Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 213, 16 July 1920 — Page 1

RICHMONB PA1XABIUM VOL. XLV., NO. 213 Palladium. Est. 1831. Consolidated with Sun-Telegram 1907. . RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 16,-1920. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS

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NOMINATION CANDIDATES AREJNVITED All Unsuccessful at Chicago

Asked to Attend Harding Notification Ceremonies Acceptances Are Received. HARDING WORKS HARD NEW YORK, July 16 All the Republicans whose names were placed In nomination for the presidency at the Chicago convention have been in vited to attend the Harding notifica tion ceremonies at Marion, Ohio, next week as guests of honor, it was announced here today at Republican national headquarters. Invitations have also been tele graphed to the six former Republican national chairmen who will constitute a oommlttee to assist In receiving dis tinguished visitors. Acceptances have been received from Frank H. Hitchcock, Charles B. Hilles and George B. Cortelyou, of New York, and from Senator Harry S New, of Indiana. Former contenders for the Republi can nomination are: Major General Leonard Wood, Governor Lowden, of Illinois; Herbert Hoover, Senators Hiram Johnson, Miles Poindexter, Howard Sutherland, Robert M. LaFollette and Irvine M. Lenroot, Gov ernor Sproul, of Pennsylvania; Judge J. C. Prlchard, Nicholas Murray Butler, Governor Allen, of Kansas; Samuel Adams and Henry W. Anderson. MARION, O., July 16. Senator Harding kept hard at work today on his Bpeech accepting the Republican nomination for president. Although the address Is not to be delivered until next Thursday at the formal notification ceremonies here, he kept his callers' list at a minimum and devoted virtually all of his time to the manuscript in the hope of completing it by tomorrow night. As an interpretation of the Chicago platform, the acceptance speech is expected to be the real keynote of the Republican campaign. Unusual care Is being taken by the candidate, therefore, to make certain that it touches comprehensively on all and the important issues and lays a broad basis for the party's fight for popular support. Will Specialize On 'Em. In his declaration yesterday regarding the new Farmer-Laborer party, some of the senator's friends. saw an Indication that the Republican attitude toward the farmer, and the laborer might come in for particular attention in the notification speech. The candidate himself has revealed none of his intentions regarding the speech, but he expressed confidence yesterday that the Republican platform would be found progressive enough to command the support of both the farming and laboring classes. HARTFORD, Conn., July 16 Senator Harding, Republican candidate for president, does not intend to ask or advise Governor Holcomb to call a special session of the Connecticut leg islature to ratify the suffrage amendment. A query on these points sent to (Continued on Page Twelve) COUNTY'S VALUATION WILL BE $77,098,760; ABSTRACT COMPLETED Total assessed taxable valuation for Wayne county as assessed by county tax officials amounts to $77,098,700. The abstract of the assessment of property as assessed by Wayne county assessors and equalized by the county board of review was completed Friday by W. H. Brooks, county auditor. The report will be forwarded to the state tax board. County officials in esfablshing the total county valuation for taxing pur poses did not include the assessments against ralldoad companies, telegraph companies and other public utilities. Assessments for properties of this class will be determined by the state tax board and added to the abstract of assessments prepared by the county officials. Will Be 1921 Basis. The grand total valuation thus ar rived at will be used as a basis for the making of tax levies this fall for the 1920 tax. payable in 1921. The assessments by the state tax board last year on railroads and other utilities in Wayne county, totaled $13.801.148, and it is believed that the assessments against these utilities this year will be approximately the same as in 1919. In such an event Wayne county wPl have a total taxable valuation of about $93,000,000, which is . approximately the same as established last year. County Auditor Brooks is of the opinion that if there is a general tax rate increase authorized this year il will only be a slight one, principally for the purpose of providing additional levenues for the various school corporations. State Increases Large Ones. The tax valuation of the county as established last year by the county officials, exclusive of assessments against publio utilities, was approximately $68,000,000 as against $77,000.000 this year. However, the state board increased this by $10,000,000 and then added on another $16,000,000 "as valuation for public utilities, making a total approximate valuation of $93,000,000 last ' year. It Is generally understood that the state tax board this year will not in crease the valuation established by the county officials.

