Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 238, 16 August 1920 — Page 1

RICHMOND PAIXABIUM . VOL. XLV., NO. 238 Palladium. Est. ItSl. Consolidated with Bun-Telegram 1107. RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY EVENING, AUG. 16, 1920. SINGLE COPY $ CENTS POLES REPORT

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OLD SETTLERS PLAN BIGGEST AFFAIR EVER Two Hundred and Thirty-nine Die in Year Gubernatorial Candidates Are Invited To Speak. JACKSONHPARK SCENE

MINERS AND OPERATORS IN WAGE CLINCH Latter Turn Down Men's Request for Wage Adjudication Committees Meet in Closed Conference. proposaFTs MADE

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Retribution Overtakes U-Boat That Torpedoes the Lusitania

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SOCCESS IN CITY DEFENSE Radzymin Recaptured After All Day Fight; London Hears Reds Are Nearing Capital After Hard Fighting. RECAPTURE-A TOWN

(By Associated Press) BULLETIN! MOSCOW. Aug. 16 The Bolsheviks have pushed their lines to a point five Miles from Warsaw, whwere the battle is continuing, it was officially announced today. . The communique said there was fighting on the Radzmin-Oklunieff line which is five miles from Warsaw on the eastern side of the capital. WARSAW, Aug. 16 Fighting at various points on the front is reported in today's official communique. Radzymin, to the north-east of the capital, is again in Polish hands after an all-day fight. The Russians are attacking on both sides of Darzmin at Pegreci and at Okuniew less than 15 miles due east of Warsaw. An armored flotilla is patrolling the Vistula river between Warsaw and Thorn to prevent the Russian Bolsheviks from crossing that stream in the movement to encircle this city. Many of these boats saw serv'sce along the Pripet and Dnieper rivers, some having been captured from the Bolsheviks and moved to the Vistula by railroad. Soviet Cavalry Working. Soviet cavalry ig working westward along the Prussi?n frontier, and was reported at various points north-west of Warsaw today. These horsemen are are a source of constant annoyance, many detachments following the tactics adopted by General Budenny on the southern Polish front in raiding districts, endeavoring to drive in be hind the Polish lines and spreading consternation among the peasants. Estimates of the number of thes-i raiders vary, but it is reported there are several thousand of them, some of whom were infantrymen, who have taken horses from peasants and mov rd forward. It is known the Bolshevik! had a cavalry division upon their extreme right, and it is this organization that has been making headway and against which armored motor boats and other fighting craft are prepared to battle in the event of the cavalry trying to force the Vistula, sever the WarsawDanzig railway and possibly tota'j isolate this city from the outside world. People Stfll Leave City. Depots are still thronged and trains leaving the city continue crowded, but ihe city of Warsaw is really quieter than a week ago, officials asserting that most of the panicky persons have left. The racing season having closed a fortnight ago, 300 horses which were entered for the various events have been taken to Posen. That city is so crowded that the government has requistioning rooms and buildings for various government departments. , LONDON, Aug. 6 The Russians are pressing their fight for Warsaw within a dozen miles of the capital on the northeast, it is indicated from Sunday's official statement from Moscow, received today. They report the capture of Radzymin in this sector, and the continuation of the battle along this front, and also near Novo Geirgievsk, to the northeast of Warsaw. The capture of Soldau, about 12 miles northeast of I.llawa, near the East Prussian frontier, also is announced. The statement reads: "We captured Soldau after fierce fighting. Fierce fighting is proceeding along the line of the river Vkra and the regions of Novo Georgievsk and Izgerzh. On Aug 13 we captured Radzymin. Fighting is continuing on the front of Radzymin, Okuniew and Dyubo station. Sunday's Polish official statement conceded the capture by the Russians of Radzymin, but added that the town was recaptured by an attack by the white Ruthenian division and that a desperate struggle was continuing in this sector.

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TO HEAR HARDING (By Associated Press) MARION, O.. Aug. 16. Preliminary work was begun by Senator Harding todav on his new front porch speech which will be Thursday and which i expected by his advisers here to 1 one of his important campaign utterances. The nominee will speak before a delegation of members and former members of the Ohio legislature. Both Democrats and Republicans have been invited. (By Associated Press) COLUMBUS. O.. Aug. 16. Governor Cox today prepared to press his on slaughts against his Republican opposition, in three more addresses this week. He is to speak here tomorrow at the Democratic state convention; at South Bend, Ind., Thursday, and next Saturday at a Cox day celebration at Canton, O. Get $100,000 Whiskey Haul , (By Associated Fl-ess CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 16. Eight nen were arrested and whiskey valued at 100,000 was confiscated In a raid at Norwalk, O., late last night, it was learned here today. The men said they were taking the liquor from Fankfort, Ky., to New York for legal sale to hospitals.

