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GOSSIP SAYS HUGHES WILL BE SECRETARY Says Mark Sullivan Sees Elihu Root as Sort of Liason Officer With European Statesmen. M'CORMICKTOO BLUNT

BRYAN ASKED IDEAS TODAY BY HARDING ALBANIA IS ELECTED IN VOTE TODAY New Hostess in Capital Society

No Big Chair for Illustrious Gran3mother

By MARK SULLIVAN WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 17. It ought not to hare been necessary for Senator Harding to pay that Senator McCormick in Europe is pot his representative. Speaking of Senator McCormick as Senator Harding's "CoL House" is merely a case of the popular disposition, occasional among all of us, to think and write in phrases and formulas, and is unjust to both

senators. Senator Harding, if he felt that courtesy to his predecessor permitted him to do so, would probably say with a good deal of emphasis that he doesn't believe in the idea of a "Colonel House" as a permanent institution of government That he doesn't propose to have any Colonel House, and that if he should have a Senatorial International Colonel House for the conduct of foreign affairs, he could probably choose a senator who at least is or has teen a member of the foreign affairs committee. McCormick Blunt. Senator McCormick, on his part, doesn't need to be anybody's Colonel House, and is temperamentally most unfitted for that role. He Is too much given to the explosive blurting out the truth to be a carrier or diplomatic messages. Moreover, he doesn't depend for his political standing on having a President Wilson or anyone else to lean on. He doesn't need to depend for his place in the world on his standing with any other individual. He stands squarely on his own feet, and ha3 his place in the political world by virtue of a franchise from several hundred thousand voters of the sovereign state of Illinois. Individual Person. Further than that, he is, among all the leaders in the Republican party, probably the one who is least adapted to being anybody's Colonel House; by conviction and habit he is an extremely individual person, with a sharply pungent personality, independent in his political past and by temperament strongly disposed to go his own gait. Among the younger senators, the ones in the forties, Senator McCormick is probably the strongest. No one has a better right to go to Europe on his own account, and no tne is better equipped to talk with Kuropean statesmen on an equal basis. In his personal and official contacts he is aggressively American, almost belligerently American. But that doesn't prevent his having intimate personal relations with x European statesmen. He has a much larger acquaintance with European politicians and leaders of thought than any other senator. Knows Europeans. In the McCormick house at Washington you are nearly always reasonably sure to find a foreign ambassador as a guest for dinner, and two or three traveling European schalars staying overnight. It was Senator McCormick who translated for his fellow members the speech that Premier Vivlani delivered on the floor of congress and I think himself once made a speech in the French Chamber of Deputies. Indeed. I think one of the purposes of his present Journey to Europe was to deliver a series of lectures in one of the Paris universities. Gossip Picks Hughes. In a way, it is true there is no observable disposition, not with Senator Harding necessarily, but with the other Republican leaders to adopt the idea of a semi-official Colonel House. The man these leaders have in mind is Mr. Root. If the current predisposition and groping surmises of all the Republican leaders about the Secretary of State were distilled, the result would look a little like Charles E. Hughes as Secretary of State, with Mr. Root in the position of a sort of liason officer in actual contact with the League of Nations statesmen abroad. This may be 1,000 miles from the mind of the only man whose ideas on the subject count for anything, namely Senator Harding. But in moving about among the other Republican leaders you find it. is quite obviously in the minds of a good many of them. (Copyright 1920 by The New York Evening Post, Inc.) REDS' SHARP NOTE IS ANSWERED BY POLAND (By Associated Press) LONDON. Dec. 17. Poland answering the recent Russian note protesting against the sending of troops to Vilna, and charging that the soviet government possessed concrete and incontestable evidence that Poland is furnishing men and munitions to General Zellgouski who otherwise would not l e able to retain Vilna deals with the three principal points raised and concludes: "The Polish government regrets the f-uspiclon of the government of the soviet republic that we are seeking pretext for breaking the undertaking signed by them." An official copy of the note received In London maintains that the question of allegiance of the disputed ter ritories remains for settlement by the

people of those territories; that the Allied troops for Vilna were sent there only for protection and that the presence of the Zellgouski troops in Vilna does not constitute a menace to Russia, owing to their distance from the frontier. , , , 1

Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart and her granddaughter, Bab. A comfy chair set well back in the corner near the fireplace, where she will be out of the way, is far from the position occupied by this charming grandmother. She is Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart, one of our foremost writers of fiction. The baby is her granddaughter, "Bab", daughter of her only son, Stanley M. Rinehart. Mrs. Rinehart divides her life into "work, play and love". Aside from her home life she works zealously in the woman's council of the Republican party. The other duties of this modern grandmother are these: She writes three scenarios a year and supervises their production in a west coast studio; writes a novel a year and usually one of the 6ix best sellers; writes short stories" for magazines; writes plays.

having three now on Broadway and two

of numerous special articles for magazines and papers, grandmother, isn't it?

MEN OF HOME GUARD AND AMERICAN LEGION QUIET KANSAS RIOTS ' '"' r' "" , -.-.-; INDEPENDENCE, Kas., Dec. 17 Members of the- home guard and American legion were patrolling the street here today as a resulUof race disorders last night in which a white boy and a negro were killed and four white men wounded, three critically. Other home guard members and legioners sworn in as deputy sheriffs, were on duty near the county Jail, where, according, to Chief of Police Hall, Noble Green, whose alleged action in killing R. R. Wharton, a white grocer, yesterday . precipitated the trouble is confined. Reports werJ current late last night that Green had been taken to the state prison at Lansing for safe-keeping, but they were denied by Chief Hall, who said he had "an agreement with them" that no attempt would be made to lynch. "Them" Hall explained, "means a number of men who are in town". Threats of lynching were made late yesterday after Green had been captured at his home by a posse. Town Is Quiet The local officials were without information this morning as to whether national guardsmen would be sent here as a precautionary measure. While the disorders were going on the request for troops was telegraphed to the governor's office at Topeka. Later the authorities assisted by home guardsmen and American legion men were able to get the situation under control and the town was quiet this morning. According to officials the trouble was not unexpected and had been brewing all day yesterday. ACREAGE OF WHEAT SHOWS DECREASE (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. The area sown to winter wheat this fall is 40,605,000 acres, which is 2,8 per cent less than the revised area sown last fall. The condition of the crop on Dec. 1 was 87.9 per cent of a normal compared with 85.2 a year ago, 9S.5 on Dec. 1, 1918, and 8S.4 the ten year average on that date. The acres sown to rye this fall is 4,653,000 acres which is 11.4 per cent less than the revised area sown in the fall of last year. The condition of rye on Dec. 1 was P0.5 per cent of a normal compared with 89.8 a year ago, 89 on Dec. 1, 1918 and 92.2 the ten year average on Dec. 1. The-acreage and condition of winter wheat in some of the principle producing states follow: Ohio, 2,253,000 and 81 per cent of normal; Indiana, 1,953,000 and 82 per cent of normal; Illinois, 2,470,000 and 86 per cent normal. Mrs. Ann S wicker, Pioneer Resident, Died Thursday Mrs. Ann Swicker, 87 years old, died Thursday night at her home, 33 North Sixth street. She was born in Ireland but had been a resident of Richmond for 57 years. Mrs. Swicker was the widow of the late Herman Swicker, who died about two years ago. He was prominent in the South Side Improvement association work. She formerly lived at 647 South J street. She is survived by 'her niece, Mrs. Margaret Fitzgibbons. of this city. Funeral services will be held at 7 a. m. from the St. Mary's church. Burial will be in the Lutheran cemetery. Friends may call at any time but are requested to omit flowers. ,