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Jimmy Sloan James Sloan, known as "Jimmie", to three presidents, Wilson, Roosevelt and Taft, will again become a familiar figure this fall. Jimmy will be Senator Harding's bodyguard throughout the campaign. ELEVATOR MEN WON'T QUOTE WHEAT PRICES; ALL UP IN THE AIR By WILLIAM R. SANBORN Wayne county farmers are said to be wanting, or expecting, about $2.65 for new wheat from the threshers. It is also a fact that many are preparing to store wheat, and new granaries are going up here and there and storage quarters being prepared by farmers who are not in the habit of holding their wheat. In the meantime elevator men and millers are not quoting prices. They are "waiting for the market to settle" and to see the grain. As Charles Car penter said Friday: "Am not quoting prices. Nor shall I until I see the grain. No one can tell the moisture content of the new crop as yet. It will depend on whether we have show ers and how well the grain is cured." " The Champion Milling company folks maintain the same position. They report no offers yet made nor prices quoted. "When the farmer tells us that he will thresh tomorrow and asks a price, we will quote for next day's delivery. That is the best we can do at this time. This is a time of great uncertainty in the wheat and flour trades; there is no telling as to movement of cars." . No Quotations By Elevators There seems to be no current quotations anywhere except for old grain. All elevator men are waiting, at. least in this immediate district. This is also true as to Indianapolis millers. None has thus far contracted for new wheat or offered a price. They state that their chief reason for not doing so is that they consider prices too high. They insist that exporters, having sold much grain for July delivery and loading, are bidding up the scattered supplies of old wheat and have kept prices up. The pressure to sell will come early in August. What will be a "fair" price then? That is what the trade is asking. This causes a feeling of hesitancy; no one is in a hurry to buy. There is wheat a-plenty, old and new." The black rust scare in the Northwest has partly subsided. There is a feeling that, if cool weather lingers, the worst of the damage has been done. No New Wheat Flour Prices Very few Kansas or Southwest millers are quoting new wheat flour. They are simply selling "flour," which may be of old wheat or partly mixed with new. This is significant, as compared with former years. Certainly this condition cannot last, but it has a present effect on operations. The 25 cents per hundred weight in freight differential, In favor of wheat, is also a handicap on flour exports, which doesn't help millers. Charles Carpenter says: "In all my years of milling experience there never was a time when the problems or the millers were as hard to solve as they are today. Most anything can happen to the market. I have not made a bid on wheat, nor shall I Jo so until I see and test it." Baby Rescued From Virgil Johnson Home in Fire at Milton; No One Was Home MILTOX, Ind., July 16. Neighbors, rushing into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Johnson here when they saw smoke coming from the building, found two rooms in flames and the six-months-old Johnson baby lying on the floor. The house burned to the ground. Mrs. Johnson had gone on an errand to a neighbor's home. When she was called and. saw her home on fire, she fainted and had to be placed under the care of a physician. The fire, which started from a coal oil stove, spread to the house occupied by Eugene Hinkle and owned by Mi's. Edward Barker, when a heavy wind blew burning shingles into the air, and it also was destroyed. Several other buildings, including the Methodist Episcopal church, were set on fire by the sparks and burning shingles, but no serious damage was done. The contents of the Johnson home and much of those of the Hinkle home were burned.

flUSS EMPRESS BURNED ALIVE SAYS COURIER Former Official of Court Tells Sensational Story of Deaths - American is Killed in the Fighting. OtHERS "ART MISSING

