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RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1921.

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PEACE TREATY SIGNED; MUST RATIFY NEXT 1

New Document Claims Full Rights Reserved at Versailles Conference Considered Full Settlement. DOUBT TROOP- STATUS

(By Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Full title to "all the rights, privileges, indemnities, reparations or advantages" specified for the United States under the unratified treaty of Versailles is reaffirmed in the separate treaty with Germany signed yesterday at Berlin. Both by blanket declaration and specified enumeration the treaty recagnizes the claim of the American government to these benefits and at the same time disavows on the part of the United States any responsibility for provisions of the league of nations covenant, the Shantung settlement or the political realignments of Europe. Wilt Aid Commerce. By state department officials, the treaty Is considered a full settlement, making possible not only a resumption of diplomatic relations but a large measure of commercial Intercourse, as well through its reaffirmation of the economic and financial concessions ot the pact of Versailles. There was every indication today that efforts would be made by the administration to secure Senate ratification soon as possible after congress reassembles late in October, so that the long-delayed rapproachment with

Germany might become an accomplished fact. Such commercial and supple

mental treaties as may be found necessary can then be negotiated through the ordinary diplomatic channels.

With the treaty signed and awaiting senate action there was a renewal of

speculation here regarding the issu

ance of a possible peace declaration to carry into effect the declarations of

the congressional peace resolution. No

official would indicate whether the

proclamation might be expected to precede ratification. Occupation Troops Status. Another question which remained unanswered from any authoriative source related to the probable duration of the American occupation of German territory. No direct mention is made in the treaty of the withdrawal of American troops from the Rhine, though there is a reaffirmation of the section of the Versailles treaty which premita the recent enemies of Ger-! many to maintain forces on her body at her expense during the period allowed for payment of reparations. Defines Responsibility. The text of the new treaty, made public last night at the state department defines with unusual brevity the responsibilities of Germany and the rights of the United States growing out of the war. The title of the United States to benefits described in detail in 10 of the 15 sections of the treaty of Versailles are reaffirmed; It is stated that this government "shall

not be bound" by four of the 15 sections; and one section, that arraigning Emperor Wilhelm and demanding

trial of violators of the laws of war is

not mentioned at all

BLACK GAT UNABLE TO CHANGE LUCK OF SLAIN STORE OWNER

A black cat was tucked under the left side of LeRoy Brown's coat when he was shot and killed at the Pennsylvania railroad crossing at Twelfth

street early Thursday morning by

Lon Leach, crossing watchman.

Brown had picked the cat up while

walking on the New Paris pike with his friend, Howard King. King had a brown cat. Both the men had been in the Brooks restaurant about 4:30 Thursday morning. There they bought some things to eat themselves, and milk for the cat3. Tries to Change Luck "My luck has been bad lately. I am going to try to change it. I'm

going to keep this d n black cat,"

Brown remarked, according to King. The cat was in Brown's possession

when he was at the "Greasy Spoon,"

north of the Pennsylvania railroad,

on Twelfth street. He tucked it un

der the left side of his coat when he feft there, according to August Goeble, the only eye-witness of the killing. Goeble, who is a driver for Himes Dairy company, followed Brown and King across the railroad from the "Greasy Spoon," where he had delivered some milk. Goeble's Statement He had left his wagon on the south side of the railroad, he stated. He said he had run across the tracks and just arrived at his wagon when he heard Brown say to Leach, "Well, what are you going to do about it?" and curse. Goeble told Deputy Prosecutor Griff is and Chief Wenger that he saw Brown start towards Leach, who was standing near the door of his shack. He said that Brown did pick up the flag and push it towards Leach, but before the flag hit the ground Leach shot. Near Shooting Goeble said that he was probably 25 feet from the shanty when the shooting occurred. He said that King ran immediately following the shot. Leach walked towards Goeble and said "You saw it all, didn't you?" Several railroad men arrived on the

Annulment of Beauty's Marriage Is Talk of London

i $ XV .- Km T

CRANES LIFT ZR-2 WRECK FROBMtlVER Rivermen Fear Bodies Wash

ed Far Away George Harvey Had Premonition of Airship Accident. BEGIN INVESTIGATION

BULLETIN HULL, Aug. 26. Two bodies were recovered this afternoon from the wreck of the ZR-2. One was identified as that of Albert L. Loftin, an American mechanic on the airship, and the other that of Flight Lieut. Rye, of ths British crew.