Miss Consuelo Furman and her pretty ankles. After hundreds of ' feminine New York ankles had been carefully inspected by judges chosen because of their special fitness and long study along such lines, Miss Consuelo Furman was awarded a prize for having the prettiest ankles in New York. She was photographed in happy mood just after having received the prize of $500, which she is seen holding in her hands. ANTICIPATE A TAX RATE OF 83 CENTS FOR CITY IN 1921 A tentative budget, based on estimates submitted by various city departments, prepared by B. A. Bescher. city controller, would provide a 16 cent increase in the tax rate for the city of Richmond for 1921. The present rate is 67 cents. The anticipated rate for 1921 is 83 cents. Controller Bescher has roughly estimated that the city government next year will require additional revenue in the sum of $51,676. This estimate is based on the increased cost of maintaining the fire department, due to the recently installed two platoon system, to increase in the cost of street lighting under the new electric rates for the municipal plant, additional funds for the street department and for normal increased costs for the operation of all departments. The 1920 tax valuations for the city of Richmond, recently submitted to the controller by the county audjtor, gives the total net assessment as $36,204,017, as follows: Assessments Total $37,117,737 Land and improvements ..$ 1,212,220 Lots and improvements . . 19.728,700 Personal property 12,094,220 Railroads 4.082,597 Assessments totaled $37,117,737, from which is deducted mortgage exemptions amounting to $913,720. The total net tax valuations for the city in 1919 amounted to $35,240,674. The city budget for 1920 plus additional appropriations it has been found necessary to provide to date, made total appropriations in the sum of $242,244. Mr. Bescher estimates that the city next year will require a revenue of $293,920. In 1918. the year before the state, tax board doubled tax valuations, Richmond, with a total tax rate of $3.50, including city, county, city school, township and state rates, ranked among the 98 cities ef the state as having the seventh lowest rate. Tax Rate Rises Immensely Last year, when assessments were doubled and tax rates cut, Richmond, with a total rate $1.90 became 40th from the bottom among cities of the! state. City Controller Bescher recently ventured the opinion that the city's total tax rate, to be established next month, for 1921, would approximate $3.00. or only 50 cents less than when ' tax valuations were, generally speaking, 100 per cent less than at the pres- ! ent time. Weather Forecast For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; not much change in temperature. Temperatures Yesterday. Maximum 77 Minimum 67 Today. Noon 73 For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore. Fair tonight with moderate temperature; Tuesday fair with rising temperature. General Conditions The storm now over the eastern states which caused thundershowers over Indiana Sunday and Sunday night is passing into the Atlantic Ocean. Fair and moderate temperature covers the lake region and central states. The western hot wave Is advancing slowly. Medicine Hat reported 94 degrees Sunday. Another storm is developing over the Rocky Mountains.

Two hundred and thirty-nine members of the Wayne county Old Settlers association have died within the last year according to the report just sent out, which Is the largest total for a number of years with the exception of 1918 when the death list reached H56. Warren T. McCray, republican, and Dr. Carlton McCullough, democratic candidates for governor of Indiana, will be on the program which has iust been issued for the annual picnic to be held at Jackson Park, Saturday, August 21. Among the leading women politicians who will participate are Miss Eleanor Barker of Indianapolis who will speak for the women republicans and Miss Julia Landers of Indianapolis, prominent woman democrat who will introduce Dr. McCullough.

