Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 153, 7 May 1920 — Page 1

RICHMOND PAIXAJ3IUM VTYT VI V "NTl 11 Palladium. Kst. 1831. Consolidated VUU ALV., ViKJ. lOO wlth Sun-Telegram 1907. RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1920 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS

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PAY RISE IS ACCEPTABLE TO TEACHERS Call Attention, However, to Fact That Boost is Not Nearly Equal to Rise in Cost of Living Since 1914. CLERKS AnfPAID MORE

With the acceptance of the report and recommendations made by the ways and means committee of the Teachers' Federation in the high school Thursday, the teachers' salary controversy is practically ended for this year. N. C. Heironimus. chairman, read the report of the activities of the committee and immediately made a motion that the three resolutions be accepted. This was done with an unanimous vote. These three resolutions are to the effect that the school board made a very fair compromise between the needs of the teachers and the natural inclinations of the tax paying public; that the board has made a fair distribution of the increased salary budget, the greatest increases going to the lowest paid teachers and the least to the highest paid; and that f the federation can in no way act as a mediator between individual teachers, who feel as though they have been discriminated against, and the board. The federation can recommend, however, that a sympathetic hearing be given these teachers by the school board. Will Elect May 20. Election of officers and other annual duties of the federation will be held at the regular monthly meeting on May 20. A meeting of the executive committee of the federation is to b held in Room 65, of the high school, next Tuesday afternoon. Special permission has been received from the school superintendent to hold the regular meeting at 4 p. m., instead of 4:30 p. m. N. C. Heironimus wrote the report of the ways and means committee and. as chairman, read it at the special meeting. The following statement was issued: To the Citizens of Richmond: The Teachers' Federation of the Richmond schools wishes to go on record as most earnestly desiring the continuation of the cordial relations between the school officials and the public, and the teaching force, which have been a noticeable feature of the city's educational progress for more than a quarter of a century. Our teachers are willing to make reasonable sacrifices in these chaotic times rather than that these relations should be disturbed andour school suffer. Recalls First Petition. Recently the federation petitioned the board of education to grant an increase in the pay of teachers commensurate with the increased cost of living. This petition was very courteously received and the board responded with a considerable increase in yearly salaries based on a 10 months term instead of the usual nine months. As soon as teachers' appointments were received a meeting of the federation was called to consider the response of the board. At this meeting a committee was appointed to investl(Continued on Page Three) DAVIS HEADS DRIVE OF "Y" FOR $15,000

J. M. Davis, of Indianapolis, for 18 years connected with Y. M. C. A. work, and the man who put across the $200,000 drive for an association building in Newcastle, has been secured to lead the local "Y" drive for $15,000 which will be started here May 25, to continue for four days. This drive was postponed from April, by the board of directors, because of the Interchurch World Movement campaign. At a recent meeting of the board, a campaign committee was appointed with K. M. Haas, president of the board, as chairman. Other members of the committee were: Adam H. Bartel, II. R. Robinson, John H. Johnson, Richard Sedgwick, Howard A. Hill, and Horace Kramer. Two Divisions Planned. One hundred men will be organized, divided into two divisions with Ben Rartel and W. D. Scoble as majors. WKaeh major will have five captains rndor him who will have nine men on a team. It is the plan of the leaders to complete the work as quickly tip possible. Campaign headquarters have been fitted up in the library room and the preliminary work of the drive is being ?ccomplished. Officials of the local Y. M. C. A. feel fortunate in having secured the services of Mr. Davis.

Gaards Stationed in N. Y. Court to Keep Witnesses From Prospective Fight (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Mav 6. Kxtra cuards were stationed in the federal court) - room today when hearings before: Commissioner Gilchrist in the bankruptcy proceedings brought by surety; romnanics against Jules W. "Nicky" Arnstein and David W. Sullivan, former head of the brokerage firm of Sullivan and company, in connection with the five million dollar bond theft plot. Clashes between witnesses were feared. Big Ed Furey, now in the Tombs under indictment in connection with the plot, and James Kean, a former private detective of Montreal, were to appear as witnesses. Furey is alleged to have threatened Kean befco Informed the nnlice of the . : . .r plot to steal anu aispose oi toe securities.

