Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 119, 30 March 1920 — Page 1

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TOLL OF WIND STILL AT 155; 30 1NINDIANA None of Injured at Greenville Have Succumbed List There Stands at Eight Victims Dig Out. MANY aRTIMELESS

Communities within a score of miles Tuesday were sending aid to the stonn-devastated sections of Darke county. Ohio, where eight persons were killed and many Injured, and property damage thought to be a million dollars was done, Sunday evening by a tornado. Three hundred homeless families are being card for by friend3 and Greenville Inhabitants. Darke county residents, undaunted by the big blow, set themselves to! work to straighten up the wreckage, rising at daylight Tuesday. The death list Tuesday still stood i at eight, no one having succumbed to Injuries during the day. Those injured were resting comfortably in hospitals at Union City and elsewhere and at homes of relatives and neighbors. Winchester Practically Untouched Reports from Winchester said that the only damage there was the unroofing of several houses in the southwest part of town. At Eaton, an unusually heavy hail and rainstorm drenched" the town and the surrounding country. CHICAGO, March 30. The death toll of Sunday's tornadoes which ripped paths of destruction through sections of eight states, stood early today at 158, with fears expressed that reports from isolated regions and deaths among the injured might increase the total. Stricken communities were emerging today from the wreckage wrought by the storm, and relief measures for the thousands of injured and homeless were well under way. Wire communication in the affected areas was being restored and this was expected to aid in clearing up the extent of the destruction and the total number of those who lost their lives. Indiana Loses 30. Tabulated reports by states today gave the number of deaths as follows:. Indiana, 30; Adams county, two Allen county, 11; Jay county, 11; Steuben county, one; Montgomery county, one; Union City, four. Illinois, 30; Elgin, seven; Irving Park, six; Melrose Park, 10; Maywood, 4. Ohio, SO: Greenville and Nashville,' 8: Vanwert, three; Moulton, three; Renolette and Brunersburg, six; Genoa, two; Raabs Corner, four. Michigan, 12; Fenton. four; Cold Water, two; Hart, one: Maple Grove, three; Kalamazoo, one; Yankee Springs, one. Georgia, 3?; LaGrange, 36; West Point, 10 i Macon, one; Milner, one. Alebama, 17; Alexander, 11; Acricola, five; Cedar Springs, one. St. Louis. Missouri, one. East Troy. Wis., one. An unverified report that 15 white persons were killed at Stovall, Ga., a village near LaGrange, was being investigated. If true the death list would be increased to 176. A number of persons were reported missing In various localities hit by the rtorm and it was feared some might have been killed. $11,000,000 Tentative Estimate. No accurate estimate of the total property damage, which runs into the millions, had been made today. n Illinois, it was estimated that the material loss was $6,000,000: in Western Ohio, $2,000,000; Michigan. $2,000,000; and Georgia more than $1,000,000. State troops patrolled the storm Fwept areas of Illinois today, and the Red Cross and civilian committees organized aid for th injured and homeless. Hundreds of carpenters who befran re-construct Ion work yesterday in Elgin, Mayhood. Melrose Park and Irving Park, around Chicago, had cleared away most of the wreckage today. All of the refugees had been placed In homes or tents. Rut one death occurred yesterday among the injured in the Chicago district, and hospitals reported that most of the hundreds of- patients would recover. . INDIANAPOLIS. March 30. The death toll In Indiana from Sunday's tornado, today, stood at 30, and property damage was expected to reach several millions of dollars. Several hundred persons were seriously injured and some may die. According to latest reports, rural sections of Jay, Allen. Adams and Randolph counties suffered greatest loss both as to human life and property. Property damage was reported from nearly a score of other counties in the northern part Of the state. Much suffering was evidenced in the outlying places according to information received here. Several of the storm victims rushed to the hospitals were said to have little chance to recover. Eight members of the family of Percy Fields, living near Geneva! are In a FortWayne hospital. Two others were killed outright. Collapsed houses and barns are being cleared of debris as fast as possible, as it is believed many of the missing are pinned under the wreckage and may yet be alive. The property loss is greater than was at first believed and will amount to several millions of dollars. Relief workers are providing for the stricken families and th suffering of the homeless and injured is being rapidly lightened. Telegraph and telephone commurlcatlon was assuming more of a nor mal aspect today, and reconstruction i work In some of the storm-swept communities was under way this morning. J-ocal organizations In towns or cities nearest the suffering communities were giving all the aid possible to the homeless and Injured, and in Allen (Continued on Page Nine)

