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VOL. XVLI., No. 75 Palladium. Est 1831. Consolidated with 6un-Teleram. It07. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 5, 1921. JINGLE COPY 3 CENTS

DEMOCRATS FAIL TO SEE OPPORTUNITY Appointment of Executive Committee Only Start, Says Sullivan Chance to Profit by Republican Mistakes. PARTY UNlTYlS NEEDED

BT MARK SVIXIVAV WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 5. The Democrats have made a start toward reorganization. Chairman "White has appointed an executive committee, and so far that is the only outcome of the strenuous agitation that has gone on for several weeks on the part of some Democratic leaders, who have been troubled by the inertia of the party machinery and have demanded that vitality be injected into it. The appointment of an, executive committee Is a start, but it is not much more. ' The rules of the party are such that in choosing his executive committee, Chairman White was restricted to members of the Democratic national committee, and under that restriction

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are not as a rule, widely known to the public, and do not have any real leadership in the sense of representing Democratic thought. Made Up of Workers. The national committee is made up almost wholly of local party workers, who are more interested in questions of patronage and in the details of local organization than in policies. About the only man on the new executive committee who can be regarded as having a public standing is Senator Carter Glass, of Virginia. This new executive committee is almost wholly a matter of interest within the organization. It can have no appeal to the public and can do little toward making the Democratic party what the public expects 'of it, namely, a united and aggressive opposition party, so functioning as to bring out the contrast with the policies and measures adopted by the party in power. Differences Net Healed, Even within the party the appointment of this executive committee does not bring peace or reassurance. It does not solve or heal differences which divide the organization into a Cox faction and a McAdoo faction. One faction of the party believes that Cox Intends to hold fat, to the position of leadership which came to him by virtue of his candidacy. For this belief there is good evidence. Although Cox himself refused to talk politics to the newspaper men while he was in Washington, certain things he did become sufficiently clear to justify the resumption that he proposes to keep the leadership if he

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readily to the suspicion that he expects to try to get the nomination again three years from now. An additional fact adding to this suspicion is Cox's announced intention of spending several months in Europe studying foreign problems. The anti-Cox leaders suspect Cox of looking forward to the league of nations, or some variations of it, as the leading issue. The anti-Cox leaders look upon the present chairman of the party, George White, as a Cox man. To a large degree that is true, although White is a man of character who would have a conscientious sense of his trustees-hip to the party as a whole. But even after White made the concession of appointing an executive committee, the anti-Cox leadsrs are no more satisfied than before. They still maintain that there should be a meeting of the entire national committee and a thoroughgoing reorganization. May Call Meeting. Under the rules of the party onlv White has the power to call such a meeting, and his adoption of the expedient of appoint ine an executive committee is accepted as a sign of his unwillingness to go any further. The anti-Cox leaders say they will go over White's head "d call a meeting by the device of a petition from a majority of tli committee members. For the sake of understanding'. I speak of these men as VAnti-Cox Traders." But is a fact that they mieht. with eoual accuracy, be cUled k ' Vi'ro-McAdoo Leaders." The whole ' contest lias superficially the appearf.nce of a row between the adherents of two leaders for strategic advantage looking to th nomination in 1924. Realize Need. It would rot 1 fa!r to describe it n whollv that, for some of the leaders tpkPff Part in the contest are moved largely by realization of the necessity for erenter collusiveness and activity on the pa-t cf the organization. What t!i Democratic, organization rcrn.v r.wd is to think of the public c"d tW of the candidates. It needs to r'"v Mi ro'e of an o'loosit'o'i partv rffoovplv now pnd ston thinking of who i; to hv the nomination tlirop xoprt: from now. Tt n"'ds less squabbling for advantpere within the partv organization, rrii more effort toward unity in th sirht of tho public. Leader" Puffer. Vnitv of nre:'n.,:!otion i-- des'rable, lut unitv of thoueht and r-ijcy is Vtn-ri mire important. D! "ferones -'hin the irjrztion rr bd. but rMffropoK "Tiorc the publicly known lerdcri of li nartv In rnne-rpss on the r usHons ttiit com uri "v thf vorsrrepu't of eivina: the public h confused r'ct!re of what the party really stands for. Tn manv of h roll rails that have been taken on imDor'" measures in the rrpspr.t session of the senate.' the Democratic senators, and eno!allv lirp I'pnotws who are r",rdpd as "Mli' vjil no b M to iir.(1--T-stand wpr.-ir the rjetnoovnf present pnv contTast to the Republicans. In the (Continued on Page Sixteen)

