Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 317, 18 November 1921 — Page 1

RICHM ADIUM -A 11 A VOL. XLVL, No. 317 palladium. Est. It31. Consolidated with Sun-Telegram. 1907. RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, NOV. 18, 1921. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENT:

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BRITISH, JAPS WANT II. S. IN TRIPtfPACT All Hands, However, Fear Senate Would Not Ratify China Resents Interference in Her Affairs.

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Br MIRK Sll,l,lVAJf WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. We are now directly at the heart of the armament conference. We are at the point where the only possibility of deadlock lies. It will not end in a deadlock, but the cause of real difference is ihere. Superficially it looks like a mere matter of procedure, but fundamentally it goes to the foundations. Your corrspondnt is familiar with; ihe point of view of all the delegates, and a careful comparison of the various positions reveals astonishingly little difference. Especially surprising and hopeful is the slight difference between what the L'nitfd States wants in the far east and what Japan and Great Britain are willing to have done ihere, provided it is done in the way they regard as the only sound way. Even as regards this one difference, which is big and fundamental, the atlitude of the powers concerned is so lolerant, so disposed to make concessions, and so intent, upon success that it cannot be predicted lhat this difference endangers success. It is certain, however, that it does contain elements of delay and uncertainty. What He Would Say If an open-minded American, with a disposition to be fair, were to put himself in the shoes of Great Britain and Japan, and were to imagine himself a the representative of those two governments, talking informally and reasonably to the American government,' he probably would say something like this: "We are entirely willing to do things in your way, if you strongly wish it. and if you see no possibility of adopting our way. Hut we should like to ask your reasonable considera fion of certain conditions that we not help having heavily on our minds. We are entirely willing to discard

the Anglo-Japanese alliance, but we think that certain functions which that alliance performs are necessary and rnust be cared for by some one. We think it would be dangerous to discard that alliance without setting up a substitute, and the substitute that suggests itself to us is an alliance taking in the United States as well as Japan and Great Britain. "Also we are entirely willing to accept your point of view about, the open door in China. But we respectfully point out that a rigid adherence and living up to the principle of the open door would involve several , things which can only be handled adequately by a continuing and func

tioning institution. mat institution for keeping the door open in China after it has been declared open should be, we suggest, the same thing we nave suggested as a, successor to tne Anglo-Japanese alliance. Namely, a I tri-partife alliance, taking in the Unit ed States. Great Britain and Japan. Friction in Far East. "We think that these things, namely the discarding of the Anglo-Japanese alliance and the agreement upon the open door, together with the setting up of an institution to act as a substitute for the Anglo-Japanese alliance and to maintain the open door in China for the future, should precede and be a condition of an agreement limiting armament. Most of the remaining causes of friction in the world of the sort that lead to war are in the far east. You yourself have did this in the invitation of the conference. We think these! causes of friction in the far east I should be discussed and settled, and I that a tri partite alliance should be j sent up for carrying out these agreements. "We think this should be done first. After this has been done we think it; will be possible to arrive at an agree- j ment about limitation of armamer-t j such as will make us all feci mote, comfortable about the future. We I think it will be possible to arrive atj an agreement about limitation of arm-! anient such as will make us all feel more comfortable anout t tie niture. We think, also, that if these causes f friction in the far east ate ad.-1 ..uatelv cared for first, thereafter th - agreement to limit armament ran go much further than it is possible to go safely as long as the far eastern questions remain unsettled. "Certainly we think that at least the two agreements, that is. the agreement to disarm and the agreement ibout the far eat. should go hand in haml With etuil earnestness w think that the far eastern questions cannot be settled in such a way as to assure 1he world that they will remain settled in the future unless vc set up as part of the agreement an institution to carry out these agreements for many years to come. Must Keep Door Open. "It is of no use merely to agtoo upon ihe open door. There must be a continuously functioning institution to maintain that agreement to keep the door open after we make it open. For J0 vears p;ist we have all been agreeing about the open door in princjple, but we have all teen violating it in practice. That will continue to go on unless we set up an institution in the shape of an alliance, or a concert, of a consortium of the nations concerned to carry out the agreement If we don't have this consortium of alliance, we forsee that in the future as in the past, each nation will no ahead grabbing for itself. The bi point of our position is the setting u'. of such an alliance, or consortium. "At this point we ought to say that we are apprehensive about your senate. We repeat that it is our viewthat no agreement about' the far east can be successful unless it includes an agreement to act in concert in the (Continued on Page Eighteen)

