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VOL. XL VI., No. 112 palladium. EU 1831. Consolidated with Sun-Telegram. HOT. - . RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1921. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS

M'CRAY WILL KEEP EYE ON STATBVORK Governor Has Habit of Knowing Just What His Execut

ives Are Doing -Looks About for Appointees. POLITICS UNDER WAY BY PALLADIUM CORRESPOXDEXT INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 21. With resignations that will take place in. the very near future and appointments or reappointments that will be made the administration of Warren T. McCray as governor will be under way. Up to this time there have appeared only the preliminaries of McCray's four years management of the state. As is the case with any state administration, the first two or three months has been taken up with legislative work, the object of the governor during this time being to get the laws he regards as necessary for the success of his regime. In this program Governor McCray was very successful and therefore goes into the real activities of state management with what he should regard as a very good basis of success. Last week the governor left his office for a short rest, the first he has taken since he became governor, and the gossip is that immediately on his return, which it is expected will be very soon, he will begin consideration of the personnel of the state departments. Up to this time the governor has fairly well demonstrated his capability for keeping his own counsel. . Of all of the important places he will have to fill there is little trustworthy information except that George Banard, of Newcastle, is slated for the place on the public utility commission made vacant by the resignation of Paul Haynes, and that Lawrence Lyons may be made director of the highway commission. & To Keep In Touch. Bui by his actions and moods the governor has made one thing rather apparent and that is that he proposes tn 1aon in 1r,eo n.rennal - 11 n Vi nritVi ii ,f j

tends to be fully informed not on)v Ida K. Forsyth so that an examination as to what the heads of departments!? stents of the stomach and are doing but also as to the kind of ! lts 'ini,nS nfy l? JF"

appointees they have in their de partments. Those who are familiar with the personal habits of the governor say that it is his rule to give careful at , A I - ... , x, - t tires who are-to assist him In any linej but at the same time to keep himself personally informed as to what they are doing and bow they are doing it Men who have been connected in business with Mr. McCray say that it has not been unusual for him to make a business engagement as early as 6 o clock in ",u""uk a,m inru lo make his displeasure very apparent if j mt- uiuer ran 10 me engagement failed by a few minutes to be on time. . Jj f 7,MP. . J One of the incidents of comment when the legislature was in session, was the governor's early visit one i muniing iu ine venirai nospuai ror j the Insane. He showed un at the in stitution before 8 o'clock in the morning and requested Dr. Edenharter, the superintendent, to take him through the men's buildings. He had already had the report of an architect on the oondition of the building but he was not satisfied. As a result of the governors inspection an appropriation went, through for money for a new building instead of for repairs as the architect bad recommended. This habit of the governor of keep-! ing himself informed personally as to business that is under his direction is musing worry in certain quarters. The object of some of the politicians and Governor McCray has been surrounded by a group nf that character i -is to build themselves up by using their influence to get appointments' Rut it is not so easy to manage the lusiness of getting appointments, hen the governor informed personally about the qualifi cations of each man who is to be appointed. It is reported that pome of the men who have regarded them-

selves a being politically close to theamount of $'700 and she is said to be

governor have been somewhat free cbout indicating just how powerful ihey would be in landing jobs under the state administration for their political friend. It is these men who .-re now considerably worried over the situation. Politicians "Trip Up." The recent attempt to bring about the resignation of .Tesse Eschbach. chef examiner of the state board of f.ccoun?s in an example of the way the politicians may h trirpd up. Thn, effort to "get" Mr. Eschbach was not the product of any one fertile brain.

A crroup of politicians had put out the'tirelv new attack on the validity of

word that Eschbaoh's resignation would oe requested, r.nd they desired la make good. It was not und&i-stood 'hat. any cne of these men desired the

place held bv Mr. Eschbach. It was a ma.t.ter of forcing Mr. Eschbach out Tiirelv and simply. In fact the job hat he has is not one that is coveted by the ordinary man. It requires an rndless amount of work and a lot of rervc nerve that wPl enable the man vho ho'ds the position to ferret out ifce remissness of his closest friend if Mich becomes necessary. But thoe who wish to oust Eschbach are till at work. They have been greatly discouraged by the statement riven out by the rovernor the other day, when bs said that he had no Intention of discharging Eschbach. but they have not given un hope of finally being able to push Eschbach from his n'ace. There was talk for a time that Fred Robinron who wa. one of the jrovernor's managers in his campaiem for elect' on desired the nlace now held by Kp-nhbar-h. but it is said on pood authority that this is not true, although it is understood that it Is the (Continued on Page Ten)