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Left to right: Senator Frelinghuysen, Ruth Baird Owen, George Christian, Owen, Helen Virginia Bryan, Dr. Ely President-elect Hardine was the home, "Villa Serona", on Biscayne Bay the incoming chief executive a warm Then followed a pleasant chat. NEW YORK OFFICER ARRIVES TO RETURN GOODMAN FOR TRIAL Russell Goodman, who was arrested by local police last Thursday and was held on a grand larceny charge from Mt. Vernon, N. Y., for alleged implication in an automobile theft, will be taken to Mt. Vernon, N. Y., by an officer from that city' who arrived in Richmond Saturday morning. Goodman will return to New York without state papers, he having signed a waiver. He admitted to Michael I. Silverstein, the Mt. Vernon officer, that he was implicated in the sale of a stolen automobile, he having received 115 for hia part in the transaction, it is said- - --- -Implicated tfrerfN It Is thought by the . New York officer that Goodman is connected with another robbery, and he is said to have admitted knowing and meeting the parties who have already been arrested as implicated in this. The theft of the 'automobile for which Goodman is wanted occurred last October. He was known to have been in this locality although local officers received their information regarding the man from others than the Mt. Vernon police. Goodman escaped from the marshal of Cambridge City and a posse about a month ago. He was found hiding behind a phonograph in a home at 801 North West Second street by local officers when they searched the home last Thursday. RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS ARRESTED IN FRANCE (By Associated Press) PARIS. Feb. 5. Six alleged Russian communists were arrested here last night, and it is expected that others will be taken into custody today, 21 warrants having been sworn out late4 yesterday. Tolice officials are continuing their investigation of communists activities and have reported successful operations at Havre and Nancy. The authorities at Frankfort have! arrested 14 persons, among whom are several communists and leaders of armed organizations says a Mayence dispatch to the Matin. Newspapers here declare that it has been found that communists in France are obtaining American money from some source in Berlin. TRADING WITH REDS PROVES UNPROFITABLE ( Ry Assoc iated Press) CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. 5. The first trading venture with the Bolsheviki has resulted unprofitably said officers of the Italian steamer Ancona, which arrived here today from Novorossisk, a port on the east coast of the Black sea. Several reasons for the profitless voyage are given, foremost being a costly charter and the detention of the vessel at Batum, by the Georgian gov ernment, for many weeks. The crew; added that the Ancona was obliged to remain at Novorossisk for a month awaiting a cargo of furs, hides, carpets, sunllow seeds and other commodities which were exchanged for sugar, flour, coffee and cloth. Dene Park Considered; M'Cray Postpones Action By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 5 Selection of the site of the Dune park in Lake and Porter counties may be left with the state conservation commission. A bill authorizing it to act Is expected i to be introduced in the legislature next j week. No appropriation, however, will be provided for creating a park, Gov. McCray said today. He declared in favor of the project but against immediate expenditure of any money on it. The dune is not forgotten, Just postponed, he said.

Harding Visited Bryan at His

Mary Shotes Bryan, W. J. Bryan, Jr. (partly hidden), Presitient-elect Harding, private secretary ta the president-elect (partly hidden); Reginald Bryan and William Jennings Bryan.

