Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 247, 27 August 1921 — Page 1

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n' MARK SI I.I.IVAN WASHINGTON. D. C. Aug. 27.The Democrat leaders who have an alyzed the situation throughout the country with respect to their party fortunes say that President Harding is popular personally and tends on the whole to Increase in personal strength from month to month. They say. further, that the public Impression' of Harding, as head of the administration, is good; that the pub lic believes he has a strong cabinet, and that it is doing a good job of government housekeeping. Occupies Two Positions But, they say. President Harding, as official head of the Republican party, including the Republican ma jority in the house and senate, is another matter. They say there is discontent with congress, and it is on this discontent that the Democratic leaders expect to build their plans for the congressional election next year. During next month the Democratic national committee will come together to select officials and otherwise lay out a program for the coming year. It is believed that the present national chairman, George White, of Ohio, will tender his resignation. The committee may or may not want to accept it. Mr. White's attitude is believed to be one of willingness to resign from the position, if the committee wants to substitute some one else. Probably it would be accurate to say that Mr. White's attitude is one of preferring to give up the position. Ha Excellent Opportunity He is believed to have a strong chance of getting the Democratic nomination for governor of Ohio next year, and the Democratic nomination for governor of Ohio next year is a valuable political opportunity. The feeling is practically universal among Ohio politicians of both parties that sentiment in Ohio has swung far away from what it was at the election last November. They say that if an election were held in Ohio today, the Democrats would have the better chance to win it. This opinion is not based on anything President Harding has done or failed to do, nor on national issues. It is based rather on disappointment with the record of the present Republican Ohio state administration. Under these circumstances. Chairman White is believed to prefer this attractive opportunity to remaining as national chairman. Roper May Succeed White. In the event of Chairman White's retiring, the man who is most strongly put forward as his successor, is Daniel S. Roper, who was the commissioner of internal revenue during a large part of the Wilson administration, and previous to that was an official of the post office department. The suggestion of Mr. Roper's name brings a cleavage which exists in the party between the followers of exGovernor Cox, on the one hand, and the adherents of Mr. McAdoo on th.? other hand. Ordinarily, Mr. Roper would be considered to belong to the McAdoo faction. The fact is, however, that if Mr. Roper is chosen, it will be because of his adaptation to this particular job of bringing the Democratic party organization into the best shape. Old Cleavage Vanishes. In point of fact, the cleavage between the Cox followers and the McAdoo followers has lost much of the s-harp feeling that it had six months azo. The prevailing sentiment among the upper ranks of the Oemocratic workers is that it is best not. to have either Mr. Cox or Mr. McAdoo. or anybody else in mind as the beneficiary of the- party organization. They are more disposed to bas? their preparations for the future on the possibility of some Democrat, as yet not widely known, making, during the next three years, a public record rufficiently attractive to render hiru available as a presidential possibility. Democratic leaders who have reflected long on this subject point out that as short a period as two yeais before Grover Cleveland received the Democratic nomination for president, (Continued on Page Six ARIZONA POSTMASTER KILLED BY BANDITS NOGALES. Ariz., Aug. 27 Frank .1. Pearson, postmaster at Ruby, Ari zona, 35 miles east of here and his wife were killed and his sister-in-law eriously wounded yesterday by seven armed bandits, believed to have been Mexicans, according to reports re ceived here early today. The shooting took place in the postoffice after which the store which Pearson conducted in connection with the postoffice was looted. Fir' report of the affair which wer. prought to the sheriffs office here 6y a man on horseback, said that only one person was killed and that no one else was molested. Later, however, the army intelligence officer at Camp Stephen D. Little, near here, learned that Mrs. Pearson had been killed and her sister, injured. Sheriff George J. White, of Santa Cruz county, who left for Ruby as soon as he received the report of the affair took only two deputies with him but left word here for a number of others to be ready to go to Ruby if he should send for them. No word had been received from the sheriff at midnight.