It is hoped that it will be possible to obtain Mrs. Douglas Robinson, sister of Theodore Roosevelt, to speak. Biggest Affair for Years. This is expected to be one of the biggest affairs of tlje Old Settlers association. A number of prominent si ate politicians will be in attendance. Miss Esther Griffin White, Wayne county republican woman chairman, and Miss Ruth James, Wayne county democratic woman chairman, urge all women of the county to come out for the meeting. Precinct committeewomen are especially asked to be present. Following is the complete list of those who have died within the last year. August, 1919. Jesse M. Greenstreet, Aug. 28, 85 yrs., 1 mo.; William D. Vore, Aug. 26, 92 yrs 1 mo. 16 days; Martha A. Radish, Aug. 17, 71 yrs. 4 mo. 7 days; John Benning, Aug. 14, 70 yrs. 4 mo. 23 days; Wm. H. Cooper, Aug. 10, 76 yrs. 7 mo. 22 days; Julia Ann Lamb, Aug. 9, 83 yrs. 1 mo. 28 days; Margaret Macy, Aug. 5, 75 yrs. 8 mo. 19 days; Hermanus Van Dyke, Aug. 29, 77 yrs. 9 mo. 1 day; Henry A. Whiteley, Aug. 20, 91 yrs. 3 mo. 27 days; Clarrisa Clark, Aug. 22, 87 yrs. 7 mo. 22 days; Anna E. Garner, Aug. 12, 80 yrs. 10 mo. (Continued on Page Five) QUAKER FACTIONISTS GIVEN WORD-SPANKING BY S. E. NICHOLSON A verbal spanking was delivered by S. E. Nicholson, clerk of Indiana Year ly meeting, to the members just before adjournment Saturday afternoon, bocause of factional division over a difference of opinion. While not mentioning the letter sent by Portland quarterly meeting inquiring into certain policies of the American Friend, and teachings of Earlham cojlege,, it was evident that it was the target of his words. "It is an unthinkable and undesirable situation to have differences di vide us into factions," said Mr. Nicholson. "I suggest that we are at a point where as individuals and Christains we owe it to ourselves, and we owe it to the world that is torn and bleeding to get away from the spirit of calling into question the spirit and motive of other Christian people. Pleads for Christian. "At the Ministry and Oversight meeting Saturday morning it was thought advisable and the Christian thing to do to appoint a committee for investigation, but whether or not thr.t committee is successful depends upon the spirit in which they enter the work. They should have the spirit of charity and good will, and work to the end that the yearly meeting could go on together with a greater spjit of Christian love." The committee, consisting of S. E Nicholson. William J. Sayre. of Muncie. Ida T. Parker, Ira G. Johnson, of Lynn, and S. A. Wood, of Fairmount. was instructed to report the condition of the church at the next Yearly meeting. In the evening, David M. Edwards, president of Earlham, talked to the Young Friends. He pointed out the indispensability of having God with them in their lives. Pennington Speaks Sunday. Sunday morning the chapel wa3 filled to overflowing to hear Levi T. Pennington in a forcatful gospel message. Services also will be held in the afternoon and night. Several Friends ministers spoke in Richmond churches morning and evening. Frank Conover and wife, just return ed from seven months in Africa, working in the mission field, gave interesting and vivid description of their work. Mrs. Conover answered ques tions about the country and Mr. Con over told of the Christianizing of th? negro children. He was in charge of the agricultural department of th-.? Friends and had many stories to tell of his activities. NATIONAL DOUBLES ARE ON AT BOSTON COURTS BOSTON, Aug. 16. Experts of the tennis court from every section of the country were on hand today when the first ball was served in the national doubles championship tournament at the Chestnut Hills courts of the Longwood Crickt club. Thirty teams "nave entered, including all members of the Davis Cup team. Fourteen matches were on the program for the first round today, the remaining teams drawing byes.

The German U-boat No. 20 as It looks today. In a lonely and wild stretch of beacji on the Danish coast, huge waves are rapidly pounding down Into the sand the iron hulk of the German U-boat No. 20, which sank the Lusitania. This weapon of German frightfulness was washed ashore there during a storm.