guest of William Jennings Bryan for an , Miami Florida, during his houseboat greeting and introduced him to the Vote Against Bringing Unidentified Soldier's Body (By Associated Press) PITTSBURGH, Feb. 5. A resolution calling for postponement of the movement to bring from France the body of an unidentified American soldier for reburial in Arlington cemetery, has been adopted by the executive committee, Pittsburgh branch, Bring-Home-the-soldier-dead league. The resolution made public today advocates the return of all the known dead, requested by the next of kin, beiore the unidentified body is brought back. The graves registration bureau is still at work, the resolution continues and any body, listed as unidentified and buried within the next lew months might be identified later. OBREGON FINANCIAL DEGREE FlRSpTErr TO HELP BUSINESS MEXICO CITY, Feb. 5. Issuance of the decree permitting banks suppressed during the Carranza administrtion to resume business, made public on Thursday night by President Obregon, is considered in financial circles of tho city to be the first step made by the president to stabilize banking conditions in the republic. X comprehensive banking project, which will be submitted to the special session of congress next week, has been prepared by the government. One of the bills would call for the establishment of from six to eight regional banks for the issuance of paper monoy, which would be under government control. Involves Large Sum. The value of the outstanding paper money which was issued by the various banks affected by Thursday night's decree is estimated at up wards of 110,000,000 pesos by the Financial and Mining bulletin, the official orpran of the financial interests here. Of this amount, the Banco National de Mexico issued more than 32,500,000 pesos; the Bank of London and Mexico, over 26,000,006 and the Oriental de Mexico, more than 21,000,000. Some to Reopen Soon. The remainder, the publication says, is scattered among 20 other banks in 16 states, which acted as subsidary banks of emission. There is little prospect that all these banks will take advantage of the decree, it is declared, but it is considered certain that the next few days will see the Banco National, the Occidental, the Mercantile de Vera Cruz, the Mercantile de Monterey, and the state banks of Nuevo Leon, Tabanco, Guerrere, Sonora, Hidalgo, Zaca-ecas and Mexico open their doors. Secretary of me Treasury de la Huerta announced yesterday that the various banks affected by Thursday's decree held government obligations totalling 55,000,000 pesos. He asserted all these obligations would be redeemed, partly in gold and partly in government notes. BOARD REPORT SHOWS NO WAGE DECREASE (By' Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 5 Industrial accidents in Indiana number 2,857 during January, approximately 2,000 less than the monthly average, which officials of the industrial board said was an indicaton of unemployment. Wages, however, show-ed no decline, the weekly average per man being $31.28, according to the board's report. The average wage of chlldreu 16 years or under was $18.67, as compared with $13.48 for women. Thirty-three children and 76 women were injured during the month but none fatally. The highest weekly wage received in industry was $99 and the lowest was $5. Fatal accidents numbered 21 and the number of temporary total disabi!Uiea was 2,658. ?

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iu. tMW vvsvuv fat,; -'',.-. afternoon at "The Great Commoner's cruise in Florida waters. Bryan gave many members of tha Bryan family. CONSTANTS CONFERS IN EFFORT TO SOLVE THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS , (By Associated Press) ATHENS, Feb. 5. Conferences with political leaders were held today by King Constantino in an effort to solve the ministerial crisis which developed during the present week and culminated last night in the resignation of the Rhallis cabinet. It was believed that M. Gournaris, minister of War. or M. Kalogeropoulos, minister of Finance, would be asked to head the new ministry. Premier Rhallis had insisted that he should hesd the Greek delegation which will attend the Near East conference to be tield In London beginning Feb. 21. M. Gounaris on the other hand, claimed the honor of being the Greek spokesman, citing "his influence in parliament and the adherence of the Greek press ?s his qualifications. This friction between the premier and his minister of war became so marked that it became known early yesterday that M. Rhallia had decided to hand his resignation to the king. When M. Rhallis informed King Constant ine that the cabinet had quit office the king asked for time in which to consider the situation, and the premier proceeded to the parliament building to announce the resignation of the government. M. Rhallis stated he would explain the reason which prompted him to resign when a new government had been constituted. He told the Associated Press that he had made a recommendation to the king that M. Gounaris be selected as his successor. WILSON VETOES MOVE TO STOP RECRUITING ! (By Associated Press.l WASHINGTON. Feb. 5. President WTilson today vetoed- the joint resolution drecting the war department to stop army recruiting until the force is reduced to 175,000 men. Returning the measure to the house the president said he was "unable to I see in the conditions of the world at large or in the needs of the United States any change" that would justify a restriction upoi the minimum enlisted strength of 280,000 men provided for in the recently euacted army reorganization bill. Why R ichmond is the Best Place in Which to Live Bneh dny n rnlln!Ium reporter nlll Interview penannn nt rnniloiu lo find out vb tUry like to live here. "Richmond is a city of homes," said one prominent, c'ub woman who formerly lived here: "You don't find a great demand for apartments but you do find a demand for homes. Everyone wants to own their home. In nearly every city now great apartment houses are rising in every part of town and there is a steady influx to them. "Nor do you find the working classes forced to live in rows of run down tenements as is the case in most of the cities I have visited. They too have their homes. "It is a striking and noteworthy fact to find a city offering so many opportunities that are not confined to any one group but are shared by all. "I wasn't born here but I lived here long enough so I feel justified in calling it 'my hometown'." Asked if she ever intended to return hero for residence she smilingly replied. "Intend is hardly the word. Were coming back jup as soon as we can and that probably won't be more than two or three years." iL

BOLSHEVIK) STAMP OUT SOVIET FOES Reds of Moscow Government

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idfce islamic iticasuica ijbeld by his associates. The manii-Rl-Hiif ArH rvir Arfri-1 ness- sociability and companionship VUL . ACtl were stressed by some of the older VltieS in Russia. I members of the bar who were closely ' I associated with the deceased.

