Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 84, 18 February 1920 — Page 12
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18, 1920.
SOCIALISTS OF U. S. WOULD DEFEND IT, HILLQUIT ASSERTS
(IV Associated Press) ALBANY. N. Y.. Feb. 18. Socialists In the United States are not BolshevIr.ts. but Social Democrats of the Marxian school, declared Morris Hillquit. Socialist leader, testifying: today at the trial before the assembly Ju
diciary committee of the five suspend
ed socialist committeemen ' chcx ged with disloyalty. ' In connection with the charge that American Socialists sought to impose
the Soviet system on the United States. Mr. Hillquit inserted that to say the Soviet system would be appropriate In this country, bo much more highly developed than Russia, would be "infantile." Mr. Hillquit, who also is chief counsel for the defense, appeared yesterday before the assembly for Judiciary committee, which is conducting the trial, as an expert on Socialism. He testified that the Socialist party in America Is not bound by dictates of the International; that he had never beard of the "invisible empire" advocating revolution to which Socialists are alleged to owe allegiance and that 1 Soviet Russia, in which American Socialist are displaying so much inter- ' est, Is not as bad as it fs painted. He also testified that socialists are I not pacifists, but that they would i support a war of independence; they hold most modern wars are capitalis- ' tic. and therefore oppose them.
SERVES U. S. UNDER TEN PRESIDENTS AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE
, i High School Notes j
High school students Interested in business will meet Thursday morning to discuss the advisability of forming a commercial club vrtthln the school. Experienced tennte players met in the gymnasium at tjbe activities period Wednesday moaning for indoor practice. ' i An Important meeting of the sophomore class will be held Thuursday morning. The wireless club met Wednesday morning.
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SMITH COLLEGE GIRLS TAKE COURSE IN AUTO REPAIRING; DO HEAVY WORK UNAII3ED
Elmer W. Erk Dies at Home of Parents, of Flu
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Elmer W. Erk, 24 years old, died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Erk. 701 South Eighth street early Wednesday , afternoon, of influenza. ' He was a member of Company 80, 131st Infantry. National Guard, in the world war and while in training at Camp Shelby, Hatttesburg, Miss., was stricken with spinal trouble, which caused him to be honorably discharged
from service. Recovering he became i
Adee as he appeared during one of his bicycle trips in France and a portrait of him. Several members of President Wilson's cabinet have tired of public life lately, pref ering private business careers. The general personnel of the frovernment departments is constantly changing. But Alvey Augustus Adee is now serving his thirty-third year as second assistant secretary of state and still likes the political and diplomatic life. He has served under ten presidents, counting Cleveland twice.
County Pledges Care to 35 Orphans; 180 Quota Thirty-five orphans have been pledged care for a year in the Wayne county Near East Drive for 180, Mrs. A. W. Roach, county director announc-
i ed Wednesday. i The county reports are coming in
affiliated with a Connersville auto-1 well, but owing to illness in many corn-
mobile company, being a member ofmunities it has been impossible to the organization until a week ago push the campaign heavily, she said.
when he became ill with influenza
.His parents and a brother, Robert, survive. Friends may call any time. He was a member of St. Andrew's church. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Mrs. Anna K. Voss, 64, Succumbs to Paralysis Furferal services for Mrs. Anna K. Voss, 64 years old, who died of paralysis at her home, 337 North Twentyfirst street, Tuesday, will be held from the home Friday at 2:30 p. m. She was a resident of Richmond the greater part of her life. Her husband, Michael Voss, and two sons and two daughters survive. Mrs. Voss was a Friend. Burial will be in Earlham. The Rev. Davis will be in charge of the services. Friends may call at the home any time.
Churches of County Are ' Ready for Inter-Church Campaign, Says Coriander Only three church communities in the county remain to be organized for the general campaign of the Interchurch World Movement, county director Lester W. Carlander announced Wednesday. These three townships will be visited soon. City survey for the Inter-church Movement will be begun next week. The city director has not yet been appointed.