(By Associated Press) PARIS, July 16. The Russian empress and her children were burned alive after the execution at Ekaterinburg, it Is alleged on statements attributed to Alexis Dolrovitz, formerly courier to the empress, published here today. Dolrovitz said he made a vain attempt to save his mistress and her children. The empress and her children were taken to a wood near Ekaterinburg. Brushwood was gathered and a huge fire made, into which the royal victims were forced. Every time they tried to get out of the flames they were driven back at the point of a bayonet. Tatiana, the empress' second daugh ter, fled from the fire three times and fell pierced through by a bayonet. The empress, clasped in close em brace, walked almost into the flames and disappeared in a whirl of smoke, according to Dolrovitz. WARSAW, July 15. One American has been killed and another is miss ing in the battle between the Poles and Russian Rolsheviki in the region of Minsk, according to reports from the front. Alexander Uczlwek, of Chicago, 111., an American Y. M. C A. worker with the Polish army, was shot and killed by a Bolshevik attired in a Polish uniform, while Captain Merion Cooper, of Jacksonville, Fla., has been missing for four days since starting an airplane reconnaissance. Ucziwek came to France as a Y. M. C. A. worker and later was sent to Poland with General Haller's forces. He was loading American supplies to be taken to the rear when he was killed. Captain Cooper, a member of the Kosciusko squadron, was recently mentioned as the successor of Major Cedric Fauntleroy as commander of that famous body of aviators. Believe Cooper is Safe Members of the squadron believe Captain Cooper is safe, as his flights over the southern. Polish front have been above open country, for the most part, and he.iaay Aave been forced-to land "within the Polish lines." Mrs. Alphea Patterson, of Cincinnati, O., is with women soldiers in the region of Vilna, having charge of the distribution of Y. M. C. A. supplies. She came to Poland last fall, driving an automobile across Germany from France. BERNE, July 15 The Russian Bolshevik offensive in the Ukraine has come to a standstill according to advices from Bucharest, which declare the counter offensive of the Ukrainian forces is making progress. The Ukrainian armies are being backed up by growing forces of volunteers forming in the rear of the Bolshevikl. and aided by the extensive uprising of peasants. SPA, Belgium, July 16 British officials here denied this morning that any reply had been received from the Russian soviet government relative to the British proposal for an armistice between Russia and Poland. WARSAW, July 15 Polish governmental authorities have agreed with the Lithuanians for the occupation of Vilna by Lithuanian troops, and this step will soon be taken, according to information received in military quarters. The surrender of Vilna to the Lithuanians was conceded by the soviet government of Russia some time ago In negotiations between the two countries. LONDON', July 16. Continued success by the Bolshevikl in their operations against the Poles along the northern sector of the front, is announced in Thursday's official statement from Moscow, received by wireless today. The communique says: "South of the River Vilia (in the Vilna region) we defeated the resisting enemy along the entire front. Our advance is continuing energetically. (A special dispatch from Kovno recived in London Thursday night reported the occupation of Vilna by the Bolshevikl. Thi3 has not been officially confirmed, but Warsaw advices today say the Poles have agreed with the Lithuanians for occupation of Vilna by Lithuanian troops. The signing of a peace treaty between Lithuania and Soviet Russia was reported on July 15.) "West of Molodecho (on the railway line between Minsk and Vilna) we are successfully continuing our advance and driving back the enemy." ARZO MASON, DUBLIN, DROPS DEAD IN YARD

DUBLIN, Ind., July 16. Arzo Ma, son, 88 years old, dropped dead in the yard of his son, Clifford Mason, Thursday afternoon, when he went into the yard to mow the grass. His death was due to cerebral hemorrhage. Mr. Mason Is survived by his son, Clifford, of Dublin, a sister, Mrs. Fred Carmony, of Indianapolis, one grandson, Arzo Mason, Jr., of Connersvllle, and one granddaughter, Mrs. Sam White, of Millville. The funeral will be held from the Christian church Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Interment In South cemetery at Dublin. 4"

