Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 128, 9 April 1920 — Page 1

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GREED IN U.S. DENOUNCED It! M.E.HNDINGS Country Has Suffered Terrific Slump From Spirit Which Ennobled it in Great Efforts of War.

Woman in G. 0. P. Presidential Primary READY IN 1915, IS TESTIMONY

UGLY HEAD OF LW.W. STICKS UPIMSTRIKES Sabotage Advocated by Men's Leader Trouble Seems to Be Spreading Over United States. REPORTS "CONFLICTING (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 9. An Inveslentinn of the unauthorized strike ol

ntnor railroad OIT1ts WAii;uiiicru R'iu .j . . v . . ployes was ordered today by the senate, CHICAGO. April 9. One switchman -v. an1 oavonil clnrrcrpd at mcetW aO DUUI. j ings of the striking railroad men last night, police learned toaay. Tvm v-rintv Rtriker. who propos ed that the men return to work, was shot, It was reported. He was spinieu nhiii hv friends. Trouble broke out at two meetings of the newly formed branches 01 ine Chicago Yardsmen's association, when MAmKna till crc-e.stf.i return to the IO I v. c . . . . f ih ootohilshpd brotherhood. 1 aunn va. w -- - advocated by one or the speakers, E. C. Esty, a . i. a. organizer, who participated in the Gary steel strike and several labor vo - - ' . disturbances here. DmhiI Ti R Rebel. "They call me a rebel." Esty told the strikers. "I'm proud to be a rebel. In 1910 I had charge of a raiiroaa strike in Minneapolis and St. Paul. HPK mart oil Went BTllI RtaVed Ollt. '1 went down to the I. W. W. headquarters and got some help. Then one day four passenger trains n.v.. ed. The next day seven freight trains ... ,,.,-. vri Then we sent word to the railroads that if they didn t come across we would tear down the round house. They didn't answer we did. The roundhouse was torn down. "Then the railroads begged for mercy and asked to meet us. We told them to come to us. There was a meeting. The union drew up a contract and the railroads refused it. The next day we blew up a bridge. We won the strike. Did 90 Days In Jail. "I did 90 days in jail for blocking the mils. I got off light because 1 told the judge I didn't know the law. but of course I knew it then as well as

I know now. ' ......... Continued spread of the. insurgent strike of switchmen and enginemen on ' railroads throughout the country was indicated by reports today showing that more than 20,000 men had joined the walkouts. Eight thousand Insurgents -were out in the Chicago district where the strike had its inception nine days ago and reports from a score of cities from n.r coast to coast in which walkouts have occurred predicted additions to the strikers ranks during the day. Union Men Minimize Act. Railroad brotherhood officials who have denounced the "rump" unions and appealed to loyal union to assist in breaking the strikes, declared, however the walkout in the Chicago district had reached Its maximum, would be broken within 48 hours and strikes in other parts of the country then would end. The spread of "strike fevpr" to other cities, he insisted, was only an indication the strike was running its natural course. Chairmen of the Brotherhoods announced there had been an improvement in the Chicago district and that the men were slowly returning to work. They asserted that freight traffic was 50 per cent, normal. On the- other hand leaders of the revolting yardmen's union declared the strike was growing, and that the men would continue to remain out of the parent unions. Between 40,000 and 50,000 packing house and stock yards workers had been thrown out of employment today a the result of stoppage of cattle shipments packers announced. Many

industrial plants repon w. of employes would be thrown out of work if the freight tie-up continued unother week. A summary of conditions throughout the country, early today reported, fChlcaKO 8,000 men on strike, freight traffic-estimated 50 per cent of nor-j-r mal; Toledo. 4,000 employes of 23 Q road; idle; St. Louis 2.000 men out. frfieht traffic virtually tied up; Buffalo 2 OoS men idle; Jersey City 2 000 vardmen and other workers out; Los Angele 1.400 on strike; Detroit. 1.200 to 1 400 'idle; San Francisco. 443 men out; Kansas City. 400 men on strike; J .' tj fjcn Mi.- Syracuse. 250

