Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 223, 30 July 1921 — Page 1

MON PALLADIUM H A VOL. XLVI., No. 223 Palladium. Est 1831. Consolidated with Run-Telegram. 1907. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1921. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS

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DISARMING WILL BRING PROSPERITY Nations of Europe Will Be Solvent After Money Now Spent in War Preparations Is Saved.

WILL RESTORE CREDIT BY MARK SIXLIVAX WASHINGTON. D. C, July 30 Washington understands the Import ance of the coming disarmament conference, although it seems the country does not. Because the disarmament conference is less dramatically staged, and because it comes afterward, the world thinks of it as much less important than the peace conference. The fact is not apparent now, but it will be before the end of the year, that the disarmament conference in Washington is to be fully as Important as the peace conference. Some of those who are most earnest in bringing about this conference deplore the fact that it is to have ,a wider scope than disarmament merely. There is good ground for this view. It is a theory which visualizes tho nations as saying to one another: "We have many problems ahead of uj. and many vexatious issues to settle. Let us begin the process by binding ourselves not to fight over any of these issues. Let us leave our pistols outside when we enter the conference room.' What Really Happened That was a good theory about the coming conference. But if that theory had been adopted, it would have followed that we must have not one, but two conferences. We would havo had to hold the first conference for disarmament, and then we would havo had to hold a second conference to determine the other issues. What really happened in the evolution of the negotiations leading to the coming conference was the determination to lump disarmament, and Ihe other issues, and settle them all at once. The theory in the minds of those American leaders who have brought about the coming conference is that you cannot logically or securedly do anything about armament unless you at the same time consider the causes of armaments, and treat them adequately. That is how it came about that the coming conference has been designated to take up not merely armament, but questions arising in the Pacific. Pacific Questions. For the present, the group of questions to be discussed in addition to Armament is merely described as those "arising In the Pacific." But there is nothing more obvious than the pressure to take up still other questions. It lies in the nature of the ca.e. If it is sound to say that questions of armament can only be considered in connection with those issues because of which nations take up arms, then it follows that the coming conference should properly take up all issues between nations. What is likely to happen is that those who will dominate the coming conference will make an honest effort in the interests of simplicity, pid in the effort to get something t t jible done, to restrict the conference to disarmament, and to questions arising in the Pacific. But from now until the conference begins, and after the conference is under way, there will be a steady pressure of logic and circumstance on the conference to take up related questions. May Consider Court. Already the question has been brought up as to whether the coming conference should consider the formation of an international court. Nothing is more logical than this. The purpose of an international court is to settle by law disputes which lacking such settlement, lead to war. Those Washington leaders who are responsible for the coming conference fhow some wariness about admitting new subjects, and are disposed to limit rather than to extend what is called the "xagenda." In this there is sound sense and caution, but in the long run it will happen that the coming conference will take up more questions than are now announced. Further than this, the coming conference in Washington will be merely a beginning. It will be one of several conferences which will take up seratim aU the questions of coming concern to nations, and which inevitably at the end will lead to a world association for the preservation of peace, &nd for the solution of other common questions. Will Bring Prosperity. It is doubtful if the American people realize the direct interest that the conference will have for them. It will have for us. of course, the interest that it has for all nations who want to avoid the horror of future war. and escape the burden of present taxation. But this particular interest is smaller to America than to any other ration, because the burdens of war rest on us more lightly than on any of the others. The coming conference has an interest for America beyond this superficial one. The thing to which ashington and the country is now giving most attention is business depression. This depression in all its ramifica tions, rests finally upon the inability of the original producer of goods to find a market for his wares. It rests primarily on the fact that the American farmer is unable to sell his goods . The reason he cannot sell his goods is that those European nations, which in past years have bought them, tre not now able to buy them. Market Cut Off. The trouble of the American farmer lies in the fact that the foreign market for his products has been cut off. It has been cut off by the war-induced (Continued on Pae Thirteen)

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Governor Reily in Inaugural

Loyalty of Citizens to United States Will Show No Partiality to Any Class.