Lloyd Morgan. NEW YORK, Aug. 27 The story of a young man's bulldog persistence is furnished by relatives and business associates of Lloyd Morgan, the young architectural designer who has won the Paris Prize of the Society of Beaux Arts, after twelve years of devotion to his art. Only the interruption of the World war, in which he was seriously wound ed, has separated Morgan from the! pursuit of architecture since he was fifteen years old. In that time he has worked his way through courses in three technical schools and supported himself by pencil and ruler from the word go. Now, at the age of twenty-nine, he has reached the top goal for any architectural student three years' scholarship in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, which has a cash value of $3,000. His first attempt at the prize, made in Paris in 1919, after his discharge from the army, failed. His second succeeded, in competition with architectural students all over the United States. FOGH VISITS HERRICK; MAY ATTEND ANNUAL LEGION CONVENTION (By "Associated Press) PARIS, Aug. 27. Marshal Foch, unannounced yesterday walked into the American embassy here, without formality, took a seat in the reception room, and, like the ordinary caller. sent up his card asking to see Am bassador Herrick. When the presence of the distinguished visitor became known a secretary immediately ushered him into the ambassador's office. Marshal Foch told Mr. Herrick that he had come to the embassy in person to say definitely that he was going to the United States. "I wanted to come and tell you definitely," said the officer who commanded the allied armies during the World war, "that I am going to America. I also wanted to tell you directly, by word of mouth, instead of by letter or in any formal way, how deep ly touched I have been by the echoes from America of my projected visit. I wanted to tell you how delighted that I am going. "The visit of the American Legion has brought me in closer touch with America than I have been since the American army was here, and I appreciate deeply the desire of the American legion that I go to their convention in Kansas City." SWINDLE RING HEADS TO BE ARRAIGNED IN TRUST CONSPIRACY (By Associated Press) CHICAGO Aug. 27. Another $10,000,000 was added today to the total of notes seized, by federal agents investigating the, alleged swindle ring, headed by Charles W. French. John W. Sawken, who Wednesday found $9,050,000 in notes in a Cleveland safety deposit vault brought the $10,000,000 to Chicago. The notes are on the Ideal Tire and Rubber company of Cleveland, whicn in the hands of a receiver. French, Charles W. Hawkins, Elmer M. Gerber. Charles K. Stroebel, and the other defendants, who .have been brought here were arraigned before United States Commissioner Glass today. John W. Worthington, under indictment in connection with the handling of stolen mail securities will probably be arraigned later in the French case, it was said. Other Associates Other alleged associates of French include Rudolph t.. Koun, vice-president of the American Rubber company; Charles W. Hawkins, Cleveland broker: A. L. Strelzin, of Milwaukee; Alva W. Harshman, former secretary of French; Elmer L. Gerber, Cleveland structural engineer; Charles H. Deniecke. James Howard Letts and Charles H. Strobel. Others may be taken into custody later and there were indications that the state as well as the federal government, may file charges. It was expected that John V. Clinnin, assistant United States district attorney in charge of the case, would take up most of today going over pa pers and correspondence with Harshman, who has turned government witness and is engaged in explaining to the authorities the intricacies of the various deals in which the group is alleged to have been implicated.

presses Desire to Continue Negotiations But Objects to Procrastination.