Not Yet 18, Grace Goodlin Appears Against Both Her Husbands in Court Action Although she is not yet 18 years old, Grace Seott Goodlin, strikingly pretty and well groomed, appeared in circuit court Monday to file petition for a charge of contempt of court against her first husband, Floyd Scott, alleging failure on his part to contribute to the support of their 10 months old i child, and to prosecute a charge of fail ure to provide against her second husband, Charles M. Goodlin. Mr Goodlin was divorced from Scott March 29, 1920, and a short time afterward she was married to Goodlin. As Mrs. Goodlin will not be 18 years old until next December it was neces sary for her to secure the consent of her father to obtain a license each time she was married. Goodlin and his wife separated recently.It is stated that Goodlin is soon to file suit for divorce and it is expected that Mrs. Goodlin will file a cross complaint to the action. Scott in Parts Unknown. Husband No. 1, Floyd Scott, did not appear in court . He also was married a second tim after his divorce and, county officials were in.'ormed Monday, he has left his second wife and his whereabouts are now unknown to them. At the time ol his divorce the court ordered Scott to contribute $20 per month to the support of his child. Mrs. Goodlin complained to the court that Scott had not been doing this and was now $30 in arrears. Husband No. 2, Charles M. Goodlin, was arraigned before Judge Bond and was ordered to pay $6 per week to his wife for her support. He said he was not able to make such a payment, but the judge . refused to modify the order. Scott, prior to the divorce, last March, was convicted on a charge or wife lesertion-a.nd was sentenced to the state reformatory, but the court suspended the sentence when Scott promised to support his wife and child. AMERICANS SWEEP AN OLYMPIC RACE fBy Associated Press) ANTWERP, Aug. 16. American hurdlers running first, second, third and sixth in a field of six in the final 400-meter hurdle in the Olympic games here today scored 17 points for the United States. Frank Loomis, of the Chicago A. A., the winner of the event, established a new record, 54 seconds flat, for that distance, beating the old record by one. second Loomis won by three yards from J. E. Norton, of the Olympic club, San Francisco. A. G. Desch, of Notre Dame, won third place by inches from George Andre, of France, with Carl Christiernssen, of Sweden, and Charles D. Daags, of the Los Angeles Athletic club in fifth and sixth positions, respectively. Legtonen, of Finland, won the ancient Pentathlon, scoring 14 points. Everett Bradley, University of Kansas, j was second with 25 points. The least number of points determine the winner. Mathias Smith Accidentally Shot by Brother; Wound Is Through Front Of His Body Mathias Smith, 15 years old, was accidentally shot by his brother, Earl Smith, 17 years old Monday about 10 a. m. when the two boys were in their room at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Smith, 213 North Eighteenth street, preparing to go Into the country for target .shooting. The elder brother was unwrapping his gun and it is thought that the cloth caught the trigger, which was instantly pulled, sending the bullet from the 22 revolver into t.he center of the other boy's body, above the abdomen. The bullet only wounded the flesh and came out just below the heart. Because of the suddenness of the occurence the boys;were confused and are uncertain as to the exact details. A physician was called and took the boy to his office, where his wounds were dressed. He is now at home and in no danger. Milton Davis, 76, Is Dead At His Home in Webster Milton Davis, 76 years old, died at his home in Webster Saturday at 3 p. m. His death came after a long illness. He was born in Wayne county. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. India Davis; three daughters, Mrs. Esther Brown, Mrs. Sarah Bryant and Mrs. Martha Irvin; and two sons, William and Howard Davis. Funeral services will be conducted from the Methodist church of Webster Monday at 4 p. m. Burial will be in Webster. The Rev. Morris will

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LLOYD GEORGE TURNS DOWN WRANGEL; GIVES AN ULTIMATUM TO LABOR IN ONE BREATH

(By Associated Press) i LONDON, Aug. 16. Premier Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons today that the government had made it clear to General Wrangel, anti-Bolshevik commander in South Russia, that If he further attacked the soviet forces he must do so on his own responsibility. Replying to a question in the House concerning labor's ultimatum against war on Russia, he declared that any attempt to dictate the policy of the government or parliament by industrial action strike at the root of the democratic constitution of the country and would be resisted by all the forces at the government's disposal. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. Premier Lloyd George's announcement that Great Britain has informed General Wrangel, anti-Bolsheviki commander, that any further attack by him on the NO FURTHER WRECKS FEARED AS PROBE OF PONZI GOES ON (By Associated Press) BOSTON, Aug. 16. The Inquiry into every ramification of Charles Ponzi's spectacular financial activities again occupied the attention of state and federal officials after their weekend respitei but they took up their task with the assurance that the discovery of further damage to the financial fabric of New England was unlikely. Ponzi's counsel centered their efforts today on attempts to obtain tho bail necessary to effect his release from the East Cambridge jail, where he Is held by the federal government on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Should a bondsman be found, the sheriff was ready at the jail with a warrant upon which Ponzi will be rearrested for the atate authorities on a charge of larceny. The bond required by the federal court is $25,000. Would Have to Have $10,000 To gain his freedom from the commonwealth he then would have to supply a bond of $10,000 on a three-count larceny charge standing against him and whatever additional bail may be asked on the 53-count larceny charge that has not been served upon him. Attorney-General Allen states that. although no amount has been agreed upon in the latter case, he personally would approve of bonds of $50,000. According to this, Ponzi will have to procure a total surety of $85,000. A heavy guard remained around Ponzi's home at Lexington, and several of them accompanied members of his family whenever they left the house. Threats are said to have been made against Ponzi by persons who were attracted by his offer of "50 per cent in 45 days," and preparations were made to guard him carefully if he is freed today. A search for possible hidden funds entrusted to the Old Colony Foreign Exchange company, which was compelled to close last week, was made today by officials engaged in tracing that concern's operations on a "100 per cent in the six months' basis." Charles M. Brightwell, Raymond Meters and M. Meyers, three officers of the company, who were locked up on charges of larceny, have not procured bail. They are held in default of $50,000 bonds each. Bank Commissioner Allen announced that audit of the liabilities of the Hanover Trust company, which the commissioner closed last week, was almost completed. Ponzi made the Hanover Trust company his chief depositary and was a member of the institution's directorate and a stockholder. Doc's Back For Good, With Scalp Wound Healed Up Doc's back. Smiling broadly. Mayor W. W. .Immennan, motored into Richmond, Monday afternoon from Oxford, Ohio, where he has been receiving medical treatment for about a month, and announced that he had returned to take up his official duties again. "I will preside over council Monday evening and Tuesday morning, I will be on the job again in city court." said the mayor, who appeared to be enjoying the best of health. "I feel greatly refreshed, and I am mighty glad to be home again," said the city's chief executive. The severe scalp gash he received from a fall shortly before he left the city on a 90

