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A VOL. XLVI., No. 228 Palladium. Est. 1SJI. Consolilate4 with Sun-Telegram, 1907. RICMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1921. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

PEACE PARLEY USERS ARE TALKED OVER Washington Considering Possible Makeup of Coming Disarmament Conference : Harding Responsible. HAS RAREOPPORTUMITY

Held in Mail Thefts ASK FREEDOM OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO To Operate Ships

7 MEN HELD FOR PENNSY TRAMHEFT Alleged Members of Gang that Rifled Mail Car Arrested by Postal Inspectors in Cleveland.

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MDELL SAYS EXPENSE CUTS ARE POSSIBLE Republican Leaders Faced with Task of Slashing Three Quarters of a Million from Estimated Expenditures. TRIM APPROPRIATIONS

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BY MARK SCLt.TTAX WASHINGTON. -Aug. 5. The naming of America's representatives in the coming international disarmament conference at Washington is wholly President Harding's prerogative. The senate does not have the privilege of "advice and consent" as it has in the case of ambassadors. The men who will account for America in the disarmament conference will represent President. Harding's Judgment wholly, and by reason of that fact they will have a measureable share of his fate in their hands. Chance of a Lifetime. Harding's chance to rise above the level of ordinary presidents and become a conspicuous figure in history probably will, depend almost wholly on how far the conference he has initiated . goes . toward, bringing about a definite and permanent era of disr.rmament and peace. Such an opportunity for a really high peak in history as is afforded by the possibilities within this conference is not likely to come to Harding again. Such chances do not often come twice in one life. By the same token, the most frequent subjects of sombre reflection among the thoughtful deals with the disasters likely to come upon the

world if by any possibly the coming! conference should end with nothing accomplished. It would take a good deal of telling to point out the immediate psychological effect of failure on the peoples of the world, and the grira actualities that would certainly follow. Hughes to Head Americans The nature of the case is such that for the conference to meet and fail would be very difficult and very much worse than for the conference never to have met at all. Having called the conference, the responsibility is extremely heavy of President Harding to make it fruitful. In speculation about the probable personnel of the American delegation, two things are universally taken for granted. j One is that the president will take notice of ex-President Wilson's example by avoiding It and will not himself be one of the delegates. The other is that the head of the American delegation will be Secretary of State Hughes. " Senate to Be Considered From this point on, everything else remains for the president, wholly within President Harding's deliberately ruminative mind. It is taken for granted that the president will again profit by the reverse of President Wilson's example, and will give some representation to the senate, as Wilson did not. When individual senators are discussed the name of Lodge comes to the front by reason of his official position as bead of the senate committee on foreign relations. That second source of information that goes by the name of "They" say .that Lodge would like to "round out his career" with a place in the coming conference. Some persons with spiteful dispositions, especially if they are politicians in a competitive relation to the Massachusetts senator," occasionally speak with some acerbity about thLs "rounding out of Lodge's career." Adverse Comment for Lodge They say It happens so often that it has come to be a little like Madame Bernhart'8 farewell tours. : They say that Lodge or Lodge's friends pleading in his behalfhas been wanting to "round out his career" with the Republican nomination for the presidency any time In the last sixteen years. They say. further, that for the sanm rounding reason Lodge would have liked the position that Harding gave to Charles E. Hughes. Those who object that Lodge has not the temperament, or the long-held belief in the purpose of disarmament that would fit him for membership in the coming conference say with some acerbity that Lodge's career has already been sufficiently rounded out by the quantity and quality of the honors be had had from the Republican party. They say that what is needed are conferees less intent upon the honors than the purposes of the conference. Lodge Has Advantage Speaking more good-naturedly, however. Lodge's official position undoubtedly gives him a stronger leverage. The man who stands second to Lodge on the senate foreign relations committee is Borah of Idaho. Even more than, this fact, Borah's authorship of the resolution for a dis armament conference, and the suc cessful fight he made for it against difficulties, suggests him as a member of the American delegation. Borah would give the conference one most desirable asset. His presence would carry to millions of Americans complete assurance that the con(Continued on Page Fourteen) PRISONERS TAKE TURNS BLUEFIELD, W. Va.. Aug. 5. The Mercer county jail has become so .crowded that there is not enough room for those given Jail sentences during this term of court. However, a p!ain was accepted by Judge J. Frank Maynard of the criminal court,. Prosecuting Attorney H. B. Lee and Sheriff Hunt to meet the emergency. When defendants are given jail sentences they will be permitted to give bail ind take their turns at serving the sentences as soon as other prisoners' terms are completed.