PRESS UPHOLDS REPLY 'By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 27. Ireland cannot be permitted to withdraw from the British empire. This is the outstanding feature of the note sent to Dublin yesterday by Prime Minister Lloyd George, following consideration by tho cabinet of the whole Irish situation. Mr. Lloyd George declared he would be glad to continue negotiations with j Eamon De Valera but warned the insn leaders that a needless prolongation of the conversations might wreck the chance of an agreement, and terminate the truce. . Newspapers today generally approved of the prime minister's reply, and expresed satisfaction that Mr. Lloyd George had declared he was willing to continue negotiations. Advises Aceptance. The Morning Post, which maintained the old conservative view, urge.! the Sinn Fein leaders to recognize the unalterable stand for union which had been made by the government, and advised that terms be reached on that basis. Mr. De Valera was told that he was "discussing the situation in the spirit of an impossible doctrinaire." "Until Mr. De Valera descends to earth from the cloudy heights," the newsnaper continued, "no progress is possible. He has assured Great Britain he has not the slightest desire to renew hostilities and that not a shot will be fired unless the Sinn Fein wills it, but it is doubtful if. otherwise, he correctly interprets the opinion the majority of his followers." Irish Favor It. "It might be suggested that if the refusal of the Dail Eireann to accept I the British offer was submitted to the decision of the Irish people, it would not be endorsed." "The time has passed," said the London Times, "when the reiteration of the diferences betwen the English and Irish viewpoints can serve a useful purpose. The time has come, when if there is to be peace, these differences must be taken for granted. When the Sinn Fein understands this fact, the hour for further negotiations will have arrived." DUBLIN, Aug. 27. Members of the Irish Republican parliament met at the mansion house today to consider the situation which has developed from the firm stand of Prime Minister Lloyd George relative to a settlement of the Irish controversy. The message from the prime minister arrived here last night, and its intimation that thf Rritish envprn-l ment would not consider any unrea-' sonable delay in continuing negotia-J tions caused some apprehension among the people. Leaders of the Dail Eirean and members of the cabinet of Eamon De Valera appeared, however, not to consider that the situation had become any more delicate than it had been since the exchanges began. Commenting on the letter from Mr. Lloyd George, the Freeman's Journal said today: "In our opinion, the prime minister's latest communication bears the construction which Jan C. Smuts, premier of the Union of South Africa, put upon the original offer from the British government." Urges Modification The Irish Independent urged the prime minister to readjust or modify the conditions to which the Irish leaders have take exception, and said the alternative would be a renewal of war "on a scale that would appal humanity and would ultimately discredit and disgrace England." "With the will to make peace on both sides," the newspaper said, "it ought to be possible to arrive by a conference at a basis upon which a settlement that is honorable and satisfactory could be effected." The Irish Times said the immediate effect of Mr. De Vaiera's note to London and the reply of Prime Minister Lloyd George had been to bring negotiations to a very critical point. "The undoubted gravity of the situation calls for cool heads and clear minds on both sides of the Irish Sea," the newspaper added. "A wearisome exchange of more notes can serve no useful purpose. Sooner or later some definite decision must be reached." OFFICIALS WANT MORE DETAILS OF BROOKS (By Associated Press) JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.. Aug. 27. Officials resumed their questioning today by Ben Brooks, who confessed yesterday that he shot and killed Amazona Montgomery, Jackson county farmer. Bess Brooks, and Lyman and Henry, brothers of Ben who are being held in connection with the kill ing of Montgomery also were to be examined by the officials who an nounced they were not satisfied that Brooks had made a complete statement regarding the affair. The officials said their investigations led them to believe more than one person took part in the killing. Railroad Torpedo Plant Explodes; Two are Killed (By Associated Press) PROVIDENCE, R. I. Aug. 27. Two men are known to have been killed and several injured when an explosion occurred early today In the plant of the Copper Tube Manufacturing company. East Providence. Railroad torpedoes are manufactured at the plant. The explosion shook the whole city of P-oviaence and adjoining towns.

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This photograph, one of the last to be taken of the ill-ated ZR-2 crew, has just arrived in the United States. It shows the members of the crew trying on the special flying suits which they were to have worn on the flight across the Atlantic. A few days later these men boarded the giant British made dirigible for the trial trip and were never again seen alive.

