Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 315, 16 November 1920 — Page 1

ADIUM LUJ. VOL. XLV., No. 315. Palladium, Est. 1831. Consolidated with Sun-Telegram, 1907. RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, NpV. 16, 1920. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS

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MEREDITH IS SEEKING JOB AS MARSHAL Clerk of Wayne Circuit Court, Active Republican Leader, Candidate for Appointment Opposes Leb Watkins. CHOSEN BUENATORS

Linus P. Meredith, clerk of the Wayne circuit court, and one of the most active Republican leaders in Wayne county, is an aspirant lor appointment as United States marshal for the district of Indiana. Friends of Mr. Meredith let this fact become known Tuesday and they intend to put forth a strong effort to secure the appointment for him. The two United States senators from Indian will dictate the appointment of United States marshal for Indiana and the appointment is to be made following the inauguration of Senator Harding as president. Mr. Meredith has been closely identified with the political career of Senator Watson and for several years has been one of the senator's principal lieutenants in Indiana and his campaign manager in Wayne county. His relations with Senator New also have been cordial. Doth have been advised that he is an aspirant for the appointment as marshal. Was G. O. P. Chairman. Mr. Meredith at one time was Republican chairman for the sixth district of Indiana and is well known throughout the district. It was learned M "day that another well known sixth disVict Republican leader, Leb Watkins, former mayor of Newcastle, also is a candidate for appointment as United States marshal for Indiana. Mr. Watkins spent Monday in Richmond calling upon various Republican leaders asking their support. At that time he had not been advised that Mr. Meredith was a candidate, for the same office. When Mr. Meredith's friends learned the purrose of Mr. Watkins' visit to Rich mond they made public the fact that many of the leading party managers throughout the district were supporting the candidacy of Mr. Meredith for the inarshalship. Sixth Asks Recognition. So far as known no sixth district Republican has ever been appointed United States marshal for Indiana and sixth district Republican managers are determined to have this appointment come to this district this time. They point out that the sixth has always been on of the dependable Republican districts of the state and is entitled to substantial recognition. The United States marhalship is one of the choicest plums included in the patronage the Indiana senators have at their disposal. WIND, WEATHER TURN HARDINGTG JI!S DESK (By Assivia toil Press) BROWNSVILLE. Tex., Nov. 16. Forced by wind and weather to abandon his vacation in Point Isabel, President-elect Harding turned his attention today to work that has been piling up during his week of isolation. He hoped to go out for a game of golf before the day was over, .but first did some work on the address he is to deliver Thursday in New Orleans. He also received his first caller since he came to Texas. Governor Hobby, of this state, and Senator Fall, of New Mexico, being among those with whom he had engagements. ENTHUSIASTSHOWN AT MADRID CONGRESS By Assoi-iatfd Press. M ADR 10. Nov'. 16 -Delegates numbering 1.000 gathered here today for the Democrat Republican congress. Considerable enthusiasm was shown at. thp opening session. Riul til? interest, taken in the proceedings was indicted by the presence of representatives of nearly 200 newspapers, having Republican tendencies. Prr.fessor Sniil'.a, H the course of an address declared Republican ideas: were not antagonistic to a socialist ' programme and Senator Aldecoa rep-; rrsentative of the society of Republican youths of Bilbao expressed similar! iiws. Formr deputies Barrioberoj jinri Giner asserted the congress was: an impressive expression of unity among Spanish Rt publicans. .Ale.jan-j dro Larr'Mix. lender of the Republican I caitv was heart i'y applauded when hej drcl.iTd "prevailing injustice against ! workers" had caused u large number : of poisons to leave tb" country, and bd eiven rise to social discord. He .idfled the congress would prove the Republicans of Spain were capable of governing. DISAPPROVE STATEMENTS OF PERUVIAN MINISTER ( Hv Ass ,,-iatei) Press! LIMA, Peru. Nov. 16. - Disappro al of recent statements made in Europe by Dr. Mariano Cornojo. Peruvian rain istru- to France, and delegate to tho meeting of the assembly of the League of Nations in Geneva, has been cabled to Dr. Cornrjo by the Peruvian foreign office. Some of his statements relative to United States politics, which he is alleged to hive made to a nevrpaper nrsn in Paris, are declared io be "imprudent." ABANDON G. O. P. QUARTERS. NEW YORK, Nov. 16. The Republican national committee will abandon its headquaiUrs here Dec. 1. Will II. Hays, chairman, announced today. The only office of the committee after that date will be in Washington. Clarence B. Miller, secretary of the committee, will be in charge of the Washington office.