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more in the making, to say nothing j Pretty good for a McCray Inauguration Committee Announced (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 17. Adjutant General Harry B. Smith, Frank Litchert, and Ada Bush will have charge of the inauguration ceremonies. of Gov-1 ernor-elect McCray, it was announced ' today by Governor Goodrich. " Mr. Litchert and Miss Bush are the secretaries of the. retiring and . Incoming governors; COMPROMISE SOUGHT BY OPPOSING FORCES OF HOUSE OF LORDS LONDON, Dec. 17. Members of the House of Lords who have stood firmly against the Irish home rule bill as ! passed by the House of Commons were in consultation with members of the government overnight, it is understood, trying to arrange some sort of compromise relative to the measure. It was asserted here this morning that the virtual deadlock between the two houses of parliament must be compromised or the bill would be lost, and the home rule measure of 1914 would automatically become a law as soon as ratiiication of the Turkish treaty formally ends the war. t Await Developments Developments are being awaited with curiosity and anxiety. The action of the House of Lords in amending the home rule bill was tantamount to rejection of the measure and the insistence of commons upon the original bill seems to have placed the fate of the legislation in the balance. Parliamentary writers gave widely divergent statements in London newspapers this morning as to what might happen. Many members of the upper house of parliament object to the provision of the bill for the council of Ireland and oppose the clause providing that if Ireland declines to accept the form of government established by the measure a crown colony government will be imposed. Some writers declared that irreconcilable peers will recede from their position and that when the House of Lords meets at noon Saturday it will hear royal assent given the measure and see it placed in the statute books as a law. Mrs. Rebecca Nichols Called at Lynn Home LYNN, Ind., Dec. 17. Rebecca Nichols, 73 years old, died of -pneumonia here early today. She was one of the most active members of the Christian church and prominent in Relief Corps work. She had lived here for many years and was widely known in the community. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Peter Cutler, of Richmond, and two brothers. John Lewis of Richmond and Will Lewis of i Lynn. The funeral will be conducted j at the Christian church Sunday by the Rev. Mr. Scott, and interment will be in Fountain Park cemetery at Winchester.. Robert Echard Drops Dead at Brownsville Robert Echard, 72, a life-long resident of Brownsville, dropped dead in the yard of his home there Wednesday evening. Death was due to cerebral hemohrage. He lived alone and is survived by several nieces and nephews. The funeral took place Thursday at 10 a. m., at the Brownsville M. E. church. The Rev. C. C. Brown, pastor of the church, conducted the service. Burial was in the adjoining cemetery. , ; ,