FARCE IN SEVERAL ACTS IS THE BRITISH POLITICAL MEETING

By MARY HENKE LONDON, April 20. The audience is the liveliest part of an English political meeting. The speakers are like political speakers everywhere. They talk about this great democracy and the people -who should go to the polls and don't, and -what's the matter with the government, and all their opponents. And they show a regard and esteem for their lady constituents that is touching in the extreme. One can hardly realize that less than 10 short years ago they were slamming the suffragists in jail and suppressing; their paper and solemnly declaring that if God had meant women to have the vote He would have given it to them. They let women sit on the- platform now and make speeches and even pre side at the meeting. And they ad-1 dress remarks especially to them and j make them feel quite at home. Audience is Divided A recent Liberal rally held in one of the London halls is typical of political meetings on this side. The audience divides itself unconsciously into two wings, the right being composed of comfortable, genteel people who support a political party as a matter of principle, and the left of men of the working classes who watch things underway with a glint of the eye that presages the intention to start something. A group of ladies in yellow bows and large white cotton gloves act as stewards and more ladies sell liberal monthly magazines for "tuppence." A pretty lady with a charming smile and a sweet voice acts as chairman, and on either side of her are solemnlooking women, with a few men sandwiched here and there for appearance's sake. Ireland Popular Theme The first speaker starts on Ireland. You can tell he is not an Irishman, for his manner remains very cold, but still it is a good point against the government, and he makes the most of it. At this moment he declares, with a stiffly dramatic gesture, "Men thrown into prison without trial, without requisition, are dying!" "Dead!" interrupts the left wing in a dirge like a chant. "Dying!" goes on the speaker. "Dead!" insists the left wing again. "Probably dead," compromises the speaker, and gets off of Ireland as quickly as he can for fear of giving the impression of too much sympathy. The right wing hears him in dubious silence. One never knows whether to applaud anything about Ireland or not, and when in doubt the best thing is to keep still. But all the right wing gets up In arms when he announces that only (Continued on Page Five) BOLSHEVIK! FIGHT TO HOLD ON TO KIEV (By Associated Press) WARSAW. May 7 Bolshevik troops fighting in the defense of the city of Kiev have strengthened their resistance considerably during the last 24 hours. The battle for the possession of the city still is raging, according to latest despatches. The fighting is said to be severe northwest of the city where the Bolsheviki are using artillery stationed just behind the front line entrenchments. Other heavy guns are stationed in the bridgehead territory there and are directing a heavy fire against the attacking Poles and Ukrainians. CHRISTIANIA. May 6 (Russia) Reports that Kiev has been lost by the Russian Bolsheviki are denied in a wireless message received here from Moscow. "A wireless despatch from Lyons says Kiev has been taken by the Poles," the message says. ''On both .May 4 and May 5 the soviet government authorities were in direct tele graphic communication with Kiev i when they was in the hands of the Eolsheviki." Some Sugar in Town, Although Prices Are High, Say Wholesalers Although Richmond is paying the greatest price for sugar in history, the situation as to quantity is the best in several weeks, according to wholesale, grocers. Practically all retail groceries have small supplies on hand, the prices of which range from 25 to 35 cents a pound. Those charging 35 cents a pound say they contracted for a sugar lot recently at cents a pound wholesale in order to avoid a shortage. The largest sugar-handling concern in Richmond reports no sugar, but a carload is in transit and expected to arrive any day. The present wholesale sugar price is 22.65 cents a pound, but the coming sugar probably j will cost morV. i Another wholesale grocery reports! n m;ill amnnnt nn hand hut with Tin ' more in prospect. Still another Richmond wholesale concern reports a carload. Edwards Has Hat in the Ring (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, May 7. Governor Edwards, of New Jersey, became an avowed candidate for the democratic nomination for president, when he issued a formal announcement of his candidacy through Walker W. Vick, a personal friend, and opened campafn headquarters here. RESOLUTIONS BEFORE M. E. (By Associated Press) DES MOINES, Iowa, May 7. No special order of business was arranged for today's sessions of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. It was said a number of resolutions probably would be taken at the morning meeting and usual committee meetings would be held in the afternoon.