MILTON BANK FAILURE RESULTS IN FILING OF'84 ACTIONS IN WAYNE CIRCUIT COURT

Eighty-four cases have been filed in Wayne circuit court in connection with the failure of the Farmers' bank of Milton. Several more will probably be added to this list soon, as depositors are now starting action directly against the stockholders to collect their money. The first case against the bank was filed on July 6, 1920. This was two days following the suicide of Oscar M. Kirlin. cashier of the bank. The bank did not open its doors on July 6 and action was started bv George C Florea et al vs. Farmers' bank of Milton and Irvin J. Harmeier, administrator of the estate of Oscar M. Kirlin. Appoint Receiver Immediate appointment of a receiver was asked and Claude S. Kitterman of Cambridge City was appointed to take over the affairs of the defunct institution. It was estimated at that time that the bocks of the bank would show a shortage of $125,000. In trying to untangle the affairs of the institution the receiver has had considerable difficulty in selecting be tween claims. Fifty suits have been brought against the bank through the receiver to establish valid claims. Question Execution The execution of several notes has been questioned. Signatures on some of the paper held by the bank have been declared forge-1, by interested parties. Claude S. Kitttrman, receiver, has brought seven suits tc collect on notes held by the bank. One suit charging conversion was filed againsi he stock INQUIRY INTO CAUSE OF AIRSHIP'S FALL STARTED AT HOWDEN (Bv Associated Press) HULL, Aug. 27. Flight Lieutenant Wann, who was in command of the ZR-2, told the police today he believed the accident was caused by a weak structural part of the airship which broke into two pieces, although he could not say which part it was. The lieutenant called in police officers from the central station and made the following statement, which j he signed: . "i want to say mat tne acciaent ap peared to happen owing to a weak structural part of the ship which broke into two pieces. I could not say which part it was. I had been flying 36 hours before the mishap occurred, and I intended to make this my last flight." A uniform jacket was recovered today and was identified as that of Robert M. Coons, of Owensboro, Ky., a mechanic on the ZR-2. Start Lifting Wreck The work of lifting the wreck of the ZR-2 from the Humber river at Hull continued today. Two more bodies, those of Albert L. Loftin, an American, who was acting as mechanic on board the dirigible, and Flight Sergeant A. P. Martin, a British member of the crew, were recovered yesterday. HULL, Aug. 27. A message expressing symathy of the municipality and people of Hull to the citizens of the United States and the relatives of the Americans who lost their lives when the ZR-2 was destroyed has been sent to George Harvey, American ambassador to Great Britain, by T. B. Atkinson, the lord mayor. "Your excellency," the lord mayor's letter said, "I desire on behalf of the inhabitants of this city to express to you their great, sympathy in the terrible loss of life occasioned citizens of the United States through the catastrophe to airship ZR-2. While mourning our own loss, we do not forget the losses of our American allies. These losses, too, in many cases are personal to many of our inhabitants, who, during the somewhat lengthy sojourn of your airmen at Howden, learned to know them as friends and to respect them as brave and capable men." EATS TOADSTOOLS; DIES. COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. 27. John Dieotte, 5Q years old. a farmer, is dead at his home near here from eating toadstools which he mistook for mushrooms. .u-

