Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 273, 25 September 1920 — Page 1

rigid VOL. XLV., NO. 273 Palladium, Est. 1831. Consolidated with Sun-Telegram. 1S07. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT, 25, 1920. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS

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BUSINESS ERA PROMISED BY SEM.HARDIflG Nominee Tells Several Thousand Commercial Travelers He Will Stand for Stability Assails Administration. PLEDGESGOOD SENSE (By Associated Press) MARION. O., Sept 25. An era of business stability and of business-like government was promised by Senator Harding today in a front porch speech to a gathering of several thousand commercial travelers who came from all parts of the country under the auspices of the Harding and Coolidge Traveling Men's league. The business methods of the Democratic administration, both in the conduct of its own affairs and in its relations to private enterprises, were denounced by the Republican nominee as "muddling and autocratic" to a degree, threatening Industrial chaos. Harding outlined a policy of common counsel in contrast to "one-man Judgment" and pledged himself to "an idealism based on such sense that it does not treat the nation's business with BUBpicion and contempt" Mr. Harding said in part: "The traveling men of today maintain their eminent relationship to the life and progress of our people. Business is the life blood of the nation, and these business agents are unfailing in their reflex of progressive thought and the- convictions of the American people. "We find them CTrvwhere tlvuva

alert, always pushing ahead, always eager to add to the volume of business which is the barometer of our material good fortune and the base of all our boasted attainments. "I would not dwell upon criticism of the conditions brought about by nearly eight years of mismanagement of the United States if it were not necessary to take some account of where we now stand so that we may wisely bring America again to her main road, and restore prosperity and give promise to the laborer, who gives us the products of soil and toll, that we shall not have in the United States a 'No Hour Day.' Confidence Needed. "But I know what is in your minds today your practical thought. You want stability once more for American business. You want normal conditions. You want that confidence and 'security which will put an end to anxiety about production; an end to fear about buying; an end to uncertainty about delivery or distribution. No abiding commercial edifice was ever bullded on the changing sands of uncertainty. "I believe that everywhere in the land there is the opinion that we have had enough of government excessively centralized in executive powers; enough of autocratic government unwniing to heed counsel and advice; enough of government which ignores the representative branch and its close contact with the popular will. I want it very explicitly understood that my election to the executive office means a complete change from the one-man policy which has characterized our national government during the past seven years. Democratic Expenses "I believe that the people of America need not be told that they pay the bills of administrative government whose distension for war still remains over-distended for peace. It has become common knowledge that there are between seven hundred and eight hundred thousand persons on the payroll of the United States, who will be kept there, of course, unless we have a new management, because the party which hired will never he the party to bring the number of excess employes down again toward the four hundred and forty thousand who were on the payroll in 1916. "The people know very well that only an intelligent opposition prevented the present administration from making an expenditure of over eleven billions of dollars in a peace year and (Continued on Page Ten) SUES PHYSICIAN FOR SI 0,000 DAMAGES Alleging that X-ray and electrical treatments she had received produced Injuries which directly resulted in her death, Harvey Yeager. administrator of the estate of the late Annie Cisco, and John W. Cisco, the husband, have filed suit in circuit court for damages in the amount of $10,000, against Dr. Joseph H. Kinsey, of this city. Mrs. Cisco was a resident of Richmond. Mr. Cisco has operated a shoe repair establishment in Richmond for many years. In the complaint, it is alleged that in May, 1919, Mrs. Cisco was successfully operated upon for the removal of a lump from her throat. The plaintiffs charge that the following month Dr. Kinsey advised that Mrs. Cisco receive X-ray and electrical treatments to prevent a return of her ailment and to prevent the occurrence of a cancerous condition. Alleges Lack of Care. It is stated that she received these treatments at irregular Interva', from one to three weeks apart, and, it is alleged. Dr. Kinsey did not exercise the proper care in giving the treatments with the result that Mrs. Cisco eventually was fatally burned and severely shocked, and that she received other bodily injuries. It Is alleged that the burns she received on her throat were as large as a saucer. The plaintiffs aver that as a result of the improper treatments administered to her Mrs. Cisco after a time became so exhausted that she died, April 2, this year. It is stated that prior to her death she sufTered great pain for a period of twelve weeks.