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John W. Worthington CHICAGO, Aug. 5 John W. Worthington. the "J. Rufus Wftllins-ford" of Chicago, is under arrest here charged wun navmg been the "brains" of a "robbers' trust" that, among other thieveries, directed the rRppnt na tional series of mail robberies in which the loot has totaled millions of dollars. , . ... It is alleged by the government authorities that Worthington and his partner, Owen E. Evans, also under arrest, in addition to being concerned in the actual robberies, have since that time altered and sold to reputable investors and brokers Liberty bonds valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars and the securities forming the major part of the loot to render them saleable without detection. PASTOR OF COLORED CHURCH FEARS FORGE: Alleging that he fears irreparable injury to himself and great injury tc his church membership, Charles C. Coins, pastor of the Mount Moriah Baptist church, colored, filed a petition with Judge William A. Bond Friday morning, requesting a restraining order asrainst -ThoTnn TViir Al. bert Conrad, John Cates, William Arnoia ana Andrew walker, members of his congregation, from creating a disturbance or causing a breach of. peace at a regular meeting of the membership of the church Friday evening. nev. uoins cnarges in his petition that the defendants have threatened to oust him 'from the tiastnrafu rf the church by usurping and exercising powers that ; are vested in the membership of the church. He states that he has received unsigned resolutions ordering and demanding his resignation. That he has been threatened with ejectment by force unless he complies with the demands.. Issues Order. Judge Bond issued a restraining order against the defendants to prevent their interfering with the meeting Friday night. A date for hearing on the restraining order was set for Monday, Sept. 5. Rev. Goins states that he has been, pastor of the Mount Moriah church, which is located at the corner of South Ninth and B streets, for the past 13 years. He states that according to the "rules, regulations and customs of the church, the membership of the church in good standing have the sole power and authority to elect or call a minister to the church, which is done at a regular or special meeting called for this purpose only, and likewise said membership has the sole power and authority to dismiss a pastor.." The petition states that the plaintiff has been threatened "by force and personal violence" to be ousted and prevented from officiating at the meeting Friday and other meetings.

Captured Cdnnon Distribution -Problem Now Before Congress Ordnance Brought from German Battlefields in Demand in All Parts of America House and Senate Differ as to Method of Allotment., - r

PALLADU M SEWS fHHGAIl WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. The house bill which provides for the distribution of captured German ordnance- and other war material differs from the bill which was passed by the senate in that it provides that the distribution of the trophies shall be made through the congressmen and the senators of each state. The senate bill provided that thi distribution should, be made througa the governors of tne various states. Cities, towns and hamlets in every section ,of the United States have been clamoring for a share of the captured war materials, especially for cannon. Members of congress havn introduced thousands of bills directing that various communities in their districts be provdied with at least on cannon, but these bills were pigeonholed by the military affairs committees of both the senate and the bouss It was decided by the members of these committees that some general plan for distribution of the trophies would have to be provided through legislation. , Divide According to Troops It was realized that the trophies would have to be divided among tha various 6tates on" a pro rata basis. The apportionment provided In tuo house bill, as well as in the senate bill. Is on the basis, of the number of