I FMINF IQQIIpQ flFflRFF I LLlllllb IOOULO UbUllLb, (By Associated Press) LONDON". Feh. 5. Drastic meas-

ures to stamp out anti-soviet t'tJl:Jn '

in Russian and in surrounding terri tories have been taken by the Bolshevikgovernment in Moscow, says the London Times. The newspaper publishes a transla tion of the decree issued by Nikolai Lenine. Bolsheviki oremier. on Dec. l.t appointing M. Djerjinsky head of the! All-Russian extraordinary commission I and delegating to him the eradjeatmg foreign centers of counterrevolutions and preventing military enterprises against Russia. i M. Djerjinsky accordingly issued se i I- c 4u mi cret instructions on Dec. 5. the Times declared "by which his agents were ordered to crush all conspiracies and, Urges Hostages He recommended that hostages be taken among relatives in Russia of all members of White Guard organizations, and also decreed that traitors to the soviet cause should be ruthlessly destroyed. Terroristic acts against members of entente military missions were also planned, the newspaper asserts. Lenine's decree stated that foreign espionage organizations near the frontiers of Russia should be influenced with a view to utilizing them for the furtherance of soviet interests, and ' the creation of fictitious White Guard j organizations was suggested in order that they might disclose the activities of foreign agencies in Russia. FIGHT ON HOME RULE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN SENATE DISCUSSION Fight on the home rule bill for cities of Indiana , is expected t tq develop in. tl)ftjttnat-JweoljiE-;tft--BeBjamin Johnson, head of the committee from Richmond which attended the hotise committee hearing 'in Indianapolis last Thursday evening. Reports from the state capital indicate that the proposed measure will pass the house but probably will strike a snag in the higher body, it is said. Governor McCray stated that he was in favor of the home rule bill now before the house, when the committee from Richmond visited him Thursday. He added that he was not in favor of the commission or citv manaeer forms of municipal government, but as the; proposed measure maae mese optional with cities he would favor it, Mr. John son stated. McConaha Predicts Passage. Senator McConaha stated that as J far as he knew no active opposition to the measure had developed in tne open, in the senate thus far. He predicted the passage of the bill. He stated that it was altogether probable that there would be a fight staged on I the floor of the senate when the measI ure came up for a vote. ! Preliminary efforts of cities of the state for the passage of the home rule bill are said to have reached their climax wwith the hearing before the house committee last Thursday. At this time virtually all those present recognized that the advocates of the bill had much the better of the argument, according to members pf the i local committee. Expect Pressure The showing made at this time probi ably will make the opponents of the j measure bring their forces to bear on the senatorial fight, it is said. Representative Knapp. of Wayne county is leading the fight in the

v.r, yfV h- . V IS- MiY -n Rmoke in their offices and in the caphouse for the passage of the bill, and; ... u!Kt tv,. So.,. m,vi,n itol. but would prohibit the presi-

an active interest in the bill when it comes before the senate. ONCE PROSPEROUS MAN ENDS LIFEJS HERMIT NEW YORK, Feb. 5 In a tenement room on the east side today police explored an improvised cave where yesi terday they found the body of Tbeoi dore Greesley, once prosperous busi- ! ness man, who had hidden himself there for six years a veritable hermit 1 in th most congested part of the : world's largest citv. Today's search I was ior tne goia eacne usuany asso- .. .. . i

iciatea wun stones or recluses. Faning temperature will begin by i Breaking in the door of the room Saturday afternoon and gradually ; yesterday the police were confronted overspread all of the central states, with a solid wall of old papers and gnow )s coming and present indicarags. Burrowing through, they found jtioflare that it will arrive either , a dugout and in it the body of Grees- Saufday night or Sunday, i ley. who. physicians said apparently !