Mexican Rebels Are

Birdseye view of Mexico City; the Country Club, one of the many beautiful buildings in or near the Mexican capital, and (below) the National Palace guarded by federal artillery Anti-Carranza forces are closing in on Mexico City, and it seems likely that the National Palace soon will have a new tenant. Rumor has it that Carranza contemplates flight, perhaps to the United States. Mexico City Is famous as one of the most beautiful cities in the new world.

Profiteering is Cause of H. C. L.9 Lauck Tells R. R. Labor Board

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 7. A study of profiteering in American industry made under the auspices of the railway brotherhoods, was presented to the railroad labor board today in support of the railway workers demands for higher pay and to refute the charge that increased labor costs are responsible for the high cost of living. Prepared by W. J. Lauck, former secretary of the war labor board, the study seeks to show that profiteering in industry is the fundamental cause for high prices in practically all commodities. It gives many statistics to support that contention. Calling attention to the many war made millionaires the. study contends fhat a three-fold relationship exists "between high prices, profiteering and the addition to the quota of millionaires" and that the increase in the wealth of the wealthy is an "unansPREPARE FOR OPEN WHEAT MARKETING (By Associated Prpss) CHICAGO, May 7. Representatives of boards of trade, country and terminal elevator associations, grain buyers, exporters and bankers met here today to plan for the re-establishment of an open market in wheat, at the expiration of the wheat guaranty act on June 1. The meeting was called by Julius H. Barnes, United States wheat director. The Chicago board of trade and other exchanges made known they were anxious to resume trading in futures but desired the government to safeguard their market, particularly

against the pool of foreign govern- Wayne township's proximity to ments which has been buying grain for Richmond may account for the enumexport. . eration increase, they say.

The boards of trade urged as a remedy that the United States notify the foreign governments that the embargo sections of the Lever Act will be used against them if necessary. Malicious Propaganda Is Talked About Merchants A new form of malicious propaganda, designed to injure retail merchants, is manifesting itself in Indiana cities. Within a week two firms in Richmond have been its victims. Tales of profiteering by merchants, their arrest by federal officers, their arraignment and subsequent release on heavy bail, are the outlines of the stories that are circulated. Anderson and Newcastle newspapers have reported the appearance of identically the same myths that have been circulated here in the last week. Two Richmond merchants said they were aware of the propaganda. DENIES PROFITEERING IN MOTHER'S DAY FLOWERS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 7. Acting for the Society of American Friends, W. G. Gude, Washington representative has issued a denial of the statement by Miss Anna Jarvis, president of the Mother's day association that florists profiteered in white carnations. All members of the society throughout the country, Mr. Gude said, have been urged to sell white carnations, at the usual market rate on Mother's day, Sunday. Mav 9.

Closing in on Carranza's Capital; He May Flee

werable" refutation to all attempts to charge labor with profiteering, and to all attempts to hold labor responsible for the high cost of living. Of the extraordinary increase in the price of sugar, now amounting to 300 percent the study' says, the increase in labor cost paid by the consumer was (Continued on Page Four.) SHARP DECREASE IN NUMBER OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IS SHOWN Wayne township was the only Wayne county school unit in Wayne county to report an increase in the number of persons between six and years oia in tne annual scnooi

enumeration, results of which were tne miners' union, concerning conibinannounced Saturday. ations between miners and operators.

