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First Picture of New Concrete Bridge Across the Whitewater River at the Foot of Main Street

PARTY HEADS ARE WORRIED Leaders Express Almost Truculent Feeling that in Tentative Cabinet Progressive Wing is Slighted. jew urgedTor POST

By MARK SULLIVAN WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 18. Some of the more recent visitors to Marion have given expression to an almost truculent teellng that in the tentative cabinet Elates Senator Harding does not show as much consideration for the progressive factor as he did In the campaign. None of the six or seven men now accepted as final were identified with the Progressive party. The weakness of the Progressives is that they are not united. If the progressives could agree on a list of candidates for the cabinet they could undoubtedly get one, two or three posts. But the line-up which the progressives held five to eight years ago on domestic Progressive issues has been cut across at right angles,- and otherwise thrown into chaos by late, issues dealing with foreign relations. The two senators who were officially connected with the Progressive larty, Johnson, of California, and McCormick, of Illinois, are just now preoccupied not with the old Progressive Issues but with implacable opposition to the Learue of Nations or any variations of it. Johnson Against Hoover. On the other hand, a large number of the rank and file that were the backbone of the Progressive party, the college communities and the class that politicians call the "Church people." earnestly favor the . league. The great bulk of these people would regard Hoover in the cabinet as representative of their , views, Hard'ng would like to put Hoover In his cabinet, but Johnson, the Senator from Hoover's state, would regard that appointment as e. personal affront. And even if Harding were willing to regard the prejudices of the powerful senator from Hoover's own state, there are large numbers of farmers from those western states which were the backbone of the Progressive party, who bitterly ' oppose Hoover, bemuse of what they take as unfair treatment of their Interests bv" Hoover'sfood administration. -For ex'QMotimMf arm l5aplr editor; wlv6 practically certain to be in the cabinet himself, has been sharply critical of Hoover -in his paper. Wood Acceptable. Another appointment which would be acceptable to large numbers of Progressives is General Wood, but again Senator Johnson. wn ran for vice-president on the Progressive ticket, with Roosevelt for president, resents General. Wood's attempt last spring to capture the presidential nomination on me tneory tnat ne was the true heir to Roosevelt. A powerful group of Progressive leaders byjve wanted Root for secretary of state, but the two senators, Johnson and McCormick, would regard that appointment as anathema. Would Like Knox. These two senators, based on their present position on foreign relations, would like Knox for secretary of state, although in the old Progressive lineup on domestic economic issues, Knox was of the inner circle of standpatters. In these and other ways the old Progressive leadership is so torn to pieces that it isn't easy for Harding to satisfy them, however he would like to, nevertheless, a prevailing "Old Guard" cabinet is going to cause a great deal of discontent and it is as certain as any future thing can be that there will arise in the west the coming year a sentiment of discontent so strong that it will menace the party in power as much as the old Progressive party did. Jew Is Urged. Senator Harding's way of going about bis cabinet making has, among its advantages, the disadvantage of causing just this kind of factional protest to arise. Not only are the old Progressives active, but many other groups as well; strong representations have been made that the south should be given an appointment, that the Pacific coast should be given one, and that the Democrats should be given one. Some, of the advocacy behind certain names rests on the theory that the cabinet should include a Jew. Harding has been strongly urged to appoint some one who is a Catholic, the urging coming from party leaders who are not themselves Catholics. Their argument is based on the party policy. Irish Catholic Urged After the election, it turned out that not only did the Irish Catholics vote for Harding, but also in New York city and elsewhere, quite generally registered as Republicans, which is a mitro clornlfiftfint tthlnff' than 'morclr vntlnr for Hardin, the Rennhllean I strategists say, this means the Irish !

