Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 102, 9 March 1921 — Page 1

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Lo VOL. XLVI., No. 102 Palladium. Est. 1831. Consolidated vith Sun -Telegram. INT. RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1921. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS GIVE POWER TO PERSHING FRIENDS URGE Once More May Folk Inspect White House and Grounds

URGE PUBLIC TO PREVENT RAIL STRIKES Railway Labor Representatives Before Labor Board Ask Defeat of "Concerted Movement to Down Labor".

Agree, to Separation Probably the first act of President Harding on bis arrival at the White House was to order the opening of the iron gates at the entrances to the grounds that the public might once more feel free to wander about the premises. The grounds had been closed to the public ever since the war.

Some Ask Harding to Make

Him Ambassador to France Great Number Want Him To Be Real Head of Army. EFFORT IS IN EARNEST BY MARK SULLIVAN WASHINGTON. D. C. March 9. General Pershing's friends are divided between those who are urging President Harding to make him ambassador to France and tbase who are urging Secretary of War Weeks, and ultimately congress, to change the customs and statutes dealing with army organization in a way to make General Pershing in fact what he now is in name, the head of the army. General Pershing's friends think he cannot be wholly happy in his present situation. He is the general of the United States army. This is a unique honor. It carries the privilege of four stars on his epaulets and other similar dignities. In a sense, the position makes him above the army and away from it, and m institution all to himself. He can wear any uniform he pleases. He is the only soldier who can wear a Sam Browne belt. He can go his way and the army runs along without much reference to him. But there lies the drawback for General Pershing's temperament. The position of general of the army carries too much dignity and too little power. The office more or less puts the holder of it on a shelf. It superannuates him before bis time. Like Ex President. Pershing is like an ex-president. He has practically no real power in the army. The real head of the army in the sense of being active, in having power is the chief of staff. Pershing's friends and partisans think that to have the exalted honor that General Pershing has, but to be excluded from the real power and activity that the chief of staff has, is not best. What they want and are now energetically trying to accomplish is to change the statutes and customs so as to make General Pershing in effect chief of staff, by attaching to his position as general of the army, all the power and much of the activity that the chief of staff now has. Would Trade Places. Roughly, the idea is to make the chief -)f staff subordinate to the general of the army, instead of dependent and to make the genera of the army the actual and active head of the organization. There is an earnest effort afoot to bring this about. How it will end, depends largely of course, on the new secretary of war, Mr. Weeks, and on the president and congress. If this present effort should promise success, probably General I Pershing would not care to consider anything else. Lacking success for this effort, however, many of General Pershing's partisans would like lo see him given the ambassadorship to France. That is the basis of all the present discussion. The w hole thing is now largely in the state of drawing-room wire pulling. It, is always drawing-room politics that has to do with ambassadorships;' poliiics in me popular sense nas mue ; concern wnn u. ine puunc generally takes little interest. - Uses Trial Balloons. It is easy to make shrewd surmises as to what is really in Harding's mind, so far as his mind has clarified. The fact is, however, that these foreign ambassadors are being chosen in mucn the same way as the cabinet members that is to say, by a method which includes the u?e of trial balloons. Whether Harding does it conscientiously or unconsciously, this method of letting a name go up, letting the newspapers, the politicians and the public generally shoot at it and letting these crn ics accoiupusu an amount of elimination wnicn wouia De painiui t'vw r. rrx A ?k 11 L3 1 1 1 1 1 11 OO I I ! ! 1 1 ft CT tfi ! tor so generaus a man as naming to

manage bims-eU, serves Harding use- Phall then declare a special election lull'. j which cannot be held earlier than 30 All that is said about these ambassa- j davg or later tnan 60 days after May lf dorships really represents little morej Would Postpone Primary, than a comparing of notes by the, ..If the petition is filed with the refriends of various candidates who have ( quir0( number of signers the primary called on Harding and who have gotjwhich is provided to be held on May indefinite replies. 3 would be automatically postponed. Herrick Best Bet. ..Tne referendum on the adoption of Out of this sort of background the ; a nPW form of government probablybest Burmise is that ex-Governor My- would be held in June. If the governor ron T. Herrick. of Ohio, has or has flhouId pjgn the bill today. March 9, had the best chance of being the nexttl,e petjtion could be filed with the ambassador to France. Mr. Herrick j citv clerk on Apri, at its regUlar has already held this office. He is not . U1ting and not less than 30 days in very good health, and it would be nfter thi3 thc ?pecial election could

