Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 305, 4 November 1921 — Page 1

RIG VOL. XLVL, No. 305 palladium. Est 1831. ' Consolidated with Sun-Teiufram. 1907. RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, NOV. 4, 1921. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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KILL PREMIER OF JAPAN AT RAIL STATION Takashi Hara Fatally Stabbed

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WOCIIEN LEAD IN VOTES FOR L. A.HANDLEY Straw Vote Shows 41 Per Cent for Bescher, 59 Per Cent for Democratic Rival Remarks Submitted.

Grant's Great Granddaughter to Entertain Envoys FOCH GREETED BY CITIZENS OF II

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in Breast No Details Yet Learned Assassination Comes at Dramatic Time. HELD PLAGESfNGE 1918

(By Associated Press) TOKIO, Nov. 4. Premier Hara was fatally stabbed In the breast today at the railway station at Tokio. The assassination of Premier Hara comes at a dramatic moment when the Japanese delegation Is assembling for .the Washigton conference, and when Japan is intensely interested in the international issues in which Premier Hara has until now taken such an im portant part. When a youth Hara studied law for a time, but early forsook it for journalIsm, through which work came his introduction into the foreign office service. ' . During a later interval in his political ; career in 1896-7. he was chief editor of the Osaka Mainichi and took up again the chief editorship of that paper for a time before entering the Saionji cabinet as minister of the interior in 1906. ....... . , In May, 1920, a plot was discovered to assassinate Premier Hara, the details coming out in November last by publication of the findings of a preliminary court which tried a former artilleryman named Itao, charged with planning an attempt against the premier's person. ' Seven bombs were to have been employed in the attempted assassination, which was to have taken place on May 8, 1920, the court findings showed. Premier's Views. Premier Hara, frequently addressed the Japanese diet concerning the serious work ahead for Japan at Washington, and on Oct. 6, he expressed the view that Japan's chief aim would be to put an end to race barriers. He later conferred with the American ambassador at Tokio. and the premier soon afterward announced at a meeting of the government party that Japan was willing to compromise on the Shantung question with China, which has long been a main subject of controversy. Premier Hara declared in recent statements, that Japan was ready to accept a limitation of her naval establishments along with the rest of the world, and always keep in mind the necessities of her national defense. . Takashi Hara has been premier of Japan since 191S, when he formed a cainbet after the fall of the Terauchl ministry, the Cyusieyuki-Kal, of which he was a leader taking control. The position of the premier and his party was confirmed by the general election in May, 1920, that party securing a great majority. Born in 1S54, the premier has had a long, interesting and distinguished political carreer. . WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 Official advices from Tokio announcing that Premier Hara. of Japan, had been stabbed fatally were received at the state department today soon after press despatches brought news of the assassination to the United States. Japanese embassy officials and members of the Japanese delegation to the armament and far eastern conference received the first news from the Associated Press and were greatly depressed. The message to the state department, which was filed at 9 a. m- Tokio time, gave no details other than that the premier had been stabbed. Later another message filed by the American embassy at Tokio, 10 p. m. was received announcing the death of the premier. Hughes is Shocked. Secretary Hughes was attending the Friday cabinet meeting when the dispatch arrived, and on leaving the White House was told of the assassination by newspaper correspondents. He said he was greatly shocked by the news. Before thedeparture of the Japanese delegation for Tokio, threatening letters had been received by various mmbers of the cabinet and Princo Toku-Gaw himself, just before embarking on the steamer for the United States received a fantastically worded document, threatening him with assassination unless ho achieved results at Washington of benefit to his country and warning him also that he must not be too "foreign" in his altitude while in the United States. CONFERENCE OF ARMS, FAR EAST DISCUSSED BEFORE PARLIAMENT BULLETIN. LONDON, Nov. 4. The House of Commons today unanimously adopted the motion presented by labor members, warmly approving the approach1US HaSUlUSlUUWUtuv;. . and voiced hopes or tne coherences success. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 4. Members of the House of Parliament convened today to listen to a discussion of the Washington conference on limitation of armaments and far eastern problems. The resolution was introduced by John Robert Clynes, Stephen Walsh, J. H. Thomas, Arthur Henderson and Thomas Shaw, laborite leaders. It read: "That this house warmly approved of the meeting of the International conference at Washington and trusts that a supreme effort will be made to arrive at such measures of agreement as will secure a substantial and pro- , (Continued on Page Eighteen)