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Above, the German delegation. Standing, left to right: Ministerial Director Von Simson, General Von Kessel, Michelis. State Secretary Schroder, Lewald, Schmidt, Pirner, Kiep, General Von Soeckt. Von Meinel, Minister Director Von le Suire, Ruling Governor Fellinger. Seated: Minister of State Simons, head of the delegation. These photos were taken just before the break between the German reparations commission and the allied representatives at London, which led to the occupation of German cities by the allies to "punish" the Germans. The upper photo shows the German commission, headed by Minister of State Simons. Below are General Foch, leader of the armed forces of the allies, and other French leaders leaving Lancaster House. Left to right are a French military attache, Marshal Foch and General Weygand. The allies now hold four important industrial centers in Germany.

TO EXHUME REMAINS OF MRS. IDA FORSYTH; WILL PROBE DEATH . . , I Prosecutor Paul Beckett and Coroner ""- " ...w.. v..; ; Tuesday to exhume the body of Mrs with alleged suspicious circumstances I s-urrounding her death. Alphis Forsyth, her husband, was ordered arrested by the prosecutor i Saturday when he heard that Forsyth I 1 4 1 nn 1. n Hi,.r' Ua la w Oio LFja-JlJliUA LU ITOTO VII.. tirr o TrTet ' 8? Prosecutor Beckett said that a relative of Mrs. Forsyth informed him that a daughter of the dead woman told that the mother drank some coffee two days before her death, complaining that it was bitter, and advising the daughter not to touch the liquid. Tho oncrlTtr- ic raciriinv with Mr?. Esther Creek, an aunt, in Union Died March 12 Mrs PoPsyth died at her home, 311 South Fifth street, on March 12. At , ,jme Phfl was refeiving treatmont from local physicians for peritonitis. She waa hurled at Union City two days lafer When Forsvth was asked at the cour.ty jail today about the alleged charges against him, he expressed surprise and said he could ascribe no reason for the charges. Forsyth has been a resident of Richmond for several years. The couple was married in Greenville, O., on May 8. 1920. Mrs. Forsyth formerly resided in Union City and was divorced before she married Forsyth. He also has been married before and was divorced from his former wife, who is now a resident of Richmond. No Trouble Known. Neighbors and friends of the family state that they did not know of any family trouble. The two had lived in the house on South Fifth street for about five weeks. revth t alleged to have nurchased .,.kii h, j fniinwtnir the ,.1, nt hia wife He stated that this

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on a truck which was burned recently. I Forsyth is said to be indebted to an aunt or nis aeceaseu wue, imts. Rilla Ganey. of near Kitchel. to the on his notes for other sums. Prosecutor Beckett is investigating an Insurance policy of $2,000 which was issued to Mrs. Forsyth last October, and two other policies amounting to $1,400. NEW ATTACK MADE ON PROHIBITION ACT WASHINGTON, March 21. An en- ; the prohibition amendment based on the requirement that it be mined within seven years was made today in the supreme court. The attack was made in a brief filed by counsel for J. J. Dillon of San Francisco, charged with violation of the prohibition enforcement act. Dillon is seeking a writ of habeas corpus. The provision attacked was offered first by then Senator Harding when the amendment was being prepared in the senate. The section making the enure ar ticle Inoperative unless ratified within seven years, the brief asserts, specifically violates Article 5 of the con stitution which gives congress no power to impose a limit on ratification "or to otherwise attempt to control what the legislatures of the states shall -do in their deliberations." The brief quoted Senator Harding in offering the provision as having "clearly stated that his vote for the resolution was conditioned on thi3 provision being approved" and quoted Senator Borah as having called attention then to the unconstitutionality of the section.