easy to appreviaiu mai iub 'S"-1 ment might not . appeal to him After Mr. Herrick, the men who are believed to have the most pressing ! indorsements are General Pershing and Colonel William Hayward, a New York man, who made one of the most picturesque records of the war as the, ueaa or a nesio remnieni wnicn lie raised personally, which fought with the French apart from the Americans and which as a generous recognition on the part of the French, was the first American regiment to reach the Rhine in the "Mache triomphale" after the armistice. Oppose Harvey. The universally expected probability that Col. George Harvey will be named as ambassador to Great Britain has excited an opposition which is large in quantity but somewhat timorous in quality. The files of Harvey's weekly are being systematically searched for passages that might render Colonel Harvey unpalatable either to England or to sections of our own people. Many senators and many other politicians are without enthusiasm for the appointment. It will probably be accurate to describe their state of mind as one of wondering just how far President Harding's heart is set on this particular appointment If they thought it represented a

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1 ,01 1 VOTERS MUST SIGN HOME RULE PETITION TO SECURE CHANGE FOR RICHMOND SAYS RELLER

A petition signed by 1.011 qualified voters must be presented to the city clerk not earlier than 30 days after the promulgation of the law passed by the recent state legislature providing for home rule for cities in Indiana adopting either the commission- or business-manager forms of government, to secure a change, according J to W. W. Reller, city attorney, who has been active in trie formulation or the bill. The above number is equivalent to 20 per cent of the electors of the city who voted at the last preceding general municipal election. Women are eligible to sign the petition. Steps that must be taken by those interested in the adoption of the commission or commission-manager forms of government in Richmond were outlined by Mr. Rell-er In an interview Wednesday morning. Hh statements - follow : Must Settle Form. "The first -active step that must be taken is to determine whether the petition that is to be circulated shall be for the commission or business manager form of government. The committee from various civic organizations of the city which was active in securing the passage of the bill in the

ttate legislature probably will take the j The names of the candidates will be lead in deciding on the plan to be peti-1 rotated on the ballots and printed in tioned for here. series, so that each man will appear "One thing that, should b? cleared on aJt equal number of ballots in relaup at the start is that if one of theitive corresponding places, proposed methods is adopted the city "Blank ppaces for the number to be does not bind itself to that plan for ; elected will be left on the ballot, so all time. A provision is made in the ; that names can be filled in that are

bill whereby cities can return to the j old methods or adopt a new one by 1 ihe same jnethod employed in adopting either of the proposed systems. Must Wait 30 Days. "Petitions for an election cannot be filed until 30 days has elapsed from the date of signing of the bill. This does not mean that petitions cannot be circulated during that 30 days, how-i ever. If people are interested it would I be a good idea to circulate these peti tions immediately. "The law provides the form of petition which is to be filed with the city clerk after its circulation. The clerk is then allowed five days to in- : vestigate the signatures to determine whether it is signed by a sufficient r,.n,h, ,- of nnalified voters. The clerk then certifies the petition nt the first re,uiar council meeting. The council be held. "In case the special election should Weather Forecast MOORE'S GENERAL FORECAST. Below Freezing Tonight Mostly fair weather tonieht and Thursday. Temperatures will go below freezing tonight throughout Wayne county, but a moderation will begin Thursday, due to the development of another Rocky mountain torm. It will become unsettled by Friday. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Thursday; slightly colder tonight with freezing temperatures; rising temperature Thursday. Temperatures for Yesterday. Maximum 69 Minimum 64 Today. Noon 39 Weather Conditions Warm weather continues over the Atlantic coast states, 74 at Philadelphia, 78 at Washington, D. C. The cool wave reaches southward across the eastern states to T-ennessee. Zero to 16 below in the northern district. Snow 30 inches deep on the level over upper Michigan and along the St. Lawrence valley.