had been dead several weeks, I In Greesley's diary was found a story of misfortune his ambitions, j the coming of the time when he openj ed a shop how it subsequently was lost In debt the death of his wife the abandonment of hope and solitude. Kansas Coal Miners Are on Strike Today (Bv Associated Pres) PITTSBURG. Kans., Feb. 5. The first strike of Kansas coal miners, called officially by the district board of the union, since the passage of the industrial court law is in effect today. Two hundred coal miners were called out by the district board, headed by Alexander Howat, president of the K"nuno M'nora' union

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WILLIAM F. MEDSKER HONORED BY MEMBERS OF BAR ASSOCIATION

Tribute was paid the late William F. Medsker. of Cambridge City, by the members of the Wayne county bar ot a memorial meeting held in the county court house Saturday morning at 10

o'clock. Impressive expressions were the veteran lawyer of the county was congTniaUandhc of Mr. Medsker. Ray Shively brought! to notice the veteran lawyer s characteristics; John Rupe. Arthur C. Lindemuth, and Judge William A. Bond their friend and associate. mpressive Ceremony. A frankness and impressiveness sel-j

ocjock. impressive expressions wre;j . . made of the high regard with which : iew Move May Be started in

dom seen in memorial services charac-; Governor McCray. Although no ' anterized the meeting. The memorial I nouncement .has been made by the drawn by a committee was adopted Republican state committee it is ex-

unanimously and will be made a record of the county. The memorial j follows:

William F. Medsker, a member ofiMcCrav. however. t nnt v-nrn i

YZV i county, and died at his home in CambriJ c ng indiana. on the third day of February, 1921. Hp fVi n . WIoh anA r Tni ivieasKer. He enustea in tne union t Cam Carrngton lndianapo,n lg64 before ne eached the of ,7 at fl t wag meraber of 42nd Indiana Volunteers, and later transferred to the 75th Indiana Volunteers. He was with Sherman's army in the "March to the Sea" and in the Grand Review of the Army at Washington at the close of the Civil War. He was honorably discharged at Louisville. Ky., on July SO, 1865, reaching his home on July 31, 1S65. Studied Law. "After the war he took a college course at Asbury college, now DePauw university, Greencastle, Ind.. and began studying law while in college, and i afterwards continued the study in the ' .rr: r n . : t , t. , 1 nf fire rr Miinr inhn r cnnn in in dianapolis and wag admiUed to the Marion county bar in 1869. He came to Cambridge City in 1870 and began the practice of law and continued in the practice at that place until the! time ot nis oeatn. He was actively identified with Cambridge Post G. A. R. No. 179, and in 1919 was chosen department commander of the G. A. R. for Indiana. "He was a Republican in politics, and was elected a member of the legislature in 1896. as representative from Wayne county, Indiana, and served one term. 1 Missed By Friends. ' lle was married-on Sept. 4. 1872. to Alice S. Conklin of Cambridge City, Ind.; and she and two sons, William A. Medsker and Harry B. Medsker, survive him. "William F. Medsker was a good citizen, of a very friendly disposition, and will be much missed by the members of the bar and his other friends. "We ask that this brief memorial adopted by the bar be presented to the Wayne circuit court, and the court asked that same be placed on the records as a part of the records of this court, and a copy of the same sent by the clerk to the family. WAYNE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION. Henry U. Johnson, Alonzo Feemster, Alonzo Gardner, Committee." SMOOT SMOKING BILL MpCTQ UnVlPN F1FATH ItlULIU UUUULI1 Ubnl II (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. Senator Smoot's proposal to prohibit smoking in most government buildings in Washington, met. sudden death today in the senate, but out of it grew a substitute by Senator Wadswortb, New York,, requiring department heads to prohibit smoking when it would endanger public property. Senator Smoot's amendment to the Sundry Civil bill went out on a point of order by Senator Robinson, Democrat, of Arkansas, who declared it was unfair, because it would permit the senators and representatives to dent, cabinet officers and department clerks from smoking. Tornado MoVeS HoUSe

irtnv J mr 1 1 v jiing, rrom tne enecis ot a stroKe 01 lUU lardS J NOOOdy Injured paralysis which he suffered the preHALEYVILLE, Ala., Feb. 5. A tor- vious Monday, nado struck this town early today re- Friends may call at the home Sunmoving the residence of E. J. McNabblday afternoon between 2 and 3 o'clock 100 vards without iniury to the sleep- j and in the evening between 7 and 9. ins family. Other buildings were lifted ! The funeral services will be conducted from foundations, and a score of small j from the home at 2 o'clock Monday structures demolished. No one was J afternoon. Rev. Backus, pastor of the