LIGHT PLANT GIVEN

RIGHT TO INCREASE ALL OF ITS RATES An increase In rates for the Mu nicipal Light and power plant, to take effect at as early date as possible, will be recommended to the remainder of the Public Service commission. Com missioner E. I. Lewis, head of the body, anounced Thursday at the close of the hearing at the city council chamber. Increased cost of operation, as brought out by the testimony of Benjamin Perk, expert acountant employ ed by the city, was the principal factor in determining the commissioner's decision. Commissioner Lewis also overruled the request of the Liberty Light and Power company that the grant of the Increased rates to the Richmond plant be withheld until it could file a petition for a raise in its rates. City Attorney Robbins said that the Liberty company had known of the proposed increase and had, had plenty of opportunity to get its petition ready. Mr. Lewis concurred in Robbins' opinion and refused to delay the recommendations for relief to the local plant Perk Occupies Stand. The afternoon hearing was occupied with the testimony of Benjamin Perk, the public utility expert, and James Dillon, superintendent of the municipal plant, and their cross-examination by Wilfred Jessup, attorney for the Liberty company. Mr. Jessup tried to show that the Liberty company operated on a different basis from any other consumer of power from the local plant. According to Perk's testimony he allowed only approximately 15 per cent for line losses. The attorney for Robert Ashe, president of the Liberty plant, attempted to show that lines losses amounted to between 20 and 30 per cent, and that the Liberty company was allowed only a credit of 10 per cent for line losses. Mr. Jessup also cross-examined Mr. Perk on the amount of coal used to produce one kilowatt of current. According to Mr. Perk's testimony it re quires approximately 4.35 pounds of coal to produce one kilowatt of current. Mr. Jessup asked if three pounds of coal for one kilowatt production was not about the right amount but it was ruled that 4.35 pounds was an economical operation compared to the other cities of the state. Superintendent Dillon was questioned by the commisisoner as to the relations of the plant to the Liberty company and as to the peak load of the plant. It was brought out that under the existing contract that the Liberty company has the privilege of taking current from the local plant and that the plant here must furnish the Liberty company with all the power that it demands. ,Under this contract, the Liberty company could embarrass the city of Richmond to a serious degree, if new power users should spring up in the Liberty territory. Might Demand Too Much. The Liberty company could demand more than the surplus of the municipal plant. The contract was made before the city assumed control of the light plant. The commission, however, directed the city to take over the conditions of the contract. Robert Ashe, president of the Liberty plant, has never taken advantage of the contract, and he says that he will never make any demands that will embarrass the Richmond plant. The managers of the Liberty plant will now try to get the commission to grant increased rates to their company to take effect at the time the higher rates become effective in Richmond, provided the commissioner accepts Mr. Lewis' recommendations. UTILITIES. MUST BE GIVEN GOAL, ORDER INDIANAPOLIS, July 16. Railroads are ordered to supply cars to coil mines providing state institutions and public utilities with coal, whenever they claim they need coal for curren use, in an order issued by the Interstate Commerce commission, and received by the Public Service commission today. The order is effective until August 19. The public utilities included are interurban railways, electric power plants, gas plants, ice plants and water works. The public institutions named include hospitals and schools, as well as state institutions. The order in regard to supplying cars embodies the provisions of a bill passed by the house of representatives Tuesday. This bill directs that mines shall receive priority from tho railroads, in obtaining cars. START CAR SERVICE ON MAIN ST. BRIDGE Interurban car Number 69 gets the honor of being the first car to pass over the practically completed Main street bridge as a beginning of regular service. It passed over the bridge at 12:20 p. m. Friday from Indianapolis to Richmond. It was in charge of Charlie Byers, motorman, and William Dudding, conductor. The first city street car was an inbound Easthaven car that followed the Interurban. Regular service over the bridge was started with the crossing of the interurban. WHEAISMASHES DOWN AT THE OPENING TODAY CHICAGO, July 16. Wheat underwent a sensational break in price today. The market opened all the way from unchanged figures to 9 cents lower, and soon was down 10 cents a bushel, in some cases, for December, the principal speculative elivery. The big tumble in values was attributed more to lack of buying orders than to any great pressure to sell.