Protest Against Continued

American Military Occupation Made by Representatives Seeking Independence EXCESSES ARE CHARGED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. Protest against continued American , occupation of Haiti and San Domingo was made today to a senate investigating committee by representatives of organizations seeking to gain "independence for the Island republic." Earnest Angell, of the Haiti Domindo Independence society and others asRea that a number of witnsses be called to support their charges that grave individual excesses had been committed, that the treaty of occupation wa3 forced upon the people of the two countries, and that acts of the American government had injured the reputation of rfaiti and San Domingo and their relations with South American republics. To Get Evidence Chairman McCormick indicated that witnesses would be heard here, after which the committee would proceed to Port au Prince,, Santo Domingo, and other places in the island to get evidence. A memorial from the national union of Haiti was filed by Stenio Vincent, former minister of justice, urging the abolition of martial law in Haiti, reorganization of the local police and military forces and withdrawal of American troops at the earliest practical time. DRIVERLESS AUTOMOBILE BAFFLES DAYTON COP DAYTON. O., Aug. 5. Dayton traffic policemen rubbed their eyes today when a miniature automobile sailed past all semaphores. There wasn't a soul in it. It was a driverless radio automobile from McCook field, controlled by a radio in a car 100 feet behind it. The auto itself contained no wireless and is said to be the first of its kind publicly exhibited by the radio air service. NEW PARIS VETERAN KILLED, BY-TRAIN 1 (Special " to The Palladium.) " NEW PARIS, O., Aug. 5. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marshall of ; this place received a telegram Tuesday afternoon telling of the death of their son, Robert U. Marshall at Anoka, Minn., 19 miles north of Minneapolis. The message was from Harlan R. Thurston, coroner of Anoka county, and said that Mrshall had fallen from a train at Anoka Sunday morning. ' " Burial was at Anoka the following day. . Young Marshall left home about; two weeks ago. He had recently completed an enlistment in the army and was contemplating re-enlisting. He served in the navy during tha World war and was discharged, given a disability discharge following an operation at the Norfolk navy yards. Arrangements are being made to bring the body to the parents' home at New Paris. Marshall was 22 years old. Fear Express Bandits Got $50,000 Had (By Associated Press) GREENVILLE, 111., Aug. 5. Fifty thousand dollars was believed to have been obtained by two bandits who boarded a Baltimore" and Ohio passenger train at Beecher City last night, held up the express messenger sealed express packages, and escaped at Altaniont with all the troops furnished by each state to the army, navy and marine corps during the World war. Indiana with 130,670 troops is eleventh on the list. Her share of the 2,197 captured cannon and trench mor(Continued on Page Three) Daily Interview Every day a reporter will Interview pentoa, plotted at random, on what he reftarda aa the moat lmportaat aetloa la brio a; bark proaDeritr to the whole eouatrr. "We need improved foreign credits and the market forour products that they will bring, says William Wright, of New Garden township "If we can't sell our farm products ' we have no money to buy manufactured products here at home, and that makes business bad. . . , .. . "We would be glad to buy If we had the money. We are not in a buying strike, and" although the farmer has felt that other prices were not on a level with farm prices, he ould not buy if he wanted to before this. "However, now that prices are coming down to nearer the farmer's level, and as he gets the money for the new crops, perhaps there will be more buying.

William J. Love, above, and A. J. Frey Two members appointed to the new board of operations of the emergency fleet corporation by Chairman Lasker of the shipping board are William J. Love, of New York and A. J. Frey of Los Angeles. During the war Love seryed as director of .trades' and allocations r' under, the -shipping "control c ummittee; . Frey was 'r- formerly in charge of the ship construction division, of the Southern Pacific district of the shipping board.

