by the longshoremen's strike. The men are under orders to "shoot if necessary," according to a statement made by Brigadier General Peter Davison, chief of troop movement at the part of embarkation. The troops will aid in moving transports or wherever else Is necessary, said General Davison. BAKER WON'T INTERFERE. WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. Secretary Baker today refused the request of ' Mayor Hylan of New York, to postj pone the use of troops at New York j until further efforts could be made to settle the strike of longshoremen ! there. States Have Right to Seize Stored Food, Ruled (By Associated Press WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. Authority of Ohio state officials to confiscate and sell food held in cold storage longer than authorized under state law was in effect sustained by the supreme court which refused to review appeals, growing out of the seizure of 125,000 pounds of pork of the Columbus packing company. ROYAL RESIDENCE FOUND (By Associated Press) LONDON. Oct. 20. Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaevitch of Russia, whose whereabouts 6ince the Russian revolution, have been problematical, is living on the island of Prinkipo. in the &ea of Marmora, according to private advices here. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Cloudy tonight with showers probably late tonight and Tuesday. Somewhat warmer tonight. Today's Temperature. Noon 57 Yesterday. Maximum fl Minimum 35 For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy and unsettled tonight and Tuesday. Conditions favorable for showers Tuesday or Tuesday night. Moderate temperature. General Conditions An area of high barometric pressure and fair weather prevails east of the Mississippi river, and a storm over the southwest is causing unsettled weather to develop with rain in the southwest and snow at Valentine, Neb., and Sheridan. Wyo., where temperatures continue below n&rmal.

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