GONZALEZ TO

FACE TRIAL AS REVOLTER Mexican General Accused of Being Head of Abortive Attempt at Revolution Is Arrested After. Shadowing. COURT MARTIAL NAMED MEXICO CITY, July 15. General j Pablo Gonzalez, former candidate for J the presidency and alleged leader of the abortive revolution in the state of Nuevo Leon, whose capture was reported today, will be placed on trial immediately, according to official announcement. The government has appointed Generals Francisco Coss of Saltillo, Enrique Estrada of Zaeatecas, and Joaquin Amaro of Torreon as members of the court, according to the newspaper Excelsior. ' General Gonzalez's whereabouts were discovered last night, but he resisted arrest, claiming those who sought to apprehend him did not carry I warrants for their action. The house where he was lodging was watched all night, officials in the meantime securing a warrant to take him into custody. One version of the ulTul V, . , , , ."T 11,u'"s in the cellar of his house this mora ing. Wouldn't Denounce Them j Suspicion on the part of government authorities was aroused by General Gonzalez's refusal to publicly denounce the uprisings led by several military leaders in Nuevo Leon, the general claiming the rebellious chiefs were his personal friends. A dispatch to the Heraldo, says the supporters of General Gonzalez protest against the government holding him in solitary confinement and claim this is in violation of the provisions of the constitution of 1907. Legal action by which he can be protected is contemplated, it is understood. Find Draft of Revolution A draft of a plan of revolution providing for the ousting of all government departments functioning at present was found in the pocket of General Carlos Garcia, chief of staff to General Pablo Gonzalez, according to a message from General M. Perez Trevino, chief of operations in Nuevo Leon, to General P. Elias Calles, secretary of war, says the Heraldo. The project calls for the appointment of a new provisional president by congress when three-fourths of the states and Mexico City .are controlled by the new regime. Frequent reference is made to the "supreme chief of the revolution," but no name was mentioned in the draft, it is said. General Trevino is said to believe this plan was to be followed by all leaders opposing the present government. He is also quoted as saying that he believes General Jose Santos, who has been reported arrested with General Pablo Gonzalez is guiltless of rebellion, but is a victim of personal spite on the part of enemies. Bridges Are Burned. Several small bridges on the railroad between Monterey and Nuevo Laredo were burned during the disorders in the state of Nuevo Leon, and the line probably will not operate for some days. MEXIHO CITY .Tune 16. Managers

of petroleum companies at Tampico j Placing wreaths on the graves of Gerhave appealed to General Manuel j man soldiers who had been buried at Pelaez, military governor of the etate ' Spa. of Tamaulipas, to prevent alleged Bol-1

sheviki from forcibly hindering laborers from working. General Pelaez has placed the streets of Tampico under military control, according to the Excelsior. Gllberto Valenzuela, under secretary of the inferior, is quoted by the same newspaper .is saying government officials knew of the arrival of three Bolsheviki in Mexico about a mouth (Continued on Page Twelve) BODY OF SKAGGS IS TAKEN TO NEWCASTLE The body of Bradley Skaggs. who was killed Thursday when an auto in which he and two companions, Kenneth and William Shelley, were riding when it was struck by a C. and O. passenger train at South N street, was shipped Friday to the home of his father, Sireen Skaggs, 123 South Twenty-fifth street, Newcastle, Ind. Kenneth Shelley was described by his physician, Dr. W. L. Misener, as in a serious condition, but the doctor said he would recover. He suffered a fractured hip, cuts on face and head and a burned arm. William Shelley escaped with cuts on face and head. He will be able to leave Reid hospital within a few days, Misener believes. Mrs. Sireen Skaggs, mother of Bradley Skaggs, learned of her son's accident soon after it happened. She started for Richmond but was notified at the traction station at Newcastle of his death. She collapsed but recovered and was taken to Dunreith in an auto. She caught the interurban car here. She remained over night, and accompanied the body to Newcastle Friday.

