Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 177, 6 June 1921 — Page 1

MOMD FA ABIUM VOL. XL VI., No. 177 Palladium. Est. 1S31. Consolidated with Sun-Telecrram, 1907. RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1921. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS

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ENTHUSIASM MARKS END OF CAMPAIGN Policy of Open Discussions To Be Followed by Advocates of City Manager Form of Government. WILL AROUSE" VOTERS

Advocates of the city manager form of government for Richmond are entering the final week of the campaign with the intention of putting strong effort into the final drive. The policy of open discussion in the various wards of the city will be continued ihis w-eek and until the night preceding the campaign. Anti-manager forces will hold their regular Tuesday night organization meeting in the Colonial Annex, at 7:43 Tuesday evening. This probably will conclude their active campaigning although it is possible that they will hold a mass meeting the latter part of the week. Meeting Tonight. Monday night, a meeting favoring the city manager government will be held at the Whitewater Friends church on North Tenth street. Tuesday night another meeting will be held at the Third M. E. church in Fairview, with the Chester band furnishing music for a parade preceding the speeches. All interested voter's eyes are turned toward the results of the special elections in all parts of the state, most of these being scheduled for Tuesday. Muncie, Anderson, Logansport and Kokomo will express their preference at that time. Logansport and Kokomo virtually have conceded victory to the anti-city manager forces. Would Call Primary. In the event of defeat of the proposed change, the city council will be called into a special meeting to fix the date for the holding of a primary election. Such election cannot be held earlier than 30 days after the special election. This probably would mean that the primary election in this city would not be held until the tter part of July. Before the special election on the city manager proposition was called a number of aspirants for city offices, both Republicans and Democrats, had filed notice of their intention to become candidates. These notices were fled on the assumption that the primary election would be held at the time provided by law, the first Tuesday in May. Question Arise The calling of the special election automatically postponed the primary. A question has arisen as to whether aspirants for office will be required to file new notices of their intentions. There is some conflict of opinion on this but it is generally held that new intentions will have to be filed not t less than 30 days nor more than 60 days before the date on which the primary is to be held. WORKS BOARD PASSES $20,437.48 BILLS Bills totaling J20.437.48 were passed by the board of works Monday morning. Of this total. $3,000 was in payment for property acquired at North Third and D streets, where the board Is bringing about a widening of the street. The purpose is to protect citizens from the railroad crossing at this point. Over $3,000 was for coal for the city. One item of between $45 and $50 included in the bills was Tor the special election to be held June 14. Daniel G. Burkhart was awarded the contract for improving South Third street, between A and D streets. Cement walk, curb and gutter are to be made. A bid received for providing the engineer's department with an adding machine was taken under advisement. An ordinance providing for an appropriation to cover this expense will be drawn and presented to council at its next session. Petition for the improvement of the alley between South Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets, from Main to A ',t reets, was received. WILLIAMS AGAIN HEAD OF COUNTY SCHOOLS C. O. Williams was re-elected county superintendent of schools by a unanimous vote of the township trustees at their meeting in the auditor's office Moaday morning. The first ballot showed a 15 to 0 vote in favor of Mr. Williams. The trustees met at 10 o'clock and elected Charles H. Bond, of Clay township temporary chairman to serve during the election.. No other business was before the trustee's meeting. All the trustees were present. Mr. Williams has been county superintendent t-ince Oct. 1. 1910, filling out an unexpired term and being reelected every four years since then. He has served two terms as a member of the state board of education. Weeks, Pershing, to Visit Citzens Training Camp (By Associated Pres? INDIANAPOLIS. June 6. John K. Weeks, secretary of war. and General John J. Pershing, chief of staff of the United States Army, will visit the cititens' military training camp at Camp Knox, Ky., on a tour of inspection before the camp closes, August 30. Information to this effect was received today at the fifth army corps area headquarters at Fort Benjamin Har-riso.

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cials attended the annual commencement exercises at th3 Annapolis Naval

the future admirals and presented them with their diplomas.

