Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 267, 18 September 1920 — Page 1

MOM) PAIXABIUM o VOL. XLV., NO. 267 Palladium, Est. 1831. Consolidated with Sun-Telegram, 1907. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT. 18, 1920. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS

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EARLHAM DAY TO BE EVENT OF CITY LIFE Mammoth Parade To Be Center of All Around Jpllifica-

tion With College as Feature of Day. kiwanis-Wary game MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION Whereas, the Board of Directors of the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs, of Richmond, Indiana, have jointly declared that the City of Richmond should give generous and visible expression of its community spirit and good-will for Earlham College in its Endowment Campaign by celebrating the afternoon of Thursday, September 23, 1920, as a half holiday. Now Therefore, I, William W. Zimmerman, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, in response to the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs, and by reason of the high regard and esteem of Richmond for Earlham college, do hereby invite the people of the City of Richmond publicly to show their endorsement of the Endowment Campaign of the college, by making the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 23, 1920, a halfholiday and at 12, noon, of said day, closing all factories, stores and offices, and forming in grand parade at 1:30 p. m., at the court house, to be led by a community band and to be made up of such formations as will truly represent and typify Richmond's best appreciation of Earlham college. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Beal of the city of Richmond to be affixed, this seventeenth day of September, 1920. W. W. ZIMMERMAN, Mayor of Richmond, Indiana. "Earlham Day," Thursday, Sept. 23. Is assuming the community-wide aspect desired by the promoters, the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs. Mayor Zimmerman's proclamation, issued this morning, invites the participation of all citizens and business concerns of the city to enter heartily Into the program for the day. The Rotary committee sent letters to all members of the club Saturday morning, outlining to them the best way to condition themselves for the baseball game between the Rotarians and Kiwanians. "Fishworm Oil" Recommended. The letter recommended the use of "razors on the beard and fishworm oil on the joints," for the staid business men of the club. It is further stated that they intend to beat "those cubs" referring to the Kiwanis "to a pulp." . Dress rehearsal for the Rotary team will be at 4 p. m., Monday. Elmer Eggemeyer has assumed his proverbial position as financial backer. Thomason and Treffinger, who were announced to play third and first respectively, were suspended Saturday morning by Manager Fred Lemon because of "kittenish activities" during the Zem Zem celebration Friday. Their places will be taken by Frank Holland and Joseph Hill, it was rumored. Old Yale Star to Pitch. Fred Bethard, who pitched for Yale when they defeated "Pop" Anson's Cubs In 1896, will be on the mound for the Rotarians. "Doc" J. J. Rea has been accorded the position of bat boy and mascot, while Charles Mc- ( Continued on Page Ten) Mrs. Anna Deaker Dies Friday at Home on S. 7 th Mrs. Anna Deuker, 57 years old, wife of George W. Deuker, of this city, died at 11:15 p. m. Friday, at her home, 117 South Seventh street. Dropsy was the cause of her death. She was born in Richmond in 1S63, and was a resident of this city all of ber life. Mrs. Deuker was an active member of the Trinity Lutheran church, and was well known and highly esteemed by many friends here. Surviving is her husband, George W. Deuker, and three daughters, Edna, Marie and Marguerite Deuker. Funeral services will be conducted from the home, Monday, at 2 p. m. Burial will be in Lutheran cemetery. The Rev. Oscar T. F. Tressel, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church, will have charge of the service. Friends may call at any time. Weather Forecast For Indiana, by th United State Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Sunday: somewhat warmer tonight in east and south portions. Temperatures Yesterday. Maximum . : 71 Minimum 46 Today. Noon 74 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair Saturday night; Sunday fair and warmer; probably followed by increasing cloudiness. General Conditions The great area of high barometric pressure with its attendant fair and cool weather is slowly moving eastward. The hot wave covers the western plain states. The warmest places reported are in tlie western plain and Rocky Mountain state.s: Williston, N. D.. 96; Devil's Lake, N. D., 90; Sheridan, Wyoming. 94; other places 80 to 90. It is quite cool over western Canada, temperature being near freezing in several places. The coldest weather recorded since last spring is at Eagle, Alaska, 14 abov zero. A storm is crossing Lake Superior and another ' developing over the far northwest, but no cold weather is in sight for this vicinity for the next 36 hours, on account of the warm wave covering the west.