ERZBERGER, GERMAN PEACE MOVE LEADER KILLED BY ASSASSIN

Violet de Trafford.

(Continued on Page Fourteen)

MINERS HALT MARCH WHEN UNION LEADERS TURN BACK INVADERS

(By Associated Press) MADISON. W. Va., Aug. 26. The advance guard of the marching miners on their way from Marmet to Mingo as a protest against Governor Mor

gan's martial law, was turned back by Charles F. Keeney, president of Dis

trict 17. United Mine Workers, and Fred Mooney, secretary, after it had passed through Madison shortly after noon today. The men, numbering 200 or 300 had camped in a hollow here for dinner and then pressed on their way toward the Logan county line. Keeney and Mooney. who left Charleston early today with the avowed

intention of stopping the march, reached Madison half an hour after the men left. Induce Men to Return. After a brief conference with county officials, they hurried down the road and overtaking the party, induced it to turn back to Madison, Secretary

Mooney said:

LONDON. Aug. 26 The Hon. Mrs. Rupert Keppel's successful suit for the annulment of her marriage on the ground of her husband's incapacity is still the talk of the town. This, not only because of the nature of the case, but in view of the exalted social position of the parties to it. The Hon. Mrs. Keppel, not yet twenty-eight years old, was Violet de Trafford, daughter of Sir Humphrey Francis de Trafford. Bart. She was winningly termed "the most beautiful debutante in England." When she made her first bow at court, early in 1919, she married the Hon. Rupert

Keppel, third son of the Earl of Al- consent.

bemarie. Keppel, thirty-five years old, handsome and manly looking, was

a captain in the Coldstream Guards and behaved with gallantry in the great war, being wounded and taken prisoner. The annulment of the Keppels' marriage ends a romance. When Violet de Trafford was twenty she fell in love with Rupert Keppel, but her mother forbade their marriage. A few years later she engaged to marry Lord Burghersh, eldest son and heir of the Earl of Westmoreland, a lieutenant in the royal navy. But within a week of the day set for their wedding their engagement was broken off

because Lord Burghersh withdrew nis

(By Associated Press) HULL, Eng., Aug. 23. Workmen engaged in salvaging the wreckage of the ill-fated ZR-2 from the turbid waters of the Humber, where it fell with its human freight on Wednesday evening, employed powerful cranes today to lift th3 skeleton of the airship. It was believed that as soon as the twisted and tangled frame work of the dirigible was raised, it would be possi-

OLD MOUNDS EXAMINED BY NOTEDEXPERT Clark Wissler of American Museum of Natural History in New York Surveys PreHistoric Relics.

Matthias Erzberger. (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Aug. 2C Mathias Erzberger. former vice-premier and minister of finance, was murdered today. Mathias Erzberger, German Vice-

Premier and Minister of Finance, was

ble to recover the bodies of many of;gnot and wounded on Jan. 26, 1920,

me men wno aied when the dread- an(j he was leaving the criminal court nought of the air collapsed and caught j building in Berlin after attending a fir?- Ihearins in a libel suit he had brought

The work of lifting the wreckage against Dr. Karl Helfferich, the former

Fourth Class Postmasters Are Lords of Their Own Domain Don't Care Whether They Serve or Not, and Refuse to File Reports Department Has Trouble Finding Successors Some Refuse to "Humanize" Offices.