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CREAM OF NEWSPAPER WRITERS OF WORLD COVERING ARMS LIMITATION CONFERENCE

ivi.i.Dii i ks m iu:r jjacent to the Tan-American building WASHINGTON, No . 18. More where the disarmament conference newspaper reporters arc in Washing-j sessions are being held, have been aston at. this time than in any otheri signed to the newspapermen by the

ean-iP"l of the world. Eleven nations iare directly represented Dy newspaper ! a ... ri.,v.,.oin J tions were made to take care of the j

ct' thp nrpss tiv the United States government and by the National Press club of Washington. Special quarters in the east wing of the state, war and navy building, &dFIRST ENTHUSIASM GIVES WAY IN JAPAN TO CAUTIOUS FEELING (By Associated Tress) TOKIO, Nov. 18. With the fading of the first enthusiasm over the anticipated relief of armament burdens, a spirit of caution nas developed in japan, witn the inclination to look i for a possible advantage to the United States in its proposal for a 10 year naval holiday and limitation of navies. Expressions favoring a more equal balance of power have become the conspicuous note in public expressions concerning the scheme, with the probable disturbance of labor conditions as a secondary consideration. The sacrifice of warships aggregating 450,000 tons by Japan would be equal to the scrapping of 1,500,000 tons by the United States. Japanese analysts declare, on the ground that in an emergency the United States could replace her lost tonnage within a third or even a fifth of the time required by Japan with her limited facilities. The experts believe that a fair estimate of. strength cannot be reached on a tonnage basis alone, but think the speed of the vessels and their pge also should be consideredPoint Out Advantages. It is pointed that the American proposals would leave the United States (Continued on Page Eighteen) Weather Forecast . TT3. cnDcrieT " MOORE S LOCAL FORECAST Rain "vy at interval. ."' ?; , noon and tonight; colder ton gnt. Sa.. ; urday colder and occasional rain or ' snow. Unsettled weather is indicated for the next 36 hours, with rain and cold er, due to u very siow-iiiuhub muiui now crossing the central states Groat Lakes. and For Indiana, by the United . States ) Weather Bureau Rain probably to night and Saturday; colder. Temperatures Yesterday Maximum , 60 Minimum 5i Today Noon 63 Weather Conditions Two storms now control the weather over most of the United States. One is cent ml over the Great Lakes region and is I causing heavy rains east of the Mississippi river and south of the Great i Lakes. The other is over the westpin states, causing rain and snow over i the middle Missouri and Mississippi valley states. Snow from' Nebraska and Colorado northward to central Canada. It is considerably colder from Illinois westward and northward. with zero weather in western Canada. I Hot weather in the south, with tem perature of 8S degrees a Shreveport, Louisiana. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11, 70S