rn" out ; " Mich 200 men Tierre Marquette out; Salt Lake f. 215 men on strike; Ogden. 150 switchmen on strike; Decatur. 111.. 107 men striking; Joliet. 111.. 50 out on four roads; (Continued on Page Nine) Robber Gets Away With Currency From Mail Car (By Associated Press) KANSAS CITY. Mo April 9 Postal officials today refused to make a statement regarding the value of registered packages stolen last night when a robber held up the mail car on an Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe train between Henrietta and Sheffield. Mo., but it became known considerable amounts of bonds and currency had been carried In that car on the past three nights. Federal, state and city authorities, who Immediately took up the chase when the robbery was revealed with the finding of the four bound mail clerks when the train reached Kansas City, were without a clue. - t H. F. Condon of Aurora. 111., clerk Qiln charge of the car. supplied a good description of the bandit, but a search of the woods In the vicinity of Sheffield where he left the train, and a watch of all roads leading Into Kanv sas City failed.

Taft and Straus Enjoy Game on Links ' saR v&f k i n . HM Wi . lf V-V Vr-1 ,i . . , . A - " V1T " IflrtT'WtV'Ti

Nathan Straus, at left, This Intimate picture of two notable at Augusta, Ga., recently, while Nathan

ex-President Taft were enjoying a twosome. Wonder if they're joking about

the scramble for the presidential nomination?

Nations to Take Up Arising (By Associated Press) PARIS, April 9. The British attitude regarding the French occupation of Frankfort will cause the opening of a diplomatic conversation between tlV powers of the Entente concerning the whole subject of action with regard to Germany, It was said today in of ficial circles. A meeting of the French cabinet was held this morning and another meeting was set for this evening. Premier' Millerand informed the cabinet with regard to the situation in Germany. He likewise made it acquainted with a verbal communication which had been received from Great Britain on the subject of the French occupation of Frankfort, an official notification of the British position not having yet arrived in Paris. Make Demands on Germany Demands that Germany disband her army and retain only 200,000 men with the colors, presented at Berlin on Wednesday by Gen. Nollet, president of the Inter-Allied commission of control, have been sent to the governments of various German states by the minister of the interior, says a Berlin dispatch. The minister asks the states to give assurances that the civil guards are dissolved, adding that the Prussian minister of war has already decided upon such a step. Attack British Savagely Great Britain's attitude relative to the advance of French troops into German territory east of the Rhine, as defined in press dispatches from TRAINING ISSUE IS KILLED IN HOUSE WASHINGTON. April 9 With com pulsory universal military training virtually discarded in the Senate, supporters of the plan renewed their efforts today for the adoption of a volunteer plan of training as a part of the army reorganization bill. Indications were that the vote on the new plan under which all volunteers of 18 to 28 years of age might be trained for four months in a year, would be reached before adjournment tonight. The senate situation again sent the compulsory training question back to the house, where Representative Kahn, Republican, California, chairman of the military committee announced he would press adoption of a separate bill. Haynes and Wright, First Makers of Auto and Plane, Met at Fountain City Home Traveling by airplane, Elwood Haynes of Kokomo, designer of the first American automobile and Orville Wright of Dayton, O., Inventor of America's first airplane, met today at Fountain City and were guests of honor at a dinner party given at the home Of the Rev. Aaron Worth. Mr. Worth is a relative of Mr. Wright and an old time friend of the Hayn family and today was his 84th birthday. Mr. Haynes traveled as a pari-,enger with Wilbur Sagley, a local aviator. It was the first meeting of the men who led in the revolution of modes of travel. League Discusses Problems PARIS. April 9. The executive council of the League of Nations met today for discussion of the mandate for Armenia, the protection of minor nationalities in Turkey, the municipal elections to be held in Danzig, and the repatriation of the prisoners of war in Siberia.

and ex-President Taft.