JUDGE WILL DEMAND SETTLEMENT IN BANK CLAIMS; JURY CALLED It was learned Saturday that Judge William A. Bond had notified an attorney representing Claude S. Kitterman, receiver for the Farmers' Bank of Milton, Ind., that he would expect the receiver to call upon the stockholders of the bank to make a prompt settlement of all bona fide claims of the bank depositors. It is stated that the court takes the

position the question of whether the alleged bondsmen of Oscar M. Kirlin, cashier of the bank up to the time he committed suicide last July, or the stockholders shall assume the bank shortage was a dispute in which only the alleged bondsmen and the stockholders were interested, and that inasmuch as this dispute might be in the courts for months, even years, it would be manifestly unfair to delay a settlement with such depositors of the Farmers' Bank who had bona fide claims, until the question of who was to assume the bank shortage should De definitely determined. Grand Jury is Called Announcement was also made Saturday that the court would issue a call for a session of the Wayne county grand jury the first Monday in October, at which time the grand jury would be asked to investigate all criminal cases and to determine whether any acts of a criminal nature had entered into the failure of the i Farmers' bank of Milton, other than the alleged speculations of its former cashier, Oscar M. Kirlin. It is expected that the investigation of the Milton bank case will be one of the first activities of the grand juryIt is understood that Prosecutor Gath Freeman is already making inquiries into the Milton bank case for the purpose of collecting evidence for presentation to the grand jury. Hardship on Depositors The closing of the Milton bank, over two months ago, has worked a great hardship on a large number of residents of southwestern Wayne county who had-on deposit in that bank practically all their funds and whose claims are known to be legitimate. With the closing of the bank, all withdrawals of deposits were suspended. In many instances patrons of the bank have had to negotiate loans elsewhere for the purpose of providing for actual living expenses. POLE AND BOLSHEVIK WILL MEET TOMORROW TO ARRANGE A PEACE RIGA, Sept. 17. M. Dombski, head of the Polish peace mission, and Adolph Joffee, chief of the Russian soviet delegation, will meet tomorrow to fix a date for the beginning of the conference at which an armistice and treaty of peace between Poland and the Russian soviet government will be negotiated. M. Lados, secretary of the Polish mission, said today the soviet representatives insisted that the meeting in this city should be considered a continuance of the unsuccessful conference held at Minsk during August. WARSAW, Sept. 18. Luthk, an important fortified city 40 miles east cf Vladivimir, Volhynck, has been captured by the Poles, who have won successes along a front of about 210 ! miles, according to official statement i issued here Friday. Polish forces continue to advance oil Vladivir-Volynski, southeast of Brett Litovsk, and have occupied the towns of Porezkov and Chorostob. Th-5 towns of Kamien and Kaspirzki, north of Koveol, have been taken, the Russian Soviet armies losing 1,000 prisoners. LONDON, Sept. 18. A victory for the Soviet flotilla in the Sea of Azov over General Wrangel's naval forces, is announced in Friday's official statement from Moscow received today. In the land fighting the Russians concede a setback and a retirement in the neighborhood of Oriakhoff. The statement reads: "In the Oriakhoff region as the result of fierce fighting with the enemy's cavalry, we retired behind the Tokmak-Pologu railway, where the fighting is continuing. "On the Sea of Azov our flotilla defeated the enemy's flotilla consisting of seven ships, sinking one destroyer and damaging two others." HURST MUST STAND TRIAL, JUDGE RULES In overruling a motion to quash the affidavit filed against Charles Hurst, of Cambridge City, who it is alleged, while driving his car on the National Road recently at a speed of 45 miles an hour, damaged a machine owned by Ed Paul, of Cambridge City, Judge Bond in circuit court, Saturday, upheld the validity of that section of the state motor vehicle law which reads: "Any person operating a motor vehicle causing an injury to a person or property due to the culpability of said operator who leaves the place of said injury or accident without stopping and giving his name,' residence. . . .and operator's license number to the injured party, or to a police officer, or, in case no police officer is in the vicinity of the place of said injury or accident, :hen reporting the same to the nearest police station or judicial officer, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years in the state prison, or by both such fine and imprisonment." . Ray K. Shiveley, attorney for Hurst, in filing his motion to quash the affidavit drawn against his client, attacked the validity of the law on which the charge was based on the ground that the word "culpability" appearing in the statute was too indefinite on which to predicate a criminal action. Mr. Shiveley questioned the validity of the law. Under the law in question a conviction carries with it a revocation of the motor license held by the accused.