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ERIE RAILROAD. PIERS AND YARDS ARE RUINED BY SPECTACULAR FIRE (By Associated Press) WEEHAWKEN," N. J., Nov. 4. The Erie railroad'3 Weehawken piers and water front yards were laid waste early today by one of the most spectacular fires the metropolitan area has witnessed in years, Five -piers, all heavily laden with ireigm; a iive-story nour warenouse; 30 loaded bajges; a train of 30 loaded freight cars, and another of five oil tanks, were destroyed, Early estimates of the loss were from $1,000,000 up, but the figures were frankly guesses, and will remain speculative until a check can be made of the variegated shipments that w6re in transit. The pier fire was discovered shortly after midnight' on Pier S. Within an hour it had swept over nearly a helf mile of waterfront, illuminating the sky for miles around and drawing great throngs of spectators to the Jersey and Manhattan side3 of the Hudson. A strong breeze which fanned the flames carried burning embers across the river, showering them down on the New York waterfront and carrying some as far as Times 6quare. Crew3 of several steamships on the Manhattan side were called out to quench great clusters of blazing embers that rained down on, the ships. Oil Explodes. One of the doomed piers was leased to the Standard Oil company of New Jersey and contained several thousand barrels of crude oil. A series of minor explosions occurred when the flames ate their way into this pier. Fire boats from New York and every available piece of fire apparatus from Hoboken, Jersey City and other New Jersey towns were called out to aid the Weehawken force in its unequal struggle but confined their efforts to prevent further spread of the ft. i . , . I fire. Three firemen were seriously in jured when the roof of one of the piers collapsed under them. The fire was the third to occur on Erie railroad property within six weeks. Six weeks ago fire was discovered in the machine shops at Jersey City and two weeks ago on a Jersey City pier. Both were extingujhed before much damage had been done. No theory as to the origin of today's fire was obtainable. TOTAL WHEAT CROP 190,000,000 BUSHELS MORE THAN IN 1920 (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. Total wheat production this year of the 29 leading wheat growing countries of the world, excluding Russia, reached 2,832,823,000 bushels, or approximately 190,000,000 bushels more than in 1920, according to latest available estimates reported today by the department of agriculture. For next year's crop the department reported generally favorable conditions throughout the northern hemisphere for winter wheat sowing. Seeding was said to be nearly completed in Canada and all but the far west section of the United States, if V torl,cl overt hv po - RI,rfHn cept France, which is suffering from drought, should tend to increase acreage. It w-as said. Favorable growing conditions and increased acreage were saiS to promise a large crop for Australia. In Argentina spring planting was said to have been seriously delayed by insufficient moisture with the result that the 1921-1922 acreage would be approximately a million acres short of the 14,947,000 acres planted last season. Favorable sowing conditions and prospects for a normal acreage in India and South Africa, were reported, while the condition of the wheat crop in China was said to be generally disappointing with prospects of being below average In volume..

Above are Mrs. Katherine . Philips Edson, left, and Mrs. Thomas G. Winter. Below, Mrs. Charles Sum ner Bird, left, and Mrs. Eleanor Franklin Egan. Four members of the advisory committee of 21 named by President Harding to aid the disarmament conference delegates are women--leaders Jji their fields of endeavor. Mrs. Thomas G. Winter of Minnesota is president of the National Federation of Women's clubs. Mrs. Eleanor, Franklin Egan of New York Is a well-known writer on Asiatic subjects. Mrs. Katherine Philips Edson of California is a member of the state industrial commission and noted . as a labor arbiter. Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird, active in suff rage and philanthropic work, is one of the members of the committee on reduction of armament created by the National League of Women Voters. BE LOYAL TO PARTY, ELECT REPUBLICANS, URGES PATRICK LYNCH Party loyalty was the keynote of the address delivered by Patrick J. Lynch, of Indianapolis, at the largest meeting yet held by the Republicans, at their headquarters, Thursday night. The meeting was filled with enthusiasm and radiated a greater degree of determination for a local victory than has been evident in preceding meet"!8 V " CKUl Frequent applause interrupted he sDeaKer. speaker. "I doubt the propriety of my telling you what to do, but a Republican can speak to Republicans anywhere in the United States. This campaign probably Is of more interest to you than a national election, for the results Ckf this election will effect your very homes. "During my years of Republican work it has been my experience that a Republioan can always fill a public office better than a Democrat. Thi3 is true because the Republicans have had more experience in public offices. Wise Guidance "Party loyalty all of the .time is the thing which always brings success to your state and to the nation. Did you ever stop to think that this nation grew from one of 50,000,000 to one of 100,000,000 and reached the peak of not only national progress and efficiency, but also international, under the guidance and wise counsel and policies of the Republican party. "At the outbreak of the World war 7"Z'"n miles and there on Flander's fields people who had been led for 50 years ; ( by Republicans. 'Ponri -i.j .u v n. tupic uaic fl.on.cu w Udl LUC Xcpublicans have done under the present national administration. We have been In power for only eight months, and after coming through the war as we have we must nurse ourselves back to our former standing. Wilson Dead Issue "I -do not criticize Mr. Wilson. He is a dead issue. Mr. Wilson ruled this nation with an iron hand. He had a cabinet but they never met with him. "We said that if we were put in (Continued on Page Ten) republicaFprTcinct WORKERS WILL MEET AH Republican precinct committee women and the members of the precinct committees are requested to be present at Republican headquarters room 266, Colonial annex. South Seventh street, at 7 o'clock Saturday evening for an organization meeting. As this 13 the last meeting before the election every precinct committee woman is urged to attend. Republican headquarters are open all day Sunday, j