men was snapped at the Country club Straus, millionaire philanthropist, and Questions Out of French Act London, is viewed by newspapers here as a bitter pill for France, and it is considered the action of Belgium supporting the policy of France hardly compensates for It. "Pertinax," the political editor of the Echo de Paris, writes an unusu ally savage article attacking Premier Lloyd George, whom he calls demagogue' He says Iffi conclusion; "Mr. Lloyd v George never has for- f given the policy adopted by France since January of being independent with the Entente. . He has bided his Continued on Page Eight. COMPANY K TO BE MUSTERED OUT; HAS RECORD OF MERIT Company K, Third regiment, Indiana State Militia, will be officially mustered out of service some time next week, members of the company were notified Friday. Orders were received by the men to check in their equipment and stand ready for muster on or before April 26. Company K, the only purely local military organization of Richmond during the war, was organized and mustered into service of the state, In November, 1917. It was a part of a state organization of about 30 companies, composed of men who were not eligible for military service with the national colors, who enlisted for the war and one year after. Worked Hard at Joo. During the war, and after, the men worked fanthfully and drilled regularly to get themselves in condition, should their services be needed to protect state property, while the younger men of the state were in the regular army or other branches of the national service. The company's armory is located on South Seventh street. Myron Malsby was elected captain and has held that position since. Frank Benn has been first lieutenant since the organization Vera Pentecost was originally chosen second lietenant, but he resigned in 1919, and was succeeded by Ed. N. Wilson. B. W. Kelly, former professor in the High school, was the original firstsergeant. When he left the city the place was filled by Percy Smith. The only actual duty the company was called on to perform for the state was in October, 1919. The company vtas on picket duty at Indiana Harbor, for 17 days during the steel riots there Dan Chapman, of Cambridge City, as major, was in command there. it Where, 0 Where, Have Our Little Dogs Gone?" Baltz Bescher, Comptroller Asks Richmond dogs have disappeared 'Tls said that every dog has his day but for well nigh a hundred Richmond doys that day has evidently passed. The tale Is sad. During the year which preceded Jun.e, 1919, 250 dogs were licensed in Richmond; since last June the total number reported has been 156. Somewhere, somehow, some dogs have dropped off the city books. City Controller Bescher pushed back his hat Friday morning, and looked, at the dog question. "Strange thing," said he, "I see quite a few scampering 'round. Believe the whole 156 must live on the main streets of Richmond. Of course, if there really aren't so many boarding in the city, it may be that the increase in dog tax has been responsible for the exit. Used to be the 'poorer the family teh more dogs,' but now it's a matter of considerable more expense than just feeding the brutes. I can't see $3 or more on a dog!"