Circuit Court News
Because of this situation, the county
wide campaign wil be prolonged until !
the desired quota is reached. Cambridge City has reported pledges for the care of two orphans and others are expected. Letters are going out to many people of the community, who are unable to
care for an orphan for a year, and who . have not announced their intention to
do so. i . The churches of Richmond seem to Local grocers have complied with be taking the lead in the campaign. I the order issued by city inspector of
Manv nf the rhnrehes have raised i eignis anu measures, w. a. nuui, 111
State Weights Inspector Helps in Bread Probe
Short News of City
MINISTERS TO TALK BUSINESS Next Monday's meeting of the Richmond Ministerial Association in the
Y." M. C. A. will be for business. It is the custom to devote the last Monday of each month to business. GOODRICH PRAISES CONTEST Sergeant Thompson Tuesday received a letter from Governor Goodrich in which the state executive highly praised the army essay contest being conducted over the state. STATE "Y" MEET PLANNED
Local "Y" officials were advised
Tuesday that final arrangements for
tne annual convention of the Indiana Young Men's Christian Association are rapidly nearing completion. The convention will be held in Indianapolis Feb. 27 and 27. TEACH7RS ARE ADEQUATE. Tuesday morning every grade in the public schools of Richmond was filled with a teacher for the first time in several weeks. Illness has been acecountable for a majority of the vacancies. KILLED BY JITNEY BUS
NEWCASTLE, Ind., Feb. 17 Jack Fulton, six years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Fulton, was killed Monday when struck by a jitney bus. The boy was riding on the rear ehd of a coal wagon and when he jumped off ran directly in front of the motor bus. The bus was driven by Francis Coffin and the police, after investigating, said he was in no way to blame. It was said the bus was not going fast and had stopped for a passenger fewer than
30 feet from the place the accident occurred. NO REAL ESTATORS GO. Richmond will not be represented at the joint meeting of the national convention committees of the Indiana Real Estate association and tho Indiana Reas Estate board, in Indianapolis, Feb. 24. C. D. Schideler and Jesse Bailey are both members of the board of governors, of the state real estate association, but are not on the convention committee. TWO HURT IN STOCK YARDS. Floyd Scott and Fred Clark, employed at the east end yards, were treated for slight injuries at Reid hospital Monday night.
HOWARD ENTERTAINED Wednesday. The Misses Helen and Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Harrsten, of 1119 Ruth Edgerton are reported to be imNorth I street, entertained a company proving. of their friends Tuesday evening in i ONE DISMISSED; ONE JAILED
honor of the well known violinist, Jim Ray, charged with provoke, was j otto II Sprong, held by federal ofWesley Howard. The evening was I dismissed in police court Wednesday j fjcials on a charge of embezzling $3,-
spent socially and refreshments were i tor lack of sufficient evidence. GOO from the Richmond Dostoffice, is
Tom Popian was arrested Wednes-1 rumored to have admitted being guilday morning on a charge of assault tv in his hrnther-in-law. Mr. Gar
land battery. His wife filed the af fi- i wood, of Iowa.
davit against him. Garwood is understood to have gone The executive offices of the Friends j to Indianapolis in an attempt to have Forward Movement are to be moved ! the $5,000 bond of Sprong reduced, to the fourth floor of the Colonial ; and while there Sprong is alleged to building, formerly occupied by the i have admitted his guilt, county Republican party. The main I District Attorney Fred VanNuys office is at room 403. Third floor of- i Wednesday afternoon stated that he fices will be used for stenoeraohers ! was aware of the rumor but that
and mailing. EDWARDS TO MEETING. President David M. Edwards, of Earlham college, who Is a member of the state educational research committee appointed by State Superintendent of Schools L. N. Hines, left for Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon to meet with the state committee to or
ganize plans for a state mooting,
Miss Wilhemina Schenck lowering motor while Miss Elizabeth Smith helps guide it into place. An automobile school in which the girlr. learn how to take apart, repair and reassemble autos, is one of the nev courses which has appealed to Smith college girls. The auto school is conducted by Jean Carlbois at Northampton, Mass. The girls do the heavy work themselves, using block and tackle to lift the heavy pieces.