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fix- V '.VC,'. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. Col Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy and one of the advisers to the American arms delegation, has been made chairman of the naval technical committee, composed of one naval expert from Great Britain, Japan, Italy, France and the United States, which will arrange de-1

tails of plans for reducing the naval , should, with other things, be an unstrength of the powers represented j derstanding that if any international

at the conference. Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt were snapped as they left the Pan-American building, where arms conference sessions are being held. It is one of the few pictures ever taken of the couple together. government u fln!ui m miucum .v..-, --o pmimnprt with laree batteries or type-writers and telegraph instru menis ana wnn uiauj icicjiuuum. - , , . . -.viirnr most interesting sights in wasnington, but admission to this bedlam is by card only. In addition to the general accommodations provided by the government each of the larger nations represented at the conference has set up independent press bureaus. By far the most pretentious and systematized of these is that maintained by the British government. The publicity work of that government is under the supervision of Lord Riddell. He is the personal publicity agent of Lloyd George and is acknowledged to be closer to the British government than any journalist. He is known as the mouthpiece of the British ministry. Lord Riddell was in charge of British propaganda at the Paris peace conference and, be yond a doubt, he dominated the news not only of Great Britain but of the United States, that was sent from! I Paris British colonial dominions are also well renresented in Washington by newspaper men. The French, Italian and Dutch press delegations are comparauveiy smau, aunougn among meir numbers are men known not only in their respective countries but throughout the world ag writers of authority. The Japanese delegation of newspa per men ib uie iaigi ul any, except, of course, the American . representation, which is a small army.' In addition to brinsine their own! newspaper men the Japanese brought their own telegraphers and radio experts. The cream of "working" American news writers are on the job here, many having been recalled from posts in foreign capitals. Then there are shoals of so-called "special writers," including former government officials, novelists, historians, high-browed professors, humorists and professional propagandas. The always interesting William Jennings Bryan is again holding down a newspaper job. He is having a great time for the colonel is a great advocate of beating the sword yito a plowshare. His familiar black cowboy sombrero is missing, however, but the famous black cape, fastened with a little chain at the neck, remains on the job. His soft black hat has given place to a long-haired top hat, like hack drivers once wore, and his- asso ciates in the press gallery believe it is the same "topper" he chucked into the ring back in 1896. When the colonel is not writing he is spending his time scolding those who are dis posed to have little faith in Secretary Hughes' naval scrapping program. uenerai rersning is, apparently, a thirty-third degree disarmament 'fan', Acts as Cheer Leader He acted as cheer-leader when the Japanese admiral, Baron Kato, arose at the second session, and said: "Japan is ready to proceed in a (Continued on Page Eighteen) REPORT 8 PERSONS KILLED WHEN HOUSE COLLAPSES IN STORM (By Associated Press) MENA, Ark.. Nov. 18. Eight members of the family of R. E. Weems at Wicks, Ark., 2G miles south of here, were killed last night when the Weems home collapsed during a violent storm. Reports of the deaths reached Mena today when a call for eight caskets was received. Details are lacking due to the fact that all wires to Wick are down, but it is understood that little damage was idone except on theWeems farm.

Gary " Urges " Negotiation of Treaty to Prevent Conflict Says Peace Will Not Affect Manufacture. URGES ADVANCE STEPS

(By Associated t-irs NEW YORK, Nov. 18. Negotiation of a treaty which would prevent future wars was urged in conjunction, with an agreement to limit navies by Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the boaid of the United States Steel corporation, in an address today before the American Iron and Steel institute, of which he is president. He also belittled the suggestion that armament limitation would reduce the manufacture of steel, saying the thought was unworthy of even a passing notice. Business was improving, he said, but there mutt be further adjustments. "With an agreement for the limitation of capital ships," he said, "it would not seem to be practical to stop with less than a final treaty which will prevent future wars. In addition to what is contemplated by I Hit; 1 J HI 1 I 1 Hill 171 AI IIIUU1T7U L. 1 i ri t differences arose no result to nuittary force should be permitted until after there has been a conference and full discussion by all nations now participating in the deliberations at Washington. ..Realize Conditions. "President Harding and the four selected able and experienced representatives of this country will energetically and persistently strive for an agreement. They realize thenconstituents are unconditionally and fervently supporting them in their campaign for peace and limitation of armament, and all this is true of each of the other nations." He asserted that an international arrangement to be concluded must I cover every kind of armament hereto fore or hereafter discovered. "The benefits which would be derived by rear-on of all the nations liv. inpr liTirlpr npappfnl rnnrtitinn n rnm'lPZTed with military conflicts are.be--vouu calculation, lie saiu. it means for the firm establishment and main tenance of peace can be found and generally assented to, it will mark an epoch of the greatest business prosperity, as well as the largest, measure of happiness that the world has ever witnessed. We should be thankful that the conference has been called." Failure of the conference, he said, was unthinkable. An adverse outcome would be intollerable and those responsible for it would be repudiated and everlastingly condemned. Not to Hurt Business "No claim for personal or individual advantage not based on the principles of right and justice, in the opinion of the majority, would be entertained," he added. He briefly dismissed the suggestion that less steel would be manufactured as a result of armament limitation. "In the first place," he said, "the i amount of decreases, if any, which is doubtful, would be small, and even ; though they might be large, no sane ana ngnt-spintea person would con- . " Jm" ; international welfare." Mr. Gary said it seemed to be generally conceded that business condi-

