Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 312, 12 November 1920 — Page 1

MOM) VOL. XLV., No. 312 Palladium, Est. 1831. Consolidated with Sun-Telegram, 1907. RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, NOV. 12, 1920. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS

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GERMANY IS NOT TO JOIN SAYS FRANCE French Government Unalterably Opposed to Admission of Germany in League of Nations. MUST PROVTWORTH

(By Associated Press) PARIS, Nov. 12. The French government is unalterably opposed to the admission of Germany to the League of Nations at this time, it was stated at the foreign office today. Some "drastic action" would be a consequence if the league voted to admit Germany, It was Intimated. The foreign office said there had been conversations with Great Britain on the subject, and that the British, who had been inclined to favor Ger man membership in the league, now had accepted the French viewpoint, allowing the matter to rest for the present. Inasmuch as Germany has not yet applied for league membership it is considered unlikely there will be any effort with promise of success to get the assembly in Geneva to act favorably on the question of Germany's admission at this time. Must Prove Worth. The French hold that Germany must rrove her intention to fulfill the terms of the peace treaty and live peacably with her neighbors before seeking membership, and they contend there has not yet been time for them to become convinced regarding Germany's attitude along these lines. The possibility of the admission of Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria is regarded in a different light by the French, who have indicated they are not opposed to membership for these nations, as ic is considered they have shown good faith. Discussing the admission of enemy countries to the league of nations, the Echo de Paris declares that Great Britain has. so far as Germany is concerned, made a formal promise not to favor the removal of the interdict against that country for the time being. Georges Ieygues, the French premier, is declared by the newspaper to have recommended that French delegates at the meeting of the assembly of the league at Geneva withdraw if Germany is admitted over the protest of France. "As for Austria and Bulgaria," the newspaper , adds, "one is Inclined to take' toward them' a mora , lenient at titude in -view of conditions." GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 12 The secretariat of the League of Nations today received Austria's formal application for admission to the league. LEADERS CALL OFF IRISH HUNGER STRIKE (Ry Associated Press) CORK, Ireland, Nov. 12. The hunger strike of the nine Irish prisoners in the Cork jail was called off today, the 94th day of the strike. This was revealed when a message received by Lord Mayor O'Callaghan from Arthur Griffiths, founder of the Sinn Fein organization, was given out. "I am of the opinion" read the message, "that out countrymen in the Cork prison have sufficiently proved their devotion and fidelity and that they should now, as they were prepared to die for Ireland, prepare to live for her." This message has been transmitted to the nine surviving hunger strikers in the prison. The announcement of the receipt of the Griffith letter closely followed an appeal made by Bishop Cohalan of Cork, that there be a cessation of the strike which he declared would only be a waste of lives. Serioas Rioting Occurs At Genano, In Italy LONDON, Nov. 12 Serious rioting has occurred at Genano near Potenza, Italy, according to a Milan despatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. A priest is said to have been severely beaten during a church ceremony at which he praised Italian soldiers and a general strike followed the arrest of 200 persons accused of having participated in the disorder. A strike also has been called at Forenza. a town in the Apennines, 150 miles northeast of Potenza. Weather Forecast MOORE'S SPECIAL FORECAST Cold weather will continue for the next 36 hours at least, since the Canadian cold wave now covers over two million square miles. For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore. Fair and continued cold tonight and Saturday. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair and continued cold weather tonight and Saturday Temperatures Yesterday Maximum 42 Minimum 23 Today Noon 2S Weather Conditions The Canadian cold wave reported in Thursday's bulletin Is moving-southwest via Medicine Kat. It has overspread all of the states east of the Rocky Mountains i and it is below freezing in the southern states. The lowest temperature reported was 16 below zero at Cheyenne, Wyoming. General rains were falling Thursday night from Miami, Fla. northeast to Halifax. N. S. A winter type of ftorm of great ihtensity is now developing over the far weft, with a diameter cf over two thousand miles.

