Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 271, 24 September 1921 — Page 1

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T M A VOL. XLVL, No. 271 palladium. Est. 1831. Consolidated with Sun-Telegram. 1907. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT. 24, 1921. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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PREPARE NOW FOR ELECTION OF NEXT YEAR Only More Optimistic Demo

Unemployed of London Protest Failure of City to Aid Them

TUBERCULOSIS VICTIMS LACK PLACE TO GO State Has No Institution in Which Wayne County Sufferers Can Be Housed, Declares Auerbach.

Appointed Air Chief

LEWIS RULES OUT MOTION OF VIOLENCE Mine Convention, However,

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ity in Lower House -Party Encouraged. PULLING PARTY WIRES BV MARK Sl-I.MV.4V WASHINGTON. D. C, Sept. 24 The Democrats are cheering up. They are going to hold a meeting of the national committee in October to elect a new chairman and otherwise pull things together and get ready for the election next year. Those elec tions will name a third of the senate, 32 in number, and a whole new lower house. To the politicians these elections don't seem so far away as they may seem to the voters. The primaries which will name the party candidates begin In less than six months, and in nearly all of the 32 states where there are senatorial elections it Is already possible to tell pretty accurately who the nominees will be. In these elections next year the Democrats will make some gains; the only question is how much. Such a landslide as the Republicans had Jn 1920 never comes twice in succession. While the Democrats are bound to make some gains, and while it is within the possibilities for them to achieve a majority of the lower house, only the more optimistic among them really hope to go that far. Nevertheless, things are shaping up in a manner to encourage the Democrats. If next year were a presidenital year, it would be easy to prophesy that Harding would get the Republican nomination and win readily. But next year 13 not a presidential one. That is just the point. The Republicans will not have Harding on the top of the ticket as an asset. To "Point With Pride" When the elections arrive next year it will be found that the Republican senatorial and congressional candidates for re-election will do their "pointing with pride," not to what they themselves have done, but to what President Harding and his cabinet have done. President Harding, as a loyal party man. will undoubtedly do what he can to stretch his mantle over every Republican running for re-election. But if things go on as they have been going, the voters will refuse to see it that way. They will listen respectfully to Mr. Harding's plea for a vicarious Indorsement of him in the shape of re-electing Republican senators and congressmen, but a good many of them will maka their own distinctions Harding popular, "congress not. Harding Popular. What is happening throughout the country, according to the universal testimony of politicians of both par ties, is that President Harding, who won't run for re-election next year, is increasingly popular, while the Republican majority in senate and bouse, whhrh must, run next year, is increasingly lacking in public approval. It would be a true expression of the characteristic point of view of the average voter to give silent approval to the Republican president, but rebuke the Republican representatives and senators at the polls. So far as Republican senators and representatives are concerned as distinct from the Republican president and his cabinet, things really are going pretty badly. The public approves of the Republican president and his cabinet, it does not approve of the Republican president and his cabinet, it does not approve of the Republican senate and house. Leadership Bad. And there is no reason to anticipate that this view of the Republican sen ate and house will change. It is more likely to grow "more so." There is no reason to suppose that the Republican majority in the senate and house will make any better impression in the coming six months than they have made in the past. There Is no denying or concealing the fact that the Republican leadership in both senate and house is in bad shape. The Republicans have big majorities In both houses, but they have not the

genius ot leaaersnip to organize ineir;war(i in tnat direction."

big majorities and inspire them and discipline them. The Republicans know all this and in confidence discuss it freely. The situation Is made more difficult and the possibility for remedy is made more remote by the fact that it is not anybody's fault particularly. All who are close to the situation fcnow what the trouble is, and it n the sort of trouble which, in human feeling, no one wants to complaia about. It isn't the fault of individuals, it is a combination of unusual personal equations. Some Lack Qualities. Some men who are officially in positions of leadership, don't happen to have the temperament and personality that leadership calls for. They are in all other respects, able, high minded and experienced. But they just don't happen to fill the bill for leadership. In the cases of some individuals it is age; in the cases of others, illness; in the cases of still others it is perFonal things with which everybody n too sympathetic to be willing to do anything about it except struggle along and do the best possible under the circumstances. There is a good deal of talk about making changes in the leadership, but much of this is half hearted. The probability is something along that line will be done. But those who have opportunity to know what is likely to be done don't believe it will mark ? revolution. Politics, in the personal sense, being what it is, and generous human (Continued on Page Twelve.)