tuiouguout tne country ror tne steamer's hold all the members of the last six months had been steadily if; . t. . . slowly growing better. The volume of jcrew and the PassenSers were safe m business in the steel insist the steamer's two boats or in the

(Continued on Page Twenty) JOHN J, HARRINGTON IN BUSINESS FOR 50 YEARS IN THIS CITY A career of 50 years in the wholesale business life of Richmond will be

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reviewed by John J. Harrington, Sat-j Harding today gave Rabbi Simon Gla - urday, Nov. 19. A resident of thisZer of Kansas City. Kan. executn e

city from his boyhood days, beginning his training with the Curme, Dunn and company at the age of 14, Mr. Harrington is surpassed in the length of his business career here only by Timothy Nicholson. No formal celebration of the founding of his wholesale business in leather supplies and other commodities will be conducted, but many of the j oiner mercnants, manuiacturers ana professional men probably will call to offer their congratulations. Among the men who were employed in other storts of Richmond when Mr. Harrington made his first business venture with Curme, Dunn and com(Ccntinued on Page Thirteen)

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CHINA'S DESIRE TO MANAGE OWN AFFAIRS TOLD IN INTERVIEWS GRANTED NORTHCLIFFE

(By Associated Tress) PKKTVfJ. X'nv 17 China's rlpsirp to manage her own affairs without interference from other countries, was voiced in interviews granted today to Lord Northcliffe, noted British publi cist, by President Hsu Shih-Chang and Premier Chin Yung Peng. Both em phasized their nation's need of j money and both likewise asserted that China was solvent and able to win her way if given the opportunity. Pre mier t hin declared that China was looking for the Washington conferencee to give her tariff autonomy. The president, who received Northcliffe at his palace said: "The opening of the Washington conference has been marked by many suggestions advocating foreign control in China, but such procedure would only cause further difficulties and trouble. These Chinese people should be allowed to solve their own problems. "China's present troubles should be regarded by foreigners not only as peSAVE THIRTY PERSONS WHEN STEAMER SINKS IN RISING OHIO RIVER (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 18 Thirty persons, including two women passengers, were saved from the muddy waters of the rapidly rising Ohio river in a spectacular rescue last night when the steamer Chilo, carrying a heavy cargo of freight up stream from Cin- ! cinnati, struck a projection on the top j 0f government dam No. 35 opposite New Richmond. O., and sank a few minutes later in 30 feet of water. Within a few minutes after the crash had torn a large hole in the boats sent out from the river bank. First reports received in New Richmond and in Cincinnati were that eight persons had lost their lives, but a careful check of the crew and the passengers later showed that all on the boat were accounted for. The boat itself, valued at $15,000, and its cargo, which was one of the largest the boat had carried in recent months, were a total loss. The steamer in charge of Captain Jack Ward of Gallipolis left Cincin 'to CharlestW. Va and wav noints y ' 58 CONFESS BREAKING ANTI-TRUST MEASURE (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Nov. 8. Thirty-three individuals and 23 corporations, members" of the marble industry employers' association, today pleaded guilty to violating the Donnelly anti-trust law. Supreme Court Justice John F. McAvoy announced that on Nov. 28. he would sentence the defendants, whose operations were revealed by the Lockwood committee's investigation of the building trust last year. Harding Permits Rcbbi to Adopt Five Children Now Roumanian Orphans (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. President