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show that people of Richmond do not want either form of the proposed new government, the law states that the mayor shall call a meeting of the city council within five days following the referendum vote, at which meeting a date for a primary election shall be set and the nominations proceed as usual. Women Eligible. "Any qualified elector can run for commisioner, which means that a woman will be eligible for office. If the business-manager plan passes, five commissioners will be elected at a salary not to exceed $300 a year. If the commission form is adopted, five members will be elected at a salary not to exceed $1,000. "The whole plan is absolutely nonpartisan. ; It is designed to encourage citizens to take an, interest in the city government "If the plan is adopted commission ers are nominated by petition, which must be signed by one per cent of the voters at the last general municipal election. Names Rotated. "These commissioners are voted on at the regular election, each voter votme for five commissioners. ine number of candidates is not restricted. not on the ballot. These will be counted as reguar candidates. "One of the comrai?sioners will be elected mayor by the commissioners. He shall be recognized as the head of the city at ceremonial gatherings, and as chairman of the commission. Chooses Officials. The commission chooses the city clerk, a director of finance, a city attorney, and a city judge. It will adopt ordinances and have the powers now vested wun tne common council ana . , . . . . t i board of works. Each commissioner shall be bonded for $5,000. "The city manager, if the plan providing for one should be adopted, shall be the chief executive of the city. He is to be selected on the basis of . his executive and administrative' ability. The commission fixes his salary. He has in his hands the administration of affairs and is held responsible for all departments. He must attend the meetings of the commission.' Mr. Reller concluded his statements regarding the proposed measure by saying that the success of the plan de pended upon the interest manifested by the citizens of the city. He stated that It was necessary to get the best men to run for commissioners, if the plan was adopted, and an efficient gov ernment assured. for the city would be , CONFLICTING REPORTS COMEJFROM RUSSIA' By Associated Press) j COPENHAGEN, March 9. News of' the Russian situation today was con-! flicting with the latest Helsingfors j despatches reporting that the Soviet ' government forces had recaptured the ' fortress of Krasnoya Gorko and Sys- j terbak this morning, an,d were train-i ing the big guns of these fortresses ' upon Kronstadt where fires were ob-j served. An infantry assault by the Soviet troops upon Kronstadt is reported to have been repulsed with : enormous losses to the attacking f OIV 23. i These reports were preceded by j claims made in Helsingfors despatches j that Petrograd was in the hands of the revolutionaries. According to a Reval special, however, the Soviet troops recaptured the southeastern suburbs of Petrogra. Thousands of fugitives from Petrograd are clamor ing for entrance Into Finland, Finnish advices state. the Sweet potatoes are regarded by the Chinese as too plebeian for use by any except beggars.

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Treasury Wants 90 Days to Make War Fund Report j CBy Associated Press) . WASHINGTON, March 9 It will require at least three months for the treasury department to submit an itemized statement showing detailed expenditures under the $150,000,000 special war fund, set aside for use by the president. Such a statement was called for in a resolution adopted two weeks ago by the house. During the discussion of the resolution members evinced particular interest in the detailed expense of the American peace commission at Paris. In the report transmitted by President Wilson, previous to adjournment of congress and made public today total net disbursements were $114,967,770. It was stated that there was an unallotted balance of about $12,000,000 and that approximately $23,000,000 had been carried to the surplus fund. JAPANESE NEWSPAPER "SAYS AMERICAN ARMS' MUST BLAZE PATHWAY TOKIO, March 9. America must be willing to make some sacrifice in be half of the principle of disarmament j advocated by President Harding in his ! inaugural speech declares the mill-! tarist Kokumin Shinbun in commenting on Mr. Harding's address. "Otherwise" the newspaper continues, "no power would accept his sucKestions. Disarmament must be mutual and no country caring for peace will oppose it." Others Comment.