FOUR CHILDREN BURN TO DEATH, 7 INJURED IN TENEMENT BLAZE (By Associated Press) " " NEW YORK. . Aug. 5. Four Children were burned to death and seven other persons were seriously Injured in an early morning fire which swept three tenement houses In the Bronx this morning. . The dead are: Victoria Corsine, 14: Harry Corsine, 8; Edna Corsine. 10. and William Corsin, 5, all children of Julio Corsme, who lived on ' the top floor of the tenement in which the fire started. Corsine escaped. Andree Taylor, his. wife, Catherine, and their four children, who lived oni fche third floor of the same tenement. suffered severe burns. The youngest child, Herbert, is reported to be dying m a Hospital from Inhaled fumes. Severely Burned Rose Fitzpatrick, who lived with her family on the fourth floor of the tenement, also was severely burned. The fire spread from the tenement in which it started to three adjoining tenements and when firemen reached the scene they found more than a score of panic-stricken women and children crowded before the windows! crying for aid. Aerial ladders were run up and firemen began bringing the scantily clad women and children down to safety. CAR DROPS IN RIVER,; MONEY WASHED AWAY PRINCETON, Ind., Aug. 5. Two thousand three hundred dollars in currency and a bank draft for $5,860 were swept from their car into the White river. - when an automobile in which Tom Smith, of Marion, 111., and a man named Henderson, of West Frankfort, 111., left the road and plunged into the river at Hazleton Ferry, near here early today. Smith is the son of a prominent attorney of Marion, and Henderson U the proprietor of a pool room at West Frankfort. The men had the money folded and fastened with rubber bands. It was placed between them on the automobile seat so that it could be thrown out quickly in the case of fjo attempted robbery.- The money, whicn was washed down stream when the car plunged into the river, has not been recovered. The men were rescued from the river by a ferryman. Offers to Produce Spur gin For Sufficient Reward By Associated Press) CHICAGO; Aug. 5. James McShane, assistant state's attorney, today received a telegram from M. E. Clinton, at Chihuahua City, Mexico, saying he would turn over Warren c! Spurgin, missing Chicago . banker, to the police if a sufficient reward were offered. McShane replied that the only reward he knew of was one of $2,500 offere4 by Lloyds.

ACCUSED OF ROBBERY

(By Associated Pr) CLEVELAND, 0.K Aug. 5. Seven men. alleged to have been members cf the gang that rifled the mail car of the Manhattan limited, westbound Pennsylvania train at Cassandra, Pa., of several sacks of registered mail last Saturday, were arrested here to day by United States postal inspectors, assisted by Cleveland police and detectives. Officers say all seven will be booked on charges of highway robbery. The arrests came after Postal Inspector Calvert, of Altoona. Pa., learned that the men, all former residents of Cassandra and Gallitzin, Pa., had gathered here after being seen in the vicinity of Cassandra shortly before the robbery. Only four of the alleged bandits are declared to have participated in the actual robbery. The other three are said by police to have been waiting in an automobile in which they all escaped. J. P. Welch, Fountain City, Dies; Funeral at Home Special to The Palladium) FOUNTAIN CITY. Ind., Aug. 5. J. P, Welch, 54 years old, died at the home of his brother, W. L. Welch, south of Whitewater, Friday morning. Funeral services will be held at the home, at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, followed by burial In Goshen cemetery. Survivors are: J. H. Welch of Chicago, and W. L. Welch, and two sisters, Mrs. S. A. Addleman of Fountain City and Mrs. Ella Hunt, also of Fountain City. Friends may call at any time. PRESIDENT VISITS ' DISABLED VETERANS (By Associated Press LANCASTER, N. H Aug. 6. President Harding interrupted his vacation at the top of Mount Prospect today to go on an errand of mercy to the army tubercular hospital at Corham. 25 miles away. Since he entered the presidency, Mr. Harding many times has expressed particular interest in the welfare of hospitalized soldiers and on several occasions he has visited army hospitals to look over conditions and show personally his concern over the care of the ill and disabled. He is understood to have planned today's trip before he left Washington for New Hampshire. , The visit was expected to occupy most of tha day. Chili Crushed When Cement .Block Falls Off Porch Pillar INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 5. Mary King, age 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel King, of this city, was killed instantly at the home of a neighbor yesterday, when she was crushed beneath a cement block which fell from the top of a cement pillar on the porch. The child had attached an im provised hammock to the pillar and in swinging, caused the top block to become displaced, and fall. Another General Rain Will Arrive Here Soon The second general rain since June 13. is on the way to Wayne county, from the west, Weatherman Moore announced today. This is a widspread storm, covering all the Mississippi valley from the Lakes to Texas and Oklahoma. It was over Illinois Friday morning, and will probably arrive in eastern Indiana Friday night or Saturday morning. There will be a heavy rainfall and thunderstorms, with cooler weather following. Search Beach for Bombs After Death of Child NEW YORK, Aug. 5. Staten Island i police were exploring the beach at Rosebank today in search of further "bombs" similar to the one which exploded yesterday, killing one boy and seriously injuring two others. Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST Showers and thunderstorms tonight and Saturday; cooler Saturday or Saturday night. : Rain is again imminent due to a Rocky mountain . storm now overspreading the Middle Mississippi valley. A. general change to a spell of cooler weather will follow thi3 storm. For Indiana by the United States