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permission to adopt five children v,ho;l,rfs:pnop yr a mimuer oi iorean in are now in Roumania. ! Washington, who, he thought hoped to The labbi already has five children. ! b'"ing before the conference the quesbut the new additions are Jewish chil-! ion of tlie independence of Korea. He dren who were left orphans by the j expressed the opinion that the conferdeath of their mother in one of the ! ence should not take up Japan's relamassacres in the Ukraine in 1920, and!tions with Korea as he believed such a the death of their father in the United ftep would only needlessly arouse the

States. Immigration restrictions would have prevented them from coming to the United States, but President Harding agreed to allow Rabbi Glazer to adept them and thus legalize their entry. The oldest is 17 and the youngest is nine years, and a collection has been taken up in Kansas City to pay their ttansportation expenses.

Deverill in their wigs and robes. Miss A. K. S. Deverill, are the first chief justice of England's high court. tculiar to China, but as the natural sti in 1hp pvnlnt inn nf the fnvprnI . ...... , . t menl estamisnea wnen tne monarcny was overthrown after having been en lured fnr centuries Similar differ- ! ences were expressed in France after (Continued on Page Twenty) CONFERENCE REPORT ON ANTI-BEER BILL ADOPTED BY SENATE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. By a vote of 56 to 22, the senate adopted the conference report on the so-called antibeer bill, and the measure now goes to the president, the house having acted Eometime ago. Twelve Republicans and 10 Democrats voted against the conference report. The bill will set aside the ruling by former Attorney General Palmer, who two days before he retired advised the prohibition enforcement official, that there was nothing in the Volstead act to prohibit the prescription of beer and light wines for medicinal purposes. The bill limits physicians to 100 prescriptions of vinous and spirituous liquor for each three months and specifies that not more than a quart of spirituous or vinous liquor, containing in the aggregate not more than one-half pint alcohol may be subscrib ed for one person in 10 days. Adoption of the conference report on the anti-beer measure by the large majority greatly pleased Timothy Nicholson, of this city. "While I expected it to pass," said Mr. Nicholson, "I did not expect it to) pass with as large a vote in its favor. It is just what we have been waiting for. It is great news." S. E. Nicholson notified Timothy Nicholson of the passage of the bill by sending a telegram, Friday. CUT WOULD ALLOW JAPAN TO DEVELOP VAST KOREAN LANDS (Ey Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. IS. A big naval reduction by Japan will mean much to the prosperity of Korea, Isch Yama -

!xof the city had ann official press said today in discussing , nngness to contrit the drastic armament, curtailment. bui'.diug the church

"It would mean first, of all he said. Everv one in the citv will be given "the possibility of reclaiming vast ara-, an opportunity to give in behalf ot ble lands in Korea, ospable of support- j the (.i)urcu during the financial earning 5,000.000 more people. On this I p-, nPXt week. Solicitation w ill brland we still grow rice, so necessary i in n?xt Tuesday. to feed the people of Japan proper, for j " present plans favor the excavating Korea already raises more rice than j of a basement large enough to accou.she needs hrself. It means reforestra-, rnodate community activities. Heretion of the Korean mountains. It will t0f0re the only available pace for bring to us a university so much need-1 t,e Third Methodist church congreed by Koreans and more schools of Pation has been on one floor. Provhi-