Sixth District Young Men May Take Coast Guard Examination

PAUADlt l SEW! Bl'REAV WASHINGTON. June 6. For the first time in a number of years the sixth congressional district of Indiana is represented by its full quota of cadets at both the United States Military academy at West Point and the United States Naval academy at Annapolis, either by students actually enrolled at the two institutions or who will be admitted before the end of this month. To other young men living in the sixth Indiana district who desire to complete their education at govern ment expense an exceptional oppor- j tunlty..4s -now being offered by the United States Coast Guard which announces that on June 27 a competitive examination will be held for the appointment of cadets and cadet engineers to the Coast Guard academy at New London, Conn. These examinations will be held at various places throughout the country. Indiana applicants will probably take their examinations at Chicago. Prospective candidates can obtain full information concerning the examinations by writing to the Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard, Washington, D. C. Offer Fine Service The Coast Guard is one of the military services ot tne unitea biaies, ; in wnicn service la uiieitu auum, ashore and in aviation. Cadets are trained to become line officers and the age limits for appointment are 18 to 24 years. Cadet engineers are trained to beCONNERSVILLE SHUNS CITY MANAGER PLAN Final results of the election ln Connersville. on the city manager issue, show that the city has rejected the city manager form of government by nearly a 9 to 1 majority. The final count as announced Monday was 482 for the change and 3,635 opposed. The vote included about two-thirds of the normal voting population of the town. The fight against the change wa3 led by Clarence S. Roots, a prominent attorney, and James Clifton, Democratic candidate for mayor, former prosecutor. House is With Harding on Limiting Armament By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 6. As a substitute for the Borah disarmament amendment to the naval appropriation bill the house foreign affairs committee reported today a joint resolution concurring in the declared purpose of President Harding to call an international conference to limit armament. r. What I Think of the City Manager System Errj- day reporter villi ask prmon picked at random, bis oplalou oa the proponed plan. "At first I was enthusiastic about the city manager plan, but since I have found out how the bill was rushed through the legislature and how weak it is, I am not going to vote for it. "I believe that most of the protest against the present form of government is in order to get rid of Dr. Zimmerman ; while, as a matter of fact, Zimmerman will never again be elected mayor if we retain our present form of government. . j "I think the sensible thing for people to do under the circumstances is for them to retain the present form of government; then . let us all see that the right man is nominated and elected mayor, and also see that the right men are put in council to back up the mayor in proper administration of the office." v . .

Gives Diplomas to Navy's

1 r the ravy Denby, Assistant Secretary come engineer officers and the age limits for appointment are 20 to 23 years. Each summer Coast Guard cadets ,1 . "'""' cruise. In the past years these cruislisVl nhonnnl ., HJU. 1 I ho wi:r "'.".I receive the same pay and allowances I as midshipmen in the navy, $730 per annum and one ration of $1.08 peri . auu uutJ 'ation per nay. upon: graduation, after three years at the academy, a cadet becomes a commis sioned officer in tJoe grade of ensign. The engineer cadets graduate after (Continued on Page Five) 175 RAILROADS ASK WAGE REDUCTIONS i (By AssoriatPd Press) CHICAGO, June. 6. One hundred and seventy-five railroads todav pe-! titioned the railroad labor board tor a reduction in wages of one or more classes of their employes, "equal that eiven anv other railroad hv the ! board's decision, effective Julv 1. Mrs. Mary Copeland, Former Richmond Resident, Dies Mrs. Mary Copeland, of Straughn. aged 63 years, died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Everett Stephen son, 204 Northwest Fifth street, Richmond, at 6:30 o'clock Monday morn ing. Funeral services will be held in the Baptist church at Greencastle ai 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The body will be taken to Greencastle at 8:45 o'clock Wednesday morning. Until that time friends may call at the home of the daughter, Mrs. Stephenson. Mrs. Copeland is a former resident of Richmond and has many friends here. She is survived by her husband, John Copeland, and six children. BRITISH CHIEF PROBES SILESIAN SITUATION (By Associated Press) OPPELN, June 6. General Hunneker, commander of British forces in Silesia, and General von Hoefer. leader of German defense organizaf ions, were to confer this morning relative to the situation which has arisen as a result, of conflicts between Germans and Poles in many districts of Upper Silesia. The French have sent an ultimatum to General von Hoef, saying that unless the German defense forces, which have been fighting the Poles near Gross-Stehlitz are not ordered to retire, the French troops will be withdrawn from the industrial sections of the plebiscite zone. Thomas Huston Harvey Civil War Veteran, Dies Word has been received in this city of the death of Thomas Huston Harvey, at Fort Scott, Kansas, recently. Mr. Harvey was born on a farm near New Paris. November 4, 1S43. where he lived with his grandfather, Thomas W. Porterfield. until the Civil war. He enlisted in the Sixty-ninth Ohio volunteer infantry and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. He served four years and nine months. He made his home in Kansas after the war, living in Emporia, Burlington and Fort Scott. He is a cousin of Oscar Porterfield, of this city. LIFT TRADE RESTRICTIONS (By Associated Press) ROME, June 6. All restrictions on the trade in prime necessities of life have been removed by a decree issued by the ministry of food. The rationing of rice, bread and other food products has been abolished.

