Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 79, 12 February 1920 — Page 2
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM.
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ROBBED SOLDEIRS, GANG ROUNDED UP BY I). S. AGENTS CHICAGO, Feb.- 13 United States secret service agents yesterday rounded up the last of a ganthat deliberately selected as Its victims the maimed defenders of the nation, and the widows and . dependents of men who were killed In battle or died In the service. Six members of the ring are now prisoners, charged with the, theft from the mails of soldiers' bonus checks, Insurance payyments, allotments for Injuries, and A. E. P. death payments. The amount they stole is unknown, but estimates run as high as 1500,000. The agents, under the direction of CapL Thomas J. Porter, won complete confessions from Byron B. Parks and Henry A. Western, former mail clerks In the Chicago post office, and four accomplices they employed to Indorse and cash the checks they filched from the mails. Leaders are Negroes Both leaders in the ring are Negroes. The accomplices under arrest Include Amos George, a "black belt" gambler; Mabel Allen, white, said to be the sweetheart of Parks; Gladys Irene Stevens, the colored girl who donned khaki and accompanied the old 8th regiment to the border before she
was: discovered, and Gwendolyn
Mann, another colored girl. All will face a federal hearing be
fore ; United States Commissioner
Lewis F. Mason today and prison
terms of fifteen or fines of $5,000 or
both. - - The Include onfy a part of the well organized ring which Investigators believe has bren operating successfully in practically every big city of the
United States.
' ; Before the armistice was signed complaints began to pour Into the treasury department concerning the nonrecelpt of allotment and death payment checks, according to postal
inspectors who worked with the secret Bervice division on the case. Their loss was laid to the rush of work and mixing of records in the war risk insurance bureau in Washington. It was not until a number of checks apparently indorsed by persons who
had formerly mado complaint began to return to the department that Investigations were started. Gets 'Canceled Check One check, a death claim, purporting to be signed by Harry A. Kowaliskl of Madison, Wis., was canceled and returned to the bureau several months ago. It was forwarded to Gen. James E. Stuart, chief postal inspector of the Chicago district, together with a letter of complaint from Kowaliskl. After tracing the source of payment on he check to Parks, already wanted on a charge of robbing the mails, was arrested and a series of decoy treasury department letters were sent through the Chicago postoffice to find whteher or not other employes were holding out on Uncle Sam. The decoyys disappeared regularly, according to government sleuths, until one day last, week, when Western was placed under arrest. City Hall Interior to Be Remodeled, Board Of Works Is Informed A communication from Hiram Maine, an Indianapolis inventor, the city offering to sell the city the right to use his patent snow removing apparatus for $170, was tendered to the board of works Monday. It was referred to the city engineer.
A letter received by Superintendent
of Police Wenger asking that the
police office be re-arranged so as to
permit the sergeant to have an en closed office was placed on file.
It was stated that as soon as the city engineer recovered from his illness, work on tho re-decorating and
remodeling of the interior of the city
building would begin.
The request of Nimrod Johnson, of the Richmond Light, Heat & Power company, to tear down the old smoke Ptack at the light plant for the bricks in it, was denied, the board feeling that the risk to the light plant during the tearing down of the stack was not worth the price offered.
SCORE MEET DEATH WHEN SOCIALISTS RIOT IN GERMAN CAPITAL
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Military police and machine gun guard on right aide of Reichstag ' building (above) and soldiers carrying' off wounded member of the mob. The Socialist riots " in Berlin which caused the death of a score of persons and the wounding of nearly a hundred more when a mob stormed the Reichstag building in protest against the passage, of a proposed industrial bill, and succeeded in beating down one of the doors of the chamber in which the" Reichstag was in session, resulted in martial law being declared over, the entire northern portion of Ger
many. The accompanying photographs show actual scenes of the
I conflict between the government
troops and the mob.
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Labor Delegates to State Meet To Be Named Here Appointment of a delegate to attend the first annual convention of the State Federation of Labor in Indianapolis Friday, Saturday and Sunday, will b? made at the regular meeting of the Central Labor Council in the Eagle's hull Thursday night. The convention in Indianapolis is called to organize a state labor party. The local political situation will also be discussed. President Penteccst urges that all members be present, especially the new candidates, who will be installed. The meeting opens promptly at 7 : 30.
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U. S. ROAD FUND RECEIVED. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Feb. 12. The first apportionment of Federal road funds to the Stato Highway Commission was received Wednesday by Uz McMurtric, treasurer of state. The allotment was $219,9S6.26. Under the law the Federal aid is allowed on the basis of, 50 per cent of the state road work actually completed. L. H. Wright, director of. the Highway Commission, haid that the state highway work now completed aggregates $500,000. Requisitions can ' be made monthly by. the state on the Federal funds as Indiana work is finished until a total of $7,500,000, the amount due Indiana, is used.