every kind, especially an institution of music and art. It will give us more j roads and better roads." Mr. Yamagata foresaw also great: industrial progress for Korea, which like Japan would, in his opinion develop gradually into a manufacturing country. Would Urge Fair Share Baron Saito the Governor ot Korea 'he said had j u st left Seoul for Tokjo in connection with the framing of the new budget. He believes tne Govt rnor could be depended upon to urge a fair Korean share of the funds to be saved if the naw reduction becomes an ac ! complished fact. ! Ir- Yamagata added that he had i received information indicating the hostility of the Japanese people. Nomination of Dresel Confirmed by Senate (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 The nomination of Ellis L. Dresel to be American charge d'affaires at Berlin was confirmed today by the senate.

Admiralty Announces Cessation Orders Regarded as Indicative of Complete Espousal of Reduction Plan. 0. s, wilTgq AHEAD BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. The armament conference was called by Chairman Hughes today to meet at 11 a. m. next Monday for its third plenary session. (By Associated Press) LONDON. Nov. 18. The admiralty announces today that it had ordered the cessation of all work on the four

J battleships of the Super-Hood type. The shipbuilding firms were notified yesterday not to incur any further liabilities on new naval construction until further notice fro uithe admiralty. These contracts were awarded only two weeks ago. Officials explained that the practical effect of the admiralty's order would be the absolute cessation of all warship work pending the outcome of the Washington conference. It is officially stated that the contracts awarded the Clyde Shipyards for the construction of three warships of the Super-Hood type have been cticnpnHpH The steel works are affected by the suspension WASHINGTON, Nov. IS. Decision by Great Britain to stop work immeJ diately on her four capital ships of ihe I Super-Hood type was heard with sat isfaction today by members of the American armament delegation. They regarded the order for cessation for work, announced today in London as indicative of the wholehearted espousal by the British of the ! principles of the American naval re duction program. The decision of the British, however, came as no great surprise to American naval officials, as there had been doubt for some time, even before the armament conference was called, that the craft would be completed. American officials commenting on the decision emphasized that Great Britain would suffer less from stoppage from work on the Super-Hoods than the United States would if a similar order were issued relating to its 1916 building program. In "Paper Stage" It was pointed out that the SuperHoods virtually were in the "paper stage," while some of the new American ships were nearly completed. Congressional leaders said today that there was little prospect of any action in either senate or house on any resolution designed to stop the 1916 program until the results of the conference are seen. It was pointed out that under authority of an amendment to the 1918 naval appropriation bill, the president in event of international agreement. ! has authority to stop the present building program without further auj thorization from congress. WILL SOLICIT FUNDS FOR REBUILDING OF THIRD M. E, CHURCH Funds with which to rebuild and remodel the Third Methodist church of this city, which was almost totall.. destroyed by fire last Monday, will be solicited next week, according to : the Rev. E. L. Gates, pastor of the church J jg eFtimated that f,-om si5,O0 to joo will be needed. The Rev I Gates. spjj Fridav that business men ; f Rjchmfmd. and ninny organizations ounced their wilbute toward re- ; in enough funds can be raised, thchurch may be extended about 4". feet north. "We plan for the new church to be an active asset in our community," the Rev. Gates said Friday. An arclii jtect js now engaged in drawing plan.i for the new church. n mm 1 tlft inr llflMlirn fl AnL WAHNtU Tft 1PCI0T II 0 DC! ICT j y AOOlO I Ul Ol iitL Hf j WASHINGTON. Nov. 18. Warning has been given all Russians by the soviet authorities to deal promptly with requests from the American relief administration or be visited with severe punishment in accordance with revolutionary law." Anything the American relief workers require in connection with th transport unloading or storage of Ipod supplies, or other assistance must bo given by officials of the soviet under pain of the same punishment. The warning was issued recently In Moscow by the All-Russian central executive committee under authority of the soviet and was announced publicly to the people. A copy of it received here by officials in communiceived with relief workers, was made public last night.