fBy Associate.! Press SAN JUAN, P. R., July 30. Governor E. Mont Reily, the newly appointed chief executive pf Porto Rico, was inaugurated today with appropriate ceremonies and in the course of hi3 inaugural address declared strongly! against any agitation for independence of the islands which, he said, came largely from foreigners. , "So long as Old Glory waves over the United States, it will wave over Porto Rico," declared the governor. He continued: "I want you to be fully aware that there is no room in Porto Rico for any foreigner who is not willing to support and uphold our established government. There is no sympathy or possible hope in the United States for independence for Porto Rico, from any individual or from any political party. All Oppose Independence "The last two great national conventions held in the United States. Democrat and Republican, declared unanimously against independence for Porto Rico. 'Neither, my friends, is there any place in these islands for any flag, save the flag of our beloved and common country, the stars ani stripes, and there never shall be. So long as Old Glory waves over the United States, it will wave over Porto Rico. "If a majority of the people of these islands desire a change in their government, I would suggest that they advocate statehood. Plan to place yourselves in the same condition and situation that obtains today in Now York, Missouri and California, aud trust the American people for a perpetual square deal. If you can bring this happy condition about, you can COMRADES TO HONOR LICHTENFELS MONDAY BY MILITARY RITES A military funeral will honor Frank Lichtenfels, local soldier, who was killed in France during the World war. The American Legion will have full charge of the funeral, which will be held from St. Mary's church Monday morning at 9 o'clock. The body Is on its way to Richmond from New York and was expected to arrive here some time Saturday. The American Legion band will lead the funeral procession. The pall bearers, will be from the American Legion and are as follows: George Stiens, Herbert Weisbrod, Toney Albano, Robert Dickinson, Benny Lahrman and Robert Ohler. The following firing squad has been picked from the American Legion: Ray Keck. Paul Andrews, Victor Bloemke, Frank Mercurio, Everett Lawson, Homer Shepman, Howard Brunner, Charles Chappel and Roy Aikin. Lt. Keck will be in charge. All former service men are requested by Commander Ray Mather to attend the funeral. Veterans are to be at the K. of P. hall in full unlI form Monday morning at 8 o'clock. The service men will march to the undertaking parlors in a body and will accompany the body to St. Mary's church. Lichtenfels was a member of St Mary's church and a member of the knights of Columbus. He is survived by three brothers, Peter and Ray, of this city, and E. Lichtenfels, of Chicago; and three sisters, Mrs. R. O. Allen and Miss Julian Lichtenfels, of this city. Mrs. A. Ryan, of Middletown, Ohio. Burial will be in St. Andrew's cemetery.

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---ft:-, : -r1 p: first prize in the latest Washington For Porto Rico, Address Insists on Complete then elect your own governor, your own congressmen, your own United States senators and then you can fully enjoy the privileges and fruits of the liberty of statehood. Favors No Class "In accepting this call-to the governorship, at the hands of our great chief executive, I have done so with an open hand, an open .mind and an open heart, for all the peoples of these islands,", said .Governor Reily. "I havo (Continued on Page Five) William Reynolds, 87, Dies at Fountain City FOUNTAIN CITY. Ind., July 30. Kneeling in death at his bedside, William Reynolds. 87 years of age, was discovered a few minutes after he had died, when he failed to respond to a call to dinner. Death occurred at 12:15 o'clock Friday afternoon. Funeral services will be held in th-5 Hopewell Methodist church, threo miles north of Fountain City,. Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, with burial in I. O. O. F. cemetery. Rev. Blocker will officiate. Mr. Reynolds had lived in this county almost all his life. He leaves two sons, Charles and J. T. Reynolds, and a daughter, Allie, living at Cadillac, Mich. He had made his home with J. T. Reynolds for some time. Daily Interview Every day a reporter will Interview a pernon, picked at random, on what he reacardu an the in out Important aetion to brine bark prosperity to the whole country. "Cut out the leaks between the producer and the consumer," replied R. E. Morrow, farmer living east of Richmond, when asked the essentials of restored business prosperity. "The difference between the raw material and the manufactured product is too great," he continued. "Wheat prices are much lower than lately, but bread Is the same price. Beef on the hoof and on the block is another example. Even if we restore . foreign trade, I can not see that it would help the farmer much with all the chances for the handlers of his products to get their profits. There are too many of them, doing business at too great costs, and' not much of the foreign price would be left for us after they' were done with it." "It will be necessary also, for manufacturers who have not cut their costs to get down to a lower basis. I was talking to a fertilizer man the other day, who said that the manufacturers could not sell at any lower prices-because their costs for wages and other factors were as high as ever. Why don't they cut those costs? It is their business to produce as cheaply, as possible, and if their product is too high, to manufacture more efficiently. "Business men with stocks of high priced goods also will have to cut inventory values and get back into production. A canning factory man near Richmond told me the other day that he had had to cut production this year because he was loaded up with high priced goods from last year. He had stored them, and was paying charges and insurance on them until he could unload. He will have to take his loss. That is what the farmers had to do. They wouldn't have done it if they could have dodged it, they are no different from anyone else, but farmers were not in a position to help themselves. Now manufacturers are in a position, since they fix the price on their goods, to hold up prices for a while, but in time everybody will have to get down to the same level if business is to improve."