Funeral Arangements
Conway Mrs. Nancy J Conway, 75 old, died Saturday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ernest McGilliand, in Fountain City, Ind., from an attack of pneumonia. She had been ill but a short time. She was a member of the Christian church. She is survived by four children, Mrs. Mary Slaughter of Smithfield, Nebraska; Wesley, of Fulton, Iowa; Albert, of Preston, Iowa; Mrs. Dora McGllliand, of Fountain City, with whom she made her home. Burial at Anderson, Iowa, by the side of her husband, who preceded her In death 40 years
ago. : Sitloh- Thelma Mary Sitloh, three-vear-old daughter ot Mr. and Mrs.
John Sitloh, died of pneumonia, at the
home of her parents at 5 a. m. Thursday. She is survived by her parents, three brothers and one sister. Funer: al arrangement will be announced later. Ramler Funeral services for Joshepha Ramler will be held at St. Andrew's church with a solemn high mass at 9 a. m. Friday. Burial in St. Andrew's cemetery. The Young Ladles and St. Rose societies of St. Andrew's church will hold services at the home at 7:30 p. m. Thursday. Friends are requested to omit flowers. White Funeral services for Joseph V. While will be held in the Methodist church at Whitewater at 2 p. nr. Friday. Burial In Whitewater cemetery, Knollenberg Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Knollenberg were held at 3 p. m. Thursday at the home. Burial in Lutherania. 6 hank Lorenze Shank, 70 years old, died of senility at his home, 1405 North II street, '.ate Tuesday night. He was born In Pennsylvania but lived in Richmond for a number of years.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Charles and Harry, of this city; and three grandchildren. Funeral arrange
ments will be announced later. Dickey Mrs. Fannie E. Dickey, 25 years old, died at her home about
three miles northwest of Richmond at
6:30 Wednesday night. She is sur
vlved by her husband, Claten Dickey;
and parents, Mr. and Mrs. unanes Meyers. Funeral arrangements will be
announced later. Hill Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Hill will be held at 9 a. m. Friday in the parlors of Doan and Son, funeral directors. Burial in Earlham. The funeral will be private. Davis Funeral services for Mrs. Abbie Louise Davis were held at 2 p. m. Thursday, at home. Burial In Earlham. ' Russell Funeral services for Mrs. W. E. Russell were held at the home Thursday afternoon. Burial in Earlham. Services were private. Howard Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza Howard were held at home at 10 a. m. Thursday. Burial in Elkhorn cemetery. The Rev. Burbanck officiated. Wickett Funeral services for Thomas Wickett. were held at 3 p. m. Thursday at the home. Burial in Earlham. The Rev. Trueblood officiated. Cook Funeral services for Sylvester Cook will be held in the Middleboro church at 1:30 p. m. Friday. Burial in Goshen cemetery.
PLANE CRASHES TO EARTH. CAIRO, Feb. 12. One of the South African airplanes in the London-Cape Town flight, named "Silver Queen," crashed early Wednesday morning; None of the, crew was injured. .
FLU EPIDEMIC AT NAVAL ACADEMY KILLS TWO
ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Feb. 12. Two
deaths from pneumonia following influenza have ' occurred at . the -Naval
Academy. Louis Carega of Scranton, Pa., instructor in modern languages, died last night and Midshipman Paul MIcau of Washington, D. C, succumb
ed Wednesday. - -
" A'papyrus on geometry dated 1100 13B. C. has been preserved from ancient Ftevot.
Common School Funds Cannot Be Used For Gardens, Says Stansbary Richmond plans for school gardens will probably be effected by the opinion submitted by Ele Stansbury, attorney-general to F. R- Farnam, assistant director of the United States employment service, that common school funds can not be expended for carrying forward school and home gardens paid leadership in co-operation with the employment leadership In Indiana. Mr. Stansbury says: "In my opinion the common school funds can not bp legally expended to establish and maintain employment offices at any time or for the extension of vocational guidance to minors during the sum
mer vacation."
The .attorney quoted Section 183 of Buni' statutes, 1914 to the effect that tho common school income "shall be
invollably appropriated tor the support
or common scnoois and to no other purpose." For two years school gardening has been popular in the Richmond schools. Garden prizes have been offered and considerable interest taken by pupils.