Admiral Sims Beliefs Attack

ed From Almost Every Angle by Admiral Fletcher, Who Was Displaced at Brest HAD COMPLETE PLANS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 9. Two years before the United States Joined the allies in the world war the navy general board prepared a comprehensive plan for war against a "central power" of Europe, Rear Admiral F. F. Fletcher today told the Senate investigating committee. He was replying to Rear Admiral Sims' charge that when the United States entered the war the navy department had no' "well considered" plans or policies for fighting Germany. Many such plans had been made in the past, Admiral Fletcher said, but the plan referred to "covered every phase of navy operations under the assumed conditions of war." Dealt With Trery Side. It dealt with the mobilization, organization and composition of the fleet. Its disposition and employment, protection of the coasts, bases of supplies on the United States coast and in the West Indies, routes across the Atlantic and the enemy's forces, and probable courses of action, he said, and comprised nearly 300 typewritten pages. Admiral Fletcher was a member of the general board during the war but was engaged for the most part with his duties as a member of the war Industries board, the priorities board and the council of National Defense. Explaining that he wished to comment on certain specific charges made by Admiral Sims before testifying regarding his duties as a member of these various boards the witness first took up Sims' criticism that the navy was not prepared for war in April. 1917. "On Par With World's Best." "No navy ever was or ever will be fully prepared for war in the eyes of everyone," the Admiral declared, "but the American navy when it entered the war was just as well prepared as any other navy in the world when the great war burst forth." Admiral Sims' declaration that the navy department should have Immediately sent all available destroyers and mall craft abroad to fight submarines sounded plausible and convincing, the witness said, but such a course of action would have left the American coasts and ports full of invaluable vessels and cargoes open to attack by German submarines that had demon strated in 1916 their ability to cross te ocean, menace the United States coast and return to Germany unaided. Such an attack, he asserted, would have caused great alarm in this coun try and have effected sending any small vessels to the' war zone. Praises Industry Board Admiral Fletcher characterized the work of the war industries board as one of the great achievements of the war and declared the members of the board compliment highly the efficiency with which the navy department conducted the business end of Its par ticipation In the war. No loss of shipping or failure of the navy to transport troops to France, prolonged the war for a single day the admiral asserted. Admiral Sims' assertion that "the navy department is responsible for the loss of two and a half million tons of shipping the prolongation of the war for months, fifteen billion dollars of debt and the loss of 500,000 lives" was based upon assumption and had no foundation in fact, the officer declared. "The whole conclusion reached in the accusation Is built upon the flimsy foundation of a hypothetical condition and is wholly without value," he said. Congress must increase the pay of both officers and men if the navy is to be "saved from disaster," Rear Admiral Washington, chief of the bureau of navigation, declared. Failure of congress to act, he said, has resulted in wholesale desertions of enlisted men and the resignation of hundreds of officers. Navy in Bad Way The result Is he declared, that the navy is in a "bad way" and if conditions continue it not only will be under manned by 1921, but 90 per cent of those on the roster will be inexperienced boys. Foreign countries have increased the pay In their navies, adding: "I understand the Increases abroad are being paid largely with money borrowed from the United States." GET WAGE INCREASE (By Associated Press) UNIONTOWN, La., April 9. -The wage increase recently granted by the H. C. Frick Coke company to its 20,000 employes in this region amounted to from 10 per cent to 20 per cent, according to notices posted here today. The 21 per cent advance is applied to coal miners. Weather Forecast For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Saturday; continued cool; frost tonight. For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy but mostly fair tonight and Saturday; continued cold tornlght; below freezing. General Conditions The cool wave continues central over Southern Canada, and dominates weather conditions east of the 100th meridian. Over Montana it is quite mild, with temperatures ranging from -50 to 60 degrees above zero in the shade. A storm covers the south and another the west'. Temperatures continue near zero on the Canadian border.

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Democratic Candidate For Governor Would Nullify 1917 Election Law

(By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, April 9 Mason J. Niblack, of Vlncennes, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor of Indiana, filed suit today in the Marion countjr circuit court for a writ of mandate to be issued against th state board of election commissioners to have the party ballots for the primary May 4, prepared so as to permit voters to register their "second choice" for nomination for governor under the form and manner prescribed by the law of 1915. A decision in favor of the plaintiff, would have the effect, if the order should be carried out, of nullifying the present election law, which is the act of 1917, and which does not provide for "second choice" votes for president, vice-president, United States senator and governor, as did the law of 1915. Would Drop Weakest Candidate. Under the "second choice" law of 1915, the possibility existed that should no candidate for a particular office receive a majority of all the votes cast, and there were as many as three candidates the candidate receiving the smallest number of votes would be dropped and the second choice votes cast by voters who made him first choice could be distributed to the two candidates receiving the largest number of votes. Thus It would be possible under the "second choice" arrangement for the person who received the most second choice votes to be declared the nomi nee, even though he did not receive the most first choice votes, this situaHOUSE TO MAT WITH PEACE RESOLUTION (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. April 9 The house locked horns with the peace resolution today, prepared to complete action and send the proposal to the senate before the session ended. More than half of the members on either side who wished to express their views were heard yesterday and under the special rule debate will end at 5 o'clock this afternoon. No doubt of the adoption of the resolution was expressed. Some Democratic support aided in adoption of the rigid rule yesterday under i which the fight was waged, and only one Republican failed to follow the lead of the majority. It was expected additional Democratic votes would be found among the "ayes" when the resolution itself reached a vote. Representative Flood, of Virginia, leader of the forces opposing the resolution, was expected to have ready when the debate ended the motion to re-commit provided in the rule. Senator Harding to Speak In Eaton, On Way to City Senator Warren G. Harding, candidate for the Republican nomination for president, will speak In Eaton, O., April 20, In the state armory. He Is scheduled to speak at 3:30 p. m. Senator Harding will be in Dayton on that date and he will stop off in Eaton to speak while enroute to Richmond, where he will speak at a Republican rally in the evening. BELGIUM JOINS FRANCE BRUSSELS, April 9. At a session of the cabinet council, presided over by King Albert, it was decided that as a token of friendship to France and of solidarity with the allies, that Belgium be prepared to send a detachment in the Ruhr region.