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Bolsheviki, would be on his own responsibility. comes almost on the heels of material aid. Some officials and diplomats here were of the opinion that the situation was not quite as serious as it appeared on first consideration. Action of France Approved. The action of France in recognizing General Wrangel is understood to have met with the approval of the American government. The French reply to the American note to Italy, which was received yesterday, disclosed that America and France are practically as one in their policy toward Russia. The armored cruiser Pittsburg, and a destroyer have been ordered to the Baltic sea to protect American inter ests there. The vessels are now at Cherbourg, France, and it was announced early today that they would proceed immediately to Russian waters. SUFFRAGISTS AND ANTIS RALLY FOR FINAL SHOWDOWN (By Associated Press) NASHVILLE, TENN., Aug.16 Fate of the federal suffrage amendment In Tennessee may be knon tomorrow Members of the legislature predicted today that the house would vote tomorrow on the ratification resolution, which haB been adopted by the Benate Both suffragists and their'tetfponents declared they were confidetft of suc cess. The house committee, to which the suffrage resolution was referred, plans to consider it tonieht and make a rej port to the house tomorow morning, i It was considered likely today that majority and minority reports would be made. Efforts to secura the adoption of I one or the otner was expeetea xo result in a roll cau. wnicn wouia indicate the line-up of house members on ratification. Leaders of both factions said they hoped debate would be brief so that a vote could be takfn at tomorrow's session. May Force Night Session. Suffragists were planning to force a night session if necessary- They declared they were confident that a majority of the members of the house was in favor of suffrage ratification. Lobbyists today continued their ef i forts to line up votes one way or the other on the ratification resolution Reports that some house members who were considered in the pro-suffrage camp were changing their views, caused the suffragists to increase their efforts to keep them in line. RALIEGH. N. C. Aug. 16 Predictions by leaders in the North Carolina legislature that the senate within the next few days would vote on ratification of the federal suffrage amendment, caused sufrragists ana tneir op - ponents today to re-double their ef - frwia tr cnCnrn rlH p-pes nf E1innftlt. ! Neither the senate nor house was in session, oth having recessed 1 over Sunday, until late tomorrow. The senate party leaders said, probably will begin consideration of the ratification resolution as soon as it reconvenes. Some senators who said they expected the debate to be brief, predicted that a vote might be taken tomorrow night. House members generally were of the opinion that the house would take no action on the suffrage resolution until it has been disposed of by the senate. Opponents Wait for Word. Opponents of ratification in the house, were said today to be awaiting the return from Nashville of Representative W. W. Neal, who was reported to have gone there to learn the status of suffrage In the Tennessee legislature. It was said that North Carolina antisuffragis had proposed an alliance with opponents of suffrage in the Tennessee legislature, in an effort to defeat ratification of the suffrage amendment by either state. North Carolna foes of the suffrage resolution are said to have secured members of the Tennessee legislature who are hostile to ratification, that if the Tennessee house votes down the suffrage resolution the North Carolina house will do likewise. New Y Secretary Wednesday Julian L. Smith, of Beaumont, Tex., recently appointed general secretary of the Richmond Y. M. C. A., probably will arrive In Richmond Wednesday, according to Acting General Secretary Tom Wilson. Smith recently wrote the Y. 31- C. A. board of directors that his work at Beaumont, Tex., would end Aug. 15.