Meeting of Allies and German Leaders Ended

Civil Service Standards Still in Effect, is Ruling of Postoffices

PALLADIUM NEWS BVHEAt WASHINGTON, March 21. The door is to De opened for the appointmpnr or KpnimiirflTiR as nrsr. secona and third class postmasters, but there will be no "wide-open" policy. The Republicans who receive such appointments will have to measure up to civil i service standards and qualify in com petitive examination. Such, according to reliable information, is to be President Harding's solution of the patronage problem as concerns the postal (-service H-4&a-iIiy-'-whieh - ekraely follows t,he plan advocated by Representative Denison of Illinois, which was outlined in a recent dispatch to the Palladium. Judging from the heavy correspondence Representative R. N. Elliott has received in recent weeks the question of the distribution of postmasterships

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larly interested in. Agree On Program. Here is the program for the future as virtually agreed on by President Harding, Postmaster General Hays and Republican leaders in congress: First, President Harding will revoke WIRETAPPING OUTFIT DISCOVERY AROUSES CITIZENS OF HAVANA (By Associated Press) HAVANA, March 21. Reports of the discovery of a complete wire tapping outfit at Baytona, Fla., yesterday morning, and the confiscation of pool room paraphernalia, including a blackboard showing the name "international turf exchanges, branches in America, Canada and Cuba." aroused great interest in this city. An investigation here, however, has developed that there Is no branch in this city of what is known as the "international turf exchange." Several "wire tapping" schemes have been carried out in this city during the past. It is stated by the police, and several i confiding persons have been victim-: ized for sums reported up into the; thousands. The methods of the sharpers as practiced in this city has been to rentj a room equipped with telegraphic and telephonic apparatus whereby alleged! advance information was to be obtained on race results, affording the! gullible one an opportunity to reap a fortune. Deposited Check. In some instances the victim would be induced to deposit a cashier's check or the money itself In order to dem-l onstrate his financial responsibility. In several instances, it is rumored, the sharpers have disappeared with the money. Race news from this city is dis-i seminated to points in the United States in such a manner, it is declar-' ed, that there is no opportunity for wire-tapping. A combination tele-j graph and Jelephone circuit is used' to transmit results direct from the! track to the local office of a cable company, whence it is transmitted over a submarine cable direct to New York for distribution. LENINE PROPOSES COALITION ORGANIZATION By Associated Press) ' COPENHAGEN, March 21 Negotiations looking to the formation of a coalition government for soviet Russia have been opened by Nikolai Lenine, Bolshevik premier, with lead-' ers of the Mensheviki and Social! Revolutionaries, says a dispatch from Reval to the Berlingske Tidende.

the Wilson order concerning first, sec

ond and third class postmasters, which brought them under the protection and operation of the civil service rules. Second, the president will issue a new order placing post offices of the first, second and third class under the regular civil service rules, throwing them all open to competitive examination when the terms of the postmasters now serving expire. ' The civil service rules provide that , -iContinued an Page Nine : RICHMOND GRANTED $315,000 BOND ISSUE Permission to issue the $315,000 in ment of the electric light plant has been granted by the Indiana public service commission, according to information received by Mayor Zimmerman. Sale of the bonds was advertised Monday, for sale at o'clock Tuesday, April 5. City Attorney Will W. Reller said Monday that only $168,000 worth of the bonds are to be placed on sale at present. "We are doing that," he said, ' because the equipment we are getting in now totals about that amount. As the, bonds draw 6 per cent interest, the city is issuing only the amount needed immediately, so as to avoid needless expense." Think Constantine's Call Portends an Offensive (Rv Associated Press! LONDON. March 21. The calling by! King ConstanUne of Greece of three classes to the national colors, an1 E0"niced at Athens Sunday in all probagainst the Turkish Nationalists, in -the opinion of Demetrious Gounaris the Greek minister of war. expressed in an interview here today. M. Gou - naris. came to London early this month to attend sessions of the supreme council. Why Richmond is the Best Place in Which to Live Each liny n Palladium reporter nlll Interview prrxim at random to find out vrhr Ihey like to live bere. "Richmond has a distinctive tone," said a Pennsylvania brakeman, who formerly resided here, but now lives elsewhere because his run has been changed. "1 have my attention called to this fact often by passengers who are on my train. The clean and orderly appearance of the railroad station and the substantial and clean looking buildings across the street attract their attention at once, and they want to know the name of the city. This is something which does not happen in any other cities through which my run takes me. "If first appearances are lasting, thousands of through passengers carry away a fine impression of Richmond, even if they obtained it through a car window or by a sport stroll along the station platform. The cleanliness of the city is noted all over the state. Richmond may not be spotless, but nevertheless the city is far from being slatternly and slovenly. "I wish I would be able to move my family back to Richmond and that I could again call it my home."

