Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 36, 21 December 1920 — Page 1

EIGHMONI) PAj AID VOL. XLVI., No, 36 Palladium, Bat. 1831. Consolidated with Sun-Telegram. 1907. RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 21, 1920. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS

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MAY CHANGE BUREAUS OF GOVERNMENT

Mark Sullivan Says Congress Is Considering Reorganization of Cabinet for Greater Efficiency and Economy WO MENMAY BENEFIT BY MARK SULllVAN WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 21 Senator Harding has given strong color to the assumption there is to be a new department in the cabinet and that a woman may be chosen to head -It. In his campaign as well as during the past week Senator Harding laid emphasis on the desirability of a, department of public welfare. If that is to some about, it follows there will also come about a reorganization of the cabinet, which will include the disappearance of the department of the interior and the creation of not only a new department of public welJgj fare but also a new department of public works. For this reorganization of the cabinet more than one bill is already pending in congress. These bills vary in their details but generally speaking they look not only to the suppression of one old department and the creation of two new ones but to radical rearrangement of bureaus in all the depal tinents of the caDinet. The plan is to take out of the existing departments several bureaus which are incongruously placed and to rearrange them on a more logical basis. It would put into the new department of public welfare all the humanitarian functions of the government. It would, for example, take the bureau of public health out of the Treasury department and the children's bureau

out. of the department of Labor. On the other hand, for the new department of public works the plan takes the improvement of rivers and harbors out of the department of war, the forest service out of the department of agriculture, and the office of supervising architect out of the treasury department. In the existing division of bureaus, it is & grotesque survival of custom that the matter of a nw postoffice building should be one of the duties of the secretary of the treasury, while the care of Washington monument is one of the functions of the department of war. Easier to Make Now. If these changes are to be made, at all it will be easier to make them new, at a time when old officials are poing out and nw ones comine; in, than to make them after new adminB) istration has pot under way and after newnew officials have acquired prerogatives which in human nature they might be reluctant to give up. When the old department of commerce and labor was divided into two separate departments the work was done at the close of the Taft administration, so that the Wilson administration came in with the slate clean in this respect. Speaker Gillett has just appointed a committee to consider the various bills offered in the present congress for this reorganiatlon and redistribution of government bureaus. Whether this work will be completed in time to make this reorganization before the beginning of Mr. Harding's administration, only time will tell. . Get It Out of Way. It will be most desirable to have it done and out of the way and let the new president start off by appointing eleven cabinet members instead of ten. If it waits until the new administration is under way the new cabinet will have acquired pride of possession and other atachments which will make the change more difficult. It is assumption that if the change is made, the head of the new department of public welfare should be a woman. On somewhat better ground it is assumed that Mr. Hoover would be offered the position of head of the new department of public works. In fact, even if the change is not made, it is believed that Mr. Hoover will be offered the post of secretary of the interior. In a way, m these two posts coincide. The intcntion of the plan for the creation of the new department of public works includes the purpose of abolishing the Department of the Interior. . (Copyright 1920, by the New York Evening Post, Inc.)

URGE CONVENIENCES FOR WAYNE FARMERS "We do not park on Main street," was the slogan adopted by members of the Wayne County Automotive Trade association at a meeting Monday night. The slogan was coined following a decision to do something for the rural automobile owners of Wayne and adjoining counties. An effort is to be made to get the

promises of members of the Chamber j rain tonight and Wednesday, changof Commerce, Young Men's Business ing to snow Wednesday anight; prob-

club, KIwanis club and Rotary club to park treir cars on side streets and leave Main street a parking ground for country visitors. President Fred Bethard suggested that some concession be made for the rural autoists. C. M. Davis made the proposal which was unanimously agreed upon. Mr. Bethard will bring the matter to the attention of the Rolarians; Clem McConaha the Young Men's Business club and Kiwanians; p.nd C. M. Davis will bring the proposal before the Chamber of Commerce. An effort also is to be made to provide a comfortable and convenient resting tion for country folks in the city.