DESCHANEL HEADS
FRENCH GOVERNMENT
(By Associated Press) PARIS, Feb. 18. Paul Pcschanel
today became tenth president of the
French republic, succeeding Raymond Poincare, who laid aside the robes of office after one of the most critical periods in the history of the country. The formal transfer from the old to the new regime occurred at tho Palace Elyses this afternoon. The inauguration of the French president Is a formal ceremony, arrangements for which are made long In advance of the event. Among the early arrivals at the palace in preparation for the ceremonies were President Raoul Peret of the chamber of deputies, and his colleagues from the lower house, who were closely followed by Leon Beurgeois. president of the senate, and officials of that body delegated to attend the inauguration. In carrying out the preliminary details of tho program Premier Millerand, shortly before the hour pet for the ceremony, drove to the Palais Bourbon, where, as president of the chamber, M. Deschanel has maintained his residence, and called for the president-elect. Entering a state carriage and escorted by a regiment of cuirassiers and preceded by a flag bearer, they drove to the place where the ceremony was to take place.
Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Celebrate Lent; Service Open Wednesday With the opening of Lent Wednesday, Catholics and Eplscopaleans of the city have drawn aside from social events and will hold a series of special
Mary's, St. Andrew s T
their pledges. United Brethren will
care for two orphans,' and the Baptist church has raised $192, bo far with the drive not. completed. Tho Allen
Jay Memorial church has reported en
regard to the alleged selling of bread baked by Ohio companies, which does not measure up to the weight printed on the wrapper, Hunt said Wednes
day.
thusiastic work toward pledges, and! a representative irom tne state the First Christian church has raised j board of weights and measures was its pledged amount from $1,400 toiin the clty Wednesday to investigate jl goo several local matters with Hunt. The Employes of the Jenkins-Vulcan ! slap representative will remain over Spring company have pledged $53; the ' Thursday. Hunt re-iterated his warnmrhinnri r-sioirot ,v,r,.Jrw sfin anH a ! mg Wednesday, that the limit was
number of personal pledges have been reported since Tuesday.
Sprong Alleged to Have Admitted Guilt to Relative
Feb. 16, for low bread weights.
Many Ministers Plan to Attend State Conference
Seven Sailors Drown;
served
TWO COMPANIES DISSOLVE Fremilinary certificates of dissolution for the Light Inspection Car company of Hagerstown, have been filed with the secretary of state. The Teeter-Keagy Farms company, also of Hagerstown, filed preliminary certificates of dissolution with the secretary of state Tuesday. Greenfield township, Randolph county, was granted permission to float a $2,500 school bond by the state board of tax commissioners Tuesday. PETITION TO BE HEARD The public service commission, at Indianapolis, will hear the petition of he T. H. I. & E. Traction company, which passes through Richmond, to raise express rates for the transportation" of articles rated higher than first class, March 1, at was announced Tuesday, The company has also petitioned to raise the single line minimum from 25 to 40 cents and the interline minimum from 35 to 50 cents. . HELWIG COMPLETES SURVEY The report of the physicial conditions of the town and township schools as the result of the survey by Dr. C. E. Helwig. of the staate board of health, will not be made for about two weeks, County Superintendent Williams said Wednesday, as Helwig will make surveys in other counties before reporting to the state board. Greensfork, Pershing and Hagerstown were visited Tuesday. J. M. Bulla, county health officer, and County Superintendant Wiliams accompanied Helwig PEELE BUYS OXFORD PAPER.
j Purchase of the plant of the old ! "Butler County Citizen," at Oxford, O . I has been made by R. S. Peele, editor
and the Lutheran
services in St. and St. Paul's,
churches. Communion services were held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 10 a. m., Wednesday. Service will be held again at 4 o'clock for the children of the church, and at 7:30 for adults. Services will be held at the Catholic churches each Wednesday night during Lent. Rosary, sermon and benediction will constitute the service Wednesday at 8 p. m. the service of the blessing of the ashes was observed. Friday night the ceremonies of the
way of the cross and benediction will take place, and Sunday afternoon the way of the cross and benediction at 3 o'clock. Regular Sunday morning masses at 6, 8 and 10 o'clock will be held.