One-Year Enlistments Close; Two Men Enlist
Official notification of the closing
ot all one year enlistments in any branch of the army was received by Sergeant Thompson, local recruiting
officer, Thursday. One year enlist
ments In the chemimcal war service
were open up until today, said Thomp
son. Two local men and one man from
McKinney, Texas, will leave Satur? da yto go to U. S. army posts. Albert Schlangen, 620 South Seventh street, and David B Dyrket, 509 South Fifth street, will leave for the Philippine Islands, where they will Join the coast artillery. Elmer Cox of McKinney, Texas, will leave for Camp Grant, 111.,
to join tne sixtn division. Adelle Brown, Camden
Resident, Is Dead
CAMDEN, O., Feb. 12. Miss Adelle Brown daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence' Brown of near Fairhaven,
died In a hospital at Cincinnati Sunday. She was taken ill with appendicitis Thursday and taken to the hospital for an operation Saturday but it was not successful. Miss Brown was 14 years old and leaves a number of relatives. Funeral services at her home Tuesday afternoon were conducted by Rev. Sbriver of M. E. church. Burial was at Camden cemetery.
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WATERS EDITORS' HEAD. Mark O. Waters, newspaper man of Newcastle, was named Wednesday as a member of the executive committee
of the Indiana Republican Editorial
Association, representing the Sixth district The committee will be increased to 13 members, one from each congressional district. DOLLS TO BE EXHIBITED. Dolls made by pupils of the second and third grades of the public schools, which are to be sent to Armenia at the request of the Red Cross, will be cn exhibition in the window of the Price confectionary store, on Main street, Monday. The exhibit will remain in place a week. McCOMB GETS CERTIFICATES Advertising material and naturalization certificates to assist local foreigners who do ' not have all their papers, have been , received by H. Q. McComb, vocational director in the Richmond public schools, from the department of immigration and naturalization in Washington. Large diplomas verifying the completion of certain public night school work were sent to be given to persons completing requirements in the work to be offered in the English class at Whitewater school, which met for the second time Wednesday night. The third regular meeting will be held Friday night. COLLEY TO LECTURE. The Rev. W. P. Colley, Seman, Ohio,
will deliver an illustrated lecture Thursday at 7:30 p. m. in the Reid
FARMERS MAY QUIT
UNLESS CONDITIONS UNDERGO CHANGES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. "If the farmers stop working," says the Albany Aigus, Democrat, "the rest tf us will have to stop eating. And that it just what many of them threaten to do." "This is no imaginary danger, the Argus goes on; "a summary of more than 40.000 replies from farmers to a questionnaire sent out by the postoffice department has just been laid before the senate postoffice committee, and about half of them indicate that the writers contemplate either leaving their farms or curtailing the acerage under cultivation." What are the grievances of the agri
culturists? The Wheeling Register,
Democrat, summarizes them thus:
"1. Inability to obtain labor to work on farms, as hired help and the farmer's children have been lured to the city by higher wages and easier living. "2. High profits taken by middlemen for the mere handling of food.
"3. Lack of proper agencies ot con
tact between the farmer and the ultlmnte consumer." What is the solution? "Cooperation," confidently asserts the Rocky
Mountain News (Ind.). "Politics won't help much; specifics will not do; pan
aceas are useless. Get rid of the costly middleman." Sending his pro
ducts "direct to the consumer by parcel post" is .suggested by the Rochester Telegram (Rep.), which believes also that "a farmers' union, run in the right way. might prove to be of tremendous benefit both to the farmers
and the general public." The New
York Mail (Ind.), agrees that devel
opment of the parcel post "undoubt
edly would help," but thinks "much more far-reaching action Is necessary. What is needed, and urgently needed,
is an entire reorganization of our rural life." . The Buffalo Evening
News (Rep.), takes up the suggestion
that immigrants be required to work on farms five years after arriving here, and believes it is "a reasonable
plan and worth trying." The Dallas
News (Ind. Dem.) is confident that a way out will btf found, especially "if Industry and distribution show enough foresight1 and self control." The Fargo
Courier-News (Non-partisan League)
thinks the replies to the questionnaire show that the missionary work of
the Nonpartisan League is bearing
fruit. Farmers are beginning to learn
the facts. Another four years and a
farm labor ticket will sweep the nation."