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Mass., better known as Miss Alexan-! tion being made possible through the process of elimination. However, it was the experience in Indiana that under the law of 1915, comparatively few second choice votes were cast. Candidates Are Defendants. The defendants in the suit are Governor Goodrich, William H. Thompson and William W. Spencer, who constitute the state board of election commissioners; Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, John Isenbarger and James Kirby Risk, candidates for the democratic nomination for governor, and James W. Fesler, Warren T. McCray and Edward C. Toner, candidates for the Republican nomination for governor. It is alleged by the complaint that the 1917 law is in contravention of the Indiana constitution, article IV, section 19 and 21. The plaintiff further alleges that there is a variance between the title and text of the act of 1917, making it void. COUNTY PRIZES ARE AWARDED FOR BEST DOM. SCIENCE WORK Awards made pupils of Wayne country for the best work done in domestic science during the year were announced by Miss Stella Harman, county domestic science supervisor, Friday. The work was chosen from prizewinning work done by eighth grade pu pils in the townships, and Is on exhibit at the courthouse. The awards fol low: Class "A" rural school and grades: Lot 1 best work for year, (sewing). First, Ella Widau, Harrison township, teacher. Miss Beeson; second, Willamette Gibson. Wayne, Miss Barbar; third, Mary Rinehart, Jefferson, Mrs. Jarrett. Lot II best booklet (home and family: First. Ula Pike, Center township, Miss Willltts, teacher; second. Margery Davenport. Wayne, Mr. Lammott; third, Mary Bowman, Perry, Miss Kerr. Lot III. best single piece In each project: Towel, Thelma Smith, No. 24, Jefferson, Miss Guthrie; holder, Louise Englebrecht, Wayne, Miss Nolder; gift, Mildred Petty, Harrison, Miss Beeson; apron or gown, Ella Wldau, Harrison, Miss Beeson; note book. Mary Knorett, No. 14, Jefferson, Mrs. K nr 'tf Lot IV, best piece of work .(towns) : First, Thelma Wilson, No. 3, Centervllle. Miss Quackenbush; second, Charlene Beck, Centerville, Miss Quackenbush; third. No. 5, Greensfork, Miss Pusey. Class "B" High School Lot 1, best work tor year: First, Vivian Cox, Washington, Miss Jones; second, Edith Bramer, Center, Miss Quackenbush; third, Clara Moran, Perry, Miss Kerr. Supervisors Stella A. Harman, county supervisor domestic science; Nell J. Jones, sewing and cooking; Ruth Qauckenbush, sewing and cooking; Beatrice Ash, sewing and cooking; Frances Kerr, sewing and cooking. "Names of those who should receive honorable mention are not given on this list." said Miss Harman. "Ribbons will be awarded to them and names be given later." ARREST 4 IN DRUG RAID , (By Associated Press) , TOLEDO. April 9. In a drug raid in which morphine and opium worth $30.000 were seized here last night, city detectives arrested a woman and four men. They were accused of smuggling drugs from Canada.