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Crowd of unemployed workers in Trafalgar Square, London, hearing denunciation of borough councillors. This picture gives a good idea of the industrial conditions in England. Thousands of Idle workmen in London are gathered to protest against the failure of borough councillors to give the unemployed proper financial aid. One of the labor leaders is addressing the crowd in the shadow of the mammoth statue of Lord Nelson and the British lion in Trafalgar Square.

NOTE OF CHEER SOUNDED BY SECRETARY DAVIS IN DISCUSSING GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION

P A Ll AD t I'M SEWS BOIEAU WASHINGTON. Sept. 24. Those who have been inclined to shoulder the blame for the present unemployment situation on the administration and make political capital of it have been reminded by Secretary of Labor Davis that conditions existing at this time, an abnormal period in the coun. try's history, are not nearly so acute as they were in 1914. prior to the outbreak of the European war, when times were supposed to be. normal. It is estimated that there are now 5,735,000 less people on payrolls in the United States than there were in 1920, when more people were at work than ever before in the history of the country, (the number of wage earners of all. kinds, excepting agricultural workers, in 1920 reaching the unprecedented total of between 1S,000.000 and .20,000,000).. .. The unemployed in this country in 1914, according to Secretary Davis, FINGER PRINT BUREAU TO TRACE CRIMINALS ANNOUNCEDBY BURNS fBy Associated Pres WASHINGTON. Sept 23 Plans for the establishment of a federal bureau for identification here to aid local police throughout the country in tracing and identifying criminals were announced by William J. Burns, new chief of the bureau of investigation of the department of justice in an address here last night before the International association for identification. The proposed bureau, Mr. Burns added, has secured the full endorsement of Attorney General Daugherty. The bureau was described by Mr. Burns as a clearing house for all data bearing on the identification of criminals secured by the police departments of every city and village in the country. It will be prepared, he said, to furnish to the police of any community identification data for any criminal with which it has been supplied, such" as finger prints, photographs, bertillon measurements and personal description. Want Highest Efficiency "It is the desire of the attorney general to bring this proposed bureau to the highest degree of efficiency," said Mr. Burns. "After it has been organized we will co-operate with the police of every city and village In the country for the prevention of crime ; We believe it will be a great step forThe first step in organizing the bu reau Mr. Burns said will be the taking over of all files and data now In the possession of the national bureau for criminal identification, an organization financed and conducted here by the police departments of variout cities throughout the country. About 700 idenMfication bureaus now functioning in connection with this organization will become affiliated immediately with the federal bureau, he added. DISMISS AFFIDAVITS AGAINST THREE MEN Affidavits against three men were dismissed by Judge Bond, Saturday j on motion by Prosecutor Beckett. A non-support charge against Clarence Johnson was dismissed for the reason that he is serving a one to 14 year sentence in the state reformatory for petit larceny. Lewis Floyd, who was arrested recently, charged with vehicle taking, was sentenced to the boy's school and the charge of vehicle taking was dismissed, he being tried in , juvenile court. Two charges against Joseph Daloia which were filed recently by his wife were dismissed, Prosecutor Beckett stating that the man and his wife were now living together amicably. One charge was for assault and battery and the other for wife desertion.