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members their diplomas. Roosevelt and other government offiacademy. President Harding addressed ARREST OF DECKER DESCRIBED BY UNCLE; COURTROOM CROWDED (Bv Associated Presl WARSAW, Ind., June 6. Samuel ! Decker, 18. on trial here for the mur der of Leroy Lovett, 20, told in court lOUd.V of the arrest of Virgil at the uncle's home in Marion after the lat

ter had notified the heriff of Virgll3'i many of whom were scrming and Pr?.sence- j moaning and praying. A young girl MV w',nejLs f1" l1 arierwas sitting in her seat crying. I -A t,.,4,. I cva naa tv r-Viiao qh

lowing the finding of Lovett's bodyi beside the Pennsylvania railroad j crossing on March 21. According to trke-lincle, Virgil came to Mirton-lhe day before the arrest. W hen asked , regarding his mother and family. ir-, gil, according to the witness, declared that he was innocent and that "he wasn't going to stand for that" when j ue wab Miuii a newspaper t-iory mi j which his name was. mentioned i connection with the murder. inj mj i r,.i c c i,

in.uiru "funvi, uugnir. u, oauiut-i , smiiing. I reckon she died in her seat. Decker, gave testimony similar to that, i saw a young man sittIng in an upper .f h,er ta,her She told of lrgil s ar-'Dertn witl) his mother, consoling her.

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nuurs ufioif me uiai ut-gaji vnis morning the court room was crowded. As early as 5:30 o'clock this morning; the court room began to fill with townspeople anxious able seats. to obtain desirALLEGED POSTAL RING IS PLACED ON TRIAL; PRIEST IS DEFENDANT (T.y Associated Press) TOLEDO. C. June 6. The second chapter of Toledo"s famous $1,000,000 postofl'ice robbery started today when 38 defendants, accused of complicity, went on trial in a carefully guarded court room. Wando Urbaytis, once named as the master mjnd in the theft is expected to make her appearance in fresh feminine apparel. Her sisters late last week visited her at the jail and are said to have left a lot of frills and furbelows. Father Anthony Gorek, New Chicago, Ind.. also will go on trial today. Five of the 38 defendants have been indicted or. count will 10 counts each, and each brins; a sentence ot 25 years in the event of a guilty verdict. The robbery took place February 17, five men compelling mail truck drivers to remain impassive while they loaded the valuable sacks in an automobile and sped away. Only ten of the alleged five actual robbers at at liberty. They are Jas. Calsou and Edward O'Brien. Both are indicted for conspiracy and robbery. It is claimed they, with Joe Urbaytis. George Rogers and Charles Schultz committed the actual robbery. Included among the others indicted are: Paul Faulek, Stanley Barthnikowski and Albert Murzyn, Indiana Harbor, Ind.: John Epps and George Harris, of Chicago, and Max Branner and Sol Stahl. New York. Supreme Court Orders Cases be Re-Argued (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. June 6. The supreme court today ordered the United Shoe Machinery case, the original suit between Wyoming and Colorado and a number of others, "restored to the docket for re-argument before full court." Noblesville Physician Succumbs to Appendicitis By Aso"iated Press NOBLESVILLE. Ind.; June 6. Dr. Frederick A. Tucker. , 49.. of this city, former president of the Indiana board of public health, died today following an operation for appendicitis. During the World war Dr. Tucker was a lieutenant-colonel and was in charge of base hospital No. 51, near Paris, for IS months.