HOOVER OFFER IS ACCEPTED BY B0LSHEV1K1

Accept Conditions of Proposal to Aid in Relieving Famine Suffering Will Release U. S. Prisoners. URGE SPEEDY ACTION (By Associated Pres) RIGA. July 30. The offer of Herbert Hoover to aid Russia in relieving suffering due to famine on condition that all Americans now held prisoners in Russia be released, has been accepted by the Russian authorities, who suggest immediate negotiations in order to realize speedy assistance, according to a dispatch from the Ronta news agency of Moscow, received here today. The text of the reply, made in the name of Leo Kameneff, head of the Non-Partisan's non-political famine relief committee is as follows: "The Russian government upon learning of the proposals made by Herbert Hoover in the name of the American relief association finds them quite acceptable including the question of the re-ease of American citizens." Urge Speedy Action "The Russian government considers it necessary to fix as soon as possible the exact conditions on which the immediate relations are to begin. "Its human intentions guarantee the feeding, medical aid and clothing of the million children and invalids. For this purpose the Russian government considers it useful that Director! Brown or anv other person authorized! for the negotiations should immediately come to Moscow, Riga or Reval. "The Russian soviet government expects a quick reply, stating the place and time for the negotiations. (Signed) "KAMENEFF." The offer of Herbert Hoover, as head of the American relief administration,, to see that help was given Russia's sick and starving was made in a telegram addressed . to Maxim Gorky in response to Gorky's recent appeal for aid. The prime condition was laid down that the Americans held prisoner in Russia' must be immediately released. It .was stipulated also that proper administrative conditions must be made by soviet Russia, including the full and free liberty of movement for the relief administration representatives. SHRILL VOICE, CARRIED BY ECHOES, BROUGHT PARTY TO MRS. STONE Mrs. W. E. Stone in her mountain climbing garb. fBy Associated Press.) 'SPRAY FALLS, Alberta. July 30. Mrs. W. E. Stone, resting in an improvised camp on Mount Eanon, described today how the shrill sound of her voice, caught up by the multitude of peaks and crags and, re-echoing, saved her life . after her husband, president of Purdue university of Lafayette, Ind., had perished in climbing the mountain and after she had lain eight days on a perilous ledge. A searching party had figured out the probable course that Dr. and Mrs. Stone would take to ascend Mount Eanon.' From a point of vantage the searchcontinued on Page Thirteen.)

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Mrs. Gene Buck, wife of the author of the well known Ziegfeld Follies, recently sailed for Europe, pleasure bound. Judging by the photo, Mrs. Buck is - pretty enough to have a prominent place in the famous beauty chorus which always makes the Follies famous. She played recently as a star in "Jack o'Lantern." Note the sleeveless gown she is wearing al though it is daytime.

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Mrs. Gene Buck aboard the steamer bound for a vacation abroad.

Roy ally -N or thcliffe Dispute Sets English Circles Agog King, in Reported Interview, Said To Have Censured Lloyd George for English Policy Friction Between Government and Northcliffe Papers.