FARMERS OF INDIANA ATTEND CONVENTION AT STATE CAPITAL

By WILLIAM R. SANBORN The visitor to the farm federation annual convention is impressed with the caliber of the delegates, and with the earnestness with which they tackle the business of the meeting. It is a large gathering of practical ' and successful farmers. They are conservative men nd, so far, not a j radical utterance has been heard onj the floor. The discussions have been calm, dispassionate and rational. Woman Speaks. eSsk Benton County, an appealing and most womanly presentation, and also most enjoyable. Following her address the State organizer, H. C. Reed, told of the work done by his department and the meeting was closed with a round table discussion which lasted until 10 p. m. Christie Speaks. At the afternoon session on Monday, Prof. Christie of Purdue gave an interesting address in the absence of I. R. Howard, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Prior to making the president's address. John G. Brown of Monon was presented with u gavel made from the flagstaff of Battery E of the 7th field artillery, broken in the battle of the Argonne in the late war. The gavel was presented by Charles A. Sims of Odon, who obtained the relic from Maj. Gen. C. P. Summerall. In addressing the convention, Mr. Brown said that the farmers federation came into existence as a result of the position in which the tiller of the soil found himself when dealing with great social, educational and economic problems. "Practically all other business, professions and occupations have organized to protect and further their interests, he said. "Farming interests which represent greater production than all other interests, have been unorganized, and as producers, have met organized buying with unorganized selling, and as consumers, have met organized selling with unorganized buying." GREAT POWERS SHOW SATISFACTION WITH ADRIATIC DISPOSAL (By Associated Press) ROME. Nov. 16 Great Britain, France and the United States have through their ambassadors expressed I satisraction witn tno settlement oi the Adriatic Question reached at Rapallo, Italy, last week, Premier Giolltti,

ing yesterday, says a statement IssuexHlinfiC fiRnFUPIinRP by the Stefani news agency, a semi- J UUUS- UIIUE.UU I BlUULi

official organization. The Italian premier's statement was made during his reply to congratulations to himself. Foreign Minister Sforz and Minister of War Bonomi, from their colleagues. The three officials conducted the negotiations with the Jugo Slav delegation at Rapallo. Signor Giolitti is quoted as declaring the situation in the armistice zone around Fiume gave no cause for anxiety. He said that although he did not understand what was meant by a .strategic frontier for such a s m nil I

state as Fiume, her liberty and inde-; pendence were safeguarded, as under the treaty any violation by the Jugo-Jber

: Slavs would be tantamount to a declaration of war on Italy. ! Thf cabinet approved a bill ratifying the treaty and annexing the new ; territory which goes to Italy by virtue jof the provisions of the convention. I Italian newspapers, with the exception of Nationalist organs, continue to ! approve th treaty of Rapallo and to I urge the people to show patriotism and discipline in supporting the governjment In this grave moment. They declare the people should assume this attitude despite the renunciations iwhich were inevitable in order to j reach a compromise with the Jugo j Slavs. j The Idea Nazionale, a Nationalist j journal, bitterly attacks the treaty calling th ministers who negotiated