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A scene At least 29 persons were killed in that city last Sunday afternoon. The above were observed in Darke county,

"Death Wind " Whose Lightest Touch Brings Ruin, Explained by Scientists

Somewhere in Alaska a cold wind blew up late last week and wandered southeast over British Columbia into the United States. In southeastern Nebraska it blew over a warm, low lying wind from Arizona and New Mexico that was starting northeast. The warm wind tried to rise above the cold breeze, as was natural, but the velocities of the two set up a struggle. A gyrating, whirling motion was set up. The aerial whirlpool grew in intensity and early Sunday morning a group of full fledged tornadoes swept past Sioux City, la., headed east. Sunday afternoon they arrived in the middle west to wreak havoc on Chicago, northern Illinois, northern Indiana and -Darke county, Ohio. The slightest passing touch of it wrecked many homes in noi-tbern Wayne county. Sunday's tornadoes were typical of that most diminutive yet most violent and destructive of storms. It is a small storm within what meteorologists call an extratropical cyclone, and usually originates from 20 to 800 miles from the center of the larger disturbance. An extratropical cyclone is simply a vast wind center marked on weather maps as "low" areas. Marked by Funnel The chief characteristic of the tor PLUMBERS WANT $1 HOURLY, IN RICHMOND Journeyman piumbers of Richmond have presented a demand for $1 an hour and double time for all work over eight hours. These demands resulted from a meeting held by the plumbers' union last week. Master plumbers are undecided as to what disposition to make of the plumbers' demands. The present rate is So cents an hour and time and a half for all work over eight hours. Double time is paid for work done after midnight and on holidays. Master plumbers are understood to be disposed not to grant the demands. Master plumbers' rates are $1.35 per hour and a 15 per cent wage increase would mean a 15 cent increase to the public. A committee composed of H. II. Meerhoff, L. E. Stanley and J. H. Nlewoehner, will meet a committee from the plumbers' union late Tuesday afternoon. The situation will be gone over. Miss White's Declaration Filed Today, Is Test Case; Is First Woman to File Esther Griffin White has filed her declaration to become a delegate to the Republican state convention from the Fourth ward. This will be a test case to determine if women can get their names on the primary ballot. She is the first woman in Indiana to try to represent a ward in a state convention. It probably will require an opinion of the attorney general to establish the legality of her action. Should the Susan B. Anthony amendment be ratified, there will be no question about its legality. Natcos Jig and Die Work to Indianapolis Announcement that he jig and die department of the National Automatic Tool Company would be located in Indianapolis, was made by William Bockhoff. president, Tuesday. Nearness to the material market and lack of labor here were given as reasons for moving the department. Labor for the work is hard to obtain in Richmond, and when men are employed, they do not stay for any length of time." said Mr. Bockhoff. The jig and die department of the Natco has been addKl in the last year and the transfer will make room in the factory for other important work.

at Seventy-first avenue and Dakin street, Chicago. Chicago and hundreds were Injured when a tornado struck the outskirts of storm toll in the United States now stands at almost 200. Scenes like the one Ohio, and northern Wayne county above Fountain City.