Commercial Bribery Attacked by Convention Of Nation's Coffee Roasters ST. LOUIS, Mo., Not. 12 Trade practices and problems were considered at the tenth annual convention of the National Coffee Roasters association, in session here Thursday. VCommercial bribery" was attacked In an address by William B. Colver, of Washington,, D. C, former member of the federal trade commission who asserted Its abolition would effect a saving to the distributor and consequently reduca prices or make ad-

j vanees unnecessary. 1 This nractice which he describes as ravine SDetified Dereentfttres of the purchase t-rice of commodities to em - ployes whose recommendations prac - tically controlled the buying for iheir firms "has been, and is still deplorably prevalent in some industries," the speaker asserted. These commissions run up into "enormous sums" he em phasized. Mr. Colver also advocated some method of taxation that will stimulate production rather than impede it. Taxation should be applied to "idleness, non-production and speculation," he said. Under the present income tax laws, he Ftated capital is being "taxed out of productive enterprises and into nonproductive ones" explaining, "hundreds of millions of dollars" are being put into bands that are exempt from ! A U. The convention ends tomorrow. EXPECT LARGE CROWD AT FIRST CONCERT OF SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Indications are that the Coliseum will not only be packed Monday evening when the Richmond Symphony orchestra makes its first appearance, but that many will not be able to gel in. In view of this fact Ie B. Nusbaum speaking for the committee issued the following statement Friday "From present advance indications the Coliseum will not be able to accommoaaie an ine ppopie who cai' to attend the Richmond Symphony orchestra concert Monday evening, Nov 15. As before announced seat reservations can be made at the Westcott Pharmacy on and after 7:30 a m. Thursday morning. Nov. 11. "Since the tickets and reservations are given to the public without cost the committee wish ft to be understood that any reserved seats unoccupied after the first number of the program will not be held longer, and will be given to persons not having seats." The concert will begin at 8:15 p. m. The en semble of the orchestra includes nine first violins, six second violins, two violas, three 'cellos, three basses, three flutes, two oboes, 'two elarinets, one bassoon, four French horns," four trumpets, two trombone3, tubs, kettle drums, percussion and piano. The personnel follows:. First Violins Frederick K. Hicks, Concert Master, Miriam Hadley, J. F. Thompson. Mary Wray Jones. Harold L. Clements, Ruth Scott. Corinne Nusbaum, Helen M. Rethmeyer. Second Violins W. Clifford Piehl, Principal. Edna Marlatt, Ruth Blossom. Helen Addleman, Inez Williams, Charlotte Colvin. Violas Walter Runge, V. O. win iams. Cellos Mary Kathryn Gates, Helen! . Bassos-Mark A. Heitbrink, Claude Gerald Miller, Paul Skinner. Parke, Paul W. Blossom. Oboes Roscoe Watson, Paul Druley. Clarinets Kenneth B. Fox, II. H. Runge. Bassoon Roland L. Nusbaum. French Horns Robert A. Dickinson, Philip P. Gates, C. H. Groce, Vernon E Spalding. Trumpets Robert C. Wilson, B. B. Russell, George Crane, Howard Smith Monger. Trombones Harold II. Vore, Lewis C. King. Tubs C. M. Wilson. Kettle Drums Howard C. Hunt. Percussion Ray Weisbrod, Paul Moore. Piano Marjorie C. Beck. HEAVY COAL CARGOES SENT WEST BY LAKES SAULT STE. MARIE. Mich., Nov. 12 Freight traffic through the Ameri can and Canadian canals here during October showed an increase over Sep-

tember of a little more than a million j weather. A thermometer which registons according to the monthly report ; ters within five degrees of a standard

of L. C. Sabin, superintendent of the j American canals. The total for the month was 13.000.299 short tons as compared with 11.715.131 tons in Sep-' tember. Compared with October 1919, the report shows an increase of nearly four million tons. Coal shipments to the west continued heavy, the month's total of 2,870,295 exceeding the September total by a half million tons. East bound shipments of flour, wheat and copper exceeded the previous month's total, while there was a slight decrease in lumber. Improvement in despatch of loading and unloading was indicated by an increase in the number of vessel passages over September of 71. In October there were 2,745 vessels handled. A heavier passenger traffic than for the same period of the two previous years also was recorded. Wrangel Directs Forces Toward Main Defense SKRl STOPOI Nov 191 flonoral I Baron Wrangel, head of the South Russian anti-Bolsheviki government, is drawing his forces in Northern Crimea toward the main defense line, which runs through the village of Lusaun, about 19 miles south of the town of Perekop. This operation is being carried on in the face of attacks in force by soviet troops. Cons'deration is being given to the removing of civilians from this city, and it is probable they will be sent away soon, as the situation is admitted to be critical.