Neither is there a specific provision t,,i(,

holding Germany responsible for thecommand the gtate He summoned

us, Kenney and me, at 4 o'clock this

war. but such a responsibility is im

plied by the reaffirmation of the reparations section in whose opening clause Germany accepts responsibility "for causing all the loss and damage" resulting from the war. Explains Position. While claiming all the privileges of the reparations section as agreed to at Versailles the United States specifies In the new treaty that she "is not bound to participate" in the reparation commission unless she shall elect to do so. The same provision is made regarding all other international commissions created under the Versailles treaty. The treaty text of about 1500 words is largely devoted to a repetition of the peace resolution all of whose manifold provisions for preservation of American privileges as recognized at Versailles and for retention of seiz

ed German property, are confirmed by Germany. A more specific recognition of all the benefits of the Versailles treaty follows and then the document makes these stipulations as to the detailed sections of the Versailles pact: "That the United States specifically shall be endowed with the rights and privileges contained in that portion of part four which gives to the principal allied and associated powers Joint title to the German overseas possessions; in part five, which relates to military, naval and air settlements including the disarmament of (Continued on Page Two)

morning, and a short time later we left Charleston to stop the men." Mr. Kenney, commenting on the march, said" he had heard no reports of depredations by the men along the route.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Acting Secretary of War Wainwright, . after

receiving a report today from Briga

dier General H. H. Bandholtz, the war department representative in West Virginia, said that the department would await further information before recommending the use of federal

troops in the coal fields of that state.

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, Aug. 26. Between 500 and 600 federal troops were

preparing to leave Camp Sherman before noon today for the coal fields of

West Virginia. Approximately 150

men from Columbus barracks arrived here at 8:30 a. m., and were immediately joined by all available effectives at Camp Sherman. MADISON, W. Va., Aug. 26. Sheriff John Hill, of Boone county, today told the Associated Press that he had been (Continued on Page Two)

, PAIXADIl'M SEWS Bl'RKAU WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Fourthclass postmasters are independent citizens and frequently hard to handle for many of them have made it quite plain to the post office department that they do not care whether they hold their jobs or not, according to W. Irving Glover, third assistant postmaster general. Glover expects to adjudicate 50,000 claims against the government for lost and damaged parcel post articles by Sept. 10. Fourth-class postmasters have been in part responsible for the delay in the settlement of these claims. These postmasters are under civil service and often they are the only persons in their communities who will and can act as postmasters. It is frequently the case that fourth-class

was a herculean task, for, in addition

to the great weight of the aluminum frame work and the pendant gondalas carrying the driving machinery, the swift current of the river had already begun to cover the immersed ruins with deposits of sand. Divers Fear Current. Divers who went down into the labyrinthine ruins yesterday found the current so strong that their work was attended by great danger, and they

i finally declined to take further chances

beneath the water. River men believed that the bodies

of some of the victims of the disaster had been borne away by the tide or the river's current and it was reported that fragments of the dirigible's covering fabric had been found ten miles up the river from the scene of the accident. Official Inquiry Saturday. Official inquiry into the cause of the disaster will begin tomorrow morning at Howden, where the ZR-2 was stationed before she started on her last voyage. .The United States will be represented by a naval attache, who will sit with the court. It seemed probable today, however, that the finding of the court would be influenced by the result of examinations by experts of the frame work of the airship after it had been lifted from the Humber. There seemed to be a general agreement that the accident was caused by the collapse of a longitudinal girder

in the middle of the dirigible, but it

German vice-chancellor.

His assailant gave bis name as Oltwig von Hirschfeld, a former cadet officer. 20 years old, a student, and son of a Berlin bank official. Von Hirschfeld was arrested and was quoted as saying he considered Erzberger dangerous to the empire. First to Propose Peace. Erzberger roused a storm in Germany in July, 1917, more than a year before the armistice, by proposing a resolution in the German Reichstag in favor of a peace without annexations

and for parliamentary reform. Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg declared this

formula was unacceptable and Dr. (Continued on Page Fourteen)

postmasters are storekeepers and conduct the post office as a side line.

The pay is not large and the work! was expected that the experts would

interferes considerably with the con

duct of their private business. The third assistant pastmaster general states that considerable difficulty has been experienced in having fourth (Continued on Page Ten)