Catholics,' after half a century at anchor In the Democratic party, have determined to try the Republicans a while, and they urge that Harding should give them a sign of welcome by putting one of them in the cabinet. If Harding should decide to follow this advice, the field In which it would be most easy to find a man who is first of all a leader in his life and also an Irish Catholic, would be in the selection of a secretary of labor. Harding Embarrassed ; Harding by , now has got all the benefits to be had from this sort of widespread discussion of trial balloons for the cabinet, and has experienced some unexpected embarrassments that attend It. The trouble with It Is that the discontinued on Page Two)

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FIVE YOUTHFUL YEGGS HOLD UP MAIL TRUCK IN CHICAGO; ESCAPE By .Associated Pressl CHICAGO.. JaUcrJ fbandifs heldf up a united ouues man i truck at the Union station here early today, escaping in an auto with twelve sacks of mail, ten of which contained registered mail. Police said that the best information obtainable this morning indicates the pouches contained part of a federal reserve bank money shipment which was to go on a train for St. Paul, Minn., at 2:30 a. m. The bandits surprised three postal employes guarding the pouches,, forcing them at the point Of guns back into the truck, while the bandit car drew along side and the twelve mail bags were transferred to it. The robbery was accomplished in a few minutes. Currency in Bags. The regular mail was composed solely of city collections, the police said. The registered mail bags were supposed to contain currency and bonds whose value cannot be estimated yetOne of the postal employes said that only a few minutes after they had arrived at the station with their truck, the bandit car dashed up. The police believe the robbery was an Inside job as the bandits seemed to have knowledge of the bank shipment as well as the time the truck would arrive and the number of men guarding it. Wear Black Masks. Thomas Carter. Richard J. Sliney and Phillip Cahill,, postal employes, taid the five men. none of whom appeared to be more than 20 years old, all wore black masks and carried out the robbery in such a short time that the attention of a watchman and railroad mail foreman working near by was not attracted until the robbers were speeding away in their motor car with the twelve pouches. Carter, who drove the mail truck, said he believed the bandit car followed him from the postoffice to the station. The alarm was sent to the Federal building, the City Detective Bureau and the Desplaines street police station. Several squads of officers were cn the trail of the robbers within a few minutes. IRON OUT DETAILS ON SIZE LIMIT OF ARMY (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON-, Jan. 18. Only minor differences of language between the senate and house measures remained to be straightened out today to send on lts to executive action a Joint resolution of congress limiting the size of the army to 175,000 enlisted men. Adoption by both houses of joint resolutions cutting the army to that! figure came almost simultaneously j yesterday. Ten minutes after the: senate voted to set aside its decision of last week to reduce the army to 150,000 and approved the higher figure, the house adopted the joint res olution sponsored by Chairman Kabnj of its military affairs committee dl-,i recting the secretary of war to stop! enlistments until the army is reduced ! to 175,000. vv j Action of the senate was taken; without a record vote, but adoption of the resolution in the house was -opposed by only four members. '

Congresswoman of Oklahoma Meets Approval in Washington

PALLADIUM NEWS BUREAU. WASHINGTON. Jan. IS. -Washingwho x who will, after March 4rbe- the second woman to sit as a member of the national bouse of representatives. "Miss Alice," as Washington already calls her, has white hair, clear gray eyes, and a direct, rranK manner. which has quite won the hearts of all 1 who have met her. Practically all or her life has been devoted to mission- j ary work among the Indians in the j state which she is to represent in ) congress. Although a devoted church-' woman Miss Robertson stated that j self-constituted regulators of public morals and manners will receive no encouragement from her. Works for Indians. "I'm against this fad of trying to legislate morals into the people. It just can't be done," she remarked. On her arrival in Washington Miss Robertson expressed the hope that when she took her seat in congress she would be assigned to the,, committee on Indian affairs. - '- "My grandfathers were both ordained ministers," she said, "and like LIMITATIONS STATUTE EXTENSION IS URGED By Associated Press)

. WASH1.NUXUN, Jan. is. E.xten&ion;c.,tationary, treasury department, said: of the statute of limitation from three j "The use of sealing . wax is an old to seven vears was urged before the custom that has come down to us from