GERMANY IS WINNER OF PLEBISCITE

Overwhelming Victory Herslit last May 19 were today found in Determination of Future f11 L7 J."

National Status of Upper Silesian Region. DECISION IS TO STAND fBy Associated Pres BERLIN, March 21. Germany won overwhelming victory in the plebiscite held in Upper Silesia yesterday to determine the future national status of that region, according to official returns received here. Twe districts j n ' i i- , i ; n wore still missing at 9 o'clock this morning, but the count showed 876.000 votes had been cast for Germany, and 389.000 for Poland. Reports from Breslau state that the plesiscite was generally without untoward incidents. Provisional returns published in newspapers here show! that in Oppeln Germany received 20,000 votes to 11,000 for Poland. In Tarnowitz, the Germans cast by per cent of the ballots and in the town of Beuthen they cast 78 per cent. Germany in Lead. In the Beuthen country districts, the vote as published stood German.y, 59, 222, Poland 62,040. In Koeneg3huette the Germans received 32,000 and the Poles, 10,851; and Kattowitz, town and country districts, gave the Germans 72,831 and the Poles 66,187, the town of Kattowitz voting German by 82 per cent. In Hindenburg, the Germans cast 36,676 votes to 31.625 by the Poles, while in Krenzburg the German vote was 33,980 to 1,556 for the Poles. OPPELN, March 21 Entente forces in Upper Silesia will promptly suppress any effort on the part of the Polish array to override the decision in yesterday's plebiscite, or to anticipate the action of the council of ambassadors in Paris, General Lerond, head of the inter-allied plebiscite commission, told the Associated Press to day. He said rumors that the Poles had been concentrating an army on the Silesian frontier were "wholly without foundation." Reports that 30,000 Polish troops were marching toward the border have been current here. A motor trip along the Polish frontier showed the presence of the usual Polish sentries. but there were virtually no entente troops on the Silesian side ot me, border. It might be possible that a number of troops or civilians could suddenly cross without meeting with serious interference The balloting yesterday was virtually over by mid-afternoon. There was no disorder of a serious nature reported. During his trip through the zone, a number of Germsms attempted to confiscate the Associated Press correspondent's automobile at Eichenau to take voters to the polls, but the ati tempt was unsuccessful. REVOLUTIONARY DEBT TO FRANCE BY U. S. CANNOT BE FOUND WASHINGTON, March 21 Treasury officials dug through musty records of revolutionary days today and announced afterwards that they had been unable to find any record of the United States owine France any monj ey on account of loans advanced during the Revolutionary war, Their activity resulted from the publication yesterday by the Paris "Folairz" a statement by Jean Bern ard, setting un a counter claim for 90,000,000 francs alleged to be due I rTance on account OI aid given uy France in the Revolutionary war aa against the $3,000,000,000 owed the United Slates on world war loans. M. Bernard also claimed that America never had paid 80,000,000 francs of the purchase price of Louis iana. Officials said references to the ; : Louisiana purchase and payments on jthat deal were few in the treasury files, but that none indicated unpaid balances. PREBLE COUNTY DRIVE FOR FOREIGN RELIEF STARTS THIS WEEK I NEW PARIS, O., March 21.-Organization of the county for the solicitaj tion and collection of gift corn for foreign famine relief, has been coinj pleted and the objects and methods of jt.lie collection explained during the past week, according to Edward Clarke of this city, president of the Pieble county farm bureau. The township chairman has charge of the work in each township, says Mr. Clarke, and has appointed an assistant in each school distsict. This assistant will solicit his territory and report to J the township chairman, who in turn i will report to the county president, j The past week, besides organization, j has been devoted to publicity and i education, the people being notified of the work that will be attempted and j the need for and use of the contribuI tiOns, through speeches and notices at Ull public meeting's in the schools and churches, and through the papers. Absolutely no collection was made the past week. All efforts being devoted to publicity. This week solicitations and collection will be made., all the elevators having agreed to accept and store the corn free of charee, Mid to lead it In the cars on the shipping date. A meeting will be held Saturday. March 26 when township chairmen will reoort and arrangements for shipping will te made. All solicitation and collection will be finished this week.'