"traitors" for having sacrificed Dalma-ialso tia. A protest against the treaty ?lgned by Da'matians, including two newly

appointed senators from the district, has considerable interest. "BUILDING TRUST" IS UNDER DOUBLE PROBE NEW YORK. Nov. 16 New Yo:K today became thr scene of two parallel investigations of the alleged 'building trust" here. The joint leg islative commit tee, with Samuel T'ntermeyer as chief counsel. whiMi hr.s been conducting an inquiry for th-" past two weeks, hereafter will confine its labors to efforts to expose grrft in the city's private building enterprises; while the city administration will delve info reports of illesal aets in connection with contracts for public buildings, such as school houses, court houses and other structures. John P. O'Brien, corporation conn sol. has been directed by Mayor Hyhin to make a thorouch investigation of all contracts lot by the city, with particular attention to the city's coui bouse and school building contracts. Mr. O'Brien was given authority to demand information from all department heads which may aid him in his investigation. Mr. Untermeyer said the investigation by the legislative committee which will be resumed on Thursday, "has merely scratched the surface of a few small monopolistic combinations in the building situation," and that the larger concerns would be attacked with the aid of the federal authorities. PERUVIAN POUND WEAK. LIMA. Peru, Nov. 16 Weakness of the Peruvian pound in foreign ex change has caused alarm 4n financial circles here. It was quoted today at $3.96 on very small demands, its normal value being $4.05.

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PACT Says Mark Sullivan Declares Resubmission Would Avail Nothing President Unlikely to Discard Article X. BUZZING By MARK SULLIVAN WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 16. Washington buzzes with speculation as to whether or not President Wilson will again submit the treaty and the attached league covenant to the senate when it reassembles on the first Monday in December. Gossip represents the president as in a mood to do dramatic things, as intending to address congress personally from a wheeled chair. To resubmit the tTeaty would be a dramatic thing, but it is difficult to see how it could be other than a futile thing. Everybody knows, of course, that President Wilson could have got the treaty through the senate any time during the 12 months of debate on it if he had been willing to throw Article X overboard. But he said Article X was "The heart of the covenant." and defied the senate's efforts to eliminate it. Of course, It Is conceivable that Wilson might now take the ground that he invited a great popular referendum; that this referendum has been held ; that however, the result of the referendum may .be interpreted on some points there Is no reason to doubt that it was overwhelmingly adverse to Article X; that he bows to the decision of the majority, and that he now resubmits the treaty to the senate and pledges himself in advance to accept the elimination of Article X and otherwise to agree to all the socalled "Lodge reservations." Could Embarrass Senate. President Wilson could do that. It would, in the terminology of political strategy "put the senate in a hole." It would put Senator Lodge .under the necessity of making another tortuous reversal. But there need be no doubt that the senate would endure the embarrassment cheerfully and Senator Lodge would make the necessary "About face" with facile grace born of that considerable experience in tortuation which has been forced upon him by the exigencies of changing developments. in the league situation (Continued on Page Four) OF ALLEGED FRAUDS i NEW YORK, Nov. 16. Judge Johnj F. Mclntyre, of the court of general; sessions, ordered the August grand j jury to bpgin an investigation today! of a number of complaints of election frauds on Nov. 2. I Among those summoned to appear before the jury were John R. Yoorhis, president of the board of elections, who was asked to produce bal-1 lot boxes and tally sheets from the! j fourth assembly district, and a num-i of persons who claimed to have : witnessed irregularities at several polling places. Deputy Attorney-General Charles P. Robinson has been assigned to prosecute the alleged frauds. Cases expected to be taken up during the day included the report of 26 marked ballots of one district being found in a sewer opening, and the allegation by Antonio Dulesandro, Republican leader, that, a bet was made in the seventh election district that Nathan L. Miller, governor-elect, would not receive more than five votes. The official count showed that he received just that number. Representatives of the Honest Ballot Association and the Bureau for the Prevention and Prosecution of Election Frauds, (a Socialist organization), had a number of cases to present to he Jury. . - - , Weather Forecast MOORE'S WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy and unsettled weather is indicated for the next 12 to 24 hours. with snow a intervals, clue to an At lantic coast storm which prevails from Florida to Maine and West to Illinois. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Partly cloudy to- ! night and Wednesday: continued cold. ! Temnerature Yesterday Maximum 3." Minimum 25 Today Noon SI For Wayne county by W. E. MooreCloudy or partly cloudy Tuesday night, and Wednesday: continued cold with snow at intervals. Weather conditions A storm over the Florida peninsula. Monday has developed into one of great size, and is now sweeping the Atlantic coast from Florida to Halifax. This is the second storm over this section in the past four days. Richmond and vicinity is on the western edge of this storm. Clear weather prevails over the plain states from Saskatchewan to Texas, a marked rise in temperature is taking rlace over tho north-west. Tuesday. Calgary, Alberta, Canada, reports a maximum of 54 Monday, v.hqre it was several degrees below zero last week. Cold weather prevails over the southern states. The following temperature represent the lowest and highest temperatures at the respective places: New Orleans, 42-46; Mobile, 42-46: Atlanta, 38-46 and Montgomery. 42-44. Heavy rains were falling at. all these places. The storm over the Pacific coast is spreading out in all directions. Its eastern limits are over the Great I Divide.