HOUSE OF COMMONS PASSES HOME RULE

bill without strife LONDON Nov. 12. The Irish home rule bill passed the house of commons on its third reading Thursday after a motion for rejection of the measure, proposed by William C. Adamson, the opposition leader, had been defeated by 183 to 52. Tho measure passed without any noteworthy incident in a rather tame aeDate. ine UDerai and labor mom ;bers, who have boycotted ii through 1 most of Its stages, as a sign of the ir convicton of its hopelessness as a j settlement of the Irish problem, were j again absent. The final stage was reached in a small and raher listless gathering of members of the house. Steamer Is Held Up. While a steamer, carrying army stores, was proceeding between Cork and Queenstown yesterday morning, it was ordered to stop opposite Black Rock castle by men in boats, says a Central News dispatch from Cork. j When the captain disregarded the or der, a shot was fired at the vessel, which then stopped. Armed men boarded the vessel and seized goods valued at 500. When the boat arrived in Cork, the affair was reported to the police, who searched the district and recovered a portion of the goods. Rifles, shotguns and ammunition which were concealed in a boathouse near Black Rock castle, also were discovered, it is said. LABOR TB WELCOME HELP OF SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL ADVANCE WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 Organized labor will welcome whatever assistance research and science can offer to mpm inrliiKtrv PrPidpr? Onmners of the AmeriMw Federation of Labor today told delegates gathered here for the preliminary conference on industrial research. A part of organized labor's own work, he said, has been directed toward the scientific study of conditions surrounding production and to the assemblage of data. "A nersistent effort has heen made to saddle upon labor the odium of op-1 position to improved methods and chinery in production," Mr. Gompers said. "This is not true as a general statement. What labor has opposed is an effort to exploit them by the use of improvements that are intended ! rightly suspicious of changes which are introduced without explanations and whose effect upon ttieif VelfaFe 19 not considered. Greet Improvements "Labor is not opposed to increased production or improved methods. Quite the contrary. We recognize there can be no permanent betterment of standards of living for all except by increasing the things that contribute to better and more satisfactory. But we hold as a fundamental that ma terial products are not the ultimate of production, but service in a better ! ! life for humanity. I "I take it all of us have too much ision and experience to think we can folve the labor problem. That is a Problem that will last as long as the field of industrial government which we can for convenience divide nnrir twn hoads thp law Timkfnsr fiinntion and the administration. Exper-1 ience has taught organized labor that we can only maintain opportunity for freedom and well being when laws for industry are made by those directly concerned the management and the workers. Moore Announces Rules For Testing Thermometers W. E. Moore, local weather forecaster, issued the following statement Friday, concerning the best way to test and place one's thermometer to get the proper results: "Since winter is the time when ther mometers are used more than at any other time of the year it is a good idea to have thermometers tested for ac-jis

curacy, inis can be done by putting lsdiction or tne committee, said his; which he gained a reputation as a'01 lae country nan witn great joy the the average thermometer with some I client, in view of the belief that the ' solid citizen. In his wake came bank- ' definite conclusion of peace two years standard self-registering instrument hearings directed against him, "among ruptcy petitions against him and al.-io!after ,ne en(l of tne war. They confor comparison. Unreliable thermonie-! others" would decline to testify fur-! harsrs that he had duplicated mort-; era,ulate Premier Giolotti and Count

ters frequently register from 10 to 20 degrees too low, especially in cold ! instrument, providing the records are both taken at the same hour of the day. is reasonably accurate. "To get a true reading of tempera tures the thermometer should not be against the side of any building, but should be out in the open." Eight Americans Protect 40,000 Orphans at Kars CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 12. The