THREE ARE INJURED, SEVEN SHAKEN UP, IN TRUCK SMASH-UP

Three people were injured and seven others badly shaken up when a large truck belonging to the Mercurio and Sons, commission merchants, threw a tire one mile west of Cambridge City, swerved across the street j car tracks and crashed into a telepnone poie, auouc z:su Monaay morning. The injured were: James Hanttos. South Second and B streets, lg broken and body cuts; Richard Sharkett. South Eighth street, cut on body and legs: Bartley Jordan. Richmond evenue, head and shoulders mashed and body cuts. None are in serious condition. The truck was returning with the party who. had attended the wedding J of Joseph Mercurio and Miss Anna Matracre in Indianapolis, Sunday. It was driven by Richard Sacrn, who escaped without injury. A stap had been made in Cambridge City to change a tire, members of the party stated. After leaving Cambridge City the machine was going at a good rate of speed when the detachable rim came loose causing the car to swerve across the track and into the post. The machine viitually was demolished.

Flood Survivor Says Victims Went to Their Death Praying

(By Associated Pre) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 6. Frank Bucray, sheriff of Mesa county, whose home is at Grand Junetion was one of the survivors of 200 passengers on Denver & Rio Grande train, No. 3, which arrived in Pueblo on Friday night. Just as the train pulled up to the bridge over the Arkansas river, leading into the union station, it was stopped, he said. "We were left there," he said. "On the next track was a Missouri Pacific train. We had been there only a hort time when we heard the roar of waters and the flood lapped at the "It was soon rushing through the car. Some of us went up and down in the cars quieting the passengers, eobbingly called out 'daddy, daddy.' I tol(j her wou,d look after her d it cheered herv -But well. I saw her swept away as tDe water rushed into the coache8 and earrled us out througn wiDdows and (joors Smiles to the Last An old lady Bat ln her seat- smiiingi i11t-t hefnr. th at Hn.H c She dertarrf that if it were her time " - v.. "in fjg water w ve clung to the coach es of the train which were swavine Dack and forth with tne waves "and striking the coaches of the Missouri Pacific train. Screams and cries of anguish rose. I saw some people go to their deaths crushed between the two trains. "A great pile of lumber came rushing down upon us. sweeping over us, striking some of those clutching there with precarious hold on the cars They were torn loose and went floating down to death. I saw a man break his way through the top of a coach only to be washed down the flood. On either side of us, houses and barns and other buildings were swirling down. Many people were clinging to them. I saw two women on the top of a house. The structure struck the bridge and crumbled like an egg shell. City Manager Advocates Meet Monday and Tuesday Meetings favoring the city manager form of government for Richmond are to. be held Monday ana i uesaay nights. John Putterbaugh will ad I uirsa uuiu uieeuiigs. inonaay nigni s i .1 , , -1 ... : .tpr VriK (.hlirnh n v-(,rfh -rctl.u 1 . -,,a -..ii, street at :30 o'clock. Tuesday night a meeting .-II u will be holrt at the xmr,l Tkt cj FaIrvi.w. The Martial Band of ches. ' .n, . nnen Qir ,.f . I "..i' V : .u! , .u clnct at 7 o clock. Miss Lorine White, a student of Olivet university, will also give a musical program. Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST. Mostly fair, but with increasing cloudiness. Although the weather will be mostly fair during the next 24 hours, a fall ia the barometric pressure over the Mississippi Valley states indicates a gradual change to unsettled conditions. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; not much change in temperature. Temperature for Yesterday. Maximum 73 Minimum 44 Today. Noon - 77 Weather Conditions The cool wave which has dominated weather conditions since Friday night is slowly losing energy. A warm wave now prevails in the Northwest, a maximum temperature of 84 at Medicine Hat, Canada, and also at Havre, Montana. Sunday. The local weather continues unsettled over the Plain and Rocky mountain states with heavy rains in Colorado, Wyoming, and North Dakota. Scattering showers in many other places. Severe floods -continue at Pueblo, . Colorado, where a succession of torrential rains have prevailed.