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Edmund Schulthess Edmund Schulthess, vice president of Switzerland for 1920, has been elected president for 1921 by parliament. COUNCIL AND MAYOR CONTINUE WORD TILT; TO INSPECT MOTORS CoiAcil was aroused over alleged newspaper articles which have appeared in the past few weeks, charging city officials with neglect in enforcing the laws. Demands were made that these be investigated and denials made, if necessary. "The mayor should inform the police to find out if these things are true. They are paid to see that the law is not violated," said Councilman Ford. Mayor Zimmerman countered that he did not know if anything of this kind was going on. He said that the police had been informed to bring everyone before him that violated the law, but that it was impossible for the small police force which the city had to watch every "church, school house and residence in the city, to see if they were violinz any of the Haws." The mayor slated that he was satisfied that the police would bring all the law violators before him. Ford Replies. Councilman Ford declared it was the mayor's duty to know whether these things wero-true. "The person who will make charges under cover, but will not place them before the grand jury, or the proper officers to attend to them, is a skulk ing coward. We should find out if these things are true and if not, as I believe they are not, put a stop to futher staining of the city's name," one of the councilmen stated. Mayor and council insisted that Richmond was the best city in the state in which to live. Sentiment among council members seems to favor the motorizing of the street department of Richmond within the next year, if the expressions of opinion at council meeting Monday night can be taken as indicative. Dell Davis, city engineer, and Councilman Waidele were appointed to represent the city by investigating makes of motor street cleaners which are working in other cities. May Use Motors. Virtually every councilman expressed the opinion that motorizing the department would prove economical in the end, as well as guarantee a much high grade of service to residents of the city. If the new cleaner is bought all the work of street cleaning will be done at night, it was stated at the meeting. The ordinance providing for the incorporation of Benton Heights in the city of Richmond was read and passed two readings and will be up for final passage at the next regular meeting of the council. No objections were raised by any of the councilmen. A temporary loan of $100,000 for the anticipated expenses of the city light plant for the current year 1921, was incorporated in an ordinance which passed the third reading onday night. The question of a loan will be taken up with the state tax board and if it passes will be returned out of the revenues of the plant. - Weather Forecast MOORE'S SPECIAL FORECAST A general storm over the Mississippi valley and southwest is now moving eastward. It will be warmer Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Snow today will change to rain by afternoon or night. The rain will change back to snow Wednesday or Wednesday night, followed by much colder weather. East winds will shift to south by tonight; south winds will shift to west Wednesday or Wednesday night. The winds will be brisk and strong. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Rain tonieht; warmer in east portion; Wednesday rain or snow and colder; fresh and south shifting to west winds. Temperatures Yesterday. Maximum 9

Minimum 9 . taken by a committee of college proToday, fessors and others recently appointed Noon ' 3l!hv Paul S Reinsrh. president of the

For Wayne County by W. E. Moore -Cloudy and warmer tonight; snow i will turn to rain Tuesday afternoon; i ably much colder. Weather Conditions The center of the approaching snow is now over the southwest and as a result general heavy snows are falling over the northern plain states, upper Missouri and Mississippi valleys. Heavy rains and thunderstorms south of the 40 parallel. The storm has a diameter of 2,500 miles. A warm wave covers Texas; San Antonio reports 76 degrees. A cold wave covers the northwest; 10 degrees below zero at Havre, Mont., and still falling. The zero line is moving south. It is now below zero n Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota.

COLORED MEN AROUSE FAIR VIEW BY SEIZING SMALL COLORED GIRL

Two colored men in a large touring car seized Mary Ellen Spears, 10 years old, colored, as she was on her way to a grocery store on Ridge street shortly after 8:30 a. m. Tuesday, forcing her into the car and driving rapidly north on Ridge street. The girl was asked her name , and when she gave the Information she was released from the car near the Sevastopol school. Residents of Ridge Btreet were attracted by the sounds of the girl's screaming and futile efforts were made to stop the machine. The whole neighborhood was aroused over the incident. ' One of the men in the machine Is thought to have been Carl Anderson, father of Bonnistella Anderson, who lives with her grandmother, Mrs. Rebecca Rowe, at 1130 Hunt street. This conclusion was reached after an investigation of recent happenings at the Sevastopol school. Questions Girl Monday afternoon a man came toi the school and asked to see the 'little I