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approximated 7,000,000, and the ratio of the unemployed to the total number of workers in 1914 was greater by a very wide margin than is true today. Secretary Davis maintains that to get a true perspective and a fair conclusion as to the real industrial situation of today, the unemployment figures of today must be read in reW tion to the unemployment which ex- ( Continued on Page Five) SENATE TO RATIFY NEW PEACE TREATY WITH LITTLE DELAY - (By AasoelaUxi .Fre) , -;- .1 WASHINGTON, , Sept. 24 Indications that the new treaties negotiated by the administration with Germany, Austria and Hungary will be speedily ratified by the senate appear favorable, notwithstanding the opposition of Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, as a result of intimations from the white house that President Harding does not regard with disfavor the reservations recommended yesterday by the senate foreign relations committee and the statement of Senator Johnson, Republican, California, that the treaties as reported out pf committee sufficiently safeguard America' from European entanglements and repudiate the League of Nations. Although no program has been determined for consideration of the treaties in the senate, it is expected by leaders that they will be ratified within a week or ten days. Senator Lodge, the Republican leader, stands ready, to hold the senate in night sessions to accomplish speedy ratification. The debate, which is expected to begin today, will be in open session. RENEW RIFLE FIRING IN BELFAST STREETS! ARMED CARS PATROL BELFAST, , Sept. 24. Rifle firing was renewed today in the districts of this city affected by last night's disorders, one man being wounded. The only death resulting from the rioting since Its resumption yesterday was accidental, a man being run over by an armored car. The rioting was so severe last evening that tram cars were withdrawn from the troubled i area. ' i ! today. Fighting, which broke out again shortly after midnight, spread j rapiaiy ana gunmen maaen m doorways poured their fire into the streets. Rioting crowds surged along the main thoroughfares. . , ' ; Order was not restored until the military swept the streets with their Hotchkiss guns. Starts In Ballymacarrett. Ballymacarrett, as East Belfast is known, for several hours was in turmoil as a result of an attack on tramway workers from the Falls district in the afternoon. The center of hostilities was in the Sinn Fein area called the Short Strand. Rifle and revolver shots were incessant. It Is understood that in consequence of the disturbance the curfew will be put into force in a large part of the Ballymacarrett at 8:30 p. ni., Satur day. Sir James Craig, Ulster premier, has announced. that,, the. northern Irish parliament would adjourn to the end of November, with the special provision that the speaker should, "on the advice of the Ulster cabinet, be authorized to call an emergency sitting when necessary." The premier's announcement is believed here to have a significant bearing on the Irish negotiations. FIGHT DUEL IN PARIS. PARIS. Sept. 24. Count De Poret and Camille La Farge, according to La Liberie, fought a duel yesterday morn, ing in the Pare des Princes, using both pistols and swords. The count is said to have received a sword wound through the right arm, which forced him, in tears, to give up the combat.

SPEED UP PASSAGE OF PEACE TREATIES, IS HARDING REQUEST

'Bv Associated Pr8 WASHINGTON, Sept 24. President Harding, in a letter to Senator Lodge, Republican leader, read in the senate today, when consideration of ths treaties with Germany, Austria and Hungary . was begun, said the pact would put asido the last remnant of war relationship and bring a return to peace. The president said that the treaties "are in complete harmony with the resolution," (the Knox-Porter peace measures) adopted by the congress. and were an outcome of his endeavor to carry out the express wish of congress. : -x Lodge Seconds Wish. Formal peace has been delayed so long, the president, wrote, that, he did not need to emphasize desire for prompt ratification. Senator Lodge, in opening the debate in "open executive session," after reading of the German treaty, which was taken up first, also asked for prompt action, and gave assurance of time for reasonable debate. After the president's letter, written Sept. 21, when the treaties were transmitted, was read, Senator Pomerene, O., interjected that apparently the con gressional peace resolution was not sufficient to effect peace. "It ended the war as far as the United States is concerned, but it wa.i not a treaty of peace," Senator Lodge replied. He went on to say that Secretary Hughes was to be congratulated' for his -work in negotiating the treaty, which Mr. Lodge said reserved to the United States ail privileges and benefits of the treaty of Versailles. CAMPBELL ANTI-BEER BILL DELAYED AGAIN The dry forces were blocked by the wets in an eight-hour debate on the beer measure 'yesterday, with the result that it probably will go over for several weks, or until th peace treaties and the tax revision bill have been disposed of. . ' The attack on the beer hill was led yesterday by .Senator Stanley, Democratic (Kentucky) author of the original search and seizure amendment which, would . require prohibition enforcement agents to have warrants for searching places for liquor. As the situation ran into the evening, points of order and quorum calls were resorted to by the wets, with the result , that .the drys eventually threw the sponge and moved adjourament Weather Forecast ' MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST Occasional rains and thunder showers this afternoon or tonight; Sunday generally, fair; cooler Sunday and ! Sunday night. unsettled weatner wui continue Saturday afternoon and night with showers or thunderstorms, followed by generally fair Sunday, due to the eastward movement of a storm now covering the states adjacent to the Mississippi river. Relief from the sultry weather will come when southerly winds shift to northwest, which will happen about Sunday. For Indiana by the United States Weather, Bureau. Showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight; slight Jy cooler tonight; Sunday fair and cooler. Temperatures for Yesterday Maximum 76 Minimum 53 Today Noon 73 Weather Conditions. The storm which extends from Minnesota southward in shape of a trough is now causing rains over the Central states, except Indiana, which will in turn, receive rain before night. Heavy, thundershowers occurred last night several miles south of Richmond, being especially heavy over the southern portion of the state. The weather is clearing west of the storm and temperatures are falling.