Plmicc. 'HiMai"!- cnr'mlttpp tnHav bv v..uvi j .v.. mi j - " , Representative Mason, Republican, of Illinois, who said the purpose was to, enable the government to proceed against person charged with profiteer ing and graft during the war Mr. Mason declared that by amendment to the criminal code, the j 1 I . . 1 J 1 . LI - coming attorney gum-iai wuum ub auie to proceed in cases where there had ! been much talk and no prosecution, j and which might not come to trial be cause of the expiration of the three year limit. Why Richmond is the Best Place in Which to Live Knoh day a Palladium reporter will Interview pemoaa at random to find oat Why they like to live here. "I'll tell you why I think Richmond is .the best place to live in," said a receDt arrival, who had come to make his home in the city. "In the first place, Richmond has a, history. Her growth has hot been of the mushroom type, but slow and and steady, and the very fact that It has been of this type is shown in her character today. Richmond is progressive, but not radical. She has a number of successful 1 manufacturing plants within her limits but they are properly balanced by a well developed agri- ; cural district Her development has not been one-sided. "The man who can't see .anything, good about this town la pretty far gone," he concluded.

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to missionary work among the Indlans. One of them translated the Bible into the Indian tongue and tanght the savages the gospel in the J wiias ana aangerous country 01 inaiaa territory, nearly 75 years ago." Oklahoma's first congressman was once before in the government service. in tne early seventies sne was

employed as a clerk in the office of;,he head of the states public school

tne mciian commissioner, wmcn posr tion sne resigned to take up tne worn of her father and mother among the Indians of Oklahoma. Uncle Sams Workshop. Many Americans have no conception of the magnitude of Uncle Sam's workshop, which is the largest busi- j

nes enterprise in the world. For.101 11 '-" nB -cimru instance the treasury department not! against her by the superintendent of onlv occupies the imposing edifice on ! schools in February, 1920, and her dis-

Pennsylvania avenue, but also 47 of fice buildings on Washington; besides 51 barracks buildings for storage purposes. This is on the authority of W. G. Piatt, chief clerk and superintendent. And when one speaks of government red tape it is not by any means figurative. An appropriation bill pending before congress at this time carries ! $7,000 for red tape used by the treasj ury department; also $20,000 for seal ing wax tor tne same aepanmem Appearing before the house appronrioHnne nnmmiHaa U4 I.4 . '4tTie rtTI . division of orintine and

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for the issuance of orders and procla-i mations." I Heavy Man. Frank W. Collier, postmaster for the i house or representatives, testified re-in-jcently that the 435 members of the; I I- - - 1 1 -AA iiuum? rei.-e.veu on an average oi avu,000 letters and other small mail every week and from ten to fifteen tons of LJieavy mail every day. Secretaries to members of congress believe Collier's (Continued on Page Eleven) TO DEBATE FIVE HOURS ON RE-APPORTIONMENT (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. The re apportionment bill providing for an increase in tne memnersnip or tne 1 house of representatives from 435 to 1483. was taken up today under gen - j eral agreement for five hours debate, 'which was expected to delay a vote i until tomorrow. Opponents of the Increase, after a man-to-man canvass,1 j declared the bill would be defeated by j a . big majority, and a substitute j adopted limiting the membership to, (the present house total by shifting 12: ! seats from 11 to eight states. j Although the house was ready to-! i day to go through the formality of, j voting on the reapportionment bill, in-! i creasing the membership from 435 to 485, a final check-up by house leaders ' showed, they said, that the measure would be decisively beaten. ! Adoption of a substitute plan holdjlng the membership down to its pres- , ent number was generally predicted, members from states which would , lose representation under the substitute bill declaring they won' d support fit rather than vote for the bill rei ported by the census committee, addi ing 48 members at a total cost of api proximately $1,500,000 a year.