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TODAY'S VOTE Bescher Handley Total 3 0 4 . 0 1st, Ward 0 2nd Ward ....0 3rd Ward 2 3 0 2 0 4 4th Ward . 5th Ward ..0 .1 ..0 ,.3 . .0 6th 7th 8th Ward Ward Ward 10 20 26 Total 138 71 105 155 247 TOTAL VOTE TO DATE Bescher Handley

1st Ward 38 2nd Ward 31 3rd Ward 31 4th Ward ....80 5th "Ward ...106 6th Ward , 60 7th Ward 74 8th Ward; 20 . 440

100 40 74 78 141 81 9? 37 141 172 57 10S7 647 A total cf 329 votes have been east by women for Handley and 223 for Bescher. The men have cast 213 for Bescher an,d 317 for Handley. Comments on Back of Ballots. "I am for Handley because he is definite in what he will do for the women of the city." "We need several new departmental heads, especially Police Chief. Handley's the logical man." "Handley forever. Bust, up the nns "We need a change. I am a Republican but will vote for Handley because I know we will get it." PROGRAM COMPLETED FOR DISARMAMENT GATHERING SUNDAY Plans have been completed for the Disarmament Day program which will be observed. Sunday, at .the Coliseum by all churches with the co-operation of organizations of the city. Howard Dill wiU act as chairman of the meeting, according to the report of tho arrangement committee which includes Rev. Work, Father A. J. Cronin, and Sam Fred. J. E. Maddy, music director of the high school, has been given charge of the music, and congregational singing will be led by Prof. S. B. Garton, of Earlham college. Ad dresses will be given by C. W. Jordan and Will Reller. The Triumphal March from "Aida" will be played as the meeting is opened at 7:30, followed by congregational singing of "Holy, Holy, Holy," "Come Thou Almighty King," "Lead, Kindly Light," and "Faith of Our Fathers." Mr. Jordan will deliver an address after the prayer, following which St. Andrew's choir will sing an anthem. An address by Mr. Reller and a solo by Mr3. Lloyd Harter will follow. The meeting wifj close with the benediction and the song "America" by the congregation. ORDER INVESTIGATION OF TREATMENT GIVEN SOLDIERS OVERSEAS (By Assoi)'ated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. A new resolution ordering a special committee to investigate charges of Senator Watson, Democrat, Georgia, regarding treatment of privates in the American Expeditionary forces was adopted (Continued on Page Eighteen) Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST Fair and moderately cool tonight; Saturday fair and cooler. Fair weather is expected to prevail for another 36 to 48 hours, due to a great area of high barometric pressure ! over the states to the west of the 1 z 1 river. Saturday will be crossing the northern states wnicn uraw uuiu air uutu uuui duuluciu Canada. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Saturday; cooler Saturday, and in the north portion tonight. Temperatures Yesterday Maximum 49 Minimum ...... ', 25 Today Noon 58 Weather Conditions-Fair weather United States, but it is unsettled over most of the lake region. The hot wave over southern California continues unabated, with a record of 92 at Los Aageles and 94 at San Diego, which is about 25 degrees above normal for this time of the year. Rather cool over the southwestern states. Two below freezing at Asheville, N. C, and freezing at Knoxville, Tenn. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,687

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Miss Bertha Cantacuzene. - - One of the socially prominent folk of Washington who will strive to entertain the delegates to the disarmament conference is Miss Bertha Cantacuzene, daughter of Princess Cantacuzene and great granddaughter of Gen. U. S. Grant. 'She will assist her mother in her social activities during the conference. The princess, who was Miss Ju'ia Dent Grant, is known as a writer. , ? :