HARDING SEES DANGER FROM HYPHEN VOTE Warns of Class Interests

Against Those of Whole Country Points to Washington's Warning. COOLiDGElSSAILS COX (By Associated FresiO MARION, O.. Sept. 18. Warning against the dangers of a hyphenated citizenship, Senator Harding told a gathering of foreign-born Americans here today that he believed the United States must avoid "meddling" in the affairs of the other nations If all classes of American citizens are to be united in loyalty to the government. The Republican nominee declared he did not blame the foreign-born for conflicting sympathies during the World war, and asserted that the fault, belonged to the nation itself. The task of thoroughly Americanizing those of foreign extraction, he said, had been neglected and must now be taken up with new determination. "Let us all pray that America shall never become divided into classes and shall never feel the menace of hyphenated citizenship," said Senator Harding. Torn With Conflicting Sympathies "When ihe war ctouds darkened Europe and the storm threatened our! own country, we found American torn! with conflicting sympathies and prejudices. They were not unnatural; indeed, they were, in many cases, very excusable, because we had not promoted the American spirit; we had not insisted upon full and unalterable consecration to our own country our country by birth or adoption. "I do not blame the foreign-born. Charge it to American neglect. We proclaimed our liberty, but did not emphasize the essentials to its preservation. We boasted our nationality, but we did not magnify the one great spirit essential to perfect national life. "I speak for the fullest American de- ( Continued on Page Ten) ANTHRACITE MINES EXPECTED TO RUN FULL BLAST MONDAY (By Associated Press) HAZELTON, Pa., Sept. 18. While all the collieries in the Shamokin district continued idle today due to the anthracite "vacation" strike, increased production was reported in the Hazelton district, where 10 mines resumed operation. This is an Increase of 6 percent over yesterday. Officials of the Lehigh Valley railrcad estimated 200 cars of coal will be loaded today, which is about 25 per cent of normal. The Lehigh Valley railroads' canvass of the region showed that operators were ready to resume full operations next week and requesting normal car supply. Mass meetings were being held throughout the Shamokin district today and the result of the voting probably will be announced by the general miners' committee late today. Union leaders said they did not anticipate any difficulty in getting the men back to work next week providing there was no discrimination against the "vacationists" by the operators. Their attitude will be known Monday, it was stated, when the first of the monthly men are scheduled to return in district 9. The indications were, however, that some of the local unions would refuse to obey the proclamation to return. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 18. Two additional companies of state troops were ordered to proceed to move toward the coal district near Birmingham where several thousand miners are on strike. They will reinforce five companies now in the zone. No explanation of the ordering out of the two companies was made, but so far as could be learned there had been no fresh disorders in the districts. Appointment of a state commission with absolute power to control and regulate the coal industry of Alabama is recommended in the report of Governor Kilby's committee which has been investigating the state of union miners in Alabama bituminous fields. The report, which was made public today, holds operators and union leaders equally responsible for present conditions in the mining districts of the state. The public, the investigating committee declares has been the only sufferer from the strike, which it is held, has limited production and caused prices to soar. Some operators, the report states, have taken advantage of the situoation and have been guilty of profiteering. Suggesting control of the coal industry by the state, the investigators submitted a bill creating a conrmis sion of three members to be chosen by the state supreme court. The commmission would have legal powers to summon witnesses and examine records and its decisions would have the same weight as the verdicts of a circuit court. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 18. In a statement issued today, J. R. Kennamer, president of the Alabama district. United Mine Workers, called upon Governor Kilby, the president of the city commission of Birmingham, and the public to demand a federal investigation of the strike in the Alabama bituminous coal fields. The United Mine Workers, the statement said, will abide by the results of such an investigation.

Row of Bodies, Pockmarked Walls, Tell Mute Story of Bomb Disaster

These bodies, laid in a row along the side of the Morgan bank building and the pockmarks on the marble walls show graphically the extent of the damage wrought by the explosion of the bomb before the bank in Wall Btrcet. Many of the bodies were either burned or cut beyond recognition by flames and bits of iron from the explosion. Dispatches state that persons hundreds of feet away from the Bcene of the explosion were seared by flames which accompanied the blast.