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This Ship ,Will Bring Harding Home From

The "Pa stores" According to present plans, President-elect Harding will return from Panama, at the close of his vacation, on the liner "Pastores". In honor of the new chief executive, the vessel will eliminate her usual stop a Havana and bring him direct to Norfolk, Va. t

HUERTA IS TO HEAD NEW CABINET CHOSEN BY GENERAL OBREGON (By Associated Press) MEXICO CITY, Nov. 16 Adolfo de la Huerta, provisional president of Mexico, will head the cabinet to be chosen by General Alvaro Obregon, when the latter assumes office as president on Dec. 1, says the Excelsior, which declares it has authentic information to that effect. Alberto J. Pani, the newspaper says, will be named secretary of the treasury and General P. Elias Calles will succeed himself as secretary of war. General Obregon has thus far declined to comment on the make-up of his official family. Inauguration day is only two weeks distant, but no details relative to the ceremonies have as yet been publicly announced. General Obregon, according to the constitution will assume power at midnight, Nov. 30, but whether he will take the oath that night or wait for the formal exercises the next morning is not v-c. u. General Obregon ha- "cen slightly indisposed and will go this week to Cuernavaca, a nearby resort, for a complete rest. Suffers Disease The provisional president suffered a recurrence of hi3 attack of appendi citis yesterday whilf conferring with! his -"cabinet and is connnea to Dea at his home in Chapultepec castle. Physicians have not decided whether an operation will be necessary. The provisional president has been ill several times since he took office. SEEK LEGISLATION FOR MOTHERS' CARE (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Nov. 16. Plans for creating; public sentiment , in favor of a bill to be submitted to the next session of congress providing for proper care of mothers and new-born babies today occupied the attention of the 200 women de'cgaies to the first conference of the second region of the National League of Women Voters, which will close with a dinner this evening. "Unless we can get the bill passed by this congress," declared Mrs. Maud Wood Park, chairman of the league, "more than 500 mothers and babies will be lost." She said at least 20.000 mothers and babies die every month for want of proper care during maternity and infancy. Mrs. Park announced a conference of representative women throughout the country, called to meet net Monday in Washington, to discuss methods of promulgating the bill. Among them will be representatives from the General Federation of Women's club-, Woman's Trade Union league, Mothers' and Parent-Teachers' association, Council of Jewish Women, Consumers' league. Women's Christian Temperance union, Collegiate Alumnae association, and the National Council of Women. HARD COAL MINERS, OPERATORS CONFER (By Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA, Nov. iR.RpprPsentatives of the hard coal miners and operators resumed their conference here today in another effort to reach a settlement of tl.eir wage dispute. When the e0nference adjourned on November Cth, it virtually was deadlocked on the interpretation of President Wilson's teigram requesting reopening of I he anthracite wage commission's award, the operators declaring the telegram permitted only the ratification of alleged inequalities within the present agreement. The miners' representatives disputed this contention, claiming they had given existing differentials between the hard coal and the soft coal workers wage scales in a telegram to President Wilson on Oct. 2. as a reason why the award should be re-opened. They declared the president had these differentials in mind, as well as other ineoualities complained of in their telegram of a later date. Should this virtual dead-lock not be broken today, miners representatives said, their committee probably will appeal to President Wilson to make a ruling in order that the wage negotiations may proceed. Among the men's demands are in creased equal to the 27 per cent granted the bituminous coal miners, a $6 minimum day rate, a universal eight hour day and adjustment of alleged inequalities in the present agreement.