SAYS NEED IS GREAT , There is no institution in Indiana

where tuberculosis sufferers can be housed at the present time, according to Murray A. Auerbach. executive secretary of the Indiana Tuberculosis association, who was in Richmond Saturday, conferring with interested cit izens. Mr. Auerbach has canvassed the state, and said that even the Fort Wayne tuberculosis hospital is filled, having 108 patients when he left that city, Friday. "I believe a 40 bed hospital should be the minimum with which Wayne county should start," said Mr. Auerbach. I would urge that the management of the institution be placed in the hands of a competent superintendent, to make it practical and efficient. Reported Deaths "Reported deaths from tuberculosis in Wayne county, according to the. state board of health, have been a3 follows: 1916, 59; 1917, 58; 1918, 59; 1919, 52, and 1920, 40. This is but a conservative estimate of deaths from that cause," Mr. Auerbach continued. "There are always deaths in every county which are caused by tuberculosis, but which are not reported as due to that disease. "Using the 6cale provided by Prof. Irving Fisher, well known economist and Yale professor, it costs Wayne county $248,000 yearly because of the presence of the disease. Prof. Fisher has estimated that for every death from tuberculosis in, a community, the community has to pay $1,700. This does not include the expenses which may be caused such community byllf the necessity of caring for the depend ents left by the deceased. i "An experiment tried out in Framingham, Mass., which was considered a typical American city, has proved that for every individual whose death is caused by tuberculosis, there are at least 10 other persons with the disease in its inactive form. Large Number Affected "Tuberculosis is primarily a children's disease.- Seventy per cent of all children under 12 years old are affected with the germ; 80 per cent of all children under 16 years old are affected, and 90 per cent of all children under 21 years old are affected. "To be affected does not necessarily mean that the children have the disease; it only shows that without the proper care many cases may develop." Mr. Auerbach urged that Wayne county begin to build her tuberculosis hospital. "It is a strategical point and I know that patients will be sent there. Every county cannot have a hospital, and with all present institutions filled, it is greatly needed. Favor Hospital Here Mr. Auerbach stated that he had talked with T. B. Kidner, nationally known tuberculosis authority, who canvassed the local situation during the latter part of May, of this year. Both he and Mr. Kidner favor the Wayne county hospital because of its relative position to other counties. "I cannot say that 25 beds would prove practicable," Mr. Auerbach said. "The least that I would recommend would be 40 beds. At present there practically are no safe-guards against tuberculosis and little means for caring for the sufferers. "Tuberculosis is curable, according to figures compiled by institutions which have take nthe tuberculosis patients while the disease is still in Its early stages. TAX REVISION BILL ESTIMATED TO BRING $3,324,000,00 YIELD (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. The tax revision bill, as reported by' the sen ate finance committee, is estimated to yield $3,324,000,000 this fiscal year, or!