Anderson gir' whose mother and fa-iFive Prlzes a awarded annually fori Mr. Rathbone asserted his belief ther have been divorced for several achievements in literature, medicine, that bonds to the amount of $100,000,years, both being married again, it i3 Pnysics chemistry and peace on the 000 might be issued by American

man talked to the little girl, asking her what time she went to and from school. The little srirl declares the man said his name was Andrews, it is said. The grandmother of the little girl said that efforts to steal her had been made before. She had kept her home Tuesday because of the incident of .Monday. It is thought that Anderson was . not well enough acquainted with his daughter to know her and got the wrong girl. Police were called immediately, but failed to get any definite track of the machine, which bore an Ohio license. Anderson is supposed to be living in Piqua, O., where he is a brickmason. SENATOR POINDEXTER SEES HARDING TODAY (By Associated Tress MARION, O., Dec. 21 Another member of the irreconcilable camp of the senate, Senator Miles Poindexter, of Washington, today was called into President-elect Harding's consultations on his plan for a world peace association. The conference is the fourth Mr. Harding has held here with senators who fought ior flat rejection of the Versailles league, and it is understood that others are to be summoned later in the 'nope that the irreconcilables may add their strength to the plan to be proposed by the next administration. Another on the day's appointment list was Governor Edwin F. Morrow of Kentucky, a bitter opponent of unreserved ratification of the Versailles treaty. IRISH PROBE SEEKS FIRST HAND REPORTS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 Results of a first hand investigation of conditions in Ireland by representatives of the British branch of the woman's international league, were sought by the committee of the commission of 100 investigating the question on reI fuming hearings here today. The witnesses were Miss Ellen C. Wilkinson and Mrs. Annet Erskine of Manchester, Eng., the latter of whom made a special study of conditions in Ulster. Appearance before the committeelater in the week has been arranged for Misses Annie and Susan Walsh, sisters-in-law of the late Lord Mayor MacCurtain of Cork, who will arrive here tonight. The two women were eyq-witnesses of the lord mayor's killing. LOCAL ORDER ELECTS OFFICERS FOR YEAR The annual election of officers. Knights of St. John, was held in St. Andrews church Monday evening. The following officers were elected: Chaplain, Rev. Clement Zepf; president, Joseph Inhoff; first vice president, Clarence Sauer; second vice president, Frank Hursting; treasurer, Anthony Stolle; financial secretary, E. G. Balling, recording and corresponding secretary, Raymond Denner; trustees, H. J. Maurer, Frank Torback. George Wessel, Edward Issen, and Joseph Kutter. Captains, E. G. Ballinger; first lieutenant, Anthony Stolle, Jr.; second lieutenant, Nick Kolentus. Educational Center In Washington, Plan WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 Establishment in Washington of an educational I center for advanced study in the science of government and departmental administration will be under American political science association. The committee, an announcement today said, will make plans for the systematic use of the facilities available in Washington for political research by both American and foreign students. Eleven Are Arrested In Indianapolis Dragnet INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 21. Within 24 hours after special squads of police had been put to work, 11 known police characters and others not able to give an account of themselves were placed under arrest here, it was said today. The police activities followed the robbing of the Indiana National bank and the Selig Cloak house here some time Sunday. V

Gets Nobel Prize

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Prof. August Krogh. Prof. August Krogh of Copenhagen has been awarded the Nobel peace prize in medical science for 1920. uui j ui iue uinu ui iue uuuur, i Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor of nitroglycerin INSIDE JOB" BELIEF OF TOLEDO POLICE IN EXPRESS ROBBERY (By Associated Press) TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 21. Detectives working in conjunction with investigators for the American Railway express company, began today to investigate the possibility that the $16,500 robbery at the company offices here last night was planned from the inside. George D. Hartman, local manager for the express company, furnished the police with names of guards who were held up by six men armed with shotguns, while transferring a safe containing the money from the office to a track in the rear of the store for shipment. Police Search City. The police spent all of last night searching every known hangout for crooks without making a single arrest. It is believed the bandits took refuge in the vicinity of Point Place, four miles north of the city, which is known by police to be a harboring place for safe-blowers and gunmen. These places were searched without any result, however. The. police base their belief that it was an inside job on the fact that something apparently went wrong with the plans. Less than half an hour before the robbery another and larger safe containing more than $50,000 was passed through the same door and was taken to the railroad station and placed ona train. This doubtless was the one the robbers were after, the police point out. The smaller safe carried off by the bandits after last night's robbery, has not been found. Boys Are Suspected. The police believe last night's robbery was committed by boys. During the progress of the holdup, the handkerchief mask worn bw one of the bandits slipped down and disclosed the face of a youth not more than 18 years of age, according to one of the express company guards. Another curious pha.se the police are trying to solve is the fact that not a shot was fired during the process of holding up the express company men and transferring the safe to one of two autos which the bandits used in escaping. REPORT REPRISAL (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 21 Dublin's correspondent nuot.es a dispatch from Tulsk as saying that crown forces burned

the village of Ballinalee early this was found dead hree today. The apmorning as a reprisal for the recent ! pearance of the body indicates that

anaitv (in me L'cti i atna meir iu which one constable was killed and three wounded.