Canadc overn Lord Julian Byng Lord Julian Byng of Vimy has been appointed governor general of Canada, succeeding the Duke of Devonshire. I saw their white hands a moment on the water. "Morning came. The waters had been receding. Those of us who were left about 60 were able to reach the ground and walk around in water above our knees. Some of the uncon scious women and children were left in the dark. It was a scene of devastation and death. It was awful. I cannot say what the loss might be. I know It must be far over 100 lives, for at least that many, I am sure, were lost off our train and the Missouri Pacific train, though more from the last named train were found alive. Pueblo's disaster is one of the worst in the history of the west." OVER 200 CHILDREN ENROLL IN VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL COURSE Between 200 and 250 children between the ages of eight and 12, inclusive, will be enrolled when the interdenominational Bible school opens on Monday, June 27. Sessions will be held in the local senior high school building. This estimate was made Monday after a meeting of the executive committee of the City Sunday School association, which body is promoting the religious instruction course. The school will close Friday, Jui'.v 15, according to present plans. While the number of children to take the Bible course seems small when considered that they represent a large number of local Sunday schools, the association officers are not desirous that the enrollment for the initial course be too hVavy. With present plans considered, it will take from 10 to 12 teachers as instructors for the number of children to take the work. Course of Study The course of study to be followed, it is believed, will be tnat offered by the International Sunday School association for Bible schools. However, a committee from the Ministerial association, composed of the Revs. J. P. Miller. L. E. Murray, A. H. Backus, A. F. Mitchell and W. M. Work, was appointed Monday to inspect and pass upon lesson material to be used. Financing of the project is in charge of Jesse Weichman. A small levy probably will be placed upon each school benefited, according to the number of students enrolled. It has been explained also, that where schools cannot meet this method, other arrangements w L Fr.?t:Ji C'. HeiZ?nln ill be made. ironimus. principal of ! Garfield Junior high school, will be I v. . . r v. r;Ki . . . . v. l ll i . ,.,,. kt, r.hn School will be held for three hours each morning for five days a week. No school will be held on any afteri noons. Recess and rest periods will e arranged, and according to those I. r rLi..icuarge, rvt-ry fiiori wmin win make for efficient and well conducted work will not be spared. Hours of the school will either be from S to 11 or from 8:30 to 11:30 o'clock. Supplementary Work Harrison Scott, president of the City Sundd. School association, in discussing the school said: "The vacation Bible school is a cooperative effort on the part of the various schools affiliated with the Richmond Sunday School association to supplement the work of the Sunday school. The lesson course and text will be distinctly Biblical in nature but in no sense denominational. "Due consideration has been given to the fact that the children will have been out of regular school but a week and the program of the school will be arranged accordingly. Trained Teacher The study and recitation periods are to be in charge of trained, experienced and Christian men and women, recruited from our day school teachers in so far as possible. A compensation will be paid those in charge. The first time, perhaps, such a thing has been attempted by the Protestant Sunday schools of this city, but a common practice in many cities throughout the country. "While it is the desire of those in charge that no child be left out who wished to attend the emphasis is being placed on efficiency and not in numbers. "The interest of the parents is being solicited and the slogan is "Behind each seat an invisible one. occupied by the' parent, or that one most interested in the religious education of each particular child."