WRANGEL SLIPS AWAY FW SEBASTOPOL IN RUSSIAN CRUISER (By Associated Press) CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 16. Tho French admiral of the Black Sea forces sent a wireless to the Bolsheviki after the evacuation of ScbastoIol by General Wrangel'r, troop.--., threatening reprisals if the town were looted or the population molested. A panic is reported to have occurred at Yalta, during the evacuation and remarkable scenes to have been witnessed in Sebastopol and Feodosia. LONDON, Nov. 16 General Baron Wrangel, head of the South Russian government, whose army has been vir tually wiped out by the BoLihevik offensive in Crimea, left Sebastopol on a Russian cruiser filled with soldier, says a Constantinople dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. The cruiser was accompanied by three transports carrying 20,000 troops and another carrying wounded men, the first sailing for an unknown port. Russian Soviet forces had not reached Sebastopol before the city was evacuated, it is said. The U. S. destroyers Huhphreys, Whipple and Edwards arrived at Constantinople with refugees yesterday. Representatives of; the Russi&n trad? eJegatipa-iaLohdon botuled-by Leonid Krassin, were in conference yesterday with the cabinet discussing the preliminaries for the possible resumption of trade with Soviet Russia. Opinions Differed. Some progress was made, but it is stated there is a sharp difference ol opinion in the British cabinet on (he subject. Premier Lloyd George is reported to favor the resumption, but several of the prominent cabinet me rubers are opposing it. Mr. Lloyd is said to be supported, among others, by Andrew Bonar Law, government leader in the house of commons, and Sir Robert S. Home, president of the board of trade, who heretofore had opposed the recognition policy. The difficulty of the situation is made greater by the attitude of France, where general opinion is reflected as against any resumption at present. It is stated that Great Britain will not resume trade with the Soviets without the consent of the French cabinet, which has been informed of yesterday's proceedings and requested to comment upon them. PARIS. Nov. 16 The defeat of General Wrangel, whose south Russian soviet government had been recognized by France, does not mean that France is ready to consider recognition of the Russian soviet government, it was said at the foreign office today. The French government is pessimistic regarding any further military movements in Russia at present, it was indicated, not seeing where any lasis can be found for reorganization of the fruitless effort against the Moscow government made by General Wrangel from the Crimea. ' General Wrangel himself, the foreign office advices said, either had arrived at Constantinople on board the Russian cruiser Korniloff or was on the way to that city. U.S,MUSf PREPAY, SAYS WESTERN UNION (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. DC. Nov. 16 The long standing controversy between the State Department and the Western Union telegraph company, has reached the stage of an open break, the company refusing to handle any further cable messages for the department except on prepayment of toll. , The company's order was issued on Nov. 10; it wa3 said today at the department, and ostensibly was to apply to all departments of the government. It was understood, however, that messages sent by other departments had been excepted informally from the ruling. The Western Union company is stated to have based its actions on the delay of the department in making payments on cable messages previously handled. Department officials asserted today however, that it was in their opinion a step in retaliation for the failure of the department to permit the landing of the cable at Miami. Fla.. connecting Barbadoes with a British cable from South America. CARDINAL SERIOUSLY ILL. MILAN. Italy, Nov. 16. Cardinal Andrea Carlo Farrari, Archbishop of Milan, is reported to be seriously ill He was born in 1S30 and was created a cardinal in 1S94.