$84,000,000 more than the measure: mans, had accepted a proposition that passed by the house, says the major-1 Vilna would be incorporated with Kovity report on the bill, approved and i no in Lithuania with the status of a

made public today by the committee For the next fiscal year, the report says, the bill should yield. $2.735,700,00, an increase of $75,000,000 over the house total. This program, it is added, assumes that for the fis cal year 1923 the total ordinary ex - penditures of the government will amount to approximately $3,500,000,000, as compared to $4,034,000,000 this fiscal year and $5,116,000,000 in the last fiscal year. Delay Wood Appointment Until Army Retirement fBy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. Senate action on the nomination of Major-j General Leonard Wood to be governor! general of the Philippines will be deferred until after he retires from active army service Oct. 5. President Harding and Secretary Weeks of the war department are said to have acquiesced in the plan after a conference with Chairman New of the senate territories commission to which the nomination was referred. The delay was agreed to, it was said, to avoid any question being raised as to General Wood's status in the army. COLLIER REACHES CHILI SANTIAGO, Chill, Sept 24. William M. Collier, the new United States ambassador to Chili? arrived here yesterday with Mrs. Collier.

Col. Mason M. Patrick Col. Mason M. Patrick, U. S. A. engineers corps, has succeeded Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher as director of the army air service. Menoher recently resigned following friction between himself and Gen. William Mitchell, his assistant. GRIFFITH SAYS IRISH NEVER ASKED BRITISH RECOGNIZE FREEDOM (By Associated Press) LONDON, Sept. 24. British reco nition of Irish ciaims of independence as a preliminary condition to a con ference were never asked by the Sinn Fein declared Arthur Griffith a mem ber of the delegation chosen at uuDiin to confer with Prime Minister Lloyd George in an interview with the Daily Mail's' correspondent in Dublin yester day. He added that entering tne con ference without previous guarantees or conditions would not imply Britisn. recognition of the Sinn Fein s claims. "Our entrance to a conditionless con ference" he went on "would not give Ii-nlonrl anv fresh inf prnational StatUS. the conference broke down Ireland would have the same international position that she holds at present. Claims Action H'.th Handed. "Irish Republican leaders have contended they were entitled to enter the conference holding their own opinion but the mere holding of those opinions would not entitle them to anything from anyone else. Nevertheless it would be unjust and high handed to ask the Sinn Fein to stultify its attitude by abandoning its standpoint. "The Sinn Fein has offered to enter the conference for the purpose of finding a solution which would terminate the quarrel btween Ireland and England., The- only thing that mattered would be the final agreement. The opinions expressed during the conference would be merely opinions which would be wiped out by that agreement. EXPECT LIVE DEBATE BY ASSEMBLY OVER ECONOMIC BLOCKADE (By Associated Press GENEVA, Sept. 24. Spectators gathered at the hall of the reformation early today in anticipation of a lively debate over questions connected with the economic blockade. The Assembly expected to discuss this subject yesterday but owing to the length of the speeches delivered during the day, was obliged to postpone its consideration until this morning. David Jayne Hill, who has been here since the opening of the present session of the Assembly as an American observer, occupied his customary seat in the front row of the gallery. Belief was expressed this -morning that some effort would be made during the day to dispose of the PolishLithuanian dispute over the future status of the Vilna district as far as the assembly is called upon to deal with it. Review Former Dispute This expectation was confirmed at the very beginning . of the session when Paul Hymans of Belgium addressed the assembly on the Vilna dispute and summarized the history of the controversy preliminary to hearing the Polish and Lithuanian arguments. Lithuania, it was said by M. HySwiss canton, but Poland had rejected this solution of the difficulty. The Belgian delegate -began with the retreat of Russian troops from Vilna which was followed by occupa tion of the, city by Lithuanians, and j the advance of the Bolsheviki on the place. The soviet troops retired after the treaty of peace was signed with Lithuania, conceding . Vilna to that country. He declared the controversy over Vilna came to the attention of the council of the league when General Zelgowski occupied Vilna by force. ; - ' SEEKS TO COLLECT DAMAGES OF $2,000 An action to collect $2,000 damages was filed by Norman F. Sheppard vs. Abraham Harsh and the Tiger Coal and Supply company in Wayne circuit court Saturday, for alleged injuries received last May. The complaint alleges Mr. Sheppard was struck by a bunch of coal being unloaded by one of the Tiger Coal company trucks. , He states that he was knocked to the ground, that his left leg was broken and that several tendons were strained; that he was unable to work for six months after the injury and that he has been damaged to the amount of $2,000.