nado is the black, funnel shaped "spout" that reaches down from the low hanging masses of dark clouds, whirling and dancing as it carries destruction in its wake. It is always associated with violent thunder showers and is usually accompanied by hail, squall winds, and excessive thunder and lightning. It almost always comes during the warm months of the year and the hottest part of the day. It is usually less than 1,000 feet in diameter and the average speed with which it covers the ground is 50 miles an hour, resulting in its passing a given point in a half minute. The whirling velocity of a tornado has never been accurately measured, but; it nas Deen estimated at from 200 to ;

ouu mnes an nour. ) aem. sne naa Deen solicited by a Tales of the freakish behavior of ! number of teachers of the city, dissattornadoes are without number. They ! isfied with the decision of the cxeeuhave been known to drive straws ! five board of the federation, at its last through solid timbers and timbers ! meeting, to postpone all mass sessions

(Continued on Page Four) Jurymen for April Term Are Chosen in Circuit Court Jurymen for the April term of the ayne circuit court were selected hv ! the jury commissioners Monday after-1 noon. Those selected follow: Grand jury: J. G-. Whittier Beard, Perry; Filmore E. Riggs, Wayne; Eugene M. Fender, Abington; John Schnors, Jackson; Frank Ohniit, Jackson, and E. W. Carlos, Wayne. Regular jury: Wilson L. Magaw, Boston; Clarence Crowe, Center; Frank A. King, Center; Orla L. Pierce, Clay; Joseph N. Davis, Dalton; Allenx W. Lewis, Greene; Louis C. Palmer, Webster; William T. Leavell, JefTerson; Colin C. Shaeffer, W'ayne; Charles Johanning, Wayne; August Knoll, Franklin, and John W. Wood, Harrison. Extra jurymen: Harry C. Bertram, Center; Albert Roller, Clay; William E. Kenworthy, New Garden; John Flatley, Webster; Louis E. Niewoehner, Wayne; Frank Harding, Wayne; George S. Ballinger, Greene; Thomas B. Allen, Jefferson; Wilbur Elwell, Washington; Mark M. Duke, Webster; Harry C. Hart, Boston and Elmer Alexander, Franklin. Paper Men Ask More Money (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 30. American and Canadian newsprint manufacturers conferred today with representatives of paper and pulp makers' unions, which have asked wage increases of 25 to 30 per cent after May 1, when the present agreement expires. The manufacturers made counter proposals.

Home Construction Co. Coupon

Are you interested in buying a home? If so, clip and fill out the coupon below and mail to Howard A. Dill, of the Richmond Home Construction company:

" Do you own your own home? If not, would you be interested in the purchase of a home : if the cost is around $4,300 to $4,500, with the understanding that you would make an initial payment of : $300 to $500 on the house and the balance in reasonable monthly installments?..... : Remarks Name : Address : ; : (The above reply is made without any obligation on my part and it is understood that my name will not be used without my consent.)

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TEACHERS MEET TO FORMULATE WANTED INCREASES IN PAY All members of the Richmond federation of teachers were called Monday to a mass meeting which was to be held in room 20 at the high school building at 4 p. m. Tuesday for probable formuitftion of wanted wage increases for 1921. Either a percentage or flat rate basis will be considered. The meeting is to draw up a statement regarding wage increases, which will be handed to the board of education for consideration before appointments and salaries are made for the coming year." The meeting . was called by Miss Flora BroadJnsv-City federation presiof the federation until after the teacher appointments for next year were made by the board of education. Fair Wage to Be Outlined. "If the school board is to know what we will consider a fair and necessary wage, and what will keep us in Richmond, we must rome to a definite de?lsion and DUt ,he result of the decision before members c the board be fore appointments are made," said a teacher Tuesday. "After the appointments are made a meeting would be useless. All we can do is to accept the appointments and their accompanying salaries or resign." It is understood that, a 23 per increase on all salaries was favored by a number of teachers. Special Welcomes To Be Given G. 0. P. Candidates; Women May Have Meeting Each of the presidential and state candidates present at the Republican rally, to be held here April 20, will be received by a special delegation, according to plans of the county Republican committee. Letters were sent Tuesday to the candidates who have already signified their intention of attending the rally, asking them to furnish the. county committee with information concerning their length of stay in the city, the number of persons in their party, and accommodations needed for headquarters. Special reservations for the meeting will be made for out of town visitors from other parts of the district, members of the county committee announced Tuesday, and plans are still under way for a woman's meeting in the morning.