Rev. Dr. Ernest Yarrow, a missionary j an attack upon President Lcguia dur stationed in Turkish Armenia, iele- jnK a dinner given in his honor at the graphs from the Caucasus that eight j Union club yesterdav, it is said. Some Americans at Kars are protecting j -0 0 persons, some of them prominent 40.000 orphans and the stores there, members of the apposition party, have Refugees to the number of 25,000 have fcePn arrested at Anoche. They in reached Alexandropol, panic stricken. ! rlude Garcius Last res, Colonel Caesar The Georgian national guard and the Pardo and Colonel Lanfranco. ProGeorgian armj-, says the despatch, now ; government demonstrations were held number 50,000 men. The constituent ! at Anocho todav, but the police are assembly has decided to maintain its in full controi of the situation and tie war footing, apparently contemplating maintaining peifect order. All traffic assisting the Armenians, who are vpr thp branch nf thP Central raiiw

struggling against the Turks. GIRL PUPILS, TEACHERS LEARN ART OF BOXING (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Nov. 12 Girl pupils and teachers, as well as the boys should be taught boxing in the public schools, William L. Bodine, honorary president of the national league of compulsory education, said today at the annual meeting. Mr. Bodine said boxing would bring a better relation between teacher and pupil by interesting them in the same thing, and urged it for girls as a ealth measure.

Panama Canal Harding's Next Stop; It Enters

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The photographs show the Gatun locks, above, the lower walls of the Miraflores locks, with a characteristic pose of President-elect Harding in the center, and the entrance to one of the locks with a huge boat waiting her turn, in the lower picture.

After taking a short vacation at Point Isabel, Texus, President-elect It is a rather significant fact that he will visit that sect! on Of the ennntrv

1 1)6 involved in one of the first questions he may be calbd unon to decide

United States ships should pay toll for use of the canal the same as ships of other countries will undoubtedly be ma-!one of tne first issues brought up in the next administration. Mrs. Harding will accompany her husband to the i canal zone. The Harding party will spend about two weeks in this section, returning home some time during the j first week of December. The accompanying photographs show some of the scenes which the president-elect will visit.

COUNSEL ASKS HYLAN -TO BRING DOCUMENTS FOR DAY'S TESTIMONY NEW YORK, Nov. 12 SamuelUntermyer, chief counsel to the joint legislative committee Investigating the alleged "building . trust" here, asked Mayor John F. Hylan to bring for hi3 second day's testimony before the commlttee today additional documents reiallDS 10 me cnange 01 contracts tor ! use of limestone instead of terra cotta and involving an expenditure of J16.000.000. The Mayor failed to produce the documents asked for at the committee's hearing yesterday. One of these was a letter sent over Mr. Hylan's signature to Frank D. Wilsey, vice-president of the board of education, which the mayor admitted was drafted by John T. Hettrick, the lawyer who in former hearings has acknowledged authorship of the system of comparisons of bids by contractors through a central clearing house. Mr. Hylan said the letter which contained arguments favoring the use of limestone instead of terra cotta, was forwarded by him without change. A copy of it was presented at yesterday's hearing by Mr. Untermyer. after it was learned the mayor did not bring the original. He said it had not been found in the files. Mr. Untermyer said the committee would begin contempt proceedings today against Hettrick, who failed to ' 'answer his summons to reappear yrs ,terday. The attorney of Hettrick, who now in New Jersey, outside the jurther before the committee. REVOLUTIONARY PLOT

DISCOVERED IN ?imlWarDep

(Tly Associated Press) LIMA, Peru, Nov. 12. Discovery of a revolutionary plot with ramifications ' in 1he provinces of Madre de Dies. Hu-1 allaga and Lambaypque and the cities j of Cuzco and Trequipa, was announced ! by high officials at the gevernraent I palace this morning. ! The consDiracv was to culminate in serving the Cerro Pasco region hat, been suspended because of a strike. KILPATRICK IS ALIVE BUT PRISONER, REPORT (By Associated Press) PARIS, Nov. 12. Washington reports that Captain Emmet Kilpatrick, American Red Cross worker in South Russia, was not killed by the Bolshevik!, but is being held a prisoner were confirmed in a telegram received at the Paris branch of the American Red Cross from Sebastopol today. The telegram was filed in Sebastopol on Nov. 18.