Formal Rites Commemorate Landing of Pilgrim Fathers

(Bv Associated Press) PLYMOUTH, Mass., Dec. 21 On i1?? shref Plymouth -Bay where ; 'the breaking waves dashed lush when the Pilgrims set foot on Ply - mouth Rock on December 2t, 1620, their descendants joined wiili other nihiuiBUihiieu uit-n oi uus st-iie-iai-iun in America, Great Britain and Holland in observing today with due solemnity the tercentenary of their landing. The orator was Senator Henry Cabot Lodse, a successor in representation in the Senate from Massachusetts, of Daniel Webster, who delivered the famous "Plymouth Oration" at the two hundredth anniversary. An address was delivered by Governor Galvin Coolidge, vice-presidentelect, and a poem, "1620-1920", was read by Dean Le Baron R. Briggs of the faculty of arts and sciences of Harvard University. Hymns appropricte to the occasion were sung, includI (tip lh "I.andine' nf flip Pilgrims" hv Mrs. Felicia Hemans, known to every American school boy and girl for -generations. Outlines Story. Senator Lodge gave a scholarly outline of the Pilerim storv nnrl In draw. in from it a lesson fnr nront America ho nnintori mit thot set character first. sought to give men freedom both in body and mind" and "tried to reduce the sum of human misery." "Whatever our faith," he said "whatever our belief in progress, there can be no nobler purposes for man than thus to deal with the only earth he knows and the fragment of time awarded him here. While the

DEFLATION PERIOD FACED BY CUBA, SAYS U. S. INVESTIGATOR

(By Associated Press) . HAVANA, Dec. 21. Cuba faces a period of deflation but if the people "work and save' 'and if no unwise' steps are taken the nation will continue to prosper said Albert Rathbone former assistant secretary of the United States treasury here last night. Mr. Rathbone has been making investigation of financial conditions in Cuba at- the suggestion of President Menocal and stated he was optimistic to the future of the island, no matter what the price of sugar might be. He has written a report on conditions here wh'ch is ready for submission to President Menoca. Factor in the situation Mr. Rathbone said were the congested conditions of the port, speculation in sugar and inflated prices of real estate purchased from Spanish owners following the Cuban war. He declared the moratorium now in effect was most necessary and forecast its extension unless congress takes prompt action to provide for negotiating a loan in the United States. Mav Issue Bonds. nanus Dm mat tne amount snouia noi be less than $50,000. With this amount at its disposal a commission should be named to bring order out of the pres-t ent situation. He indicated tnat banks making the loan should be represented on such a body. Issuance of paper money was, opposed by Mr. Rathbone who expressed the opinion that the government j should not bolster up insolvent banks, but should allow them to fall. Mr. Rathbone, who sails tomorrow for Washington declined to discuss the text of his report to President Menocal. D'ANNUNZIO DECLARES TREATY RESISTANCE (By Associated Press) ROME, Dec. 21. Captain Gabriele D'Annunzio, head of the "Regency of quarnero," has informed Gen. Caviglia, commander of Italian troops along the Dalmatian coast that he does not recognize the treaty of Rapallo and will resist its enforcement. Information from other sources says the regency has decided to fight the treaty to the uttermost. Before officially notifying D'Annun zio of the fact that royal assent had been given the law approving the treaty of Rappalo. Gen. Caviglia wroteJ the Doet fraternally, exhorting him to obey orders and to bow to the country's will. Gen. Caviglia yesterday received from D'Annunzio a reply which banished all hoped that the regency will submit peacably. Emergency Fleet Claims Heart Jan. 7 WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 Claims against the emergency fleet corporation arising out of cancellations of contracts for the construction of wooden ships will be heard January 7.( The shipping board announced today that all wooden shipbuilders who had filed or who wished to file claims would be heard at that time. Secretary Colby Arrives In Rio De Janeiro Today (By Associated Press) RIO DE JANEIRO. Dec. 21 Bainbridge Colby, the American secretary of state, arrived here this morning on board the battleship Florida from the United States. Find Carrier Pigeon From Missing Balloon (By Associated Press) ROCHESTER, N. Y., Dec. 21. Nav al carrier pigeon with tag number 34 , and part of a message undecipherable me pigeon lias ueeu ueau mice iu iib days. Efforts are being made to lo irs F'ffr.rta a ro heinsr made tn in - leate'the missinsr nart of the messaee. great republic is true in heart and f;ef,d to tne memory of the Pilgrims of p, th it win take no detriment J ... 1 vt'n from the hand of time, i In stately measures Dean Briggs set forth the vision of the Pilgrims and nverfll, Hotominaf ion : 'Freedom, thy new-born nation here shall cherish; Grant us Thy covenant, unchanging, e ure; Earth shall decay; the firmament shall perish; . Freedom and Trtuh, immortal shall endure." Gives Answer. The answer of their descendants to this challenge came in "these words: "The Pilcrim's faith, the Pilgrim's courage grant us; Still shines the truth that for the Pilgrim shone. We are his seed, nor life nor death shall daunt us. The port'i" Freedoms' Pilgrim heart, sail on!" The official party came from Boston en a special train and proceeded immediately to the old Colony Theatre. where the exercises were held Tn the : their number, in addition to speakers of the day, were official representatives of Great Britain and Holland, several New England Governors, members of the New England- judiciary, Senator Oscar W. Underwood, of Alabama, aM members of patriotic focieties. including the Society of Mayflower Descendants. The presiding officer was Louis K. Liggett of (Continued on Page Ten)