Wayne township shows an increase of 80 from 1185 to 1183. Richmond shows a decrease of 122, from 5825 in 1919 to 5697. Outlying townships show a loss also as reports come in, New Garden alone having one of 80 per cent. "No reason can be given for the city decrease," said J. H. Bentley, city school superintendent, "only that perhaps the enumeration was more thorough last year. Also the greatly increased number of children in Wayne township is caused by Richmond fam ilies moving outside the corporation line." Haven't Come Here. Those leaving the outlying townships have not come into Richmond, it is thought. These figures indorse the opinion that country people are moving rapiflly into the large cities, school officials believe. uesire io maKe city wages at city hours is the cause of this city influx, but Wayne township residents are near enough to live at their homes and work in Richmond," pointed out Superintendent Williams, Friday. Enumeration work closed last Saturday. James C. Starr, a township teacher, and Charles Coffin of west of Richmond were the township enumerators. Usual difficulties in convincing people that the enumeration is necessary, in order that he county may receive sufficient funds for carrying on its school work was experienced this jear according to Trustee Edgerton and the enumerators. "Many people believe that if they give all their children's names, it will increase their personal taxes when exactly the opposite is true," said Mr. Edgerton. "The more names Wayne county can present to the state the more state tax money will come to the county. State taxes are distributed for education according to the number of school age pupils." ALBERT SENDS AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH TO SECRET AGENT WASHINGTON, May 7. King Albert of Belgium, has sent an autographed photograph to J. M. ("Bill') Nye, who, representing the state de -

partment, accompanied the Belgian ; pected to reach this section some party on a tour of the United States time in the next 24 hours. The heavlast October. j iest rainfall so far reported was over The autographed inscription reads: Ft. Worth, Tex., Memphis, Tenn., and "To Mr. Nye. in memory of a won-1 Shreveport, La., amounting to from derful time in America and with j one to two Inches. Elsewhere heavy grateful thanks for all his affection-! showers have fallen, but less than an

j ate care, October 2-21.1919. Albert.

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HUGHES' PLEA FOR MINERS OVERRULED BY FEDERAL JUDGE (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, May 7. The plea In abatement filed yesterday by Charles Evans Hughes, special coun sel for indicted members of the Indiana Mine Workers of America, was overruled in United States District court by Judge A. B. Anderson, here today. Dan W. Simms, of Lafayette, Ind., special United States district attorney, filed the government's answer to the plea in abatement. The plea in abatement called attention to a part of the instructions given by Judge Anderson to the special grand jury which investigated the coal situation last winter. It attacked that portion of the instructions which quoted from a speech of a member of j congress containing alleged state ments of John L. Lewis, president of Makes Vigorous Defense. Mr. Simms, speaking for the government, made a vigorous defense of the instructions, declaring that every rule governing the deliberations of a grand jury had been laid down by the court. He declared that he had personally informed the members of the grand jury of the erroneous statement of the member of congress concerning Mr. Lewis. Judge Anderson declared that the instructions of the court were prepar- : ed with special care in order that they might be fair to all the parties con cerned. He said that although the plea of rlie defense alleged prejudicial nstructions. that the statement of the congressman was included tnat others besides the miners might be 1 investigated by the jury." "I have been around courts a long time," declared the judge, "but Solomon was wrong when he said that there is nothing new under the sun." Bavarians Out Of the Valley (By Associated Press) . BERLIN, May 7. Bavarian troops which have been in the Ruhr basin have been withdrawn, according to the Nard Deutsch Allegemeine Zeitung. The Prussian assembly has adopted proposals for the creation of local guards which will be connected with the state police. Weather Forecast

For Indiana, by United States ! 1 "ev- hurray, pastor OI Weather Bureau Partlv cloudy to-!tbe First Christian church, has annight and Saturday; probably local ' nounced special Sunday school and ehnwera church services... . Preparations are

Temperatures Yesterday Maximum 68 Minimum 35 Today Noon 67 For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore Unsettled weather, probably changing to thundershowers tonight or Saturday. General Conditions The rain area over the southwest, due to a storm which has been moving slowly east, is spreading westward from the southjirn plain and gulf states and is ex . inch.