Former Secretary Under

President Wilson and Famous Advocate of Peace Called Into Consultation. BOTH SPEAK TONIGHT (By Associated Press) MARION, O., Dec. 17. William Jennings Bryan former secretary of state under President Wilson and for many J years an earnest advocate of world peace was called Into consultation today by President-elect Harding regarding the plan for an association of nations. The first former official of the Democratic administration to be summoned to the Republican presidentelect's council table here, Mr. Bryan brought a fund of special knowledge by virtue of feis experiences in negotiating more than a score of arbitration treaties while he was head of the department of state. It was understood thta these treaties constituted one of the principal subjects of Mr. Harding's inquiries. Can Give Information. Recently another former secretary Elihu Root suggested arbitration treatise throughout the world might be amended so that all justicable questions between nations would be referred to the new league of nations court rather than to temporary arbitration boards. On the possibility of making such amendments in the American treaties Mr. Bryan was in a positjon to give firsj hand information. The Bryan treaties also have been discussed many times at furnishing in themselves a basis for reaching a world agreement in the interest of peace. A proposal that nations bind themselves not to go to war except by vote of the people has been another of Mr. Kryan s suggestions as a basis for a world league and it is known that Mr. Harding has considered it in his conferences here. It is assumed that to discuss the practical working of such an agreement was one of the purposes of today's conference. Urged - Reservations - . The former secretary "vras a warm advocate of the Versailles league but after unrserved ratification failed he entered the fight actively to secure Democratic acceptance of the republican reservations. It was not revealed today what opinion he expressed regarding the present practicability of American acceptance of the covenant. Arriving here late in the forenoon, Mr. Bryan had most of the remainder of the day set aside for him on Mr. Harding's appointment schedule. Tonight the two will speak from the same platform at a Presbyterian church rally here. MILNE TO RECEIVE RECEPTION BY PUBLIC; IS CIVIC SECRETARY A public reception will be held for W. A. Milne, of Muncie, who accepted the position of secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce late Thursday. This announcement was made Friday by Dr. Charles Marvel, chairman of a committee in charge of arrangements. Mr. Milne will arrive here for his duties on New Year's day. On the following Friday the public will be asked to a reception at the coliseum. Arrangements have been made to have several local speakers address the gathering. Mr. Milne will make a short talk. Father W. J. Cronin has accepted an invitation to speak, and an effort is being made to secure Wilfred Jessup and Henry U. Johnson. The high school orchestra and Howard Hitz will be asked for musical numbers. "We want the people of Richmond to meet Mr. Milne and consider him a representative of Richmond, and not just of the Chamber of Commerce," said Dr. Marvel, Friday. There will be a nominal fee of 10 or 15 cents charged for admission to he big meeting, in order to meet expenses." Eager to Come At a meeting of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce held several weeks ago, it was decided to get Mr. Milne for Richmond's new commercK . venture, if possible. It is said that Mr. 7lilne was favorably Impressed with Richmond from the first, and that he is eager to work here with local citizens. The contract between the local Chamber of Commerce and Mr. Milne is for one year. NEWBERRY ELECTION PROBE TO BE RUSHED WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 Inquiry into the disappearance of 17,000 ballots cast in the Michigan senatorial election in 1918 will be rushed by the senate elections committee, Chairman Spencer informed attorneys of Henry Ford, who is contesting the election of Senator Newberry that any witnesses they desire to examine must be on hand Monday as the committee intended to close the present inquiry which is preliminary to the actual ballot recount set for Jan. 4. Counsel for Ford submitted a list of 24 townships in which they said the ballots were destroyed. In six of these they said the destruction had been accounted for either through accidental or other means. '

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dence there. This new hostess from the South American countries will prove a pleasant addition to the diplomatic circles. Only 2 Wayne County Boys Died in Naval Service Daring War

WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 17. Only two Wayne county, Indiana, men. who were in the naval service of the United States died during the war with Germany, according to a handsomely bound volume containing the naval casualty list for the late war recently issued by the navy department. This list does not include men who served in the Marine Corps. The Wayne county men whose names appear on the United State's Navy roll of honor are: , ; . r.'; George Raymond Stempel ; next of kin, wife, Mildred Stempel, Richmond, R. R. C. ; , V-.-i ,.; Hugh Wessel Personettei next of kin, father, - Ered Per&onette. Cambridge City.lnd. - " Neither of these men met death in action, both falling victims to influenza while stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Station, 111. Stempel died September 20, 1918. and Personette died September 25, 1918. Considering the fact that several hundred Wayne county men enlisted in the navy during the war the death rate among them, for the period of the war, was remarkably low. As a matter of fact astonishingly few men who enlisted in the navy trom the eight counties comprising the Sixth congressional district of Indiana, died during the period of the war, only 15 being listed in the navy's final official report. The names of these men, not including the two from Wayne county, follow: Alban Rahtz; next of kin, brother, Leo Rahtz, Newcastle, Ind. Drowned while serving on the U. S. S. DeKalb. i Eugene R. Pence; next of kin, mothI er, Ola Pence, Newcastle, Ind. Died of influenza, Great Lakes Naval Traini ing Station. ! Harry A. Nicholson; next of kin, fa ther, John W. Nicholson, Edinburg, Shelby county. Ind. Died of pneumonia aboard U. S. S. Pittsburg. Ray R. Miller: next of kin, father, George H. Miller, Morristown, Shelby county, Ind., died of influenza Great Lakes, 111. John F. McMahan: next of kin, mother, Margaret McMahan, McCordsville, Hancock county, Ind. Died of influena, Great Lakes, 111. Samuel Hyde: next of kin, father. Eli Hyde, Brookville, Franklin county, Ind. Died of influenza, Newport, R. I. Clark R. Hill: next of kin. mother, Fannie Hill, Charlottesville. Hancock county, Ind. Died of cerebrospinal fever, Norfolk, Va. Earl Grigsby: mother, Amanda Grigsby, New Palestine, Hanacock county. M-ember of crew of missing U. S. S. Cyclops. Reginald J. Fisher: next of kin, father, Fred W. Fisher, Connersville. Fayette county, Ind. Killed in action Weather Forecast MOORE'S SPECIAL FORECAST Partly cloudy, cold and chilly weather will prevail -for the next 21 hours. It will be fair at intervals with occasional flurries of snow. No very low temperatures are indicated, although it will be considerably below freezing Friday night. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Saturday, except probably snow flurries near Lake Michigan; not much change in temperature; fresh west and northwest winds. Temperatures Yesterday Maximum . . . 37 Minimum 28 Today Noon 30 Weather Conditions, by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy and unsettled weather still prevails over the lake region, central and eastern states, with general snow along the St. Lawrence valley and New England states; also local snows north of the 40th parallel and east of the Mississippi river. Generally fair weather continues over the south and western plain states. An extensive storm is moving Into the United States from the Pacific ocean, causing general rains from Washington to lower California, and snows ever the Rocky Mountain states.