Weather Bureau Showers tonight and i and burned. The community got toSaturday; cooler. Saturday. . igether and moved a house from the Temperatures For Yesterday. ! James Snyder farm to the site of the Maximum. .79 old building. Minimum .....54 All of his clothes had been cona Today. , sumed in the fire which burned his Noon ... . 84 house.' So the neighbors took un a

Weather Conditions. Moderately cool weather continues east and south of the Great Lakes excepting over the southern states. A hot wave prevailed Thursday over the Plain states as far north as North Dakota .where a maximum temperature of 96 occurred. Under the influence of another Kocky mountain storm, I rain is again over-spreaamg the middle west In Europe the hot wave remains unbroken and the drought is es pecially severe in Switzerland, Hun gary, and Italy.

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Brig. Gen. Harry Lee Brig. Gen. Harry Lee of the U. S. marine corps, has just been ordered to Santo Domingo to command the second brigade marines. He will relieve Gen. Charles G. Long. The command at Santo Domingo i3 considered one of the most important in the United States marine corps. Gen. Lee has served with the marine corps since 1898, when he was appointed a neuatnant for the war with Spain. britishToIference ends discussion of problems of empire (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 5 The discussion of the Imperial conference will conclude today. The report which finally will be adopted covers a considerably wider range than has been indicated by the meagre official accounts. It is believed the conference adopted a policy of non-interference, contenting itself with declaring against the suggestion of a special conference to discuss the matter of affirming the right of the dominions to nominate cabinet ministers to represent their respective countries in future consultations with the British prime minister. ... . The view of the conference seems to have been in favor of a one-power standard for the empire the dominions undertaking the defense of their respective territories. Wireless Debate Animated The discussion of wireless communication revealed some divergence of opinion. It is understood an Australasian delegate contended vigorously for stations of : sufficiently high power to enable Australia to communicate direct with England, against the opposing view for more stations of less power. The latter view is believed to have gained the day, it being decided that Great Britain should complete stations in the territory under her control, while as far as might be necessary Australia. South Africa and India, also would erect necessary stations with New Zealand and Canada co-operating in the chain. DES MOINES TRAFFIC SITUATION UNSOLVED (By Associated Press) D2S MOINES, la., Aug. 5. With resumption 5 of street car service here still an undetermined question, business men here today were still conferring in an effort to provide an adequate transportation system for the city. - The - second day of cessation of street railway service found the present bus system inadequate to transport the 105,000 persons, who used the street cars daily, and as - yesterday vehicles of all kinds were in operation. Officers of the bus association, said that up to $100,000 would be spent immediately to equip additional busses, provided use of Des Moines streets was assured. ' ELIJAH CRAIG, CAMDEN, PURSUED BY 'JINX' (Special to The Palladium) CAMDEN, O., Aug. 5 Elijah Craig, living 4 miles northwest of Camden, feels that he is the victim of a "jinx". The hardluck story of the down-and-outer does not compare with the series of events that Craig has lived within the past few weeks. July 4 Craig's barn, containing his farm implements, tractor and automobile, burned to the ground. The community donated lumber for. a new barn. Two weeks later, while h -was i banline- u-ht. hi hnnP raht collection and turned over the money to him for some new clothes. - Saturday evening, Craig in company with George Miller, went to Camden. He bought an extensive array of clothing and put it in the back of the car. Then he walked down the street with Moore A few minutes later they returned. The car was gone. Craig's clothes were gone. No trace of car or clothes has been found since."1 That is why Elijah Craig thinks he iis pursued by a jinx.