VILLA'S MEN UNPAID; PROTEST REGISTERED

F ormer State Accountant Hopes Bescher Will Land Position of City's Chief B. A. Bescher, successful candidate for the Republican nomination for mayor at the primary election last Tuesday, received the following letter from Barney D. Spradling, formerly director of the' state board of accounts: "It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you on your primary election. You richly deserve the recognition, because you have earned it by efficient handling of the public affairs in the past. The people of Richmond can certainly be trusted to rise to their

duty when they are driven to it by

INJURIES ARE FATAL TO ELDORADO BANKER

(Special to The Palladium). ELDORADO, O.. Aug. 26. Isaac

Miller, 66 years old. president of the Farmers' State bank at Eldorado, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank W. Schreel at Greenville, at 7 o'clock Thursday evening. His death followed injuries received when he was struck by an automobile. Miller was well known in Eldorado

and vicinity. He had held several of

fices here, including the office

mayor, township trustee. He was a Justice of the peace for 15 years and a member of the board of education for 30 years or more. He was a member of the K. of P. and Odd Fellows lodges. Funeral services will be held at Eldorado. Sunday afternoon. Survivors are the widow, Martha, a son. Carl D. Miller, cashier of the Farmers' State bank, and three daughters. Mrs. Frank Schreel, Miss Helen, living at home, and Mrs. Albert Schlientz, of Brookv!U". O.

(Bv 'Associated Pres MEXICO CITY, Aug. 26 Francisco

Villa, the former Mexican bandit, has! the mis-deeds of the last few years

sent an urgent request to government "j sincerely trust that you will be officials here, asking that forty of his ; elected and be in a position to show men of his followers be paid in ac-jwnat you can and will do uncordance with the agreement signed by i hampered."

Mr. Spradling is head of the Spradling and Carter firm of accountants of Indianapolis.

the government when the men surrendered. He declared that the men had received no payments for the past six months, it is said in reports current here. The request was made through General Enrique Martinez, commanding federal troops in the state of Durango, and he transmitted it to the war office here.

Weainer forecast

be able to determine with some degree of accuracy the reason for the tragedy when they had before them

the metal parts of the huge airship. Coroner's Inquest It was expected that the coroner's inquest to be held today would be adjourned after formal identification of the three bodies which were recovered and the issuance of permits for their removal. The adjournment, it was reported, would be for several weeks at least, probably to Oct. 1, when it would reconvene for a full examination of witnesses with a view to determining the causes of the disaster, whether it was unavoidable, or was due to weather conditions or the carelessness or negligence of those in control of the ZR-2. The English law does not permit (Continued on Page Fourteen)

BRITISH PEACE MOVE REJECTED BY IRISH;

WOULD TALK FURTHER

EPOCH MAKING LAWS FOR FARMERS MARK ACTIVITIES OF CONGRESS IN FIVE MONTHS

bv mark stLUVAv neither the grain exchange regulation WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 26 Un- bill nor the packer control bill is in der normal conditions, the session of the extreme from originally demaad- - . J J 1 ' J vA - J . . i .

ea oi ineir proponents.

congress just adjourned would De

called "The Farmers' Congress." If the farmer legislation had been overshadowed by taxation and the tariff, it would be realized that more measures demanded by the farmers and presumed to be in their interest have been passed since April than in probably any other five months of congress in history. The passage of the bill regulating grain exchanges is an answer to a demand the west has been making for 20 years a demand which in the be-

0j I ginning was regarded as grotesquely

radical. On the same day that President Harding signed the bill for the regulating of grain exchanges he signed also the bill regulating the packers. This, too, is the answer to an agitation that begun a generation ago. Both Are Strong Bills If these two bills alone had been

passed during Roosevelt's time, when

the agitation for them was comparatively new and loudly insistent, they would have been regarded as somethin?: epoch-making. It is true that

Nevertheless, they are strong bills.

and from now on, in effect, the secretary of agriculture has the power to scrutinize the business operations of grain brokers and packers to review their actions, and to regulate them subject to apoeal to a commission. This extension of government regulation to grain exchanges and the packing houses is analogous to the

establishment, a generation ago, of

the interstate commerce commission

to regulate the railroads. Importance Underestimated If the interests of the country were not so intent on the German treaty and on taxation and the tariff, this striking expansion of the government's regulatory power would get an attention in proportion to its significance. Incidentally, it is a marked extension of government into business at a time from an administration whose slogan is "Less government in business." On the same day that these two reg(Continued on Page Two)

MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST Showers and thunderstorms tonight or Saturday. Cooler Saturday night and Sunday.