Frank Holland Cinches Music Job in Cox Administration If Cox of Ohio is elected president of the country, Richmond may lose the manager of the Murray and Murrette theatres, Frank Holland. According to Frank, who halls from Mlddletown, Ohio, the birthplace of Cox, he has been appointed official entertainer for the White House if Cox Is elected. It will be Frank's duty to "vamp" all the women spies that will invest the executive mansion and to furnish lots of music. Frank says that Middletown has appointed practically every resident to some office in case Cox is elected. i

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Miss Alice S. Tyler Miss Tyler holds the presidency of the American Library association I making the third woman to be honored with this office. Miss Tyler is director of the library of Western Reserve uni versity, Cleveland. GERMANS DEMUR AND DEMUR, BUT ALWAYS END BY ACCEPTANCE (By Associated Press) SPA. Belgium, July 15. The Ger man delegates at the conference here have agreed in principal, with the terms submitted to them by the allies as to deliveries of coal, but will ask , ....... ' .,, explanation of certain articles in the allied note. 1 The German delegation sent word to the supreme council this morning that the German reply to the allied ultimatum on coal deliveries would not be ready before 4 o'clock. The Germans were expected to ask modification of the terms. The reply was due at 11 o'clock this morning. From what could be learned during the morning, the thing that was standing in the way of acceptance by the Germans of the allied terms was the clause providing for occupation of the Ruhr valley unless the coal deliveries reached a total of 6,000,000 tons by Oct. 15. Says He Hadn't Been Told. Dr. Walter Simons, the German foreign minister, told his colleagues when they met to confer over the allied conditions that this subject had not been mentioned during his conversation with Premiers Lloyd George and Millerand, yesterday, when a verbal agreement was virtually reached. The Germans, it appears, were greatly annoyed to find it in the text of the terms handed them in the note of last night. Chancellor Fehrenback and Dr. Simons spent a part ot this morning Bolivian Revolution Is Veiled in Thick Mystery SANTIAGO, Chile, July IS. Newspapers here print dispatches from northern provinces of Chile stating that for the last three days all efforts to pierce the censorship in Bolivia have failed. The war ministry's decree calling reserves of the first and third divisions to the colors was printed in newspapers in this city today. A session of the cabinet was held late last night, but officials are reticent, and it is unnown whether the government received during the past night advices from the Chilean charge d'affaires at Lapaz. 4 ARE STILL IN CLAY COURT'S TOURNAMENT CHICAGO. July 16 Roland Roberts, of San Francisco, will play Ralph Burdick, of Chicago, and R. Lindley Murray, of Niagara Falls, will play Alex. Squair, of Chicago, in matches of the 10th annual national clay court tennis championship tournament this afternoon, with the two survivors go ing into the final round. Two other contestants, Vincent Richards, of New York, and Lucien Williams, of .Chicago, entered the semi-finals as the result of victories yesterday. Weather Forecast For Indiana, by the United .State? Weather Bureau Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; probably local thunder showers south portion . . Temperatures Yesterday. Maximum 79 Minimum 57 Today. Noon 1 .'.78 For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore Increasing cloudiness toLight and Saturday; conditions " favorable "for thundershowers. . . General Conditions The dominant feature of the weather this' morning was the existence of . a large area of high barometric pressure in the states north of the Ohio river; resulting In fair weather with moderate temperature. Unsettled conditions are developing, however, over the middle Mississippi valley and plain states, where thunderstorms have occurred. Temperatures are now normal over most of the United States, but with an upward tendency.