(By Associated Pres) ' WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. To realize their expressed hope of reducing the nation's tax bill by a half billion dollars, Republican leaders of the house of representatives appear" on the basis of treasury estimates to be faced with the task of cutting three-quarters of a billion dollars from estimated government expenditures for this fiscal year or else a huge federal deficit next July 1. Secretary Mellon, in a statement to the committee dealing with tax revision, has warned that even if more than $250,000,000 should be lopped ofr the estimated expenditures of $4,550.000,000. the tax yield could not safety be permitted to fall below $3,570,000,000, the estimated return under th existing law. , Coupled with this warning Is the declaration that it would be "folly" to reduce revenues without the issuance of substantial additional reduc-.

tions in expenditure. Mr. Mellon added that in seeking to arrive at an estimate of the cash outgo for the year, the treasury could not take into account "paper savings or hope for reductions in expenditures which can not reasonably be expected to materialize." Says Cuts Possible In a 'statement published tcday. however, Representative Mondell of Wyoming. . the Republican leader, declares that in hi3 judgment it is entirely practical to reduce the total tax levy by $500,000,000 and still take care of the essential needs of the government "I realize," he added, "that if all the bureaus, departments and agencies of the government expended the sums they have heretofore anticipated spending, and jn addition to that, we were called upon in a variety of ways to make large expenditures In the actual reduction of the sum total of the debt, over and above the sinking fund expenditures, we could not reduce revenues. But neither of these things should happen." ' One of the big tasks before the ways and means committee it has been explained is determining where cuts in expenditures can be made safely and the amounts. Propose Rail Cuts. Some Republicans of the committee have said that with the $500,000,000 railroad financing plan proposed in pending legislation it would be possible to materialially cut down the $548,206,000 estimate made for payments to the railroads. At the treasury, however, it is said that this estimate is independent of the financing proposed to be done by the war finance corporation and represents payments on account of the transportation Act and Federal control. ' The outgo estimate also includes $200,000,000 for the shipping board and some leaders say they are determined to trim this total. The outlay for the maintenance of the government merchant fleet is giving many members of the house concern and there has been considerable private discussion lately of some plan to ease the drain on the treasury from that direction. Opposition to the new taxes suggested by treasury officers continues to grow with representative Mondell coming out flatly against any increased postage and bank check tax. The Republican leader also has said he doubted either the necessity or the advisability of the automobile levy. Urges Sone Repeals. He declared for the repeal of the transportation and ,soda water taxes, the excess profits tax and the higher income surtaxes with additional revenue provided through a five percent increase in the corporation , income tax. " . According to Charles A. Lyman, secretary-treasurer of th.e National board of farm organizations, the associations of farmers over the country are prepaing to launch a determined fight against repeal of the excess profits tax. , These organizations also have given their views on this question to the ways and means committee and Mr. Lyman says if the committee reports a bill with a repeal provisioruthe farmers will appeal to the . agricultural "bloc" and all other friends in congress to work for its defeat. COUNTER PLOTTERS HELD RIGA, Aug. 5. Discovery of a counter-revolutionary plot at Rostov-on-Don and the arrest of its leaders is announced here. The movement was being led by Maj. Gen. Uktomsky. BOLT OUT OF BLUE SKY TALLASHEE, Ala.. Aug. 5. While riding one of. the mules of the team with which he was hauling timber to the railroad, Luverne Haynie. a 19-year-old white boy. was instantly killed yesterday by a bolt of lightning which came from an apparently clear sky. - Two negroes and a dog. taking refuge from the intense heat under the sheltering branches of an oak tree beside the road, were hit by the same bolt, and one negro ar,d.the dog were instantly killed, while the other was knocked unconscious. All four of the mules in the team were killed. . The heat of the lightning, according to those who visited the scene, welded the links of the trace chains on the harness. 1 -J