seriously injured. M0ORE'S SPECIAL FORECAST. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Gederally fair and colder tonight except snow flurries in extreme north portion: Sunday unsettled and colder: probably snow. Temperatures for Yesterday. Maximum 46 Minimum 34 Today. Noon 46 Forecast for Wayne County, by W. E.v Moore Unsettled and colder tonight and Sunday, with snow. Weather Conditions -General rains over the central states, as the storm crosses the Mississippi and Ohio valleys are changing , to snow as-colder weather is moving 'down. from Saskatchewan. Temperature range from zero in, the nortneV border, states to 52 Velow zero la toe Yukon valley. ,

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MAY RENEW ATTACK ON PRIMARIES

otate benate Next Week tor Repeal of Direct Voting Laws. SWAIN FATHER OF BILL fBy Associated Press) . INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 3. -A new move may be started in the state sen ate next week for the repeal of the state-wide primary so as to carry out generally the recommendations pected to approve of the bill with some of -the committeemen seeking to win its approval in thfi scnalp lln-vamnr tonnew intent 1 posal, seemingly leaving decision up to tne committee. Senator Swain will introduce the bill which will provide for nomination of all candidates for county congressional and legislative candidates by direct primary. A convention system would be established for nominating candidates for United States senators and state governors and the presidential preference primary would be discarded. Fight Up In House. Provisions designed to regulate conduct of state conventions will probably be included in the bill, possibly including the requirements of the use of voting machines by delegates In casting their votes. The primary fight also is scheduled to come up in the house, its committee planning early disposition of the Willis bill which would wipe out entirely the primary system and restore the old convention system. Passage of this bill in its present form is regarded as hopeless by house leaders, but its consideration is expected to brins out the house membership attitude towards the primary TAX BOARD MEMBERS TO MEET ASSESSORS OF COUNTY FEB. 14 A representative or member of the state tax board of tax commissioners will be here Monday, Feb. II to explain to the assessors of the county changes in the tax laws for this year and the methods to be followed by the assessors and their deputies. The officials vi meet at the court hou?e at 10 o'clock. Announcement of the meeting was made by David I Reid, township assessor, and acting county assessor. Only a few radical changes have been made in the method of assessing from last year, it is stated. On of these is that furniture in a room will not. be itemized this year, but the whole value of the room judged and assessed. It it believed that this will be a time saver. Many things that are now classed as household furniture will probably be put in a seperate class now, the local assessor stated. Personal Property Stressed. Special efforts will be made to pet the true value of personal property I horizontal increase that has been made I in thP nut would thpn he pliminntpd it is thought. Supplementary reports from business firms will have to be in by April 1. according to the latest information. These have always been delayed in the past. Farm lighting systems will be listed as personal property and not as a part of the building in which they are housed, it is stated. Musical instruments will be listed seperate from furniture in a room. DR. JAMES CHARLES, DIES OF PARALYSIS Dr. James Charles, 80 years old, for 35 years a resident of Richmond, died at his hnmi. 24 South Thirteenth (street, at 9:40 o'clock Saturday mornGrace M. E. church, of which the deceased was a member, officiating. Dr. Charles was born on a farm near Williamsburg and moved to this city 35 years ago, living here continuously fince. He is survived by hio widow. Mrs. Martha H. Charles, a daughter, Mrs. Clara L. Parrish. of Harriman, Tenn., and a brother, Thomas, of Chicago, and by five grandsons. Dr. Charles was an "inventor and the president of an electric appliance company. The bucincss was started before he moved to ibe city while he was residing in Ridgeville, and has increased since by his further inventions. His most recent continuance was a motor designed to operate by water power and furnish current for heating, upon which he had received favorable opinion, but which is left uncompleted on account of his death, as he was working upon It when taken ill. Clearing House Banks Show Increased Reserve fBy Associated Press) , . ' " NEW YORK. Feb. 5. The actual condition of clearing bouse banks and trust companies for the week-shows that they hold $15,097,070 reserved In excess of legal requirements. . This is an increase of $6,221,920 from last week. - ' '' '--