Many other papers refuse to see a cause for concern. "The situation can not be called discouraging," says the Nebraska State Journal, (Ind. Rep.), for "like everything else, agraculture
is In a state of transition" from a war to a peace basis. "A fanner's natural Impulse when he sees an official questionnaire," suggests the New York evening Post (Ind.), is to place
on it all his grievances." "His com
plaint, believes the New York World,
(Dem.), is due to the "discontent of
prosperity, and not of injustice." ana the Pittsburg Leader (Prog. Dem.),
holds that the new secretary of agri
culture, Mr. Meredith, is following the political dope in flattering the farmers" and that the farmer who tries to turn monopolist is deserving of no more consideration at the hands
of the rest of the country than any
other manipulator. Stand for Americanism
Is Taken by Rotarians
FT. WAYNE. Ind. Feb. 12 Indiana Rotarians, in annual conference here
Memorial church, on the New World 'today. ave Lincoln's ; Wrthday a new
Movement of the United Presbyterian
Tax Returns are Slow Say State 01 f idols
Income taxpayers are urged to speed i guests,
Dunkards of Country Will Meet at Peru Dunkards in the vicinity of Richmond will be interested in the announcement of the annual national communion and council meeting of the church to be held at Hoover, a little town eight miles northwest of Peru, Ind., beginning May 23. About 10,000 are expected. Hoover-was selected lor the 1920 meeting place at the last church gathering held at Pittsburgh, O.. last year. It is a little town of les3 than . 200 population, but every citizen is interested in the meeting and is planning to entertain their
up the filing of their returns by state
revenue officials. Delay in filing returns will cause considerable congestion in the revenue office at the last moment. With an aggregate of 130,000 individual and corporation income tax returns to be received at the office of the internal revenue collector for the state of Indiana by March 15, it will be necessary to receive at least 10,000 a day from now until the last day, according to William L. Elder, collector. The number being received now is not . more than 1,500' a day and it is urged that those who would avoid the last day's rush and possible payment of penalty for delay, should file their returns immediately.
, VISITING BROTHER. Frank Anderson of j Philadelphia, Pa., is visiting in the city with Mi.
and 'Mrs. Herbert Anderson. He will
soon leave for Keokuk, Iowa,
The delegates will come from Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska, Wisconsin," Iowa, Nebraska Minnesota, the Dakotas and other states. . Many of the delegates are expected to bring their entire families.
THATCHER OUT FOR WOOD. Petitions asking that the name of Major . General Leonard Wood be placed on Indiana ballots aa a Republican presidential candidate,, have been sent to Indianapolis by J. E. Thatcher, ofhis city. In a letter to the Wood headquarters in Indianapolis. Thatcher says: "There are some. Lowden men here, but plenty of Wood." BANK HAS BLANKS A. supply of income tax blanks has been received by the First National bank, an official said Thursday. Forms 1040, 1040-A and corporation blanks were in the shipment received, by the
f bank.
church. Admission is free, and the public is invited. TO GIVE DANCE. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kepler will give a social dance Saturday evening in the Knights of Calumbus hall. All invitations are to be presented at the door. DELINQUENT TAX SALE HELD Fifty-seven pieces of real estate were sold at the annual delinquent tax sale held Monday, County Treasurer
JWeidner said Tuhrsday. The real es-
iuie, wuivu was sum lur iucb buu city Improvements, brought approximately $2,700. DRANK "LILY OF FRANCE" Harry Gardner, a "Lily of France"
hair tonic drunk was fined $1 and costs by Mayor Zimmerman In police court Thursday. " Articles of Incorporation for the Tennessee Furniture company, a Tennessee corporation, have been filed with the secretary of state. According to the incorporation papers, 60,000 of the capital stock is represented In Indiana. J. E. Moyer, of this city, is named as agent. NO NEW FLU CASES. No cases of influenza have been reported to City Health Officer Dr. George B. Hunt at 2 p. m. Thursday. "The city-wide situation is subsiding steadily, I think," said the health officer. Wednesday five cases were reported to the city health department. BUYS MILLINERY STORE. Mrs. Lulu Finney, who has purchased a millinery store in Xenia, Ohio, and has been visiting . in the city, returned Thursday. She formerly resided here. SERVICE MEN HAVE CHARGE. " Service men of the South Eighth Street Friends' Church are to have charge of the regular Thursday evening services ' of the church tonight. Several men who served in France will speak. ' WAYNE COUNTY NOT AFFECTED. The statement of statd superintendent of Instruction L. N. Hines, in regard to the probable forcing of schools that are violating the state law by running ternis of less than 120 school days to continue their terms until they comply with the law, will have no
bearing in ( Wayne county, as all of
sienificence when they took unanl
mous stand for teaching Americanism In the public schools of the state and
nation
A resolution, fathered by Frederick
E. Matson, president of the Indianapo
lis Rotary Club, was introduced follow
ing an address by Mr. Matson on the
subject of "Rotary and Americanism."