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Bodies of some of explosion victims EUROPE'S COME-BACK EMPRESSES LINDLEY; MEETS COL. HOUSE "Europe's 'come-back' from the ravages of four years of warfare," said Professor Harlow Lindley, of Earlham college, who returned from England Thursday, after attending the AllFriends World conference, "is most remarkable. It is especially evident in France." On his trip home on the Olympic. Prof. Lindley spent about an hour with Colonel E. M. House, who was returning after a stay of about four months in Europe. The interview was arranged by Carl W. Ackerman, a close friend of Mr. House. "Colonel House was one of the most delightful and interesting persons 1 have ever met," said Professor Lindley, Saturday. "He was very cordial, and I found him much different than a sphinx, which he has several times been called. - - "He had been lying down when I called upon him, for he is still worn from the strenuous labors of the late war and the peace conference which followed. But when I started to leave after a half hour he urged me to stay longer, which I did. Pleased at Europe's Recovery. "While our visit together was a social one, I gathered from his talk that he, like I, had been pleased and surprised to see the alacrity with which the devastated countries were recuperating and regaining their pre war conditions. "I can readily see why President Wilson chose Colonel House as an aid in governmental affairs. He has for years been a close student of world affairs and during the past 25 years has spent much time in Europe. Wilson, on the other hand, had had little experience with national affairs, but was filled with the theories of governments. "When the two got together it made a combination rare and of great strength. Colonel House is a man of great ability. Both he and his wife showed me the finest of hospitality." Visit House In Session. While in England Professor Lindley had the opportunity of visiting the house of commons while in session. It was nearly time for adjournment, and the house was considering the temporary differences between ErgI land and France, in regard to war with j Poland. I "In one of his characteristic speech- ' es," said Professor Lindley, "Lloyd j George spoke for probably an hour dej fending his attitude in the matter I He is a man of personality and I power." j "Ireland is herseU unstable because ! of dividing factions. She feels that j she is in much the same condition that ; America was in over 150 years ago, i when the colonists rebelled against j the mother country. England feels ! that acts of Ireland to free herself are I blows at the government, and conse- , quently believes it her duty to place such conspirators in prison." Drop in Prices Reported; Are Wholesale, However WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. A pronounced drop in the general level of wholesale prices during August was reported today by the Department of Labor. Measured by changes in the index numbers of the bureau of labor statistics, the decrease was per cent. Foodstuffs showed the greatest price recessions, the decrease averaging more than 12 per cent. Farm products declined nearly 6 per cent and cloths and clothing 594. Fuel and lightning materials conI tlnued their upward trend with an in- ! crease of more than 6V4 per cent, while metals and house furnishing goods also showed an increase over July. LAST OFFICER COMMISSIONED BY GENERAL FORREST, DIES HELENA, Mont., Sept. 18 Captain James C. Barlow, believed to have been the last living commissioned officer under the confederate General Nathan Forrest, in the civil war, died at his home here yesterday. He was 85 years old. Captain Barlow also saw 1 service in the siege of Mobil.

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Front view of MorganJIjank building, portrait of Morgan and spot, indicated bytvrow, where explosion occurred. The bank building ictf J. P. Morgan & Co., before which the load of explosives let go, killing ores and injuring hundreds, is a veritable palace. It was designed by the late J. P. Morgan. The interior of the bank is of marble, much of which ias imported from Italy. The walls of the building are of marble and are three feet thick. Precautions were taken to make the building bomb-proof. Tl le entire roof is covered with a heavy wire net. This net, it is said, will cause any bomb dropped on the structure to rebound. Gratings of bronze cover the windows. The great vault is beneath the building. The slugs whi:h were hurled by the explosive defaced the outside of the building, chipping the marble. The glass dome in the center of the roof was smashed. The .interior marble was blackened by flames from the explosion.

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enile court, presided over by Judge William A. Bond, was cone! sided Saturday by an almost successful attempt to escape made by bare-footed weeping lad of 14 years, who had ben spnten'ced to the Mate industrial sr-Jiool. As i Sheriff Can- was leading the boy from the private office of Juds;.i Bond, where juvenile court, was heJd, the lad grip and in an instant was (speeding down the stairway. The shouts of the sheriff attracted eveyor.e working in the cout house, into the corridors, among th ?m Deputy Sheriff Wadir.an, who ga i chase. Packers to Welcome Av,y Fair Plan, Says White fBy Associated Press) 1 CHICAGO. Sept. 18. If the. fedora! trade commission has any better plan to suggest the packers will welc omc it, F. Edson White, vice-president of Ar mour & Co.. said today wtt t n he learned that the commission hrd reported to Attorney-General I palmer that the plan for selling the psmkeis stock yards interests to F. H. J?rinc & Co., of Boston, would not bei real separation. "If the commission has a betteir plan we invite them to submit it, and", they may rest assured that if it is fe Bibl-, it will be adopted," Mr. White- said "Their claim that the plan we have. submitted does not provide for a real separation is erroneous, but wet are not so keen for the present plan that we will not welcome any plan wihich t-atisfies the government, and ihicb is U.