Sprong had in no way intimated guilt to government authorities.
his
House Lectures to Open In Reid Church Sunday
A two week's series of addresses bv
Dr. E. L. House, noted lecturer, will ! bers of the league and Mrs
March 7.14, when plans for increasing : open next Sunday afternoon at Reid i Chapman Catt, retiring president of
Abandon Separate Women's Party Is Leaders' Plan (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Feb. IS. Alingment of women voters with existing political parties and abandonment of efforts to inaugurate a political orgazation of their own, today had the support of leaders of the League of Women Voters, successor to the National American Woman Suffrage association. Republican and Democratic mem-
Came
me Buiuuaras, remuneration and general efficiency are to be discussed. PENNINGTON EXPECTED. Levi T. Pennington, general director of the Friends Forward Movement, is expected to arrive Friday, following several weeks spent in the middle and far west in the interests of the Forward Movement. Plans fo rthe future will be made at a Conference to be held Immediately following Director Pennington's arrival. FREW JOINS NAVY Stewart Frew of 40 Ft. Wayne Ave. enlisted in the navy for two years at the local recruiting station, Tuesday He will be sent to Gulfport, Miss., for training. S. 8TH FRIENDS WILL DRIVE. Members of the monthly meeting of South Eighth Street Friends' church will give a supper at the church at
Memorial church. A union church I the suffrage association, urged the
service will be held at the Reid church Sunday night. The second week's lectures will be given at the First M. E. church.
Bolshevik Triumph Is Feared in South Russia
T AT 1 A J m. 1 OI ine um Ira'19 icno, puoiisnea at 1 WO NaVal ACCiaentS l CenterviWe. The Ohio plant has '
been idle for about 18 months.
MRS. ATWATER TO SPEAK.
Mrs. Anna Atwater, of Indianapoli.-
I Poincare May Head French j Reparations Delegation
Judgement for the ful amount Involv-
, rclfu" i j ! ("By Associated Press)
:ZL : J?" Amone Wayne county ministers ! W ASHINGTON, Feb. 18. Five en-
-fh" TiVrpndant, wprp nrdprpd o ravlwho may attend the sUte pastors' con-1 listed men were drowned in the sink-, characterized as a great speaker, will
" , ' ' Terence to bo held under the auspices 1 mg or a naval water narge yesternay : maKe tne principal address at the all j A renlevin it wa filed hv Alexan of tne Inter-Church World movement ! off the Cuban coast, the navy depart- i day meeting of the city federation of; PARK it d , T, . A replevin suit was filed by Alexan- lnr1,aann,la areu -to ti, fni.iment was advised today, and two oth-! woman's missionary societies at the PARIS, Feb. 18. Raymond Poin
ter M. btewart against Kooert Lamp- ' ,-er? lost their lives in the capsizing of! First Presbyterian church. Friday. !c.are- wn today retires from the pres
DC11- r T-i ri r u tri-ct ' u mntnp dorv from tliP TT. S S Rnvpv i Feb. 20. The nnpnincr spssinn is ut UCncy OI the P rench
, i iiv iiv- v . x x . is i az- iri i nt i 11 - j i
I English Lutheran church; the Rev. E. last Sunday at Harwich, England. No
Howard Zrown. of the East Main , details ot the sinking were given, but;
Street Friends' church; the Rev. E. E.i Admiral Knapp said a court or in-
Davis. of the Second Fresbyterlan ' quiry would investigate the sinking
f church: the Rev. R. L. Semans, of the ot the dory.
I First M. E. church; the Rev. T.. E. ! I Murray, of the First Christian church; J A , , I the Rev. Shelby C. Lee, of the First America Needs LUrODC
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.