LABOR BODY REJECTS OVERTIME RATE RULE

(By Associate.? Press) CHICAGO. Aug. 26. Rules governing the payment of overtime rates, promulgated by the United Slates Railroad Labor board last week to supplant the overtime rules of the national agreement covering shop crafts employes, were rejected as unjustified by a conference of regional executive boards of the railway employes' department of the American Federation of Labor today.

Unsetlted weather will overspread Wayne and adjacent counties during the next 24 hours. Rain tonight or Saturday due to the British Columbia storm extending from southern Canada south in the sh.ape of a trough to Oklahoma. This storm, is moving steadily eastward. Southerly winds will prevail till the storm center passes when the wind will shift to the northwest bringing a change to cooler by Saturday night.

fBr Associated Press! LONDON. Aug." 26. The British government's peace proposals were laid before the Dail Eireann which rejected them unanimously, but is willing to negotiate on the principle of government by consent of the governed, Eamon De Valera says in his reply to Mr. Lloyd George, the British prime minister. The latter proposes that Great Britain and Ireland appoint representatives with plenary powers to negotiate details on this principle. "We have not sought war nor do we seek war, but if war be made

upon us, we must defend ourselves, and we shall do so," says Mr. De Valera's letter. "We long to end the conflict between Great Britain and Ireland," he adds. The reply to De Valera's letter probably will be drawn today, the British cabinet having met and considered the Irish Republican leader's communication. The letter to Lloyd George which bears the date of August 24, reads: "The anticipatory judgment I gave in my reply of Aug. 10, has been confirmed. I laid the proposals of your government before the Dail Eireann, and by a unanimous vote it has rejected them. "From your letter of Aug. 13, it was clear that the principle we are asked to accept was that the 'geographical propinquity' of Ireland to Great Brit ain imposed the condition of the subordination of Ireland's right to Great

Britain's strategic interests as she

conceived them, and that the very

length and persistence of the efforts i

made in the past to compel Ireland s acquiescence in a foreign domination imposed the condition of acceptance of that domination now." Sees End of Liberty. "We cannot believe . that your government intended to commit itself to the principle of sheer militarism, destructive of international morality and (Continued on Page Fourteen)

URGES PRESERVATION

The large hill about four miles south of Richmond, ou the Liberty pike, which for years has been designated an Indian mound, was examined Wednesday by Clark Wissler, head of the department of Anthropology in the American Museum of Natural History in New Yok, and pronounced to be only a natural hill. He said that Indians may at one

time have used the top of the hill as signs to indicate that it is anything but a natural hill. There are, however, according to ' Mr. Wissler. a number of fine Indian mounds in Wayne county, as well aa a striking piece of earthworks Just north of Fountain City. Mounds 1,000 Years Old. These mounds and earthworks were visited by Mr. Wissler, who pronounced some of them to he in a very good

state of preservation. The exact age of these mounds is unknown, but the date usually agreed upon Is 1,000 years. Mr. Wissler also is chairman of National Bureau of Research which has done good work in interesting the different states in a definite pro gram to restore and protect the relics of pro-historic days. Wanjs Them Preserved. In the survey Wednesday, he said it would be a fine thing if Wrayne county could take steps to preserve these relics of pre-historic days, as there is great danger that they will gradually disintegrate by constantly plowing over them or being dug into by people seeking treasures. Some of these mounds which are located in Wayne county, are in a good state of preservation, but unless some action is taken before lone, there

f is danger of them being destroyed.

Mound Near Hospital. The mound which is in the best state of preservation is on the Reid Memorial hospital grounds, and, according to Mr. Wissler, this mound could be opened and a cross section taken. The deposits of the mound could be placed in Earlham college, or some other place for safe keeping, and then the mound restored to its originil shape and maintained as a relic. Mr. Wissler is making an outline as to what should be done with these mounds and will make some recommendations to the county officials ou the preservation of these historic places.