EVEN MAGNIFICENT BUILDING CANNOT EXPRESS INDIANA'S LOVE FOR BRAVE, SAYS GOV, M'CRAY

(Br Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 4 However magnificent the architecture and construction the Indiana War Memorial building "cannot adequately express the feeling that the citizens of Indiana cherish for the brave -men in whose name the building will be built and to whose memory it will be dedicated," said Governor Warren T. McCray in his address today dedicating the site of the memorial. The dedication was a part of the program on the occasion of the visit to this city of Marshal Ferdinand L. Foch commanGITY VOTERS WANT GOVERNMENT CHANGED, SAYS L A. HANDLEY "Richmond voters are aroused as never before in their desire for a change in city government, and feel that they are sure of It," said Lawrence Handley, at an enthusiastic meeting of precinct officials and workers at Democratic headquarters, Thursday night. ' Mr. Handley said that reports coming to him are very flattering, and it was stated at the meeting that prac tically everything was ready for the vote Tuesday. Respects were paid by Mr. Handley in his speech to Lon Gardner, who, he said, he had been informed had made the statement that if he (Hand ley) were to be elected, he would be embarrassed by having a Republican council, and that it would abolish the board, of works and otherwise ambarrass him to such an extent that he could not get results. Mr. Handley stated that he knew every one of the men, who were candidates-on both tickets and that he had no fear but that they would work in the best interests of the city, that he would not ask or advocate anything that was not in the interest of the city and tax payers, and that he had full confidence that who ever might be elected to council would only want the same results. Expects Justice "If I should do such a thing as to ask for something that was not for the best interests of the city, I would want the council to turn it down. ' I feel sure that these councilmen would be governed by the wishes -of the, citizens at large and by their own constituents." Of Mr. Bescher, Republican nom-j inee for mayor, Mr. Handley said: "No matter how sincere and honest my opponent is in his declarations that he will not be influenced by any of the "riag," I am of the opinion that if he is elected he will be hampered by obligations to men with whom he has beeft associated for the past 12 years.", It is announced that anyone needing a machine to get to the polls Tues day, should telephone 1211, DemocratTc headquarters. WILL ASK $10,000,009 TO ENFORCE DRY LAWS (By Associated Press) ! WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. Congress will be asked for $10,000,000 for prohibition enforcement during the next fiscal year, an increase of $2,550,000 over the appropriation for the current year. t Prohibition Commissioner Haynes, in making this announcement today, said the increase would be sought to enable a more complete and efficient enforcement of the prohibition laws through enlarged forces and facilities.

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armies during the The governor's address follows: "We have met here today to deliver this ground to the Indiana Memorial association, "for the purpose of erect ing thereon a memorial building to commemorate the valor and patriotic ferver of those heroic men who responded so nobly to our nation's call in the great World war. i "The state of Indiana, the county of Marion and the city of Indianapolis, have made it possible to erect upon1 this site a building Which 13 'to "be 'a" constant reminder "of the debt of gratitude we owe to the men who so grandly upheld the state's reputation for loyalty, during the ' World's greatest crisis. Cannot Express Feeling. "However magnificent and enduring the structure to be erected upon this spot, it cannot adequately express the feeling that the citizens of Indiana cherish for the brave men, in whose name the building will be built and to whose memory it will be dedicated. In architecture it should be in keeping with the spirit f those brave defenders who sublimely offered their services without display or pomp but with (Continued on Page Ten) CHARLESHTCOFFIN, 70, DIES AFTER BEING RUN DOWN BY MOTORCYCLE Charles Henry Coffin, 70 years old, died Thursday evening at his home in Chicago . after receiving injuries when he was run down by a motorcycle. Word of his death was contained in a telegram received by John H. Johnson, of this city from Perciva! B. Coffin, a brother of the deceased. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon ' at ' the Saint Simons church, Chicago, with burial at Oakwood cemetery. Charles - Coffin was a resident of this city until the year 18S4, and was engaged in a number of business enterprises here. He was the son of Charles F. Coffin. For a time he was with a firm of furniture manufacturers going under the name of Haynes. Spencer and company, which occupied the buildings where the Davis Motor Car company is now located. He- was also a member of the firm of Mendenhall. and Coffin, which pur chased and divided into lots, the John Roberts farm, lying south of Main street, between what is now Eleventh and Seventeenth streets. POSTAL INSPECTORS HELP RUN DOWN THEFT (By Associated Press) . NEW YORK,. Nov. 4 Two special postoffice inspectors arrived from Washington today to aid local inspectors and city detectives in their efforts to run down the automobile bandits who robbed a mail truck of $2,000,000 in securities and currency nearly two weeks ago. Three men have been arrested so far in connection with tie case but all were quickly released when Frank Havranck, driver of the looted truck, failed to ; identify them. . It was reported yesterday that inspectors had learned of a plot to rob a mail truck several weeks before the actual robbery occurred. This plot was said to involve a mail truck driver and ten men, all of whom were declared to be known to the inspectors. W. H. Cochrane, . head of the local staff of Inspectors, denied the report.