John Ha gen. carpenter, Muncie, to Naomi P. Jones, at home, Richmond.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Ceorge W. Johnson to Arthur Davidson a part of the southeast quarter section 3, township 17, range 12, $7,524.30. Raymond II. Duning to Charles Petiy. lot 120. Block 8. Mendenhall and Price's addition, $1.
y. M. C. A. Officers Will Attend State Meeting
of I
the First Presbyterian Church; the Rev. H. S. James, of the United Brethren church; the Rev. A. H. Backus, of the Grace M. E. church; the
Rev. J. S. Hill of the Reid Memorial
church; all of Richmond; the
Says Popolo Romano
liuick. of Milton: the Rev. C. O. Rey-
Lester W. Carlander, general secre-jnolds of Fountain City; the Rev. A. tary of the Y. M. C. A., E. M. Haas, : p. Hogan of Cambridge City; the Rev. president of the association; K. W. j p. ,. Hartley and the Rev. Chadwick. Harding, physical director, Thomas P. Hagerstown; the Rev. W. A. Stric.Wilson, office secretary, and Clifton iier. of Sugar Grove.
M. Beatty. boys' secretary, will represent the local "V" at the state Y. M. C. A. conference in Indianapolis, Feb. 27 and 28. Secretary Carlander said Wednesday that a number of other Richmond men affiliated with the Y. M. C. A., will probably attend the conference.
(Uy Associated Press) ROME, Tuesday, Feb. 17. America is going through such a crisis of over
Rev. ! production that she needs European
Percy Thomas of Dublin; the Rev. C. markets as much as Europe needs her E. Hester and the Rev. R C. McCor- j goods, in the opinion of the Popolo
Remono, which today comments on Wilson's note relative to the Adriatic settlement. Urging Lodge and Knox to show the strength of the majority of the senate in preventing Mr. Wilson's interference in European affairs, the news-
The Rev. Charles M. Tebbits. head
of the spiritual resources department! paper adds:
of the Friends Forward Movement, I "Secretary Lansnig resigned too i Herman Miles, head of the finance de-llaie. He was a straight forward, con-
i narlmont nnd Svlvectpp Trviips Tin. ' afipnttmia nnrl lovnl man until ho ! has been leading a
tional associate director will repre-went to Paris, where, beconring the ; sent the national headquarters in thisTblind instrument of President Wilson,
Feb. 20. The opening session is at utlR' 01 lne rencn republic, may 10 a. m. succeed Charles C. A. Jonnart as M. M. C. TO MEET , president of the French delegation on The M. M. C. club will meet Thurs-'tne reparations commission. Newsday evening at the home of Miss Ruth TjaPere however, express the opinion Foulke, 133 North Fourth street. j tnat Paul Dutasta secretary of the RUNNELS HAVE DAUGHTER. peace conference may be appointed to Mr. and Mrs. J. X. Runnels are the!th,s office from which M. Jonnart has
(By Associated Press' CONSTANTINOPLE, Monday. Feb. 16 The situation in southern Russia is so uncertain that the allied officials
;are fearful of a general Bolshevik tri
umph, more, however, from internal dissension than from the entrance of Red forces from the outside. General Schilling is at Sebastopol, the great Russian seaport in the Crimea, commanding the volunteer forces which hold the Crimean isthmus. The surrounding lagoons are frozen hard, however, and it is feared the Bolsheviki may approach on the ice. Sebastopol harbor is cluttered with useless shipping. Ten thousand persons of the city are registered as wishing to get away while eleven thousand more are on ships from Odessa, without adequate food or medicine. Typhus is raging among the refugees.
born
parents of a baby daughter,
Feb. 14. in Reid hospital. WILLIS BEDE REPORTS. Successful meetings in Nebraska
and Iowa colleges are reported by B.
resigned.
PARIS, Feb. 18. Premier Millerand today offered president-elect Desch
anel the resignation of the cabinet, as
Willis Beede. a member of the Friends is customary upon the accession of a College deputation, in a letter to Ross new president. M. Deschanel refused A. Hadley. publicity director, Wednes- j to accept the resignation and asked day morning. The deputation was to the premier to remain in office.