WOODWARD NOT TO

RUN FOR CHAIRMAN OF COUNTY G; O.f . Will Woodward. Wayne coumty Republican chairman, announced Friday that he would not be a candidate for re-election when the 'county precinct committeemen meet Saturday to elect their chairmen. This leaves the race for county chairman between Paul Comstock, who Is against Walter Bossert for district chairman, and Carl Meyers, who favors E. M. Wasmuth for state chairman, and James E. Watson for senator. "I don't know whether I'll be running" for vice-chairman or not tomorrow, but I do know that I've got to attend to Will Woodward's business over here in the west part of the county for a while," said Woodward Friday. Ed Paul of Cambridge City, and other politicians of the county were also in Richmond Friday. Meredith Is Confident. Linus Meredith, leader of the antlBossert forces, reiterated his statement Friday, that he had enough votes to elec Comstock. Republican Chairman Wasmuth issued a call Thursday for a meeting of the state committee at the Hotel Severin at 9 a. m., May 12, to organize. Whether the present state committee regime will continue, remains to be seen at that session. There will be some new members on the reorganized committee. The district committee will meet at Liberty on May 11, at the Hotel Corriggton at 1 p. m. Democrats Also Meet. The Democrats will choose county chairmen next Saturday, and the d'stricts will choose their chairmen May 11. The reorganization of the state committee will take place in Indianapolis May 19, and that evening the district meeting will be held here for the choice of committees for the state convention at Tomlinson hall. May 20. It is not anticipated that there will be any serious changes in Ihe state committee, and Benjamin Bosse, of Evansville, probably will continue as state chairman. Among candidates for Republican nomination at the state convention who have announced, is Lew Bowman, of Richmond, for auditor of state. (Continued on Page Fourteen) WYCKOFF CHARGES "KNOCKING;" QUITS INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 7. Stanley Wyckoff, fair price commissioner for Indiana, resigned today. The resignation i3 effective not later than May 10. 1t? ,letleLto Howard FiZ assistant United States attorney-general in ch&ree of the camnaip-n atainnt tha Thigh cost of living for the department or justice, Mr. Wyckoff charged that the United States district attorney and local officials of the bureau of investigation failed to co-operate with him in enforcing rulings and margins of profit set by him. He declared that the officials encouraged merchants and others to disregard his orders as "having no standing In any court of law." Emma Goldman Finds Life in the Rass Paradise Not at All Pleasant (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, May 7. Emma Goldman, radical leader departed to Russia with Alexander Berkman and others on the soviet "ark" Buford, has found it difficult to acclimatize herself in the land of her birth and is homesick for the United States, according to a letter from her to Dr. Ben L. Reltman, long her friend, made public today. The letter was dated Moscow, March 8. "I miss America. I lived there 30 years, you know," said Miss Goldman. "However if I could at least hear from those dear to me I left behind, it would not be so difficult for me." "It is very difficult for one of my age to acclimatize one's self in a new country even under the best conditions in normal times," said the letter. "But Russia bled white by over four years t 0f war an(j starved by the blockad e. is not a place where one mav hone to take root easily."

Mother to Have Her Day Sunday in Wayne Churches

Mother is to have her day. On Sunday, May 9, national mother's day, mother will be the guest of hon or at practically every church in Rich' niond and Wayne county. After being "fired" from the kitchen Sunday morning, she is to be made to (

sit on the front porch in the sunshine used by the Rev. H. S. James, in the Later, she will accompany father andSmorning service. At the 7:30 p. m. the kids to church, and there hear, rWrvice David Jayn Manley, a native what she rarely hears, what a good African who is being educated by the

citizen she is and what a place she fills in the community, being made at the First Baptist church for the entertainment of the local order of Red Men, and special music and an appropriate sermon is being planned. Members of the Third M. E. church will hold an all day service. Each family is to bring its dinner, with silver and china for individual use. At the First Presbyterian church. Dr. J. J. Rae will deliver a mother's day sermon. Although the recent illness of the Rev. F. A. Dressel, pastor of the First English Lutheran church, will make it impossible for him to occupy the pulpit, the church will not be without a special service. The Rev. D. H. Bauslin, D. D., president of Wittenberg college, Springfield, Ohio, will deliver the morning sermon. Snecial music under the