Seek Missing Aviators Of Naval Training Rase By Associated Preee CHICAGO, Nov. 12. Search directed from the Great Iakes naval training station at Lake Bluff, Illinois, was renewed early today for the seaplane bearing three men, which has been missing somewhere in Lake Michigan since Wednesday. A bitter cold and rising wind, added to rough seas, caused the abandonment

or tne rescue work last night. in the settlement of the dispute beThe three men, Lieutenant Harry E. tween Italy and Jugo slavia. The orBarr, pilot, of Lake Forest, 111.; En- gans of the Nationalists and the newssign Edwin H. Clark, of Peoria, 111., papers voicing the sentiments of the and Gunner's-mate John Caesar, of Right party in parliament, however, Hollywood, 111., left on a tour of recon- express a certain amount of discontent naisence. Efforts to retch the spot and demand a more radical solution of

wnere they were last seen, near Two Rivers, Wis., were prevented by the bad weather. START SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE OF MURDER LANGDON. N. H.. Nov. 12. An abandoned well on the farm of William B. Whitney which had been filled with rock and debris was re-opened today by county authorities in a search for the body of Whitney's second wife. Th" search was ordered by county solicitor Henry Hurt, as the result of a declaration made to him by John Whitney, 14 year old son of William B. Whitney, by former marriage, that, he saw his father strike flown his step-mother in their home four vears ao. lake her hndv to the! hay mow, and later bury it in the well. Whitney disappeared from here Oct. ;:S0. after eichl vears of residence in' ppges on his home. With the deparlure of his father his son John went to tlif county authorities to whom he j f-aid he luid kept the secret under threat of death by his parent. artment Announces Christmas Package Rules WASHINGTON. Nov. 1 2 Christmas

packages for American trcops on the Through an oversight, no reference Rhine must reach Hoboken by Dc. 5i'as made yesterday to the nurses

to insure delivery before Christmas Day the War Department announced i

today. They should be sent in care of j tnem were some who had served overthe general superintendent, army i seas and others who had served for a

ti asportation service. Hoboken. Parcels for men stationed in Hawaii and the Philippines should reach the depot quartermaster. Fort Mason, San Francisco, not later than December 5, while those for shipment to the Panama Canal zone and Porto Rico should be in the hands of the general superintendent army transport service. Pier 3, Army Supply base. South Brooklyn, N. Y.. by November 20. Packages for Germany must not exceed seven pounds in weight and 72 inches combined length and girth. Those to men on duty in the Canal zone and insular possessions ars limited to twenty pounds in weight and two cubic feet in volume. Ohio Bandits Shoot Up -Town After Robbing Bank KINGSTON, O.. Nov. 12. In a daring daylight robbery, three men In an automobile today secured $4.fi00 in currency and between $50,000 and $70,000 in government bonds from the First National bank here, shooting right and left aa they made their escape from the town.

Discussion He May End

Harding will Journey down to Panama. and trnvpl thrnnph the lncka w-hieh mnv as nresidpnt Tho mi est inn nf whether ROMAN DIPLOMACY VICTOR IN JUGO-SLAV DISPUTESAY PAPERS (Rv Associated Press) ROME, Nov. 11 The newspapers of Rome agree generally that a victory has been gained by Italian diplomacy the controversy. The Corriere Delia savs: "It was decided that Austria Hunearv must not rise again. That is the meaning of the agreement concluded between Ita!y and Jugo Slavia." The Popolo D'ltalia comments on the "success of the Italian delegation, which renders possible an agreement on all questions." The Popolo Romano says that before accepting the Italian conditions Serbia appealed to Paris and London for assistance, but that the answers she received showed that both these governments would have approved the application of the past of London if a direct agreement had not been reached. Aftor this, says the Popolo Romano, the Belgrade government telegraphed its delegates instructing them to accept Italy's conditions "with reservafor the future." 1 ne same newspnper says that mil,ortant concessions were made to j 1 u" tuutp i "iiig ine Aiuanian quesi uonAn immense majority of the people sferza- the foreign minister, on what ii"- i tmi iiieir spienaia success in closing the long standing controversy. NURSES PARTICIPATE IN ARMISTICE PARADE who took a conspicuous part in the Armistice Day procession. Among long period in army and navy hospitals at home. They deserved men tion for their patriotic participation in the parade. The following service men who were too ill to march were in automobiles at the head of the parade: Frank Gatzek, L. A. Kellogg, Paul Turner, Ernest Bode, G. L. Rowe and Fred Landwehr. Among the service men, mounted on motorcycles, who assisted in maintaining traffic regulations and supervising the crowds were: James T. Johns. Carl Kemper, Howard Troxel, Charles Myers, James McNew, Roy Wright. Diehard Kenworthy, Ned Cook. Hiddle Von, Arthur Connor, Howard Gibbs. Robbers Beet Shopkeeper, Escape, in Quaker City PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12. After they had overcome Henry Murray, proprietor of an old gold shop in a hand battle without weapons, three robbers here today bound and Ragged him and robbed the place of 520,000 in jewelry they escaped.