TEACHER DISCHARGED FOR BEING COMMUNIST

(By Associated Press Ai.il A IN X , IN. I., Jan. 18 memoer8n,P participation in the comPary of America was held to be sufficient grounds for- the dis,arge of a public school teacher In a decision made public today by Frank R finhPrt. acting commissioner of education. In dismissing an appeal by Julia D. Pratt from the action of the Buffalo board of education in removing her. system held that public avowal or sup port of the principles advocated by an organization like the communist party would show "such a mental and moral condition as to make her unfit as an instructor of the children of our 'public schools." Miss Pratt was a teacher in Buffalo missal by the board of education came the following April, after a hearing. It was charged that the teacher, by engaging in the party's activities, had violated her duty as a teacher, "rendering' herself as unfit person to inculcate the principles of patriotism in the minds and hearts of her pupils" and was "guilty of conduct unbecoming to a teacher in the public schools." It was not shown that the teacher had ever attempted to teach communist principles to her pupil s and she eventually resigned from the party. Forty Below Zero In Ontario Today TORONTO, Ont., Jan. IS Forty be-! this morning. Canada, except the Peoific and Atlantin ena!t Is aDnarentlv in the erio ! of zero weather. Ottawa registered IS below. YVinni nes two below. Yesterday it was oi below at Winnipeg, which would indi - . . . . . . . j cate that tne cola wave is moving : eastward, ' Weather Forecast Mcore's Special Forecast - A general moderation in the temperature is indicated for Wednesday and protably Thursday. It will be cold Tuesday night. Temperatures will begin to rise before Wednesday i morning, with east winds shifting to! southeast and south, due to the east-! ward movement of a Pacific coast. I storm of great size. Cloudy and un- j . settled weather, followed by rain or snow, within the next 24 to 48 hours. j Temperatures Yesterday Maximum 24 Minimum 12 Today Noon 21 For Indiana, by the United States; Weather Bureau Cloudy and unsettied weather tonight and Wednesday; rising temperature. j For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore! Increasing cloudiness and cold I Tuesday evening, followed by rising temperature late Tuesday night and Wednesday, becoming unsettled and followed by rain or snow. Weather Conditions The center of the cold wave now over southern Canada; temperatures are from 32 to 36 degrees below zero; freezing temperatures as far south as the' southern states. Devil's Lake. N. D., is the coldest place in the United States 22 degrees below . zero. The Paclfi coast storm Is now moving east; rising temperature throughout the west; snow in ' the north, and rain in the southwest of the Mississippi river.

BUILD ROADS AT ONCE DECLARES ONE FACTION

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. Two factions seemed to be represented -at a- meeting; to. diseuss the building of hard surface roads In Wayne county, held in the superior court room of the court house Tuesday morning. The Wayne County Farmers' Federation representatives, who seemed to be leading in the fight against the construction of the roads at this time, hut who favor the construction later, and representatives from virtually every other organization and individuals who were in favor of beginning the preliminary work of constructing the roads at once, were the two factions. Reller For Petitioners. W. W. Reller, of Richmond, snoke for the petitioners for the. roads and stated that the purpose of the meeting ! was for the purpose of getting an intimation from the council relative to their action if the county commissioners should see fit to recommend the making of drawings and surveys of the roads. Mr. Reller stated that the question that the county council would have to settle was whether the road was h public utility or not. He then outlined the reasons why the road should be built. Horton Gives Figures. Howard Horton presented figures compiled by himself showing the estimated maximum cost of the road to tax rayers. He stated the total amount per $100 for the 20 years' duration of the bond issue would probably be about $1.36. This would be for the Hagerstown, Boston and New Paris roads. The cost per year would be about 6 8 cents per $100. Lee N tsbaum, president of ths county council, spoke and said that as an individual he was in favor of the improvements, be stated that he would not say what the county council would do when the question was brought up to him. Davis Opposed. Theodore Davis, president of the Farmers'. Federation stated that he represented a large percentage of the farmers of the county and that they were as a rule opposed to the roads at this time. Other representatives of the federation stated that the. farmers were opposed to the road improvements. Farmers from Boston township stated that the farmers in that part were j ' i :M r.,,A. r t.H i . stating that the heneMs to be derived were such as to make the extra taxes a minimum. New Paris- Favors New Paris had a representative who stated people in that neighborhood were for the road. . The debate waxed warm at times Vinf uro. on H finnllv with th cn trtrcxa. tion that detailed estimates of the costs of the roads be made up and forwarded to people so that it could be taken up at meetings over the county and discussed from matters of fact. No definite action was taken by the meeting, however, it cleared up many ideas that had been prevelant previous, county commissioners stated. Sinn Fein Founder To Be Court Martialed fBjr Associated Press.) DUBLIN, Jan. IS. Arthur Griffith, founded of the Sinn Fein organization, who was arrested In. his home on the morning of Nov. 26, will be court martialed if the present plans of the authorities are carried out. The date or the court martial has not yet been set. ' - :' ' ,