FUN, SERIOUSNESS MINGLE AS KIWANIS CLUB GETS CHARTER

Brimful of "pep," overflowing with wit and enthusiasm which knew no bounds, members of the local Kiwanis club, together with . visiting delegations from nearby cities, gathered in the K. of P. temple Friday evening for a dinner and formal presentation of the Richmond charter by Col. J. B. McCullough, of Marion, governor of the Kiwanis Clubs of Indiana. Large delegations from Muncie, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Anderson, Newcastle, Connersville, and Marion were .present. Kokomo had the largest number present but for unbounded fun the Muncie crowd took the flag. It was a cosmopolitan assembly, representatives being present from practically every business or occupation in the city, and ranging in age from 21 to 60 years. Rae Principal Speaker. Dr. J. J. Rae, president of the Rotary club, and pastor of the First Presbyterian church, was the guest of honor and principal speaker. His talk was humorous in the main, but in his characteristic fashion he closed his remarks with a serious strain that impressed all those present. Dr. Rae let out the secret that the recent ball game between the two clubs. Rotary and Kiwanis, was "fixed" before hand. "This was done, to be in style," he stated. Emphasizing the fact that there is plenty of room in Richmond for both clubs in the field of public endeavor, and that the two should be mutually helpful and work in "splendid accord and close relationship," Dr. Rae said there was nothing the two could not accomplish. Outlines Opportunities. He outlined three things as a criteria: "First, the best things in life are close at hand not far out yonder; secondly, there is keen enjoyment in all work done, If we can but realize ifc, hence we have a right to a rattling good time out of our work; thirdly, we will get the best out of life by taking all the help we can where it is freely to be had, by virtue of hard work and high aspiration." In the name of the Rotary club, he bade the Kiwanis "Godspeed." McCulloch Gives Charter. Mr. McCulloch presented the charter with an informal but impressive talk, in which he called attention to the ideal of service before the Kiwanis clubs. Beecher Dixon made the speech ot acceptance for the local club and stated that "The path ahead if full cf duty, but we will follow the hint of Dr. Rae and find that it is full of fun as well as worth while Jobs for the community good. We hope to never be found wanting when needed in community service." Several visiting Kiwanians made short talks expressing the enthusiasm of the club, and numerous telegrams from all over the country were read, congratulating the local club on being admitted to the organization, and the splendid start they had made. Reports on the Kiwanis-Rotary base ball game Thursday give the receipts as $1,669.50. Expenses probably will reduce the amount to about $1,500, which will be turned over to the campaign fund. An itemized account shows: Gate, $219.50; refreshments, $80; Earlham, $50; Rotary club, $400; Ki wanis club, $920; total receipts, $1,669.50. NO REPORT MADE ON CONDITION OF MAYOR No report has been made public as to the condition of Mayor V. W. Zimmerman since his removal to a sanitarium at Oxford, O., Thursday. It is stated by those who were familiar with the mayor's condition prior to his leaving the city that he was ill and they would not be surprised if he remained at the Oxford Institution for an indefinite period. It also was stated Saturday that for a short time after he left the Oxford sanitarium in August and returned to Richmond to resume his official duties, the mayor conducted himself in an exemplary manner, but that he soon resumed former habits which, it. is alleged, resulted in his nervous collapse last July, with the result that, when he was again taken to Oxford last Thursday his condition was such as to give his friends cause for alarm. The fact that Mayor Zimmerman was again unable to perform the duties of his office was a matter of general comment in official circles as soon as it was reported that Dr. Zimmerman had been taken to Oxford. It would occasion no surprise if the mayor's condition would be a subject for general discussion at the next council meeting. There were reports that council was again contemplating Instituting impeachment proceedings against the mayor, but no definite plan of action along that line had been formulated Saturday. Millerand Tells Policy In His First Message PARIS, Sept. 25. The Chamber of Deputies after a debate on interpellations concerning the foreign and domestic policies of the government voted confidence in the government 570 to 80. Premier Leycues then read a decree adjourning the extraordinary session of parliament. Alexendre Millerand. the new president, in his first presidential message to parliament declared his policies. He urged that the league of nations would have power to support "justice" and advocated "more of justice, humanity, and kindness in social problems." His message was read in the senate of the Chamber of Deputies and was followed by the cabinet's declarations of policy, which was that it would continue the program of the old government. Georgian Leygues who yesterday accepted the first premiership under President Millerand's administration, after the reading of the declarations of the president and cabinet, agreed to an immediate debate on interpellation regarding the foreign and domestic policy of the government.