CARRANZA IS GONE, REPORT, TO VERA CROZ Revolters Go Steadily on Getting Troops Ready to Attack Mexico City No Word From President. ABDICATE-OR FIGHT?

fBy Associated Press) EL PASO. Tex., May 7. Mobilization of troops, believed to be intended for use in a concerted attack on Mexico City, .continued today at Juarez as authentic information regarding the numerous reports of the flight of President Carranza before the spread of the revolution was awaited. According to the reports here concerning the departure of Carranza, his son-in-law, Candido Aguilar. went to Vera Cruz several days ago to prepare for the president's coming. T. R. Beltran, commercial agent of the liberal constitutional party at El Paso, is authority for the statement that impending famine in Mexico City had forced Carranza to seek a compromise with the revolutionary forces. General P. Elias Calles, commander of troops in northern Mexico, told The Associated Press, -correspondent yesterday, however, that he did not believe the revolutionists would consider any proposal until actual condij tions upon which a compromise would V. .. . J . i : i ire uiduc neie uuillllf u. Among troops enroute to Juarez, according to General Jose Gonzalo Escobar, commander of Juarez, are 5,000 men from Sonora who will arrive at Casas Grandes today. General Escobar also announced that Colonel Eduardo F. Porcayo, of the Casas Grandes garrison, will go to Chihuahua City to command the 85th cavalry. WASHINGTON, May 7. A private message received here after midnight from Mexico City, via Laredo, saying that President Carranza already had left the Mexican capital for Vera Cruz, had not been confirmed in official circles today. According to the message Carranza left Mexico City last night accompanied by a guard of troops under command of his son-in-law, Candido 'Aguilar, ostensibly was headed for Vera Cruz. Analaysis of reports yesterday on the Mexican situation had caused the revolutionary agents here to predict that President Carranza would abandon the capital soon, either In flight from the country or to some point from where he would attempt io carry on government business and direct military operations against the rebels. Their view of the situation found some support in official quarters where the greater part of the reports received had Indicated a steady growth of the rebellion. Rebel agents declared Carranza's manifesto in which he Insisted he would not surrender the presidency was not inconsistent with their belief that he would abandon the capital, pointing out that he might cling to the title of presidency from an office in Vera Cruz or from any convenient refuge. POST DEFENDS SELF REFORE COMMITTEE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. D. C, May 7. Appearing before the house rules committee today to defend his official action in alien deportation, Louis F. Post, assistant secretary of the labor department, charged that Anthony Caminetti, commissioner general of immigration had delayed action In deportations by withholding papers so he might compile "an unauthorized and unlawful memoranda" recommending final action. Mr. Post declared that last March he changed the custom that had grown up in the department, of permitting Mr. Caminetti to make recommendations and went direct to the record to make the final decision himself. This, he argued, was the only legally authorized procedure. leadership of Lee B. Nusbaum will also be a feature of the service. Parent's Day will be observed at the Second English Lutheran church, by J appropriate exercises in honor of the Fathers and Mothers. "Our Mothers" is the subject to be I Christian Lndeavorers of the denomination, at Indiana Central College, will be the speaker. He is in this country to make better preparation for the life of greatest usefulness among his own people. In the county, the Boston M. E., Cambridge City Christian, and Abingtcn Union churches have announced that they will have services especially fitting for the day. Y. M. C. A. Mentions Day Large posters expressing the sentiment of the day, have been bung upon the walls of the Y. M. C. A., calling the attention of the boys and men of the association to remember to write "mother". A fine banquet will also be served to the men of the dormitory Saturday night by mothers of the city, and J. H. , Bentley, superintendent of the Richmond public schools, will make the address of the evening. The day probably has never been prepare1 as has been the case this year. Indications point to large numbers at all church services.

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