NEW THEORY IS ADVANCED ON EXPLOSION Swann to Question All Men Mentioned by Evening World in "Solution" of Wall Street Mystery. CHARGE UNION RIVALRY

(Ry Associated Press) NEW YORK. Nov. 12. District Attorney Edward Swann planned today to question all of the men mentioned by the Evening World yesterday in its "solution" of the Wall street explosion here on Sept. 16, the motive of which was declared by the newspaper to have been revenge on the part cf members of the house wreckers' union, against a rival organization headed by Robert P. Brindell, a central figure In the "building trust" investigation now under way here. The publication of the Evening World analysis of the traeedy that resulted in loss of life to 39 persons and injury to several hundred others also brought forth other theories of its origin today from the police 'and department of justice officials. Clark Under Probe. Mr. Swann said he was particularly anxious to question Raymond Clark, v.ho was a foreman in the house wrecking job diagonally opposite the scene of the explosion, and who was quoted at length in yesterday's evening world article. He paid Clark's statement to the newspaper was it variance with a previous statement made by him to Assistant District Attorney Alfred E. Talley shortly after the explosion. Mr. Swann wished, ha added, to ascertain whether Clark had made either of the two statements under intimidation. The Evening World story, which placed blame on individual members of a house-wrecking union, whose rival organization, under the leadership of Brindell had superseded them on th house wrecking job at the corner of Wall and Broad streets. The story claimed the explosion was planned by these men in retalliation to what they considered unfair advantage taken by the Brindell workers. Find Farrier. Coincident with the Evening World story came the announcement from acting Inspector Coughlin, head of the detective bureau, that the identity of the farrier who shod the horse which drew the explosive laden wagon into the financial district had been established, as well as that of the person who took the horse to be shod. Search of the man, who seems to have vanished since the explosion, is being made. REVENUE DUREAU IS CONSIDERING RULING WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. The internal revenue bureau broke its silence today on the ruling of the Prohibition Enforcement Bureau prohibiting the sale of malt extracts and hops to others than bakers and confectioners. Commissioner Williams declared in a formal statement that the subject was under consideration by the revenue bureau where final decision on acts of the prohibition bureau rested. He said the prohibition officials would probably discuss the subject with the officers of the Internal revenue later today, and added that the revenue bureau had arrived at no conclusion on the question. COLUMBUS, O.. Nov. 12 Suit to test the recent ruling of the prohibition enforcement bureau prohibiting the sale of malt extract and hops to anyone except confectioners and bakers was filed in the local United States court here today by a local distributing company. Chilean Legislature Orders Fiscal Expense Note Issue (By Associated Press) SANTIAGO. Chile. Nov. 12. A bin authorizing the issuance of 30,000,000 pesos for fiscal expenses was approved in the chamber of deputies here today. The notes will bear annual Inicrest of not more than eight per cent and will be redeemable In five years. 15 per cent of Chile's import duties being set aside for the purpose beginning July 1. 1921. Retirement of circulating notes representing advances made to nitrate producers by the government is also directed by the bill, as those advances are repaid. In addition, the measure, which has already passed the senate, provides the president of the republic may within a year open a credit of 20.000.000 pesos with local banks, this sum being redeemable from Import duties. It is expected the counsel of state will approve the bill tomorrow. lliff Not Candidate For Office of Mayor Lewis E. Iliff raid he was not a receptive candidate for the nomination for mayor of Richmond on the Republican ticket when he was asked regarding the petitions which friends have been circulating for two or three days. He said he had no desire to enter politics, and that while he appreciated the efforts cf his friends he was not a receptive candidate. Ten petitions were circulated and a large number of signatures were obtained of persons who desired to aee Mr. Iliff make the race. SOVIET STAY OUT OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH FIGHT TIWLIS, Transcasla, Nov. 11. The representative of the Russian soviet government here asserts that ttie Russian government will keep Its hands off the Armenian-Turkish conflict but later will offer mediation;