STATE HOUSE MAKES LEGAL TAX MEASURE Passes Bill To Legalize Horizontal Raises in Assessments Symons Blue Sky Law Goes Over. TAX BILFTO" SENATE

(By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. July 16. Legalization of the horizontal tax increases invalidated by the supreme court was approved by the Indiana House of Representatives today. The house passed a bill Introduced by Representative Tuthill, Republican, of Michigan City, making legal the horizontal increase. The final vote was 63 to 30. Passage of the bill followed hours of consultation by the Republican members of the house. The bill was finally approved by 59 members of the Republican caucus, which had It under consideration before the regular meeting of the house this morning. Hope to Finish Soon. House leaders were pleased with the passage of the bill and expressed hope that the work of the session would be concluded without delay The tax bill now goes to the senate, however, where the Democratic minority is expected to present considerable opposition to its passage. The bill as passed by the house was not acceptable to some of the Marion county Republicans who held out against it in the caucus. The Democrats also voted against it although they made no opposition when it came up for amendment. Provides for Review by Counties. The Tuthill tax bill, besides legalizing the increases, provides for a review of the 1919 assessment to be made by the county boards of review and a certification to the state tax board of the findings of the county beard. Members of the Marion countv nVi. Patfrm aiW . "Tr" "ut lur amendment 'nlCh WOUld exemnt inrreaeoo 0A. judicated by the courts, or in excess of 100 per cent valuation. Such an amendment was offered by Representative William McMaster, of Indianapolis. Speaking against the amendment. Representative Edgar T. Laughlin, Republican, of Odon, declared the purpose of it was to let Marion county "duck clear and clean and the rest of the state bear the burden of any increases." Blue Sky Law Passed. After passing the tax bill the house I passed to engrossment a measure of fered by Representative Rowbottom. Republican, of Evansvllle, providing for the abolishment of the public service commission. Under a suspension of the rules the house also passed, S4 to 0, the "Blue sky" introduced by Representative Symons, Republican, of Henry county. The bill was passed by the house at the last regular session but did not reach the senate until the closing hours and was not passed. It places restriction on the sale of stocks and other investment plans. (Continued on Page Twelve) AMATEUR SLEUTH IS CLEARED AS PROWLER OF S. EIGHTH STREET A young man who has shown active interest as an amateur sleuth during the recent burglar alarms in the neighborhood of South Eighth street between Main and South B streets, was arrested by the police Thursday night on suspicion that he might be the man who has broken into two residences the past week and has attempted to enter other homes. The youth was released Friday noon, however, as he was able to prove his innocence, although he had been identified in a general way as answering the description of the man who has created a reign of terror among the residents of the south central section of Richmond. Helped 'em in Search The man the police released Friday is said to have helped the police on two or three occasions conduct searches for one of the boldest thieves who ever operated In Richmond, a man who has conducted his burglarious operations almost every night for 10 days within a very limited district located in the heart of the city. Following two attempts at robbery Wednesday night, at a South Ninth street residence and at the home of George N. Snyder, 51 South Eighth street, the man now referred to as the "South Eighth street burglar" broke into the home of Roy Weist, 50 South Eighth street, about 8:30 Thursday evening. Climbing onto the roof of the back porch of the Weist home the thief forced a bathroom window. He made only a hurried search of the house and secured nothing of value but scattered articles all over the second floor. Pinned His Hand to Sill Wednesday night a thief tried to enter a house on South Ninth street, near South A street, by forcing a second story window after climbing a ladder. The room to which the burglar tried to gain entrance was occupied by a railroad man. The occupant of the room was aroused. He Jumped from his bed and pulled down the window, pinning the thief's hand to the sill. The occupant of the room hurried to another part of the house to secure a revolver but when he returned the thief had vanished. An alarm was spread and the cries of a frightened woman could be heard all over the neighborhood. The thief bolted to the alley in the rear of the house and a man took a shot at him.