I.UTEWJN DEFENDANTS ARE FOUND NOT GUILTY; REMANDED TO JAIL (By Aocltd Prei) WILUAMSON, W. Va., March 21 The 16 defendants tried in connection with the death of Albert C. Felts, who was killed durinar the Matewan tun

t vuuui; vjii vuii tuui v. a u; ucicuuouio were formally discharged by Judge Bailey, but were remanded to jail pending bond arrangements on six I other indictments charging the men ! wlth having been Implicated in the, death of six other private detectives killed with Felts. I The trial consumed 46 days. News Of the acquittal was shouted to a large group of miners standing at a window outside of the courtroom and the announcement was received with enthusiasm. Williamson residents received the verdict quietly and there j i- i , m - nua uu uemuusirauoa asiue iruiu iui outburst of cheers from the miners who had stood vigil since early this morning. - Coal Strike A coal strike has been in progress in Mingo county coal fields -since July 1919. Organizers of the United Mine Workers' union sought to unionize the districts both In Mingo county and In Pike county on the Kentucky side of the border. Nearly a year later the Stone Mountain Coal corporation engaged the Baldwin Felts Detective agency to evict striking miners' families from the company's houses in which they were living. On May 19. 1920 a party of private detectives, headed by Albert C. Felts, carried out the evictions. After a day frauxht with argument between the operatives and city officials, the party finished its work and prepared to depart from Matewan on an early evening train. Upon leaving their hotel Albert Phelps and his men stopped in front of a hardware store. The leader and Mayor Tester-man engaged in a conversation and while they stood close to each other talking, a shot was fired. In an instant rifles and pistols barked in all directions, and before the shooting ended Felts, Testerman and six other members of the Baldwin-Felts party and two other residents fell, mortally wounded, in the main street of the village. Several Dismissed. Twenty-eight of Matewan were indicted by a grand jury at Williamson in connection with the death of Felts, at the outset of the trial which began on January 26. The cases against several of the defendants were dismissed and as the taking o'f testimony progressed others were discharged on motion of the nrosecution. When the jury took the case the fate of but 16 of the original defendants remained to be determined. One of those to await a verdict was Sid Hatfield. Matewan'a chief of police, and around whom a major portion of the testimony was entwined. CLEAR WRECKAGE FROM GRAIN BLAST (Bv Assoclaied Press) CHICAGO. March 21. Wrecking crews today were clearing away the tons of debris scattered by an explosion Saturday night in the elevator of the Armour Grain company, on the south side, under which the bodies of four victims were believed to be concealed. The two known dead were blown out of the structure by the blast, which it was believed was due to spontaneous combustion which ignited inflammable mill dust. The grain loss was placed at about $1,000,000 by E. A. James, secretary of the company. He said that it was believed the other $3,000,000 worth of grain in the concrete bins could be salvaged. Reports of damage kept coming In today from territory surrounding Chicago in an area of more than twenty miles, the damage consisting chiefly of broken windows. Confirmation of earlier reports from Hammond and Whiting, Ind., shows that Whiting suffered the heavier damage. Almost every window in the downtown district was broken. Plate glass littered the sidewalks of HamConsiderable damage also was reported from the country districts, as wr-11 as in Chicago proper. The blast was so great as to resemble an earthquake and farmers in many instances ran into the fields, with their families, fearing their houses would topple down upon their heads. A large force of men worked all day removing the debris at the wrecked elevator, which is about 10 miles from the Chicago loop district on the Calumet river. It is believed there may be other bodies in the ruins. Weather Forecast MOORE'S GENERAL FORECAST Fair. Much cooler; freezing or below tonight. Fair and decidedly cooler weather will prevail tonight throughout Richmond and vicinity. Temperatures around freezing or below late tonight due to a cold wave which now covers the northwest where the barometer registers 30.70. For Indiana by the United States! Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Tuesday; much colder tonight; cold wave. Temperatures for Yesterday. Maximum 7" Minimum 60 Today. Noon 4S Weather Conditions Showers and thunderstorms have been general over Wayne county and adjacent counties during the past 36 hours, due to a storm of marked intensity which moved northeastward to the St. Lawrence valley this morning. The storm was centered over the plain states Saturday night Much colder weather over the Missouri valley and plain states. Barometer Readings 1 a. m., 30.28; noon, 30.40. -