NAVY READY FOR SEAS IN 19174UY0 Condition of U. S. Fleet Was Never Better Than on Outbreak of War, Former Commander Tells Committee.

SIMS IS CONTRADICTED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 30. The Atlantic fleet was never better prepared for war than when it came from Cuban waters late in March, 1917, after its winter battle practice. Rear Admiral T. Mayo, former commander in chief of the fleet, today told the senate committee investigating the navy's conduct of the war. The personnel was on a peace basis and was 'somewhat inadequate, the Admiral aid, but the officers and men were confident and well trained, and target practice in southern waters had shown gratifying results. No written plan or policy for the participation of the fleet in the war was given him when the United States joined the Allies, Rear Admiral Mayo testified, but in conversation with Admiral Bencon, chief of naval operations, and other department officials, he was informed that the mission of the commands were to prepare for instant service; to protect the coasts of the United States, and to train naval personnel. In previous testimony it had been developed that the navy department considered Rear Admiral Mayo to be the immediate superior of Rear Admiral Sims, whose letter of January 7 to Secretary Daniels, precipitated the present investigation. Rear Admiral Sims testified that he considered Rear Admiral Mayo his technical superior, but that he made most of his reports ond recommendations direct to the department. WASHINGTON, March 30. Rear Admiral William B. Fletcher continued as the witness today before tha naval court investigating the circumstances which led Admiral Sims' removal of the officer from the Bro;t command in October, 1917, shortly after the transport Antilles was torpedoed and sunk while under convoy by his forces. The officer faced cross examination by his own council, cou sel for Admiral Sims having finished with the witness yesterday. The escort of the convoy which included the transport Antilles, had been weakened the night before that vessel was sunk by the return to Brest of one of the escorting yachts on account of the sea, Fletcher testified. Admiral Fletcher previously had testified that operations of his escort forces composed entirely of converted yachts up to that time had been seriously handicapped on several occasions by rough weather, which destroyers, he said, could have faced without trouble. Admiral Fletcher testified during direct examination that the main difficulty in insuring the safe escort of troop transports arriving off the French coast lay in the absence of dependable information as to when they would arrive. With the convoys not permitted to communicate with shore, while traversing the submarine areas, he had to base his escort operations, he said, entirely upon reports of their probable arrival coming from London or Paris. These, he said, proved to be inaccurate on numerous occasions and seriously handicapped him in trying to operate his comparatively small force to the best advantage. Uncaple and Ruff Confess Stealing Auto; Are Held For Federal Authorities Confession of their guilt in stealing an automobile from Dayton Saturday night was made in a signed statement to authorities Sunday by Elwood Un caple, 17. and Cecil Ruff, 17, both of Indianapolis, arrested by bherur carr Sunday afternoon. In the confession the boys state that they stole the car Saturday and had driven about 10 miles west of Richmond when their gasoline supply gave out. They then walked, according to the statement, to the river near Pershing, where they stole a motorcycle and sidecar, and were later arrested by the marshal at Knightstown. on information supplied by Richmond authorities, and were brought back to Cambridge City and lodged In the jail there. They admitted to breaking jail. Sheriff Carr apprehended them the second time, in a cornfield, south of Lewisville. The boys are held pending the arrival of federal authorities from Indianapolis and will be tried on the interstate theft, act, which carries a minimum sentence of five years imprisonment. Rev. Sarkiss Accepts Call Of 2nd Presbyterian Church The Rev. II. S. Sarkiss, of Sandusky, Michigan, has answered the call of the Second Presbyterian church of Richmond, and will occupy the pulpit for the first time on May 25. He was In Richmond Monday, and at a special congregational meeting of the church Monday night, was unanimously requested tc accept. Rev. Sharkiss is but 25 years old, his present pastorate being the first since graduation from the McCormick Theological school of Chicago, two years ago. Previous to that he graduated from the Park college in Missouri. The Rev. Sharkiss is an American citizen but his parents are French. His father is president of the largest missionary school in Constantinople, Turkey.