Votes Unanimously to Use Every Lawful Means to Resist Injunction.

DISCOURAGES STRIKE (By Associated Press)' INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 24. After President Lewis had ruled out a proposal that the convention of the United Mine Workers adjourn and "go home and prepare our fighting lines," the delegates voted unanimously to instruct the international officers to use every lawful means to resist the issuance of an injunction against the union sought in a suit filed in federal court here yesterday. Another proposal that the miners go on strike and remain idle until the suit was withdrawn from the court was also ruled out of order by President Lewis before the vote was taken to instruct the union officials to resist the injunction by every lawful means. President Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who addressed the convention, said the injunction, if granted, would enjoin all activities of the miners' union, and. turning to President Lewis, said: "John, in defense of that principle, I would like to visit you in jail." The delegates shouted their approval, and Mr. Lewis arose, declaring. "I have every expectation that Mr. Gompers will be accorded that privilege." Set Aside Business The Borderland Coal corporation which brought the suit in behalf of more than 60 other operators, served notice today that it would make application on Oct. 13 for a preliminary restraining order against the union, and business before the biennial con vention of the miners was set aside while International Secretary-Treasurer Green told the delegates that ihe "very heart and soul" of the union is at stake in the suit. Mr. Green, who Interjected comments on the various charges read a condensed statement on the suit, which beside the union and its officials, names several Indiana coal companies having contracts with the union as defendants, the apparent purpose being to strike down the wage contract and the "check-off" systm, by which operators withhold dues from the wages of miners. Says Matter Grave , "It is a matter of grave importance," said Mr. Green, referring to the suit. "It strikes at the very heart and soul of our union. It is the most dangerous charge ever made against our organization, and if the injunction is granted, it will be the most far-reach ing in its scope ever granted against the Ignited Mine Workers." Mr. Green's first interruption of his reading of the suit, was to emphasize the allegation of the suit that the miners' organization "has become unlawrul per se" and is violating the Sherman and Clayton laws of the federal constitution. "This says we are unlawful, without the pale of the law," commented Mr. Green. "Rotten," shouted a delegate, who was silenced by President Lewis rapping for order. Reads Attack. Then, reading the suit's attack on the "check-off" system Mr. Green declared, "This is as broad as the universe and as comprehensive as eternity." He completed his reading of the charges and remarked that "a most sweeping Injunction" was soueht against the union." "We have complained against government by injunction" he continued, "and we have thought that the courts have gone farther than "we dreamed they would go, farther even than the law and the constitution." Mr. Green said that it was significant that the new suit had been filed before Judge Anderson, of the United States District Court, for Indiana. don't know what will take place." continued Mr. Green, "but I am fearful. I feel this matter overshadows most everything that has happened recently." Delays Convention. The consideration of the suit and a speech by Samuel Gompers, occupied all the morning session. This delayed the convention renewing debate on the two Kansas strike cases. In his speech Mr. Gompers referred to the injunction suit, saying it was predicated principally on the rights of the West Virginia miners. He added that employers generally were seeking to establish the open shoo. "How come this, that the employers are spending millions in efforts to help the workers?" continued finmnprn. "Whence comes this new solicitude?" The whole labor movement, Gompers said, is confronted with the open shop drive, which he asserted was "iuaugurated by the vested interests greedy employes, and profiteers." Coal operators. Gompers, said, wished to spar with the union miners so as to manouver a strike with a bonus placed on the union. He added that he bad advised labor to resist wage reductions. Navy Recruiting Renewal ' Met by Eager Response (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Sept. 24. In the first week after resuming recruiting, the navy obtained. 261 recruits and reenlisted 228 "old timers," the department today announced, bringing tho strength of the navy proper up to ovar 114,000 officers and men. It has been estimated that this enlistment rate will have to be doubled to keep the strength of the navy at the maximum prescribed by congress, as practically 1.000 men are lost eai:h

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