MOBILIZE MEN FOR CAMPAIGN TO RAISE FUND

Earlham Endowment Leaders Urge Citizens to Join Soliciting Teams for Active Work Next Week. ALL READY FOR DRIVE VOLUNTEERS Those who have declined and will now accept service, and those who have not yet been seen to help solicit for the Earlham college drive, please call up Phone 1201 as late as 10 p. m. Saturday. Three hundred and forty business men and assistants will take part in the solicitation for the greater Earlham $500,000 fund, next week. The personnel of the teams was not completed Saturday, but Howard Dill, vice president of the Business men's committee, will have it completed Monday morning. General Chairman Mills was very anxious Saturday that the city rally to the aid of the solicitors. He asks that persons who . have declined to serve on soliciting committees, change their minds at once so that there will be no dearth of ( workers. Volunteers are asked to call Phone 1201 as late as 10 p. m., tonight, so that their names may be included on the list. The general committee dosires a full complement of workers. John A. Brookbank, of the International Harvester company, is commander-in-chief of the canvassing committee. The work has been divided into four parts, with a head and three assistants. Each division will have ten teams of eight members each. There will be forty captains, eighty lieutenants and 200 privates. Organizations have been perfected in all the townships of the county with heads for the districts and their assistants. A chart will be erected at Eighth and Main street to show the progress daily of the campaign. Solicitors will 'report auVw! s.-t( Luncheon will be served at Grace M. E. church to workers in the campaign. Announcements will be made and the work discussed. The complete organization meets at 8 a. m., Monday in Grace M. E. church, said an announcement by Mr. Mills late today. "Be there promptly with fuse box ready to touch off,' he said. "The grand chief, John Brookbank, has just returned with lots of ginger." Allen Closes Another Boston Bank Saturday BOSTON. Sept. 23. The Cosmopolitan Trust Company of this city, with a savings and banking department and agencies abroad, was closed by bank commissioner Joseph C. Allen, at 9 o'clock this morning. The Cosmopolitan is the fifth bank in this city to be closed by Commissioner Allen in the last five weeks. The first of these was the Hanover Trust Company, which went to the wall with the collapse of the get-rich-qulck scheme of Charles Ponzi, its largest individual depositor. The Prudential Trust Company was closed later, as were ttvo smaller private banks. BANDITS BOARD MAIL TRAIN, BIND CLERKS; HAUL UNDETERMINED (By Associated Press) CHICAGO. Sept. 25. Railroad and postoffice officials today were checking up their records to determine the value of registered mail taken frori northbound Illinois Central train No 2, known as the New Orleans limited, which was held up last night by two masked bandits, who escaped. Estimates placed the value of mail, taken from six sacks, at from a few thous end dollars to 5100,000. The bandits, for whom a search was under way in Chicago and Northern Illinois, boarded the train at Tucker, Illinois, 50 miles south of Chicago, when it was stopped on a block signal, entered the mail car, bound the five clerks and rode almost into Riverdale, just outside the city. There they pulled the bell cord, stopping the train and leaped into the darkness. Police Seek Accomplice. Police said they were working on the theory that at least one of the men was an accomplice of Horace Walton, of St. Joseph, who was killed by the police after he had taken nearly $100,000 from the same train and the same clerks last May. Rec ognizing J. E. Strassen, registry clerl , this bandit was reported to have said: "So you are the one that got my pal shot." Fingerprints left by the robbers on the side of the mail coach wtre photographed by the police and these with two hand bags taken by the bandits, and bearing the names of the clerks, are the only clews on which they hava to work. DETROIT, MICH., Sept. 25 Two bandits tntered the jewelry store of Nathan Rose, on Hastings street today, beat the proprietor's two sons, Emil, 20, and Fred, 10, and escaped with money and jewelry valued at $12,000. The two Rose youths were seriously inured, and removed to a hospital. I