Five Acre Corn Contest Planned for Farmers A Purdue Expert will be In Richmond April 12 to arrange for a five acre corn contest for adults to be held in Wayne county, E. F. Murphy, county agent, said Tuesday. All the farmers interested should file their namer with Murphy. Murphy also requests the presence of all farmers at his office on April 12 to discuss the plan with the Purdue man. His office is located in the southwest wing of the courthouse.

DRIVE FOR HOUSES IS STARTED IN CITY; HOME CO. BACKS IT The drive for more homes in Richmond was formally opened Monday by Howard A. Dill, of the Richmond Home Construction company. Four thousand letters, giving in detail the needs of the citv with reference to j houses, were distributed through the j schools of the city. Each letter contained a blank card asking patrons to the school whether they would be interested in purchasing a home, the cost of which is estimated at $4,300 to $4,500, on small payments. Each of the school children was asked to have the card filled out by his parent and returned to the school. Coupons, similar to the cards are also published in the newspapers of the city, and all interested persons are urged to fill out the coupons and send them to Howard A. Dill. In this manner, the company hopes to ascertain just how many people in the city are interested in owning their homes. The company's plan includes the building of the homes and selline them to Citizens with a small initial payment and regular monthly installments. The letter follows: "To all residents of Richmond: "There is a shortage of houses in Richmond. The Richmond Home Construction company wishes to know how many persons are interested in owning their homes. Investigation shows that costs have greatly increased over five years ago. "A two-story frame house of five rooms and bath and furnace built in quantities of 100 will cost about $4,300 to $4,500 including the lot. "The method will reduce the cost over that of building only one or two houses and for that reason it is desirable to build 100 houses at a time. "Without going into full details and, without anv obligation on your part. will you answer the following ques tions, so we may know il the aemana is sufficient to justify further efforts to relieve the housing conditions. Your name will not be used without your consent and no agent will call upon you to sell you a house. "We have no other way of knowing how many persons .want to own their own houses. "Will you please fill out the Inclosed card and return it to the school in or der that we may know as soon as pos sible what the sentiment Is In Hichmond. "The Richmond Home Construction Co." Newcastle Jail Breakers Sought in Hollansburg By Wayne County Sheriff Archie Armstrong and Jesse McCord, who broke jail a week ago at Newcastle and locked the Henry county sheriff in jaid, were seen in Hollansburg, Ohio, Monday afternoon. Sheriff Carr said Tuesday. Mrs. Carl Baker, who is well acj qainted with McCord. telegraphed oneriii uarr aioiiuuy aurruuuu, aiiu told him that the men wanted were in Hollansburg, and the sheriff immediately went to the Ohio town. The men had left Hollansburg by the time the sheriff arrived. Mrs. I Baker informed the sheriff that both men had changed their clothing, and that both were now wearing soft hats and topcoats. Carr found no clues. Richmond-Liberty Road Cut Off by Commission The proposed Richmond-Liberty road, to be built by the state highway commission was eliminated in the road building program submitted, by L. H. Wright, state highway road commissioner, to Governor Goodrich Monday. The program calls for a road from Liberty to Connersville. The governor will meet the road commission Wednesday to approve the program. Hail and Rain at Eaton, 0. EATON. O, March 29 One of the severest hail and rain storms experienced in recent years in this locality passed over Eaton Sunday about 8 p. m. The hailstones were not of the egg-size variety but they fell In large quantities. No reports of serious damage resulting from the storm were received. Weather Forecast For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight aid Wednesday; little change in temperature. Yesterday Maximum 52 Minimum 32 Today Noon 62 Far Wayne County, by W. E. Moore Somewhat unsettled but probably fair tonight and Wednesday. General Conditions - The great storm of Sunday and Monday is now central over Labrador, moving out to sea. A secondary storm moving along the Canadian'border is causing strong winds over the central states with local rains and snows over the lakes. A third storm is developing over the southwest but the weather will probably be generally fair for the next 24 hours. The cold wave over the Yukon valley in Alaska has increased in intensity with the following temperatures: Nome, 32 degrees below zero; Tamana, 46 degrees below zero.