(By Associated Press) CLEVELAND. O., Aug. 16 The bituminous coal operators of the central competitive field in refusing the miners request for a $2 a day increase for day, and monthly man 10 cents a ton for pick and machine mining this morning offered the miners a proposition agreeing to correct the seeming inequality of the present contract by advancing the wages of the day and monthly men the equivalent the award giving the day and monthly man an increase estimated at from 35 to 72 cents per day. The operators will consider no other demands made by the miners. The miners received the reply in a joint of the scale committee and unanimous

ly rejected the proposal. A Seven Jer Cent Difference. Under the award of the commission the pick mining was advanced 27 per cent over the then existing contract. The day and monthly men were advanced but 20 per cent. This inequality the operators agreed to correct by making the wages of the day aud monthly men the equivalent. A sub-committee of operators and two miners from each of the four states, was then named and went into a joint conference. John B. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, and William Green, secretary-treasurer of the organization, attended the sub-committee meeting as members ex-officia. Vice President Miller of the Illinois Operators' association, said the operators' offer would give day and monthly men Increases estimated at from 35 to 73 cents per day, depending upon the district taken as a basing point. The pperators' sub-committee Is as follows: John Donaldson and William Henderson, of western Pennsylvania; M. L. Gould and P. H. Penna, of Indiana; E. C. Sears and H. C. Perry, of Illinois; C. E. Mourer and G. C. Weitzel. of Ohio. The miners on the sub-committee are Robert R. Gibbons and William Hargest of western Pennsylvania; Ed Stewart and William Mitch, of Indiana; Frank Farrington and Harry FIshwick. of Illinois; John Moore and Lee Hall, of Ohio. - After being in session an hour the committee adjourned at noon until 2 p. m. $2 a Day Increase Asked. An increase of $2 a day for miners paid by the day or month in and around the bituminous mines and 10 cents an hour for tonnage men. retroactive to Aug. 1, were demanded, iis well as abolition of the automatic ' penalty clause fining miners $1 a day for illegal strikes and settlement of differentials by the districts affected. The demands apply directly to only the central competitive field western Pennsylvania. Illinois, Ohio and Indiana but the industry throughout this country and Canada are affected, because all contracts are based upon the scale in this field. There are approximately 200,000 bituminous miners in this field. About 27 per cent of the workers receive C a day. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 16 Suit to prevent functioning of the coal and food commission established by an act of the special session in July, probably will be filed in the federal court within a short time, Charles Martindalo. a local attorney, announced today. Mr. Martiadale said the suit was being prepared and was almost ready for filing. The bill passed by the assembly provides for an investigation into the prices of fuel and food by the state I board of accounts. That board would function as a coal and fuel commission. i Jesse Eschback, speaker of the 1 house, has appointed James Noel, of Indianapolis, attorney for the commission, lie has been unsuccessful in an attempt to find a man for the position of director. The act provides for the licensing of coal miners, operators and dealers. Licenses are being distributed. An attack upon the bill was expected by state officials. Warren Fairbanks Here; Is Visited by Kealing Warren Fairbanks, of Lake Forest, 111., son of the late Charles Fairbanks, ex-vice-president, is ill at the Westcott hotel, but was unwilling to give out any statement Monday morning concerning his illness or the purpose of his business in Richmond. When he was called upon at his room in the hotel a local physician who was in attendance, states the illness is only temporary and that he will be able to be out in a day or two. The physician stated that Mr. Fair banks' "plans are indefinite," but that he was going through Richmond on a business trip.' Joseph Kealing, of Indianapolis, a prominent Indiana Republican, was in the city Sunday to call upon Fairbanks. It is denied that either the visit of Kealing or Fairbanks in Richmond hag any political significance. MANY GATHER FOR GORGAS FUNERAL IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. Final respe'ets were paid today by official Washington to the late Maj.-Gen. WU1liam C. Gorgas, former surgeon-general of the army, whose death occurred in London. Officers of the army and navy, prominent government officials and representatives of various nations gathered a tthe Church ol the Epiphany for funeral services.