FIFTEEN HURT IN WRECK AT GREENVILLE One Passenger Seriously Injured When Flier Leaves Track Defective Switch Thought to be Cause. : CALL LOCAIOOCTORS GREENVILLE. O.. Jan. IS Approximately 15 persons were injured, three or four eeriouEly. f when a' day coach on west bound passenger train number 7. enroute from New York to St. Louis, Jumped a switch here at " noon today and crashed Into 'an eastbound freight train, standing on a siding. The injured are: M. C. Kelly, conductor, Columbus, Ohio, right leg Injured. John Donahey, Fall City, Neb-, leg mashed. Howard Murray, disabled soldier of Elwood, Ind., collar bone broken. Joseph F. O'Connor, soldier, Columbus, Ohio, barracks, right leg fractured, two middle fingers of right hand amputated. E. W. Sutton, Parsons, Kan, compound fracture right leg. Harry Snyder, Indianapolis, ribs fractured. Emma Smith, Bradford, Ohio, badly shaken up. Maggie Harrison, Bradford, Ohio, badly shaken up. J. F. Willis, Indianapolis, Pennsylvania conductor, on way home, left leg broken. Harry Rawlinson. Columbus, Ohio, shaken up. Robert F. Stanton, Madison, Ind., injuries undetermined. A. W. Myrick, Terre Haute, Ind., collar bone broken. W. H. Brown, New York, shaken up. John Epps, colored Pullman porter, ribs broken Mrs. J. Spokes, Philadelphia, bruises. The engine, tender and baggage cal of the express train passed over ths

""tch, but the first day coach jumped v- wui me ircjgai iram. several other cars left the track but most of the injured were In the 4ay coach. Call Relief Trains Relief trains were ordered rushed here from Richmond. Ind., and from Bradford. O.. and the injured will be taken to those places for first aid treatment. The train v.-as 30 minutes late and running fast to make up lost time, it i is said. The injured were taken to the offices of Dr. John Anderson and of Dr. William MatchetL where their injuries were treated. Some of them. It is said, would be removed to hos pitals at Richmond and Dayton. ine train was in rharpo rf T c Kellv. conductor, and wnnm Ti,v." ! engineer. Kelly, a veteran conductor of the system, suffered injuries in his right leg. Soldier Injured. One of the pathetic incidents of the wreck was the iniury which Howard Murray, of Elwood. Ind., a disabled soldier, who was being taken home from the military barracks at Columbus. Ohio, suffered. His collar bone v. as broken. Joseph F. O'Connor, a soldier of the Columbus barracks, who was accompanying him home, suffered a fractured leg and the two middle fingers of his right hand were amputated. It was believed at first that facilities at Greenville were sufficient to take care of the injured, but later they were taken to hospitals In other cities. No Richmond persons were injured. Injured in Day Coach Most of the injured were in the day coach, which was badly smashed when it sideswiped the engine. Rescuera had difficulty in removing many of the injured from the debris. J. A. Epps, of Philadelphia, porter of a Pullman car, suffered broken ribs and may be injured internally. It B believed that he was the most seriously Injured. After the combination car left the tracks, the train proceeded 400 yards before it was brought to a stop. Five cars were derailed, plowing up the track as the heavy engine pulled them forward. East of Station. The switch is east of the Pennsylvania station. It is believed that th switch was not securely closed ana ij Part. f the traI Jarred The day coach was a mass of wreckage. The cries of the injured were heard for a long distance. All the- ! auaoie aoctors or Greenville were ruBuea io me scene, ana me injarea ! w.ere burried to the offices of phjsi1 Clans. A wreck train from Richmond and four doctors arrived shortly after the accident and helped take care of the injured. , - . ' ' Excitement Prevails. - Great excitement prevailed . - here when news of the wreck- spread, through the city. First report said that most of the passengers in the day coach had been killed. Hundreds rushed to the scene to assist the train crew in extricating the Injured i r v..' The freight train probably prevent-' ed the passenger coaches from turning over with a heavy loss of life. -The two freight cars were telescoped on', another car by the passenger coaches, ' Traffic was held up in both directions -for many hours. . '..'' Some of the - injured passengers were taken to Richmond' late In the afternoon. 'vr ':c'"

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