Rest in Panama

4 VENIZELOS DEFEATED IN SUNDAY ELECTION; MAY LEAVE GREECE ( By Associated Press) ATHENS, Nov. 16 Premier Venizelos' cabinet resigned early today and Admiral Coundouriotis, the regent of Greece, has sent for George Rhallis, to whom, it is expected will be entrusted the formation of a new ministry. The complete victory of the opposition seemed almost certain last night, although final results were still lacking. Even leaders of the elements opposed to Premier Venizelos in the elections held on Sunday were surprised by the showing their candidates had made in Macedonia and Attaca. IUis said M. Venizelos will leave the country and he has advised Liberals to abide by the verdict of the people. Demtrios Gouraris, leader of the opposition, has declared the foreign policy of Greece will not be changed. Premier Venizelos decided last midnight not to resign if reports that the army had cast enough votes for deputies to give him a majority of 220 or more votes in the new Greek parliament were confirmed. Earlier it had been announced that the ministry was. prepared to turn over power to the opposition, and that a new cabinet would be formed with George Rhallis, former Premier and minister of finance as its head. Rhallis is SO years old. His last public office was that of minister of finance in the Zaimis cabinet in 1916. Previous to that time he took a prominent part in Greek politics. (Continued on Page Ten) LEAGUE OF NATIONS ROUTINE TASKS ARE UNDERTAKEN TUESDAY (By Associated Press) GENEVA, Nov. 16 All danser that the Assembly of the League of Nations may encroach upon the Monroe doctrine by considering American questions in the absence of the United States has been averted by the withdrawal of a request by Bolivia and Peru for revision of treaties with Chile. Their requests were withdrawn yesterday, it having been Bolivia's purpose, to gain access io the sea and Peru's to secure reconsideration of the vexing Tacna-Arica question. It is not expected that any other American questions with dangerous possibilities will come before the present session of the assembly. Six committees, charged with dealing with all questions on the Agenda began work today. Each committee ! has 41 members, all the nations hav ing delegates at the meeting here being represented. It is reported that South American delegates had agreed the league ol" nations should do all it can to get the United States to become a member nation. Choose Council Members Soon. Argentina is regarded as a strong candidate for representation on the council of the League, the four elective members of which will be chosen by the Assembly after receiving the report of the committee on general organization. The delegates to the Assembly were slow in assembling for this morning's session, but th., work of the Assembly never-the-less was well under way before noon. The report of the Council of the League on the work that had been done since, the league was organ- ; ized was taken up by th'e delegates j after some preliminary matters had j been disposed of, chiefly completion of I organization of the committee. WASHINGTON. Nov. 16 Consid eration of the Taena-Ariea dispute be-1 tween Chili and Peru and Bolivia by j the league of nations would not be i regarded by the American govern- i mrtit as an encroachment of the j league on the Monroe doctrine, according to state derartment officials., When the announcement was made that the question had been referred to the league considerable satisfaction was expressed by administration officers, as a settlement of this longstanding controversy has been earnestly desired by the United States. It has been pointed out at the state department' that settlement by such a means would not be without precedent, as the king of England and the king of Spain have acted as arbiters in South American boundary questions in the past. The administration's attitude with respect to the Monroe doctrine has been based upon the literal interpretation providing against any territorial aggression in South America.