RAIL SAVING I PLAN GIVEN TO CUMMINS Scheme Designed to Effect Reduced Expenses of Operation Presented Pro

posed Railway Agency. AWL III 11111:1. AIIMMIHIN iw wilWb rtUWI I IWI1 i By Associated Pres WASHINGTON, March 21. A plan designed to effect a saving of millions of dollars annually in the operation of the railroads of the country by co-ordination of their facilities and service through operation of a railway service agency to be created by act of congress, was presented to Chairman Cummins of the senate interstate commerce committee today by the National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities. "s. Davies Warfleld, president of the organization, announced in presenting the plan that its adoption would be urged later at hearings before the committee. Urges Economy. Declaring that only "intensive economical methods" In railroad administration could prevent ultimate government operation of the roads, to be followed by government ownership, Mr. Warfleld said the proposed plan not only would insure enormous savines In operation, but would increase facilities and service and lower railroad fares and rates. Through the creation of a National Railway service as proposed in the plan, to be a purchasing agency for cars and other equipment to be leased to the roads without profit, the public Mr. Warfleld said, "would derive a fit" than could be obtained through the physical consolidation of the railroad properties under provisions of the transportation act which the plan is Intended to supplement KINSEY STREET WORK DEFERRED BY DECISION OF BOARD OF WORKS Definite action on the petition to rebuild the surface of Kinsey street from West First street to West Fifth street was deferred by the board of works Monday morning. It is planned to have the street leveled and a tarvia surface three inches thick placed upon it. A number of persons represent inthe 37 remonstrators were present to portest against the street improvement. Several complained that the street had not been properly cared for by the city. Following considerable discussion the board promised to mod ify the petition so that only the portion of the street from the west side of West First to West Fifth would be included in the improvements. This will leave the jog in the street at the east end, a distance of about 75 feet, in its present condition. May Withdraw Protests. City Engineer Dell Davis estimated the cost to resident property owners at about $2 each front foot. Many remonstrators will withdraw from the remonstrance, it is believed, since the board promised that only tarvia will be used in re-surfacing the street. Several remonstrators present withdrew following the promise of the board. The board moved that an ordinance be prepared asking the city council for an additional $1,000 so that bids for a motor truck for the street department might be opened. An appropriation of $4,000 already has been granted by the council, but this sum is said to be inadequate for the purpose. A representative of the Indiana inspection board will meet with the board of works Thursday to discuss questions dealing with electrical wiring. HARDING SUGGESTS TARIFF FOR FARMERS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. March 21. President Harding suggested today to Chairman Fordney to the house ways and means committee to sound out the senate Republicans as to the feasibility or early passage of an emergency tariff that would take care of farmers. The proposal was discussed at length, but it was said the committee reached no definite conclusion. . It was the idea of the president, members raid, to limit the bill to a very few items including wheat and wool. . , - DELIVER GIFT CORN TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY Solicitation is now being made for j gift corn contributions by farmers of Wayne, Webster. New Garden. Franklin and Boston townships, and deliveries will be made Tuesday and Wednesday. Wayne and Webster will deliver on Tuesday while New Garden-.' Boston and Franklin -will deliver Wednesday, to avoid overloading the capacity of the loading and shelling facilities of the Richmond Roller Mills, the machinery of which has been placed at the - disposal of this work by - Charles Carpenter, .. manager and owner. - - ' The promoters of the project' wish it understood that contributions of all are welcome, and if no personal solicitation is made, to have no hesitancy In hauling corn to the Richmond Roller Mills on the days appointed.