Cortadellas. , the secretary and charge d'affaires of in Washington to take up her resi when U. S S. Jacob Jones was sunk by U-boat. Vera F. Doll: next of kin, mother. Louise Doll, Connersville, Ind. Died of pneumonia, Chelsea, Mass. Bryan Deal: next of kin. mother, Ollie Deal, London, Shelby county, I Ind. Killed when U. S. S. Westover was sunk by submarine. Samuel W. Borradaile: next of kin, wife, Lena Borradaile, Liberty, Union county, Ind. Died of influenza. Great Lakes, 111. Fred Beale: next of kin. Hattie Beale, mother, Rushville, Ind. Member of the crew of the missing U. S. S. Cyclops. Whether the collier Cyclops was sunk' by a submarine or was lost In a storm perhaps will never be known. The last heard of the vessel was June 14, 1918, when she was in West Indian waters en route to Norfolk from South America. CONGRESS INFORMED SERVICE MEN WANT DIRECT CASH BONUS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. Former service men prefer tiirect cash payments from the government rather than educational, home or farm buying assistance, the finance committee was informed today by representatives of several organizations of World war veterans. F. H. Gates, representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars, whose membership is between 600,000 and 1,000.000. declared that "the very great majority" desired cash and would be willing to take payments over a period of two or three years. Marvin G. Sperry, president of the Private Soldiers and Sailors Legion, openly attacked the house bonus bill, which the committee has under consideration, declaring that it was a "land speculator's bill." The witness said that his organization proposed a measure providing for a straight cash payment of $500 to all service men and "easy, quick, and equitable methods of raising the $2,000,000,000 necessary by a resolution which would convey into the treasury the surplus war profits of corporations for the past six years. He said the United States Steel Corporation and the Standard Oil Co., of New Jersey, had "surplus war profits in their treasuries" which indicated that $3,000,000,000 could be secured from corporations in general. Hearings on the house bill were completed today by the senate finance committee and acting Chairman McCumber announced that the committee would meet tomorrow to determine what action should be taken on the measure. Richard S. Jones, editor of "The Stars and Stripes," a publication for soldiers, declared the land settlement feature of the house bill was the most valuable, particularly in a period of unemployment GOODRICH PUTS LID ON PAROLE GRANTS (By Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 17. Governor Goodrich announced today that no pardons or paroles will be issued by him before his retirement except those that may be recommended by the state board of pardons as a result of its recent hearings. These are expected to he approved so that the released prisoners may be home at Christmas. The governor's decision to act only on board recommendations was said to have been due to the press of business attending his retirement from office and also his inability to consider the many pleas of clemency made directly to him.