EXPOSE OF $21,000,000 SWINDLING TRUST SAVES MANY INSTITUTIONS FROM FAILURE

For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Increasing cloudi

ness followed by showers late tonight or Saturday, warmer in east portion tonight; cooler in northwest portion Saturday. Temperatures for Yesterday. Maximum 84 Minimum 56 Today. Noon 84 Weather conditions Generally fair and warm weather now covers the northern and central states except for the upper lake region where it is cool. The hot wave is intense over lower Michigan, with maximum temperatures of 96 at Grand Haven and 86 at Grand Rapids. The hot wave is also evident in the southwest, with the thermometer at 106 in Oklahoma, Heavy rainfall during the past 24 hours at Devils Lake, N. D., 4.52 inches. Springfield, Mo., received a fall of 1.42 inches.

(Bv Associated Press) CHICAGO, Aug. 26. The financial failure of at least 48 banks and kindred institutions in the middle west would have resulted had all the op

erations of Charles W. French and John W. Worthington been carried to a successful conclusion, it was declared today by John V. Clinnin. assistant United States district attor

ney. The statement was made after an examination of $21,000,000 in spurious securities and fraudulent notes seized from various enterprises sponsored by the alleged heads of the "swindling trust," and the mail robbery group, who with associates, are being held here. Not only were financial institutions to be involved but some of the biggest financial men in the country were listed as prospects. The names cf hundreds of prospective victims of the machinations of the financial wizards were found in the possession of Alva Harshman, French's secretary, according to the assistant district attorney. ' Senator on List. Among names listed was found that of Coleman DuPont, United States senator from Delaware, and wealthy

manufacturer of explosives. Scorers

of other names prominent in the financial world were found in this

"ledger of lambs."

In contast to the dealings of the alleged swindlers in millions and their plan to wreck scores of banks, a picture was presented today of the activities of the same group in what federal authorities term the "piker's field cleaning war savings stamps." Casper Straub, Jr., dealer in foreign

stamps, told Mr. Clinnin that Worthington had tried to sell him some war savings stamps, and when shown

stamps seized in a raid on Worthing-

ton's office declared they were cancelled stamps and had been cleared

by being washed in acid. Expect Quick Action

Lvents today were expected to

move swiftly in the expected de

nouncement of further operations of this group of so-called "bond experts" who, according to federal authorities, hoped to number some of the strong

rinanciai institutions and business enterprises of the middle west as their victims. Elmer Gerber, brought here from Cleveland last night, after his arrest there led to the recovery of some (Continued on Page Fourteen)

RICHMOND BUILDING FIGURES SHOW TREND TOWARD NORMAL RATE

Building operations in Richmond increased 47 per cent in July, 1921, over July 1920, according to statistics released Friday. The increase In Richmond was generally reflected throughout the state, virtually every larger city of the state showing an increase over the same period last year. During July of this year, 24 permits for building were issued for an estimated cost of work of $60,455; during the same month last year 29 permits were issued but the work was limited to $41,095. Industrial conditions were clearly outlined in comparing the building activities. Gary and Hammond were the only larger cities to show a loss this year over last year. Evansville Shows Gain Evansville pushed far to the front in Indiana, showing a gain of 768

per cent over last year; Terre Haute was second with 212 per cent. Underlying conditions in the construction industry are said to be growing better in the July report. The gain is not of a sporadic nature, it is said. Wage scales have not all been stabilized and the ironing off of the rough edges of the material market has not been thoroughly accomplished yet. Efficiency has increased 25 per cent, according to some experienced and unbiased authorities. The establishment of a fair wage scale is the thing most desired, it is stated. Too high wages stifle industry; too low wages stifle buying power, Is the comment.

PROMINENT DUBLIN

FARMER KILLS SELF

DUBLIN, Ind., Aug. 26. David Shellenberger, 68 years old. prominent farmers, shot himself through the heart at his home north of Dublin at 3 o'clock Friday morning. Death was instantaneous. A long-time resident of this vicinity, the death of Shellenberger was a shock to the community. Ill health is believed to be the cause of the act. He was well known in the community. He is survived by the widow and one son, Rudolph Shellenberger. Funeral services will be held at the Locust Grove church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. NEW PERSIAN MINISTER HERE; TO STRESS BUSINESS NEW YORK, Aug. 26. Mirza Hussein Ali Khan, newly appointed minister from Persia to the United States, arrived yesterday on the steamship Adriatic to take up his duties at the Persian legation in Washington, v