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the island of Yap than on Mr. Harding's inauguration. It appears to be should insist upon the mandate given I her, but should make some corces- j Hon relative to cable communication. The Nichi Nichi Shimbun interprets America's protest over the island of ... , , ... vo- c! onnr hioi inin'Q rmn rT Tn n'lrir i -i - """"" 1 . iIam ft" I nwAii r rr wet ra i a T i rY a riA. ' .0n T.nan on,i AmeriM .lro.Hv .vin hv tho strpithenino.' nf their ! defenses in the Pacific." It remains that both governments strive to dissipate misunderstandings. In this connection the Asahi Shimbun of Osaka says America's Insistence upon freedom of submarine communication in the Pacific should be rocnpntAH v .Tflnan TOREADOR RETURNS LIMA, Peru, March 9. Juan "Belmonte. the famous Spanish Toreador, who has been civins exhibitions in Peru during the past few months, left for New 0,.k on hls wa-v t0 sPamWhy Richmond is the Best Place in Which to Live Each day n Palladium reporter rvlll Interview peraonM at random lo find out way (hey like to live be re. "Do you know that one of the excellent attractions in Richmond is the museum at Earlham college," remarked a father today. "When I was a boy I liked to stroll over to the college and wander through the museum in, the Lindley hall, admiring the many exhibits which have been collected there. "Many residents of Richmond know nothing at all about ihe collection. I recently took my son for a visit to the museum. One of the civic bodies of Richmond would be conferring a favor upon its members by holding a 'personally conducted' tour through the museum, in: order that they might become acquainted with an asset of the city of which they know nothing. "The late President Moore, who was curator of the museum for many year took an active interest In the collection. Many friends of the college have made donations of valuable collections and curios until the mustnm is one of the best in eastern Indiana."

ROADS ARE CRITICIZED

(By Associated Press) j CHICAGO, March 9. Railway labor representatives testifying in the nation agreement before the railroad board today appealed to the public to prevent a possible recurrence of dlsasterous strikes and lockouts by defeating what they term "a concerted movement by organization capital to down labor." Unless this movement is defeated labor would be "compelled j to use economic rorce in obtaining its rights," witnesses declared. T r ri . . , m ' . j. odiock, vice-presiaeni or me i maintenance of way brotherhood, told j the board that the roads had proved j that they could not keep faith with the public, or with their employes. and charged that they "were not play- j ing fair" in stating "their reasons for wanting tho national oomoni ohm. gated. Charge Hostility. "Back of this demand of the road is a concerted movement by organized

capital to down labor," he said. "Cap-; 3 made by Miss Barymore, who is ""fiJ.inow recovering from an operation

is swinging its power to the railroad's pcYnd STt to influence the board. "I am addressing my appeal today to the three men on thi3 board who 1 represent the public, for it is always the public that pays the piper." Concerning the request of the roads ; lor tne ngnt or lnaividuai dealing witn their employes, Mr. Smock said many roads had been offered this plan and ! had refused it. He cited many in stances where he said the men had sought conferences and had been refused. Other representatives of the maintenance of way union gave testimony similar to Mr. Smock's. Pennsy Issues Notice of Wholesale Wage Reductions : & PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. March 9. I road today adopted a resolution direct-

ing the executive officers to give asiUMIU U HUUMUWIIift I Iwli Pm? : "?.;p' "lonnrino-nniinioinii ill

.vnai u is ine intention 01 toe com-j pany "tor -mJace '" the ' salaries and wages of officers and employes to ac-, Ar. . j amount In the proposed reductions. While no specific officers were mentioned it was understood at the offices of the company it would effect "Hi ""zr luc! company d0WD YflllTU VtRinilVl V UI1DT : I UU I II UklHUUUL I IIUIII WITH BULLET IN HEAD SHOOTING ACCIDENTAL; ,77Z , , ToVorii Hall 13 vdu ra rAA 1 In n wound sustained Saturday afternoon elvm"" f"1"? iTf OUId' young Ball as not taken to hospital for an operation until THfs,d,a?r ornms- . , na. i i . f mhi n ir. and i rs. v . - - K. Rail 212fi Kmth v. strPPt Hp with - - . . - 1 three or four other boys of about his aSe- went lnto the country in an auto mobile belonging to one of the hoys. They were dressed in khaki and pretending they were soldiers, at the time ; of the accident. The parents do not i know exactly how the accident occurred. but a boy carrying a 22 calibre 1 revolver, shot the bullet which lodged i In the skull of Ball. j It is said that the boy did not fall 'when hit. but exhibited unusual nerve. j When hi3 companions felt sick and j fant at the sight of blood, he is said I t0 have remarked, "You boys are hurt worse than I." He was driven to a physician's of fice and his wound was dressed. While ! his parents wondered at the cause of j tne accident, tney did not learn until Monday night that he had been shot. His temperature increased and he decided to go to the hospital Tuesday morninir. Spvernl nf the hrws that hart been with him at the time of the accident accompanied him and his mother to the hospital. At the door of the operation room he said, "Goodbye boys. 'I'll see you tomorrow." Attempts of physicians to remove the bullet from the skull have been in vain. An X-ray shows clearly the location of the lead. His condition Wednesday afternoon had not improved. PANAMA, COSTA RICAN ARMISTICE IN EFFECT WASHINGTON. March 9. The armistice concluded between Panama and Cota Rica at the instigation of the United States has been put in to full efect along the entire frontier, according to information communicated to the State department today by the Panama legation. Dispatches from Panama City said that when the Costa Rican order went out to withdraw . the expeditionary force, which last week crossed the international boundary line and captured three towns, Panama troops sent to repel. them, also were recalled. Although specific information regarding the terms of the armistice are still lacking, it is understood that both sides have agreed to abide by the decision of mediators.