holders in the bank, which was a priv

ate institution. Two direct suits to collect from the receiver on money deposited with the bank have been started. Start 23 Actions. During the past two months 23 actions have been started. Efforts to collect money deposited in the bank directly from the stockholders has been made in 12 cases now before the court. The First National bank of Connersville has brought action in 11 instances against executors of notes and the receiver for the Milton bank, to collect sums due it on notes sold before the bank failed. The reports filed by the receiver at different times during the past year are volumnous. These have lists of all claims allowed and disallowed, together with settlements made thus far. KENTUCKY MOONSHINE BATTLE KILLS TWO OF PROHIBITION OFFICERS (By Associated Press) PAINTSVILLE, Ky., Aug. 27. Government and Johnson county officials here today are awaiting further developments in the case growing out of the murder of two prohibition raiders last night by a band of moonshiners. A third officer and an alleged member of the band were wounded in the fight which started when the raiding party was . advancing up Mud Creek, four miles from here in search for illict stills. John H. Reynolds, 42, a veteran of the prohibition enforcement forces and James Melvin, town marshal of Paintsville, were mortally wounded in the battle. Deputy Sheriff Manuel Fitzpatrick of Johnson county, was wounded. While he lay where he had fallen he returned the fire, wounding Hugh MoKenzie, an alleged member of the moonshine band. The five men arrested soon after the shooting are being held in the jail here pending a hearing. They are:: Jesse McKenzie, Ray McKenzie, Otto Young, Tollie King and Denny Blevins. MGTOR CAR BURGLARS MAKE $120,000 HAUL (By Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 27 Motor car burglars were reported to the police early today to have entered the residence of F. L. Mosher In the Hollywood quarter and driven away with a 400 pound safe. Mosher told the officers the safe contained notes, bonds, silverware and jewelry valued at $120,000. Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST. Unsettled weather followed by partly cloudy but mostly fair at intervals. Unsettled weather will continue Saturday afternon and night, although it win he fair at intervals tonight and Sunday. j For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Cloudy in north; probably local thunderstorms in south portions this afternoon or tonight; Sunday generally fair; not much change in temperature. Temperatures for Yesterday. Maximum 85 Minimum 61 Today. Noon 75 Weather Conditions The British Columbia storm which caused showers this morning is now crossing the Central states. The weather is. mostly fair over the plain states, but unsettled weather is again developing over the Rocky mountains. The heat wavt was intense Friday over Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Nebraska. It was 110 in the shade in several places iu . ' t . Mill, UiiUlUiUUl temperatures of 36 occured in western J Canada.

ARMED MEN TURNED BACK BY DEPUTIES ON LOGAN BOUNDARY

(By Associated Press) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 27. A large body of armed men seeking to enter Logan county was this morning turned back by a force of deputy sheriffs on the Boone-Logan county line, according to a statement given to The Associated Press over the long distance telephone by an official connected with Gov. E. F. Morgan's executive office at Charleston. It was added that there had been no casualties, although many shots had been exchanged. Further than this the informant was unable to go. Shortly after 2 o'clock this morn ing rumors began to circulate about Bluefield, Huntington and Charleston that an engagement had been fought near Blair, close to the Boone county line. All efforts to confirm these rumors failed until communication was established with the governor's office. Identity Not Known It has not been determined whether the body of men engaged by the deputies was a part of the Marmet-Mingo marchers, who ' yesterday were presuaded by C. F. Keeney. president of District No. 17, United Mine Workers of America, to abandon the march and return to their homes. A long distance telephone call to the office of Dan Chafin, Logan county sheriff, early today met with no response. Similar calls to a private establishment and to a hotel were unproductive. The party answering the telephone at the hotel laconically remarked: "I have nothing to say. This is Logan county's business, and no one else's." Report Firing At 3 o'clock this morning the telephone operator at Logan is said to have told the Charleston Gazette that firing then was in progress near Blair; that the deputies were on top of a mountain ridge overlooking the town, the armed men at the foot. Firing, it was added, had been spasmodic up to that time. When it started could not be ascertained. Attaches of Gov. Morgan's office (Continued on Page Twelve.) GOTHAM POLICE TAKE ROBBER; GET LEAD ON POSTOFFICE THEFT (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Aug. 27 A confession that he was the leader of the gang that committed a $1,000,000 postoffice robbery at the central office in Toledo last February was attributed by the police today to Wm. Treffey, also known as Canada Bill, who is in jail here awaiting trial on charges of rob bing a jewelry store. The announcement was made when Charles Fox was arraigned in connection with a $5,000 bond robbery in New York. Post office inspectors said in court that they had a warrant for Fox in connection with the Toledo robbery. City detectives said that Treffey in his confession in regard to the Toledo hold up had implicated Fox in it. On information furnished by Treffey, the detectives said, a number of bonds stolen in Wall Street prior to the To ledo hold up had been recovered. Fox was held for hearing. DEBS CASE DECISION AWAITS TREATY ACTION (By Associated Press)' WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. No decision regarding a pardon for Eugene V. Debs, or a general amnesty for prisoners convicted under war-time laws, will be reached by President Harding until the peace treaty with Germany has been ratified, it was stated today at the white house. The president's position was made known after a conference with Attorney General Daugherty. It is understood the attorney general manifested a readiness to submit a recommendation based on the legal status of the Debs case, but that the president indicated that he would rather not take any steps until after ratification of

the peace treaty.