SENATE COMMITTEE HALTED IN PROBE BY ABSENCE OF WITNESS WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 25. The absence of witnesses having halt ed its inquiry into Implied charges at Coventor Cox in 1 91 S received a concealed campaign contribution of $5,000 from Dayton (Ohio) Metal Products company, the senate committee's investigation turned its attention to the financing of the Stars and Stripes, a soldiers' publication. In response to its telegraphic summons to H. E. Talbot, formerly president of the Metal Products company, the commute received a telegram from H. E. Talbot, Jr., saying that his father was traveling and could not readily be reached. The committee planned to conclude Its present session here today and it had not yet decided when it will go into this matter. Chairman Kenyon indicated that the committee would meet next on Oct. 18, at St. Louis. League Doesn't Solicit. Herbert G. Houston, treasurer of the League to Enforce Peace, told tht committee that contributions to the league during the past five years had totalled $851,000, all of which had been expended. Since last May the witness said, no funds have been solicited, and he continued none will be accepted until after the November election as political propaganda of a partisan character is forbidden under the league's articles of incorporation. Mrs. E. M. Parks, assistant and secretary to W. D. Jamieson, director of finance for the Democratic National Committee, was questioned as to the financing of the Stars and Stripes. She told of negotiations opened with the national by Joseph L. Heffernan, secretary-treasurer of The Stars and Stripes Publishing Company and said that she had undertaken to underwrite $48,000 for the publication. Of this sum, she said, she furnished ten thousand dollars and she obtained the remainder from friends. "May I quote", the witness said.1 "that the Democratic National committee nor any member of it, as such, lias ever contributed a dollar to the paper or lent me a cent." I had an intense desire, like most other men and women to do something for exsoldiers. I tried to help." Asked who were the friends who loaned her the money, Mrs. Parks said, "I don't care to say. That is my personal business." Chairman Kenyon said the source of the fund was important, but Mrs. Parks refused to change her statement. "I did not buy any stock," the wit

ness testified. "It was given to me for my services in financing the paper." Questions by Senator Edge, Republican, New Jersey, developed that 50 of the stocks had been given Mrs. Parks. "There was a reason for this" she said. "We had a clear understanding that I was to have control of the paper so that it should never take any partisan political policy." The witness said that Mr. Jamier.on personally loaned her four thousand dollars and added "I intend to pay every cent of these obligations personally." When pressed again for the names of the persons who loaned the money, she repeated her answer that it was a personal affair. "Republicans have come to me and said in a threatening way that we would be put out of business unless we give it up." "Who are these Republicans?" Chairman Kenyon asked. "Mr. Richard Waldo for one," Mrs. Parks relied. "He said he represented himself and some other interests. He said he never could get any advertising from the Big Four Advertising agencies. "But he wanted you to come out against the bonus plan?" asked Senator Reed, of Missouri, Democrat. "He did," replied Mrs. Parks. t

The Great American Monarch

"Many Hands Make Light Work" The executive campaign committee of Earlham college Issued the following statement Saturday: The success of the drive for Earlham's endowment is, at this stage, wholly dependent upon the willingness of men to accept positions upon the teams when asked by the captains to do so. The management of the campaign are greatly pleased and encouraged at the almost unanimous response of those who are requested to enter the organization for the solicitation of funds next week. While the organization is not completed, yet the response is so generous and enthusiastic that it is confidently expected that every place will speedily be filled. An appeal is hereby made to all men of Richmond and Wayne county to be ready to respond favorably to any request for service that may come to them. The complete organization will be able to complete the task easily next week. Let every man hold himself in readiness to get in the game when asked to do so. Let's put this enterprise across quickly, and easily. It can be done. "Many hands make light work."