(By. Associated Press) LONDON, July 30. The sensational and unprecedented incident of a British sovereign repudiating to parliament, through the prime minister, statements attributed to him in a newspaper interview is given the greatest prominence in ." the entire British press this morning. Political circles have been able to talk of little else since Prime Minister Lloyd George appeared in the house of commons yesterday and read a statement, authorized by King George, in which the king declared that words attributed to him concerning the government's Irish policy in a reported interview in the United States by Lord Northcliffe, owner of the London Times, were "a complete fabrication."' The alleged interview quoted King George as saying to Premier Lloyd George just before His Majesty left England to open the Ulster parliament: "Are you going to shoot all the people in Ireland?" The premier is said to have replied: "No, Your Majesty." "Well, then, you must come to some agreement with them," the king was OFFER $10,000,000 FOR WOODEN FLEET (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 30. A bid of $10,000,000 for the whole government fleet of 287 wooden vessels was received today by the shipping board from the R. A. Thompson comnany, New York, but the envelope did not contain a check for $1,000,000, the required 10 per cent deposit. The board is endeavoring to get into touch with the Thompson firm to ask about the check. Five of the 15 bids received were from Japanese brokers of Seattle. The bids ranged from that to 7,500 offered by the C. S. Hutchinson company, Cleveland for the ship spurgeon bay. The board took the bid under consideration. Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST. Local thundershowers, followed by fair and cooler. The weather will continue unsettled Saturday afternoon and night, with local thundershowers, followed by generally fair weather. Variable winds will shift to the northwest bringing relief from the hot wave. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Sunday; cooler Sunday and in northwest portion tonight. Temperatures for Yesterday. Maximum 94 Mipimum 71 Today. Noon SI Weather Conditions The storm over the lake region is causing unsteeled weather over the central states with local thunder showers. It was raining at 1 o'clock four miles southwest of Richmond. A cool wave has appeared in the northwest, temperatures ranging from 44 to 65 over Saskatchewan ,and under its influence the barometric pressure is rising and considerably cooler weather will over spread the lake region tonight. It will reach here by Sunday night. The rainfall has been heavy over considerable area in the northwest, elsewhere it has been local. COOLER WEATHER PREDICTED Relief from the hot spell is now on the way, according to Weathermau W. E. Moore. A cool wave in Saskatchewan, with temperatures ranging from 65 down to 44 degrees is reported. The wave is expected to reah here by Sunday if not before, and will result in a substantial drop in temperature.

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quoted as saying. "This thing cannot go on. I cannot have my people killed in this manner." . Appeared Here First (The foregoing conversation appeared in an interview published in New York City, July 25, attributed to H. Wickham Steed, editor of the London Times, who is travelling in America, with Lord Northcliffe. It was given by Mr. Steed the day after his arrival from England, and subsequently appeared in English papers attrib(Continued on Page Five) FORMAL PEACE WITH AMERICA SOON, BELIEF OF GERMAN OFFICE (By Associated Press) BERLIN, July 30 The German foreign office expresses belief that the negotiations which have been proceeding for the last three weeks between Ellis Loring Dresel, the American commissioner in Berlin, and Dr. Rosen, the foreign minister, have progressed sufficiently to warrant the conclusion that a general working basis has been established for the conclusion of a formal peace treaty between Germany and the United States at an early date. It is understood in well informed quarters that the German government has assented to propositions submitted by the American state department through Mr. Dresel in the way of informal inquiries based upon the essential principles enunciated in the Porter-Knox peace resolution. None of these, it is said, had been opposed by,the.Wirth cabinet, which is de clared to be wholly in accord with the American attitude on the prerogatives and privileges and various rights under the' treaty of. Versailles to which the United States is entitled by virtue of America's participation in the war. The informal pourparlers here have not touched upon the economic features of the proposed treaty, but have dealt with the cardinal points upon which the United States places emphasis in connection with its interpretation of the Versailles treaty. K. OF C. WILL HONOR HEROES OF WAR AT ANNUAL GATHERING SAN FRANCISCO, July 30. World war veterans, living and dead, will be honored by the thousands of delegates attending the thirty-ninth annual in ternational supreme council of the Knights of Columbus here Aug. 2, 3 and 4. Many of the visiting knights served during the war in American and overseas camps in educational and war activities of the Knights of Columbus and will meet soldiers with whom they served. Hospitals in San Francisco and Palo Alto, near here, where many wounded soldiers and sailors are being treated, will be visited by convention delegates and gifts will be left for the men and entertainments presented for them. At Palo Alto, Albert G. Bagley, department director of the K. of C. war and educational activities, will take the visitors on a tour of the hosDital and tell how the order is carying on us uusyuai wors. One event on the convention program will be the placing of a memorial wreath to the men killed in the war. This will take place at the San Francisco civic center and the cere mony will be attended by leading city officials and officers of the order.