Administration To Consider Withdrawal of 14,000 Men as Soon as Germany Formally Ratifies Peace Treaty. GERMANYlSSATISFlEO

CBy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. Withdrawal of the American forces on the Rhine is expected to be considered seriously by the administration once the peace treaty between the United States and Germany has been formally ratified. The view is understood to be held that there would then be no necessity of burdening Germany with the support of the forces, for which she is obligated to pay. There was no consideration of the subject in the negotiations leading up to the treaty, so far as is known, and whatever decision is reached will besolely that of the American government. According to latest figures there are 14,000 American troops in the army of occupation at a maintenance cost of nearly a million dollars a month. BERLIN, Aug. 27. American and German business firms will resume peace time relations Immediately without waiting for ratification of the treaty signed here on Thursday, it is said in well informed industrial circles of this city. It is anticipated that commercial treaties will be negotiated and that consular services will be reconstructed within a brief period. Spanish diplomatic representatives here, who have been In charge of American interests since Feb. 3, 1917, will continue their duties in this respect. The establishment of credit loans and reparations to ship into the American market surplus products of Germany, such as newsprint paper, occupy the attention of industrial leaders here. Satisfaction over the simplicity and straightfordwardness of the American treaty is generally expressed in commercial circles, where belief is expressed that the same "reasonableness" will characterize the United States in later negotiations. Satisfied With Treaty "Germany had slight reason to expect anything from America, and hence we fared better than we expected," declared a commercial leader yesterday. "The United States makes numerous reservations and insists upon advantages which accrue to America by virtue of the treaty of Versailles, but we will continue to act frankly on the supposition that, although insisting upon 100 per cent of the Versailles treaty, the United States probably will demand the ac tual execution of less than 50 per cent of the treaty's provisions." We accepted the treaty virtually as presnted." it was stated by a government official during the day. "We put faith in the sense of justice of the United States. The idea was to get peace as quickly as possible, and we asked for no specific assurances and only a few interpolations in the draft of the treaty as presented by Ellis Loring Dresel, United States commissioner here. Send Able Men "Business will be benefited Im mediately. Under the technical state of war which existed, business men hesitated to engage in contracts with alien enemies. There was nothing agreed relative to commercial treaties nor the personnel of the German mission sent to the United States, but wa will send our ablest men. It is improbable, however, that a representative of a large industrial or commercial interest will head the delegation going to Washington for fear that there may be some doubt as to his impartiality during the arrangement of a commercial agreement." Asked if he expected the ratification of the treaty to result in the release of private property held in the United States he official said: "Under the treaty of 1838, the inviolability of private property was secured, even in the case of war. I do not see how America could do anything else but release this property. .This action would be an appreciable stimulus to business." Expects Ratification The official said he believed the Reichstag would ratify the treaty although some opposition might be expected from the members of the extreme right, made up of nationalists who have shown hostility to the pact The date that the reichstag will take up the treaty has not been fixed as (Continued on Page Four) SEN ATE TO CONSIDER TAX BEFORE TARIFF (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. The senate finance committee decided today to put the tax bill ahead of .the tariff Consideration of the revenue measure will begin next Thursday by whfch time hearings on the tariff already scheduled will have been concluded. Chairman Penrose announced that it was the hope of the committee to have the tax bill passed by the house ready for submission to the senate when it re-convenes September 21. He did not make known whether hearings on the tax question would be held. At the same time the chairman announced that the hearings on the sugar schedule of the tariff measure already arranged would be indefinitely postponed. It is planned to complete open discussion of the metal and wood schedule today and devote Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week to the agricultural list.