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PUEBLO FLOOD RECEDES; TOLL UNDETERMINED Work of Removing Bodies Begins Patrol Devastated Areas Establish Camps for Destitute Refugees. SUPPLIES ARE ARRIVING fBy Associated Presa) PUEBLO. Colo.. June 6. After a night of quiet. Pueblo awoke this morning to find the waters in the lowlying sections of the city receded to below the five-foot mark and still going down. The flood was at the lowest stage since its sudden onslaught last Friday night. Governor Shoup today asked th United States government to place -$20,000,000 at the command of the state for use in relief work. Today the work of removinc the bodies from the Grover and Pepper salt bottom districts began. Col. Pat Hamrock, in charge of the military, announced the situation was well in band and that order was rapidly being restored. All during the n'ght the devastated areas were patrolled by a heavy guard of Colorado soldiery, while the State Rangers, in automobiles and armed with riot guns, patrolled the streets of the residence quarters. Looting Not Confirmed Every person found on the streets after nightfall was questioned. Sometime after midnight reports of looting

in the flooded areas began to come in. The guards brought between 15 and 20 men to military headquarters for questioning, but In almost every case it was found that the supposed vandals were merely frightened Mexicans, who, homeless and forlorn, did not understand that shelter had been, provided for them. Only one or two cases of actual looting have been brought to light since the military assumed control, according to Captain H. O. Nichols, of Denver. Today there will arrive from Denver, according to C lonel Hamrock, enough tents, bedding, cooking utensils and. medical supplies to care for 2,000 of Pueblo's homeless. Work of establishing a refugee camp at Mineral Palace park also was under wty.and all the flood sufferers now cared for in churches, school houses and other public buildings will be removed to the camp. It was also expected that during the day there w ould arrive from Dodge City, Kas., three army airplanes for observation and scouting purposes. Streams Rise Again Heavy rains which fell at a number of points in northern Colorado late yesterday and last night sent streams In that area up today. Reports received at the Denver office of The Associated Press showed the following conditions at outlying towns: Greeley-Poudre and Platte rivers rising rapidly today. All bridges in Weld county over these two rivers are impassable. Several thousand acres of land in the bottoms are under several feet of water. The SL Vrain river reached its highest stage in two years this morning, overflowing its banks and flooding the Lincoln highway in places. The rise of the St. Vrain was sudden and followed heavy rains of yesterday. Drain Reservoirs. Four reservoirs, the Foothills, Foster lake. Mulligan lake and Terry lake, are being drained to prevent possible breakage and Inundation of the district. Restoration of the city to even an approach to normal condition is a matter of weeks. Levees must be repaired before the business secction can be cleared of water. It seemed early today that all danger of a repetition of the flood has passed, tar--ing another cloud-burst. Every dam either the Arkansas or Fountain rivers from which clanger might b? expected, was already gone. The local Red Cross placed the number of bodies found at approximately 100. basing the estimate on report of personal investigation of the devated area. The number of persons in temporary hospitals were placed a' 500 by J. E. Moorehead. secretary to Governor Shoup. Typhoid. pneumoDla. diptheria and one or two cases of insanity were found among these pa tients. Complete field hospifal unit from Ft. Logan was on lu way. At a conference early today of military, city and state officials. In which Gov. Shoup took part, repair of th levees was decided upon as one o' the first problems to be met. It wa considered possible that aid of the federal government would be sought. Other Cities Suffer Floods of lesser magnitude were reported early today by sevevral towns in Kansas. All are along the cours-a of the Arkansas river, which overflowed its banks here. Syracuse and Gardner, Kansas, have reported sweeping floods, and Aniams, Colo., early today reported the Atchinson. Topeka & Santa Fe shops at La Junta, under five feet of water, the railroad yards whecked and 200 freight caw sw ept away. A score of lives were , believed to have been lost. ; Two hundred residences in Laa Animas went under three feet of water late last night Inhabitants fled to public buildings and to the highland?, fearing tb residence section would be swept away.- The Platte river brok? its banks at Denver shortly after midnight, inundating several blocks of the West Side residential sections, from (Continued on Page Twelve.)