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,14, Almost Escapes main entrance to the building Vvad' man had over-taken him. Best Boy in Town 'I'll be the best boy in town if you give me another chance." the lad told the Judge, just before he attempted to escape. It was an old and frequently (Continued on Page Ten) ! Council of Women Would CL'iF i D I bubmit LlQUOr to People ' (By Associated Press) CHRISTIANIA, Norway. Sept. 18. Resolutions urging that prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquors be decided by referendum were adapted by the international council of women, in session here Friday. Another resolution declared that illegitimate children should have the right to their father's name, and should receive financial support from hlni. American delegates to the meeting have started a movement against exaggerated dress and immodest dancing. ARMISTICE DAY MURDERS TO BE REPEATED, THREAT CENRALIA, Wash., Sept. 18. Department of justice representatives are investigating the receipt today by a local newspaper of a threatening letter purporting to be from "Milwaukee radicals" in which warning is gWen that American legionaires and business men of the city who escaped the "armistice day murders" would be killed about October 15. Six local men are named as contemplated victims.

'AMERICAN' ANARCHISTS ARE BLAMED

Bomb Explosion in New York Attributed to Men Who Caused Incipient Outrages in June, 1919. BRING FISCHER TO U.S. (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Sept. 18. ConideLt that the "American Anarchist Fighters," who are believed now to hare caused the disastrous bomb explosion in Wall street last Thursday, will be brought to justice, was expressed, to day by William J. Flynn, chief of the bureau of investigation of the department of justice. Chief Flynn, who has charge of the federal investigation under the personal supervision of Attorney-General Palmer, Baid he was certain from the similarity of circulars found In a mail box near Wall street, at the time of the explosion, to those found at the scene of the various bomb explosions in June, 1919, that the same crowd of terrorists was responsible for both. Suicide Blocked Case. "We had solved the mystery of last year's bomb explosions, when Alfredo Salesedo, whom we were detaining iu the New York office, Jumped from a 14 story window during the night and committed suicide," said Flynn. "Thai tipped our hand, and the crowd got safely out of the country before we could nab them. "Now in this case, we have much more to work on at the start. The similarity of the circulars is added to our knowledge of the gang. "Most of this information has never been made public and it would be unwise to reveal it now. We even established the identity of one anarchist who was killed by his own bomb, with much less evidence than we now have. Evidence Much More Complete. "Torn bits of pink paper were the only evidence we had last year. Now we have whole circulars dropped Into a mail box. presumably by the man who set off the bomb, half an hour after a carrier had emptied the box. In addition, there are the horses and broken bits of the wagon, on which the bomb was placed. A blacksmith called at police headquarters this morning and told Captain Cougblin be had shod a strange horse last Tuesday and that he would be able to recognize the shoes if he inspected them. It was arranged for him to look at the shoes. Shod Only Two Days Particular significance was attached to the blacksmith's statement that he had shod the strange horse Tuesday, two days before the explosion, as experts examining the new shoes established they had been on only 48 hours. Flynn, who yesterday declined to expand his cryptic announcement that the driver of the death wagon was four blocks away at the time of the explosion, shed more light on thi3 mystery when he said he was convinced that the driver was the same man who deposited the circular in the mail box which was located a block from Wall and Broad streets. Cannot Identify Horse Forty farriers called today at the office of Police Captain Carey, chief of the homicide bureau, to examine the hoofs and shoes of the horse which drew the death wagon. None could identify them. Captain Carey then announced that there were no new developments. The deportation from the United States of Roberto Elia, one of Salesedo's associates, was effected shortly after Salsedo's death, and direct questioning of him is impossible. Reports from government agents In close touch with radicals known to them as "new era" anarchists and the "fighters" were the basis of department of justice activities today. Chief Flynn based his opinion on the finding of radical literature in postoffice boxes near the scene of the tragedy soon after it occurred. He pointed, out a peculiar similarity between the nature of this literature and that found in connection with the terrorist plots in June, 1919. Similar expressions and similarly misspelled words characterized the literature found yesterday and In 1919, he said. One difference between the two, however, was that the literature found last year was signed "The Anarchistic fighters," while that found yesterday was signed "American Anarchist Fighters." Have Added "American." "You can see," Chief Flynn remarked, "they have simply added 'American to their title now." Very little could be done to trace the authors of this literature or to ascertain whether a general radical movement was contemplated, "until definite persons can be found who were responsible for Thursday's disaster," Chief Flynn said. "Those who distributed the literature." he said, "were careful not to send it through the mails, and were evidently afraid to pass it about the streets, so they concluded to stuff it into mail boxes and disappear before the explosion occurred. Many To Be Maimed There were still about 150 injured being cared for in hospitals today, many of whom were said to be still in a serious condition. Scores of those who will recover will be maimed for life, it was said. Workmen were still busy repairing the damage to the Morgan bank, the United States assay office and other buildings that bore the brunt of the destructive blast. Department of Justice officials attached relatively little importance to the detention of Edwin P. Fischer at Hamilton, Ont., who yesterday admitted to Canadian authorities havlnr I (Continued on Page Ten)