GUD ROB FAST PENNSY MAIL TRAIN Cover Engineer With Revolver at Town 90 Miles; East of Pittsburgh Escape with Registered Letters. v SHOOT cIERFIN LEGS

- (B Associated Press ' PITTSBURGH. July 30. Four bandits boarded the Manhattan Limited, westbound, on the Pennsylvania railroad at Cassandra, 90 miles cast of Pittsburgh, this morning at 2:45 o'clock, and after wounding A. J. Lantz, a mail clerk, rifled, the mail car and escaped. A bandit fioarded the train at Cass andra and covered the engineer with a revolver. At about the same time tne mail car was robbed. . Train officials are in doubt whether it was the work of a single bandit, who covered the engineer and later entered the mail car, or whether there was an ac complice. , ' . , The bandit or bandits made their escape. Train In Motion The robbery occurred between Gallitzen and Cassandra while the train was in mntinn turn mhhora haulnnboarded the train when it stopped to drop the "helper," an engine which assists heavy passenger trains over -mountain grades. Thev climbed down, over the coal in the tender and while the other two were at work in the nia.il oar. orderfnl the engineer to stop the train. This ne aid ana at almost tne same moment, a series of shots sounded from the mail car which was hitched just back of the engine. Shoot Clerk in Legs. Two of the bandits unnn hrrtner the car ordered the seven clerks at work there, to throw up their hands. They quickly complied, and the bandits selecting Lantz. demanded to know from him where the valuable mail was kept. Lantz told them there nn val uable mail on board, at which one of the bandits opened fire on him shoot ing him through both legs. The gunmen keDt the clerk mvorivf while the other robbers made a quick search of the car. Selecting , a bag containing foreign registered mail he nacxea-towara the door, and calling to his companion prepared to leav jueanume, me pair on the engine had done their work, and as th train pulled into the little station at Cas sandra they an dropped to the ground and disappeared in the darkness. Search For Bandits. The conductor and brakeman. run ning toward the engine to ascertain, the cause of the sudden stoD. encoun tered mail clerks pouring out of the car. They gave Lantz such aid as was possible and then took the train to Johnstown, where Lantz was removed to a hospital. Physicians there said his injuries were not serious. Federal and eounfv anthnHtieo va quickly notified, and hastened to Castsanura wnere searcn is being made for the bandits. They were joined later by a detail of the state police, and a thorough search is being made of the mountains in the vicinity of Cassandra. Soon after daylight they found a mail bag, evidently one stolen from the car. It had been slit open and the contents removed. First Theft on Division. - Officials of the Pennsylvania railroad here said that the robbery is the first of a mail trajn in! the long history of the Pittsburgh division. The Manhattan Limited, which is one of the crack passenger trains between New York and Chicago, left New York last night at 6:05 o'clock, and arrived here 23 minutes lata m morning. It wa3 in charge of Conduc tor james Thome, and Engineer G. A. Jackson. . Postoffice authorities said that Lantz, the wounded clerk, resided at Thompsontown, Pa., near Altoona. " PRESIDENT IS SAILING TO NLGRIM RITES WASHINGTON, July 30. President Harding was aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower today en route to Plymouth. Mass., where on Monday he will attend and speak at exercises commemorating the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrims. With Mrs. Harding and a party of friends, all in official life, the president boarded the Mayflower last evening for one of the longest - voyages taken by the yacht in years. It 13 expected that the Mayflower will arrive at Plymouth about 9 o'clock Monday morning after having made the inland passage through the Cape Cod canal. After the Plymouth celebration of Monday, the President and Mrs. Harding will go to Portland, Me., and from there to Lancaster, N. H., in the White Mountains, where the rest of the week will be spent at the country home of Secretary of War Weeks. COLLINS TO RELIEVE OLIVER AT PENNSY Harry Oliver, division freight agent of the Grand Rapids and Logansport divisions and the city of Richmond, has been transferred to Toledo. He will be relieved here lay John Collins, of Chicago. The men will take up their new duties Aug. 1. . Mr. Collins is a former Richmond man, having worked for the Pennsy here as traveling freight solicitor. He was transferred to Chicago in 1910. Mr. Collins is a brother of Clarence Collins, of South Eighteenth - street, and a son-in-law of John Harrington, of North Twelfth street. -