People Pour Into Indianapolis From Every Nook and Corner of Hoosierdom Great Crowds Line Streets. spectaclTgorgeous

. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 4. Ferdinand Foch, marshal of France, was the guest of Indiana here today, and thousands of people, from every nook and corner of the Hoosier state gathered to give him welcome. Elaborate military ceremonies, an automobile race, informal receptions, a banquet, and a great parade that rivaled in military splendor the marchI ing of the Hoosier boys on the Wei-. come Home day two years ago, were all on today's program. Hundreds of Indiana National Guardsmen poured into Indianapolis cn special interurban cars today to take part in the parade in honor of the Marshal. Troopers from Elkhart Portland, Newcastle, Ft WTayne, Terre Haute, Marion, Noblesville, Windfall, Columbia City, Goshen, Muncie, Kokomo, : Greensburg, and Tipton were here. . Crowds Line Streets On the marshal's arrival at the union station at 9 o'clock this morning, only a small reception committee greeted the military genius of the World war, but outside was a throng I. that lined the streets to the downtown hotel where Marshal Foch made his headquarters.' The famous Black". Horse troop . from Culver military academy was a special escort from the station. Attend Reception. After . the greeting, Marshal Foch and his party and the reception committee entered automobiles and, escorted by the Black Horse troop, moved through cheering crowds in ' Meridian and Washington streets to the Claypool hotel, where a brief reception was held. As the coaches came alongside the main body of the waiting group, they gathered into a closepacked mass at the steps of the car in which the marshal and his company were, and even before the train had come to a full stop, they could see through the windows a little band of blue-clad forms. There was a storm of cheering, spontaneous and prolonged, for the watch ers knew that one of those forms was that of the man whose vision and courage, whose complex gifts summed up in the great word ,"genius," availed to make 10,000,000 men become as a single sword in his hand, who wielded the most stupendous army ever formed,, and with it overthrew the greatest menace that civilization ever op posed. Another moment and the man himself stepped through the rear door and came down the steps; a figure less than the medium height, slight, rather than full In mould, precise and self-possessed In gesture and giving at once the impression of exceeding force, and tenacity. This impression was reaffirmed by the face of the man, . a chin of that width and strength of ; chiselling which is the sign of a will; inflexible. The grizzled, grayish moustache did not conceal the lips, or the look of firmness they wore, yet the cut of the mouth was not unkindly. The face was overrun by creases that told of care, of trouble borne so long that the stamp of it shall never entirely; pass away. But in the eyes of the -man the reality of his character was revealed, still more convincingly. Transformed by Smile They were wide apart, gray eyes, that looked coldly down on the waiting group, for an instant. Then the marshal smiled and his face was trans- ' formed, and whoever saw him knew that he carried a large heart under the gray of his cloak. - He gave the quick, vivacious French salute, and " stepped down to grasp the hand of . former Governor Ralston, who was at the lower step of the coach. "Marshal Foch," said Mr. Ralston, (Continued on Page Eighteen) NO CHANGE IN MINERS' POLICY OF AWAITING; ACTION BY OPERATORS . (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 4 No change in the policy of awaiting developments hineine on the action of operators in came today from international head-. quarters of the United Mine Work-: ers of America. ; President John L. Lewis said he had ; no reports from union officials in. the' states threatened by walkout of workers as to what stand would be taken by the operators toward complying with the court Injunction against the check-off. Interest at headquarters" also was centered in federal circuit court of appeals at Chicago, where counsel for the union filed an appeal; from Judge Anderson's injunction de-; clsion. ' 1 Comment by union officials, however," was withheld awaiting reports of any action taken at Chicago. With the. definite action last night of the Indiana Operators board toward suspending ; the checkoff every union miner in the state, today. refrained from work,: end George Hessler, district presidents said it ' was unnecessary - to Issue a strike call. TERRE HAUTE, Nov. 4. Every nnion miner in Indiana was idle today' according to District President Hessler' of theUnited Mine Workers. For thi3: reason, he said, no formal strike order. would be issued. Reports received at: union headquarters and at the Oper-; ators' Coal Trade bureau, showed ; (Continued on Page Eighteen) ,

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