98 FRENCH COUPLES MARRIED IN ONE DAY (By Associated Press) PARIS. Feb. 18 The number of marriages in Fiance has increased rapidly in the last few months. At one of the mayoralities in Paris. 9S couples went through the civil ceremony last Saturday, which is a record. Figures for the first two months in 1920 are the highest for many years and the number of marriages celebrated thus for this year is double that of the corresponding period in 1914.
city at the Indianapolis conference.
6 HURT IN SUBWAY SMASH IN NEW YORK (Bv Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 18 Six persons were injured, two of them seriously when a blast in an excavation for a , new building in lower Broadway hurl- , ed a large rock through a wall of the Kroadwav subway. The rock crash-
' . t- 1 . . a a T3rntirtvav
1 ."(j imuuftu 111 ins. " - - -
,1 tram passing near tne neuui elation. ,
HEBREW WAR VETS ORGANIZE. (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Feb. 18. The National Hebrew War Veterans will be organized at a conference here tonight. Principles and policies will be discussed by Bernard G. Richards, secretary of the American Jewish delegation to the peace conference; Joseph L. Buttonweiser. president of the Hebrew Technical Institute; Colonel Isidore Isaacs, national Junior vicecommander of the G. A. R.; commander Maurice Simmons, past commander in chief of the United States war veterans and others. '
he lost the esteem of friends and adversaries alike. Mr. Lansing, Henry White and General Bliss were in fact mere marionettes which were moved at the pleasure of the stage manager of the theatre at Versailles. At the
same time Colonel Jtiouse was en
reach Friends' University at Wichita, !
Kas., Thursday. It is probable that Miss Ruthann Sims, a member of the party, will return to Richmond after the Wichita conferences, and Ellison R. Purdy, of Minneapolis, Minn., will go in her place to the Pacific coast. Miss Sims Is associate editor of the American Friend. WOODMAN, PECKHAIN. HERE The Rev. Charles M. Woodman, who
Forward Move
ment conference in Winchester, and
the Rev. Errol D. Peckham of Brook
State Asked to Buy Hog Island Yards (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 Purchase of Hog Island ship yard by the state of Pennsylvania for use as a great shipping terminal was suggested today by
j Representative Edmonds, Pa., ranking
; Hepublican member of the house
merchant marine committee,
Would Provide Substitute For Disabled President 1 By Associated Tress) WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 Amendment of the constitution so as to provide procedure or filling the office of president in case of disability of its occupant was proposed in a resolution introduced today by Representative Fess, of Ohio, chairman of the Republican congressional committee. Under the proposed amendment the disability of the president would be determined by the supreme court, when authorized by concurrent reso-
! lution of congress. To avoid delay in j case congress was not in session, the vice-president would be "authorized to call congress into special session for this purpose upon recommendajtion of the cabinet. j Mr. Fess said that while the condition of President Wilson "gave rise"
to his proposal, the measure was not
women to affiliate with their respec
tive parties but not to become "regulars" and go to the polls as mere endorsers of platforms others had written. , "Never indorse a platform without intelligent consideration of its planks, but by all means enroll as party machinery is necessary" said Mrs. Catt in her farewell address as bead of the association. "Take a vow before you leave Chicago and before you enroll in j political party that you will never vote a ticket until it haa been submitted to your intelligence and ratified by your conscience." she continued. "Don't be a 'regular. "Get Into a party and make it what you want it to be," Miss Mary Garrett Hay, chairman of the national executive committee of the woman's division of the Republican party, told the mass meeting which marked the end of the suffrage association.
Britain Uses Air Force To Patrol Persian Desert WASHINGTON. Feb. 18, Great Britain relies largely upon her air forces for defense of Persia and Mesopotamia according to official advices received here. Sir Winston Churchill, British war minister, recently informed parliament that air bases have been established in Bagdad and Karachi, the latter a port on the Arabian sea and the terminus of an important railway. Mllitay experts here attach great importance to this announcement because it is an innovation in military strategy in two important particulars It is the first time, authorities say thaf air forces have been relied upon to so large a degree purely for defense. Also the impossibility of conducting operations in desert regions has beenovercome by carrying on the operations In the air.