Opera Star

Cora Chase, photographed on her arrival in New York Cora Chase, noted grand opera star, is to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House after eleven years' absence. She has been abroad for ten years and so this will be the first time a New York audience has heard her for more than a decade. FORWARD MOVEMENT TO DISCUSS FINANCES AT MEETING TDESDAY Plans for the coming conference of the board of the Five Years meeting of Friends were discussed at a meeting of the Forward Movement committee, meeting at Earlham, Tuesday morning. A review of the financial budgets of the several boards of the Five Years meeting were to be taken up during the afternoon. It was decided to invite about six more delegates to the coming conference of the board of the Five Years meeting of Friends, which is to be held in the South Eighth street Friends church, Dec. 30 and 31. This move is taken because it is felt several of the yearly meetings are not sufficiently represented. Delegates probably will be entertained at Earlham during the two-day sessions. The board will consider the tentative budgets prepared by the boards of the Five Years meeting, to cover expenses for the coming year. Expect 30 Delegates. Together with the executive com mittee of the Five years meeting, there will be the superintendent of ii. - -4 r tr i a. I e lu " iett'" "l F."e"d3' .adtte extra delep te dfr cided upon Tuesday "morning. This will bring the total of delegates close to 30. Preceding the conference of the board of the Five Years meeting, the Young Friends board of the Five Years meeting will meet to consider its program for the coming year. It will convene on the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 28, and continue until noon, Thursday, Dec. 30. The sessions will be held at Earlham college. j Many States Represented. i Paul Furnas, chariman of the board, will preside. Delegates to at tend and the yearly meetings which thev will represent, follow Vernon Stanfield, California; Chester A. Hadley, Oregon; Ruth Hull, Nebraska; Leigh Barrett, Kansas; Chester Reagan, Indiana; Franklin O. Marshall, Western; Mary C. Barrett, Wilmington; Eli Barker. North Carolina; Cheston Carey, Baltimore; Jesse Stanfield. New York; Edward White, New England: David Rogers, Canada; and Eleanor Stokes. Philadelphia. Miss Lillian Hayes of Indianapolis, will also attend. PROHIBITION OFFICERS BUSY IN NOVEMBER (By Associated Press) LOUISVILLE. Ky., Dec. 21. Three hundred and seventy-five alleged moonphiners were arrested and 774 illegal stills with 3.73S gallons of liquor were : seized in tne somneasiem proniuilltm ! district during November, according to j a report issuea here Dy proniDiuon officials. The southeastern district Includes the states of Kentucky, Tennessee North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Those arrested for alleged violation of the Volstead Act paid the government $473,058 in taxes and penalties, the statement said. The thirty-nine autos and 10 other vehicles used in rum running and val ued at $13,700 were seized by the 157 federal agents working in the district and will be sold under provision of the Volstead Act. Troperty seized and destroyed was estimated at $97,649. Bank Suspension Causes Two Arrests fBv Associated Press) LONDON. Dec. 21. Two arrests have been made in connection with the suspension of Farrow's bank, which was announced yesterday, says the Daily Mail. F. A. Harb. an auditor representing the shareholders of the institution, was taken into custody yesterday after detectives had interviewed Mr. Jones and Mr. Keogh, joint managers of the bank. Thomas Farrows, founder of the bank, was also placed under arrest tut was too ill to be taken from his home at St. LeonardV Sussex and two constables were placed in the house to guard him. De Valera Not Found on Board Aquitania (By Associated Press.) SOUTHAMPTON, England, Dec. 21. Thorough search was made of he eteamer Aquitania, which arrived here this morning, but no evidence was found to lend color to recent rumors that Famonn Da Valara, "president of the Irish republic" was aboard the liner.