5 SOCIALISTS DISBARRED BY N.Y.ASSEMBLY Report of Judiciary Committee Finds Defendants Do Not Obey Constitution Several Dissent. WOULD BARANY ALIEN

(By Associated Prpss) ALBANY, N. Y., March 30. Charges of unfitness against the five Socialist members of the New York State assembly Louis Waldman, August Claessens, Charles Solomon. Samuel A. Dewitt and Samuel Orr have been eustained by a majority of the Assembly judiciary committee in a 20,000 word report submitted to the legislature today. It says their seats should be declared vacant. Enactment of a law to prevent any organization which admits aliens to its membership from occupying the position or a political party on the official ballot of the state, is advocated. Don't Otfey Constitution. Tho Socialist assemblymen, the findings state, "are not obedi?nt to the constitution and laws of the United States and the state or New York, nor desirous of the welfare or the country nor in hearty accord and sympathy with its government and institutions." The report mentions the fact that the party's constitution provides that any socialist elected to an office who shall in any way vote to appropriate moneys for military or naval purposes, or war, shall be expelled from the party. Opposed All War Measures. The report reviews evidence heard during the recent 24 days trial, purporting to show that the Socialist !arty opposed prosecution of the war, opposed all legislation for industrial and military conscription, pledged its members to work for the repeal of the conscription law, advised resistance to conscription of life and labor and urged the repudiation of war debts. Refeiring to the statement that some 2,000 socialists had been arrested for their activities the report says: "It was Impossible to give expression to or act upon the true doctrines of the Socialist party during the war as they were running afoul of the criminal law. Would Render the Country Helpless "It is but one inference from the position of the Socialists in relation to military and naval appropriations and for war," the report continues. "They would render t(ie country and government helpless against all enemies so that it may be helpless against them, the enemies of established order. "The Socialist party of America is an organization or group of men combined together for the purpose of hindering and obstructing the government of the United States and the dues-paying members of this group, including the five assemblymen, by their membership, activities and contribution of funds, were and are disloyal to this government. Party of Perpetual Traitors "The Socialist party of America, as now constituted with its present program, is not a loyal American organization or political party, disgraced occasionally by the traitorious act or declaration of a member, but is a disloyal organization composed exclusively of perpetual traitors. "Therefore, the act of a member of that party in subscribing to the constitutional oath of office to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New York should be utterly disregarded as patently sham and a mere cloak for treachery." Two Republicans Dissent. Two Republicans. William W. Pellet of New York, and Theodore Stitt of Brooklyn, signed a report expressing the belief that the Socialists were entitled to retain their seats. "To exclude a duly member because of his membership in a particular political party or because of his political or economic views" they say "not only would be contrary to the spirit of the constitution, but would be a most dangerous attack upon the right 'of representative government and free political action." Not Charged With Offense. None of the Assemblymen, they say, was charged with breach of the criminal anarchy statute of the state or the espionage act and it may be safely assumed that their speeches were not considered by the authorities charged with enforcing these laws as a violation thereof. Two Democratic members of the committee, Maurice Bloch and William S. Evans of New York hold that the members of the Assembly cannot unseat the five Socialists without violating their own oath of office. Evans contends that unnf-r the constitution of the Btate the Assembly "Is forbidden from imposing upon any member any test of loyalty and cannot exclude any of these five SocialCist Assemblymen because they are disloyal or believe that force and violence are necessary in establishing a Socialist state." Are Only Radical Minority. "Radical minorities" says Evans, "must not be driven from the legislature. It is better to have them in the legislature than in secret meetings In cellars." "Liberty involves the right to think wrong" says Assemblyman Bloch in his report. "As experienced and practical men of affairs political, the members of this assembly know that they cannot be held personally responsible for every declaration made in any party platform."