Britain Reverses Policy and

Casts Vote for Latest MemberMandate Differences Up Fpr Discussion. SESSI0N7LM0ST OVER GENEVA, Dec. 17 Albania was elected a member of the league of nations by the assembly of the league here this morning. Immediately after the opening of today's session ot the assembly. Lord Robert Cecil, although appointed to make a report on the admission of Albania to the league, took the floor and declared he disagreed with the report of the committee, which was adverse to according Albania membership. He asked the assembly to elect Albania a member ot the assembly. N. W. Rowell of Canada also pleaded Armenia's case, and he. with Lord Robert Cecil, for the first time found support from other delegations ot the British empire on a contested question. Reverse Decision After Mr. Rowell had concluded, H. A. L. Fisher of Great Britain took the floor and said that although the British delegation had vote , dagainst Albania in the committee it. had since carefully studied the question and had decided to vote for her admission. During yesterday's voting the British empire was divided on nearly every question, South Africa and Canada voting against Great Britain on the admission of Georgia; Canada voting against South Africa and Great Britain regarding Armenia and Australia abstaining from voting when the application of Bulgaria was before the assembly. American Influence The action of the committee In recommending the rejection of the applications of Baltic states and Georgia was due largely to American Influence The committee had before it a document containing the note sent on August 10th to the Italian ambassador by Bainbridge Colby, American secretary of state, who stated the United States policy was that decision should be held in abeyance concerning territories carved out of the former Russian empire. Differences between the council of the League of Nations and the Assembly of the League regarding mandate? were before the assembly when It met here today. After a long debate riur ing yesterday's session regarding the report of the mandates commission complaining of the council's refusal to submit a draft of the mandates foi Syria, Mesopotamia and Palestine- except under certain conditions, the ma'ter was left over for settlement today if possible. Language Softened. I i ne original report or tne mandates commission was a sharp arraignment of the council, but the language used was considerably softened by the full commission following the debate on the floor of the assembly. The council decline to submit drafts of the mandates except upon a promise by the commission that no reference to the provisions of the mandates would be made in the report to the assembly Disposal of this question, action upon three more applications for membership and decision relative to the league budget were all that remained today to be disposed of during this session of the assembly. Hope was expressed this morning that this work might be finished today so that tomorrow's final session might be devoted to the ceremonies of closing. It seemed probable Rene Viviani. head of the French delegation, would appear tomorrow, he having been solicited by many delegates to make the principal closing speech. Some Left Out. The applications of Albania. Llchtenstein and Ukraine were before the assembly today, Albania being the only one having a chance for admission. The commission on admission of new states was unanimously adverse to granting memberhip to the other two, but Albania had strong partisans in Lord Robert Cecil, representative for South Africa and N. W. Rowell of Canada, who, contrary to precedent, found- themselves agreed on this question. MAY REAPPORTION SOLONS IN CONGRESS (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Reapportionment of membership in the house of representatives to correspond with population changes as recorded in the 1920 census will be considered by Republican members of the house at a caucus called for tonight. Nearly half a dozen reapportionment measures have been presented Eince the convening of the present session. The principal one, submitted by representative Siegel of New York, chairman of the census committee provides for a house membership of 483 as compared with a present membership of 435. . Representative Hull, - Democrat, of Tennessee, has proposed a constitutional amendment which would fix 450 as the permament. maximum membership of the house. The. only proposing cut in the present membership was offered yesterday by Representative Blanton, Democrat, Texas, who suggests that the size of the house by cut to 304 members. , : One of the measures bearing on Reapportionment, which majority leaders plan to consider at tonight's meeting, was offered by Representative Tinkbam, Republican, Massachusetts. It would direct a congressional investigation of alleged negro disenfranchisement in the southern states and a corresponding cut in the representation Of those states in the house. . -