REVISE TAX LAWS, URGES KAHNJODAY Business Demands' Immediate Revision to Insure Healthy Growth, Declares New York Banker to Committee.

DENOONCES TREA'I 1 (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Business of the country is demanding and must have revision of the tax law if it Is to continue a healthy growth, Otto H. Kahn, New York banker, told the house ways and means committee today in the course of a statement in which he denounced economic aspects of the treaty of Versailles and declared for a continuation of surtaxes. Mr. Kahn was asked during the course of his statement whether he thought the signing of the treaty of Bersailles. would obviate any of the ifficulties industrial and financial now confronting the country. He replied that the Versailles treaty was "as devastating as the war In Its disregard of economic aspects. Blames Turmoil. Mr. Kahn blamed "the present financial turmoil" for the predicament in which the farmers find themselves. He said their condition was not due to financial deflation because "there has not been financial deflation so far." Taxation, according to Mr. Kahn, was one of the factors bringing about a collapse of the market. He declared it was necessary "that we retrace our steps and reestablish a saner and fairer system of taxation without any undue tenderness to capitaL" To Collect Taxes. Declaring that the rich "are very canny and will protect themselves always." Mr. Kahn said capital should pay its just taxation and that a system must be worked which would compel those taxes to be paid. Ef-ked regarding recent proposal to tax bank deposits the witness said such a step "would be almost disastrous in effect." "It would practically make us go back to the days of barter would be throwing a monkey wrench into the whole machinery of finance," said he. FARMERS OF CENTER FORM SHIPPING BODY FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT Center township farmers met at Centerville on Monday evening, in response to the call of the live stock committee, appointed a few days earlier, for the purpose of organizing a co-operative shipping association, at that point. A board of directors to handle the affairs of the association was elected, the members being A. E. Dalley, Harry Smith and Thad. Nichols. The constitution, drawn by a committee which had been previously appointed, assisted by County Agent Dolan, was adopted. The board of directors is now in charge of shipping operations, but it is possible that a manager to superintend the receiving, marking, weighing and consigning of cattle will later be appointed. Membership Requirements All members of Center township federation, also other members in that shipping district, are eligible to membership in the shipping association. Non-federation members may avail themselves of the privileges offered by the payment of a $5 fee. and also their prorata share of the expense of such shipment. Some of those present on Monday night were sanguine enough to hopo that the interurban line may eventually install a stock yard at Centerville. because of the town's importance as a shipping point for live stock. CALIFORNIA EDISON GIVEN POWER PERMIT (Bv Associated Press) LOS ANGELES. Dec. 21 Application by the Southern California Edison company for a preliminary permit to develop 2.500.000 horse-oower of electric energy from the waters of the Colorado river has been accepted by the Federal Power commission at Washington, according to a telegram which John B. Miller, president of the company announced he had received today. The company plans to make the electric elergy available in California. Utah, Arizona, Nevada and Colorado. In connection with his announcement Mr. Miller said: "The electric energy which could be generated from the power sites on the rivers covered by the application is equivalent to the total hydro-electric development in the 11 states western at the beginning of 1920. "Incident to the project 13 the establishment of a uniform flow of the Colorado river, which practically would eliminate seasonal floods. "The storage basin will be more than 200 miles in lengtht, impounding more than 40,000,000 more feet of water. The total possible hydro-electric development of the Colorado river is more than 4.000 horse-power, which is equal to one-half the total hydro-electric power now generated in the entire United States. RETURNS TO 12 HOUR DAY (By Associated Press.) : CHICAGO, Dec. 21. The. Inland Steel company today announced that on -January 1. its plants would return to the ten to twelve hour a day basis For a year and a half the company has operated on an eight hour basis. Pay per hour will be the same after Jan. 1 as at present.