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Ethel Barrymore. NEW YORK, March 9. Broadway ' . " ' ' Z V T 7 i wa3 mucb interested, but not surpris- j ed, by the announcement that Ethel t . i . . husband, Russell GriFwold Colt, are on ; the verge of a legal seperation. No denial of the impending action through which her tonsils were removed. She is at Flower hospital. Close friends of the family said the announcement was correct. Miss Barrymore was taken ill sevcral weeks ago in Cincinnati while on a tour in "Declasse.' T?mniiwsiv noint-' .v. tu tu tuC .v;t nmc ur Uuu not go to Ohio to briqg his wife back j to New York. She was brought back i by her uncle, John Drew. Miss Earrymore and Mr. Colt were married at Hyde Park, near Boston, in March, 1909. He is the son of Samuel Pomeroy Colt, of Providence, R. I., a scion of the family that made a great fortune in the rubber and tex tile Industries. They have three chilren Samuel, 11 years old: Ethel Barrymore. 10 years old. and John "rew barrymore, porn in laia. N ATlTV A V V AxvIN ATlflM AKKrJlllA.I.IIIJMI.MIf l- If VI llknuw uvni vviwii 111 pni&IIPtl PnWmUlf FIIT SPANISH GOVERNMENT (By Associated Press) MADRID, March 3. This city was horrified last night when it became known that Eduardo Dato. premier. and Minister of Marine, had been assassinaiea wnne reiuiuins j home from a late session of the Span - i ish senate. Immediately after the news was received in official quarters i Brronffetnonta vrerfl m Q H p in rarrv on 1V IZ1" The Count of Bugallal, minister of InLCI iui , in ati ao icuivnoi j iciuii. All trace of the men who killed the premier was lost in the excitement attending the assassination. Immediately after the crime had been committed the criminals, who were riding in the side car of a motorcycle sped away and disappeared. Premier Dato left the senate chami ber at 8:30 o'clock and entered his car. The machine was driven tnrougn tjaue

Arenal to Puerto Del Sol, and thence j peope from whom the Ja8t defense through Calle de Alcala. A motor- j has been taken The events of the cycle with a side car carrying two men j past week have convinced the governhad followed the premier's motor un-, mpnt the melhods pursued by the

uuLiueu, iuvtk iiriug uiau.r Bimi.ai iuchines on the streets. When the premier's car had reached Plaza Independer.cla, near Senor Dato's home, the motorcycle increased speed and ap proached the side of the premier's au tomobile. At that Point the streets are quite dark owing to the fact that a large park borders on the right side of the Plaza. Men Open Fire. When the motorcycle had drawn up even with the automobile the two men in the side car and the driver of the I machine opened fire upon the premier. j 21 shots beinS discharged. The whole tragedy was enacted in a few moments as '" uut 1 u"6 ul orcycle swung into a side street and vanished. The driver of the premier's car, hearing the firing increased his speed but the premier shouted: "I am wounded: stop the car." The chauffeur found the premier seriously wounded about the head, but able to speak. He said he was badly hurt. The driver leaped to his seat and drove to a dispensary on Calle Clozaga nearby, where first aid was administered. Senor Dato was conscious when taken from the automobile, but collapsed in a few minutes and died while at the dispensary. He had three wounds in the back of his head. The car in which he was riding was riddled with bullets. At the session of the senate which the premier was attending the minister of Labor had introduced a bill extending the provisions of the Labor accident law to agricultural workers. PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS TO BE IN SAWYER'S HAND (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. D. C, March 9. Dr. C. E. Sawyer nominated today by President Harding to be White House physician with the rank of brigadier general In the army , medical reserve corps,' also will make an investigation of public health matters for Mr. Harding, . He will be authorized to formulate suggestions for a plan ' of coordination of government agencies for safeguarding the public welfare.