DILLON GETS

REBUKE Fl CITYJATHERS Superintendent of Municipal Light Plant Sharply Criticized in Report of Special Council Committee. FORD PRAISES POLICE A special committee of councilmen recently appointed to investigate conditions at the Municipal Electric plant resulting in the suspension of plant operations several hours one evening, a few weeks ago, because of an accident to the pump of the water feed line, submitted a report to council at its meeting Monday evening, in which a sharp rebuke is aministered to James Dillon, superintendent of the plant. The report, signed by Alphonse Weishaupt. Joseph Waltermann and David Golden, reads: "Your committee appointed to ascertain the delay in installing the pump at the light plant, report: "It is true that the pump was on hand some CO days before any work was commenced, but we learn that this was due to the fact that the fittings were not on hand until recently. Used Foreign Plumbers "We also found ir was not necessary to send to any foreign city for expert plumbers, as our local people could install same. However, the superintendent of the city plant said that he thought there was no plumber in the city capable of doing the job, hence the hiring of outside help. "During our investigation, we found that there is not enough co-operation between the superintendent and the engineer." "It developed that our superintendent is very dilatory in visiting the plant. It seems to us that when anv trouble occurs, or when his ad vis,? is needed, in matters pertaining to the welfare of the plant, he is not to be found." "We visited the plant Sunday afternoon, Nov. 8, and found some 10 men working on installing the pump, but the superintendent was not there." Sand Suspends Pump The pump referred to in the committee's report was a new one recently purchased to be uted on the plant's water feed line leading from the river to the pump. The pump in servic? had been used for a number of venr and was in bad state of repair. When aan! got into the old pump one evening a few weeks ago the new pump had,liot been installed and plant operations had to be suspended until repairs could be made to the old pump. Although the new pumn had been at the plant for over 60 days, no effort had been mad io install it, the reason being assigned that the necessary fittings had not been received. a" stated in the special committee's report. Councilman Ford was the only on to make comment on the report. Ho said the suspension of plant operations for several hours one evening recently was. the longest cessation of plant activities, due to accident to equipment, in the plant's history. Commends Police Councilman Ford, as chairman of a special committee which investigated the activities of the police department on the evening the city wa plunged into darkness for several hours because of an accident at the light plant, made a verbal report commending the department. The investigation resulted from a. letter written by a citizen and appearing in a local newspaper which stated that six policemen appeared on the stage of a local theater and held lights so that, the "performance could continue." Ford reported that when the lights of the city went out patrolmen were assigned to local theaters to provide as much illumination as possible to prevent panics and to safeguard theater patrons from pickpockets. He expressed the opinion that the department should be commended rather than criticised. N. H. Johnson, manager of the Light, Heat and Power company, advised council that the artificial gas plant of his company would be ready to manufacture gas. Sunday. Nov. 21, and he invited all city officials to attend the demonstration of the plant's efficiency. CHINA CONSIDERS FINANCIAL PROGRAM iRv Assnr-iateil Press NEW YORK. Nov. 16. Definite proposals for the financial rehabilitation of China, the outgrowth of recent discussions hfre among representatives c,f large financial firms of Great Britain. Fiance. Japan and the United States, have been sent to Peking for consideration by the Chinese governmentis was learned here today. Frederick W. Stevens, representative of the American group of bankers, is enrouie to Peking and is expected to negotiate personally with the1 Chinese government regarding the financial suggestions. In addition to general financial fuggestions. the consortium drew up conditions under which l he Chinese government might ask for loans for definite projects. No definite proposals for a loan at present we,re made, it was said. GOVERNOR MORROW ADDRESSES SOUTHERN MEDICAL SOCIETY (ly Associated Press) LOUISVILI.E. Ky., Nov. IS. More than one thousand physicians of th South attended the opening session here today, of the fcur-day annual convention of the Southern Medical association. Governor Edwin P. Morrow, delivered an address of welcome .after which numerous addresses were on the program. Among them were those of president Dr. E. H. Cary, of Dallas, Tex., and Dr. Hugh S. Cuming, surgeon general of the United States public health service.

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