REPUB' ICAN WOMEN'S ANNODNCED BY The Republican Woman's city committee was announced today by Esther Griffin White, chairman of the Wayne county Republican woman's organization. "The city committee," said Miss White, "is to look after the general interests of Republican women in the city. "For one thing the committee will concentrate on registration this week and see that every Republican woman who has not registered will do so by Oct. 4." Miss White stated that there would be a meeting of the city committee, the precinct committee women and the officers of the organization on Monday evening at 7:30 at Republican headquarters in the Pythian building and asks that every woman named on this committee be present as matters of importance will be brought up. The Republican headquarters have been enlarged and include two front rooms on the second floor. Miss White states that the headquarters will be open tonight and asks that all Republican women who are downtown to call. The names of the committee follows: Mrs. John Starr, Mrs. Rudolph G. Leeds, Mrs-. Robert L. Study, Mrs. Willard Z. Carr, Mrs. Henry Goldfinger. Mrs. Mary I. Martin, Mrs. C. S. Marvel, Mrs. Edna Hiser, Mrs. Julia Hanskowski, Mrs. George Miller, Mrs. J. P. Hill, Mrs. W. H. Keisker, Mrs. Fred Schroeder, Miss Alice Knollenberg, Mrs. W. H. Christopher, Mrs. George Cunningham, Miss Ann Nicholson. Mi's Emilv Fletcher, Mrs. Byram Robbins, Mrs. Philip Robblns, Mrs. H. Shuman Jones, Mrs. Juliet Swain Shirk, Mrs. E. M. Campfield, Mrs. F. S. Dodd, Mrs. Bert Gordon, Mr. Minnie M. Hall, Mrs. Louis Salzarulo. Miss Sarah Sanderson, Mrs. Charles Druitt, Mrs. W. J. Blackmore, Mrs. Grant Huffman, Mrs. Fred Clark, Miss Bessie Whitridge, Mrs. Mathew Von Pein, Mrs. George Cates, Mrs. W. S. Clendenin, Mrs. W. L. Morgan, Mrs. Jesse Wiechman, Miss Leore Walker, Mrs. Ben Bartel. Mrs. Roland Nusbaum, Mrs. Lee Nusbaum, Miss Gertrude Bartel, Miss Anna Harrington, Miss Alice Lanning, Mrs. Ada Nardin, Mrs. E. F. Hiatt, Miss Maria Baxter, Mrs. Harlow Lindley, Miss Rose Dougan, Miss Martha Boyd, Mrs. Omar Murray, Mrs. Lewis Hawley, Miss Ina Vogelman, Mrs. Edw. Hollarn, Mrs. Amelia Kennepohl, Mrs. Alphonse Weishaupt, Mrs. Anna Wllkins, Mrs. Sam Fred, Miss Mary Peltz,! Miss Helen Nicholson. Mrs. Will Keinker, " Mrs. Wraltes

CITY COMMITTEE MISS WHITE, CHAIRMAN

Runge, Mrs. Wilbur Weisbrod, Mrs. Chris Bailey, Miss Elizabeth Krueger. Mrs. Jeanette G. Leeds, Mrs. Fred Bartel, Mrs. George Bartel, Mrs. Ben jamin N. Johnson, Mrs. Edward R. Beatty, Miss Mary Lemon, Mrs. Effie Townsend, Mrs. Walter McConaha, Mrs. Karl Meyers, Mrs. Hairy Castator, Mrs. Linus Meredith, Miss Juno Robinson, Mrs. Alma Denton, Miss Ida Bartel, Mrs. George Harwood, Mrs. Gertrude Kolp, Miss Elizabeth Kolp, Miss Elsie Bull, Mrs. W. W. Reller. Miss Alice Moorman, Mrs. Lewis G. Reynolds, Mrs. Edward Williams, Mrs Eleanor Seidel, Mrs. Oscar Williams, Mrs. L. Brammer, Mrs. Nellie Miller. SEEK SETTLEMENT TOKIO, Sept. 25 Speedy settement of questions pending between Japan and China, including early withdrawal of Japanese trops from Shantung and a resolution of the Tsing-Tau question has been advised by the China-Japanese business association in communications to premier Hara. This association is headed by vicount Fiichi Chiousawa, conservative leader. Weather Forecast For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight; Sunday settled; continued warm. Temperatures Yesterday. Maximum 81 Minimum 61 Today. Noon 82 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Probably fair Saturday night; Sunday partly cloudy; thundershowers Sunday or Sunday night. Continued warm for the next 36 hours. General Conditions Warm wave remains unbroken as a great area of high barometric pressure still prevails east of the Mississippi river, while over the west and northwest, iwo storms have developed with heavy rains in western Canada, and snow at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, at 7 p. m.. Friday. The two storms are moving very slowly, but will cause unsettled weather to begin by Sunday if not before, followed by rain and colder. A special forecast by Weatherman Moore, given at noon Saturday, states that the present warm spell will continue for 36 hours longer. He said, however, that cool weather will arrive before the end of next week. A prediction on the time the cool weather will arrive, cannot be made before Monday, be -said.