GERMANS ARE INDIFFERENT TO SEIZURE People of Gties Occupied by Allied Troops Proceed About Usual A f f a i r s Strike Effort Fails. MILiTARYjrjRCE QUIET 'By Associated Press') DUESSELDORF. March 9. Although 7.000 French, British and Bel gian soldiers were too ay occupying Duesseldorf. Duisburg and Ruhrort. the people of those cities were proceeding about their usual affairs in apparent utter indifference to the presence of the allied forces. There were no signs today of any immediate labor movement by German workmen as an outcome of the occupation, the effort of agitators to bring on the long threatened general strike in protest against the imposition of the allied penalties having rntiAii ti; -

. i 7 . to strike at least for the time being, is attributed by the leaders to the Pveriy oi ine men, wmcn wouia not tuuiii m lueir tiisience wiinoui existence without their daily wage. However, the temper of the laborers in the Esson district is reported such that it Is feared the agitation may develop a menacing situation there. Military Quiet. Allied troops to the number of 5,000 with four tanks and three river flotillas are stationed here but the military are not in evidence except that double sentinels were at the street corners with machine guns. Along side the order of the French t'f neral of occupation which was postied in Publlc Places, was the proclamation by President Ebert calling the people to bear up peaceably under the entente's "slavery." General Thgoutte s order places the mmers "and other . functionaries of the public utilities" under military control. It likewise forbids passenger train service except for workmen and international travellers. There has, however, been no cancellation so far of trains or other changes in service. j General Gaucher, commanding the French troops in Duesseldorf visited jibe burgomaster today and told him General Degoutte had no objection of the meeting of the Rhine provincial landstag, called for Sunday, provided no speeches were made In regard to the occupation. Police on Duty. ,The communal police are remaining on duty, the security police force, which was disarmed yesterday, received its arms back. The men on duty were reduced to the smallest number consistent to the preservation of order. All theatres, moving picture houses and concerts were ordered closed yesterday by General Degoutte, c"niruni der of French forces occupying the "!jty. but he promised ihis order might 1 ce modifit-d in a few dayr Provincial authorities were invited yesterday to meet the commanders of the allied troops here and a state of f-eige was declared. BERLIN. March 9. Protests voiced before the supreme allied ccur.cn in London by Dr. Walter Simons, foreim minister, and head of the German delegation at the reparations conference, were emphatically endorsed by Chancellor Konstantine Fehrenbach. who spoke before the Reichstag yesterday. After announcing that negotiations at London had been broken off and that the German delegation was returning to Berlin, the chancellor said: "This violation of law and Justice can not be defended on any Judicial grounds. It assumes doubly pernlcimis a snort vhpn riirpfteri ae-ninat n aiijPR cannot nossihlv acromnlish the rehabilitation of Europe nor bring about a liquidation of the war." Shifts Responsibility. "In the course of the London negotiations foreign minister Simons ap,ed to history." said the chancellor in discussing the question of responsibility for the war. "I feel permitted to declare the judgment of history is already established and that the nature of the verdict is such that any attempt to fasten responsibility solely upon Germany must fail because it is false." . VIENNA. March 9. Sympathy with Germany in the developments which followed the breaking up of the negotiations at London is expressed by newspapers here. The German attl- -tude is generally praised, and long excerpts from Berlin newspapers are printed here. The Neue Free Presse. called the allied action "war in the midst of reace," while the Mittags Post, maintains the advance of allied forces on German cities will "serve to knit the German people so closely that they will rise above all party strife." The Acht Uhr Blatt and the Abendblatt both predict general strikes in Germany and the Mittags Zeltung saws "it may be assumed the German people will bear their ead . fate with dignity and will do nothing to render the task of the enemy easier. The German giant may be momentarily down, but he never will forffet tortures to which ha was subjected." . M'Cray Signs Four Bills Affecting Oties ifty Associated Press) " . " ' INDIANAPOLIS, March Four bills designed to apply to Allen county, became law today when signed by Governor McCray. One cf th measures applies to all second and third class cities'. It was Representative Dalley's measure,' House Bill 93, authorizing city councils to increase salaries of. city officials.- . . , : ? ..." v '.