Fire Causes $35,000 Loss at Oaklandon, Ind. OAKLANDON. Ind., Feb. 18 The Unlversalist church and the Red Men's
hall, housing the postoffice, a grocery
: designed to cause his removal. He ! store and a hardware store, were de-
lyn. N. Y, who has been putting on a Trote Governor Sprong urging a Pinted that the amendment, if , stroyed by Jr. J; today. The , taj.
conference in Muncie, arrived at the j special session of the state legislature
r orwara Movement neaaquaners in to consider the matter
the Colonial building, Wednesday morning. HUTTON TO PENNSYLVANIA Walter J. Hutton of the J. M. Hut-
trusted to the negotiation of foreign'1011 Coffin company will leave the last
affairs not for America, but for Presi-
The shipping board is ready to listen to proposals for the property," wrote Mr. Edmunds, who urged state action so that the yard would "not go to and railroad or other corooration
aent Wilson.
3 LOSE LIVES IN PROVIDENCE HOTEL FIRE PROVIDENCE. R. I., Feb. 18. Three guests lost their lives in a fire which destroyed the Lorraine hotel here today. The rest of the 78 guests were driven to the street partly clad and were taken care of in nearby hotels and restaurants.' The property loss is
estimated at $200,000.
SEEK DEMONSTRATION MINES (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 18 A plea for "demonstration coal mines" along the same lines as demonstration farms maintained by the United States department of agriculture was made before the 121st annual meeting of the American Institute of mining engineers here today by J. J. Rutledge of the United States Bureau of Mines.
of this week for Pennsylvania where 1 that would simnlv hsp it aa nn addi
he will join his daughter Miss Miriam j tional facility to some of its present
Hutton at tne nome 01 ma marneu 1 racilities.
daughter, Mrs. Elwood Grist, who
annroved bv
effective for some time as it would; for a time threatened the whole busi-
have to be ratified by three-fourths of ness district with destruction.
the states.
Ants make slaves of other species of ants.
Greenland is the coldest inhabited
f place.
was formerly Miss uaroune iiuiion. They will return in two weeks. SPINS FOR STUDENTS Mrs. William Dudley Foulke wore the same Icelandic costume she wore Tuesday night at the arts and craft opening, Wednesday afternoon when she spun for members of the domestic science and arts departments of the high school in the art gallery. EDGERTON OUT; ILLNESS J. O. Edgerton, township trustee, will not bo in his office this week because of illness in his family. Mrs. Edgerton, who has contracted pneumonia as a result of influenza was reported to be in a serious condition
EVANSVILLE MAYOR WILL
NOT RUN FOR ftnVFRNrtpl
EVANSVILLE, Ind.. Feb. 18 Benjamin Bosse, mayor of Evansvile, also a member of the Indiana state Democratic Central committee from the !rst District, announced today that he will no seek the Democratic nomination for Governor. He said that many of his friends had urged him to run for Governor and some had asked him to make the race for Congress in the First Districe, but that he preferred not to make the race for any office
this year. He says he wants to serveJ
out his term 'as mayor of the city.
BURGLARS FAIL TO GET UORftANTnWN BANK MONPV
XfClDfl VTOIVV InH Foh 10 I
Burglars broke into the First National bank at Morgantown last night or early today, but failed to gain an entrance into the safe, according to A. D. Carter, president of the institution. The burglars gained entrance to the bank building by using an acetylene torch on the lock on the front door. They tried to enter the safe in a simiiiar manner, but the torch apparently was not strong enough.
All the postoffice records ana a large quantity of stamps. War Savings certificates and letters were destroyed. The stocks in the grocery and hardware stores also were consumed by the flamese. FRENCH MINERS MAY STRIKE (By Associated Press) 'PARIS, Feb. 18 Threats of an early general miners' strike are made by members of the coal miners union because of dissatisfaction over the action of the Chamber of Deputies yesterday in voting adversely to a proposal for pensions for coal diggers.
DR. R. H. CARNES DENTIST Phone 2665 Rooms 15-16 Com stock Building. 1016 Main Street Open Sundays and' Evenings by Appointment