Mr. Matson's address embodied the
spirit of the resolution, which voiced
the sentiment that, beginning In the primary grades, courses of study
should be carried through the entire life of the child that would make it have a thorough knowledge of the
history and the constitutional prlnci
pies of the United States. Cure for Ills
It was Mr. Matson's opinion that teaching of Americanism in the schools would cure the industrial and
political ills Of the country and make the citizens of the future realize the
benefits of living in a free land. The
speaker also Insisted that in order to
brine the teacher to a happier ap
preciation of living in the United States he or she must be adequately
paid for teaching..
The conference sessions began last
night with three divisional meetings.
Charles E. Watklns, of Muncle, district governor, presided at the first
general meeting at the Chamber of Commerce, after which the divisional
conferences were held, all dealing
with club problems of Rotary. Fol
lowing the conferences, the delegates
and the ladies adjourned to tne ban
room of the Hotel Anthony, where the conference ball was held. Orchestras from Franklin, Angola and Ft Wayne provided the music. The visiting ladies enjoyed a vaudeville show before the ball began. The Rotarians were out early this morning for a big day's work.
PERSUADES ALLIES
TO MODIFY THEIR TERMS TO TURKS
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Ghalib Kemmly Bay. To Ghalib Kemaly Bay, who represented the Turks at their recent conference with the allied representatives, is given the credit for obtaining1 modified terms for the Ottoman empire. One concession he obtained was that of leaving Constantinople in the possession of the Sultan Ghalib Bay is the leader of the Li! erals, a' pro-ally and an enemy cf Enver Pasha and the Germans. 15' asserts Turkey would have joined th allies in the war but for Enver Pasha's scheming.
Preliminary lists of pupils who will graduate from high school the coming June ' will be sent to instructors for correction soon. Principal Bate announced Thursday. The senior party, which had been arranged for Friday night, has been indefinitely postponed. Announcements will be made later. Owing to the Illness of three members of the team, and the coach, the basketball game with Huntington next
Friday night has been called off.
PRISONER CARRIED OFF
. BY DANISH RAIDERS DUBLIN, Feb. 12 A military motor
car was held up In Berkely street today by 20 armed men, and the driver and four armed guards ordered out of the car. It is said that a -prisoner being conveyed to Mountjoy prison was carried off by the raiders.
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NOTICE DEMOCRATS There will.be a meeting of all-the Democratic precinct committeemen Saturday, Feb. 14th at 2 p. m. at Henry Farwig's restaurant to elect a successor to fill the unexpired term of the late Joshua Allen, Democratic Party Chairman.
LONG SENTENCE GIVEN
JGITLOW, N. Y. ANARCHIST NEW YORK, Feb. 12. Five to ten
years in state prison was the sentence Imposed in the supreme court Wednesday on Benjamin Gitlow, former Bronx assemblyman, who was convict
ed of violating the state s criminal anarchy statute. The charges were preferred as the result ot articles advocating the overthrow of government by force which was published in the Revolutionary Age, of which Gitlow was business manager.
ASQUITH FOR PARLIAMENT LONDON, ' Feb. 12 Announcement
of the result of today's parliamentary election in the Paisley constituency in which former Premier H. H. Asqulth is a candidate, will not be made until
Feb. 25, according to a statement made
public here this morning.
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DISAGREE ON BREAD PRICE VINCENNES, Ind., Feb. 12. Bread, three one-pound loaves for 25 cents, caused a mild sensatino Wednesday at Bicknell, in this county. Retailers, in revolt against a reported attempt by bakers to force the retail price of bread to 12 cents a loaf straight, in face of a falling flour market, "demoralized" the situation by dividing on the matter ot retail prices. The
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Thursday..-' GARflELD TEACHERS OUT Three teachers at Garfield school were ubaeat from their classes Thursday on account of ilness. Miss Katherine Reece was confined at her home in' West Richmond, Lyman Lybolt, was ill. and O. L. Filer, who has been suffering for some time from an operation on his eye, is still away. Principal Hejronimus has ' been teaching for several davs.
BRITAIN HASN'T CHOSEN ' AMERICAN AMBASSADOR (By Associated Press) ;, LONDON, Feb, 12. Replying to a Question in the house of commons today as to whether Viscount Grey would return to Washington as British ambassador, and if not who would be his successor. Premier Lloyd George said he was unable to make any statement on the subject.
Lincoln said "right makes might," which translater by Oliver Towne means the right way to advertise your wants is the way that will bring you the mightiest returns. Most. people advertise in our Want Columns because they know that through them they get the best results.
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