DENOUNCE RADICALISM

A strong appeal to all American. citizens to remedy the problems which are uppermost In the minds of every citizen at the present time were set forth in the most Important report of the North Indiana conference, made Friday morning by Dr. George R. Grose, president of DePauw university and chairman of the committee on the state of the country. The report was unanimously approved by the general conference. Dr. Grose said: "To all patriotic American citizens, the state of the country after a year and a half of nominal peace is a matter of grave concern. "In spite of seeming prosperity there Is a widespread discontent manifesting itself In industrial strife. In appeal to the forces of disorder, in ilsregard of the honorable traditions trf thtu nnllnn and In man Artv. the Institutions of society. At no time since that fatpful August riav i , -has the situation In our country been more periless than at the present hour. Idealism Is Lost. "The splendid idealism which sent the youth of the nation into the world war is being obscured, if not lost, in the tragic failure of peaceful gavernment to realize the worthy alms of the war. "The revival of commercial greed, the clamor of partisan interests, the selfish struggle of class against class, the furious competition and conscienceless profiteering in trade, the senseless extravagance and the mad rush for exciting pleasures, call for unsparing denunciation. "We deplore the failure of the national government to meet our responsibility as a nation in completing a just and honorable peace pact which would at the same time safeguard every national right and interest and help to restore order and rebuild the wasted nations of Europe. "We rejoice in the progress of the universal franchise movement whiui promises soon to grant to the women of the nation their Unalienable rights as citizens. " , - , Rejoice in "Dry" Wave "We rejoice in the nation-wide abolition of the liquor traffic, thus liberating the nation from a bondage tenfold more accursed In its destructiveness than human slavery ever was. "At the same time, we call upo all who have reverence for law and order and who would make permanent the victories of righteousness already won, to be earnestly vigilant In enforcing the law, in upholding the courts of justice and in creating and maintaining a sound, enlightened public sentiment, which alone will keep the nation clean and sober. "The fight now being waged by the 'wets' of the country to defeat the enforcement of federal laws, to corrupt public officers, and to debauch the nation, is more determined and vicious than at any previous times in the history of the temperance reform. Lessons of War Lost. "We deplore the fact that the lesson of the war concerning the need of cooperation of capital and labor seems to be lost. Already workmen and their employers are forgetting that their united effort in mutual trust, which mobilized the nation's strength in war, is now necessary for the greater tasks of the world, in a durable peace. "We denounce as Immoral, unchristian and dangerous the extreme radicals or extreme conservatism In either capital or labor, which refuse to recognize the inalienable rights of free speech, holding property, a living wage, decent condition of physical life and reasonable and equal opportunity for education and the pursuit of happiness for all alike. "We call upon all good men and women to meet the excitement and peril of the times with a sober sense of personal responsibility in promoting honest industry, practising frugality, penalizing profiteering, and fostering Justice and good-will everywhere. "We call upon all patriots to resist the Insidious invasion of Bolshevism and anarchy in the nation, by educating the youth of the country In American Ideals and traditions, in firm and vigorous enforcement of the law against violence and disloyalty to 1he flag, and in building the business and politics of the land on the foundation of good morals, sound learning and true religion." Delegates to the general conference. which meets In May, have been elected from the North Indiana conference as follows: Raymond J. Wade of Elkhart. Ind., Fred B. Disher of New York City, W. W. Martin of Fort Wayne, George R. Grose of Greencastle, F. A. Hall of Kokomo, W. B. Freeland of Wabash, and A. G. Neal of Fort Wayne. The reserve delegates are William T. Arnold of Kokomo, W. W. Wlant of Newcastle, and Thomas M. Guild of Huntington. Assessments May Be Raised, Says Agent of State Tax Commission N. K. Todd, special agent of the state tax board, was in Richmond Friday for a conference with assessing officials in regard to 1920 assessments. Some difficulty Is being er perienced by officials In obtaining correct statements from property holders. ' "Assessments may be raised, and property holders should be told of this fact," Todd declared. " "If a man lists his property at a stated valuation, the township assessor and the, county as sessor may each add to itiif they see

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