WILL REQUEST RECEIVER FOR MILTON FIRM Stockholder of DoddridgeBeck Company To File Petition Monday, His Attorney Says in Announcement. KIRLIN WASAN OFFICER Petition for the appointment of a receiver for the Doddridge-Beck company, of Milton, manufacturers of grave decorations, capitalized for $125,000, will be filed Monday by Carlton Chaney, of Connersville, a stockholder in the company, in Wayne circuit court, according to a statement made Saturday by Frank T. Strayer, one of Chaney's attorneys. The petition for a receivership for the Milton concern was originally filed late Friday afternoon, but was withdrawn shortly afterward before any summons had been issued. It was stated Saturday the petition was to be refiled Monday In more amplified form. No Statement Today It was not possible to obtain a statement Saturday In regard to the financial status of the DoddridgeBeck company, as to its assets and liabilities. At the time of his death last July, Oscar M. Kirlin, former cashier of the defunct Farmers' bank of that

piace, who committed suicide following discovery of the chaotic condition of the bank's affairs, was secretary-treasurer of the Doddridge-Beck company, a position he had held for over two years. Ask if he had any knowledge of mismanagement of the affairs of the Doddridge-Beck company on the part of Kirlin, Mr. Strayer replied that Sensational disclosures would be made in the petition to be filed asking for the appointment of a receiver for the company. Deposited In Bank Last July James Doddridge, a stockholder in the grave decorating company, which is Milton's largest industry and its only factory, stated that the company intended to employ an expert accountant to go over the company's books. The company conducted its banking business at the Fanners' bank, and. It is stated, the failure of the bank has a direct bearing on the present financial condition of the Doddridge-Beck company. When an inventory and' appraisement of the estate of the late Oscar M. Kirlin was filed in probate court a few weeks ago it was shown that the estate held stock In the DoddridgeBeck company of a par value of $4200. The value of the stock as appraised was $1,290. LAWRENCE DELIVERS SPEECH BEFORE MEN OF PENNSY RAILROAD Speaking to employes of the Pennsylvania railroad at the Pennsylvania shops at noon Saturday, J. Lawrence, of Illinois, a railroad worker of long experience, urged support of the presidential candidacy of Warren G. Harding.' Mr. Lawrence spoke under the auspices of the Wayne county Republican central committee. A large crowd heard his address. "The question which confronts us is just this. Are we satisfied with present conditions? Are we as laboring men better off than we were eight years ago? Now let's be fair and reasonable ajid It is not my intention, I assure you, to throw any mud for one never throws mud until out of rocks and we have plenty of solid facts without any mud slinging," Mr. Lawrence said. "First, let us take up the record of Mr. Cox from a labor standpoint. The court records which I am prepared to furnish you, show that Mr. Cox has had serious labor troubles which have gone as far as the courts to settle these differences. While as a matter of record. Mr. Harding has never had any trouble with labor. Compares Candidates "We feel at this time as if those of the millionaire rank were not altogether our friends. If so, let us consider the financial status of these two gentlemen. Mr. Cox is a millionaire and the home he lives In Is estimated at greater value than all the property Mr. Harding has ever possessed. "I hear among you some complaint relative to Senator Harding as to his labor record and when I find the gentleman who has made this remark he refers me to Harding's vote on the Plumb plan bill and also the Cum-mings-Esch act and briefly mentions the Lever act. "First, let us take the bill which was most dear to your hearts tha Plumb plan and I will ask you a question. If the American Federation of Labor assembled at Atlantic City, also at Montreal, Canada, went on record f a body opposing the Plumb plan, do you think Mr. Harding is not our friend when he stands as he does with the greatest labor organization in the world? Please let me give you the (Continued on Page Ten) THE GROWING CHILD A series of articles prepared especially for The Palladium by the United States Public Health Service, Washington, D. C, begins with today's issue. Parents will derive a distinct benefit from the perusal of these articles. The Public Health Service will answer questions parents may ask about the health of their children and kindred subjects.