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RICHMOND VOL XLVI No SI 8 palladium. Eat 1SU. Consolidated ' Y i" 010 with Sun-Tekram. MOT. ' RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, NOV. 19, 1921. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS PRESSURE OF PEOPLE BACK Mail Bandits, Beware! Marines, Are on the Job 9 ARE KILLED, FLYER STRIKES FUNERAL CAR India's Envoy in Turban, Bryan in "Silk Plug" . 5 IS FELT

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Speech in Foreign Countries so Overwhelming Delegates Carried by Tide. no fricWappears Bjt M ARK SI I.LIVAS WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 One of the ablest of the foreign correspondents here is Col. Repington, author of the famous war diary, who writes for the London Daily Telegraph. Co). Hepington began his dispatch on Friday with the word?, '"This conference is so replete with infinite impossibilities that it is not safe to conclude that nur rvnlninm if tnrtav will h, i . r i Col. Reptngton's use of the word "impossibilities" reflects on his part an underlying skepticism which js shared by a few of the other British representatives here. It ought to be jtdded, however, that this skepticism is not antagonistic. It is rather the fctate of mind which we in America describe as "waiting to he shown." But the main point that Col. Repington makes about the rapid changes from day to day, and even from hour 'o hour, is about the most conspicuous thing here. I have the feeling, and I think most of the newspaper men frhare it, that while we write the thing a3 it is, it. frequently turns out that I he situation has progressed several furlongs by the time it is printed. If this makes the recording of events difficult, it is also true that, it makes it easy, when you look into the situation closely, to put your finger on the fundamental trend which determines these shifting details. Effects Spreading i What is happening is this: The effects of Hughes' opening speech are still spreading like giant waves oveievery corner of the earth. That speech is stimulating a response of such proportions that when it comes back here it causes the delegates from all other countries constantly and rapidly to change their point of view in the din of greater assent to what Hughes wants. Not only does it cause them to show an increasing disposition to identify themselves completely with Hughes point of view on armament, but also, further than that, it causes them to he increasingly disposed to accept whatever Hughes wants on the far east subject and everything else. Powerful Effect The public approval of Hughes' speech in foreign countries is of such an overwhelming character that it has had something of the effect of a force of nature. When its echoes roll back ht-re the representatives of foreign countries are unwilling to seem even in the faintest degree to be standicg in the way of it. a degree Of This leads them to abandonment of their original posi-1 ..uo, a. uc6in- vi uumr-u fenu to the Hughes program that may al most have disadvantages, even from the American point of view. It makes you sometimes wonder whether the enly danger in the Hughes program may turn out to lie, so to speak, in the excess of its success. If things continue to go as they i-re. the Hughes program will go through without even those desirable modifications, which might arise from the clash of different viewpoints. Chances His Mind. You see one of the foreign represen-1 tatives on, let us say, a Tuesday, and! he tells you that never, never will his country recede from such and such a position on the Par East. You see him i again on Thursday, and he acts as if! he had never heard of the view he sol

deeply held on Tuesday. As American politicians hear from; (Rv' Associated Press) 1 hp grass roots, the Japanese are hear- j WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. A redoing from the rice fields, and the Tirit- i lurion which if adopted would seat fh from fhe oal mines The Japanese I neitnPr Truman H. N-ewberrv, Repubrtare not go home, and the British darei,. not go home with a record of having j ,,can- nor Henr' Democrat, as done anything that, would seem even j senators from Michigan, was introin the I'aintest degree to imperil the J duced today by Senator Walsh. DemHn&hes Ttln mi armnmpnt.

Ineidentaliv, it is not merely from f their peoples that the foreign delega-1 lions are hearing, but from some of j their most responsible statesmen as I well. Some of the messages carrying! lhe reactions of home governments to! the Hushes Plan that have come ovor .u- ..wi. .i. . .. ..... .i li e cauies ui ius ine past lew uavs win n,au ,mn,Pn, ,-din. when his -

torv gets around :o them. t,., 'no ,( ul-v electe'J senator The thing tiiat Hughes said is the I nutor Pomerene. Democrat, Ohio, thing that the peoples or the world '. ntmued today his attack on Senator want. Thev have taken Hughes lor i N berry, declaring that some of the their leader", and their own statesmen "' testimony heard by the senate comand delegates are streaking lor the,mi,,oe in itii consideration of the con-

tall grass, even some who have been! which would be reasonable to consider. Armament Plan to Go Through Thf. er.rl nf it all will be that the

Hughes program will go through. That ;,llHt senators who failed to attend progTam will be the adoption of the sessions where the title to the seat armament plan already announced, ! of one of their number was at stake, without mate. ial modifications. When!"" 'nt altogether blameless." n.tnntcH u iii ho Knhmiiteri to the Te Walsh resolution states that

senate InrtenendPntlv and aDart. from any Far Eastern agreement. In this independent form the senate will adopt it unanimously. As to the Far East, the Hughes program probably will turn out to be an agreement so informal, and otherwise of such a nature that it will not need to he submitted to the senate. At least it will not be in such a form as to excite senatorial objections to alliances. The American program on the Far East will probably turn out to - be a process of taking the ten requests already made by the Chinese; of agreeing upon them, or at least upon nine-tenths of them, by all the governments; and the carrying out of this agreement, without any formal document of such a binding nature that the senate would have to ratify it. In short the American plan probably will avoid senate complications. Copyright 1921 by the New York Evening Post, Inc.

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U. S. Marine guarding mails in Washington, D. C.

If you don't get your Christmas parcels it won't be because of mail bandits not with these marines guarding the mails. This chap, armed with

.service rifle, bayonet, and big automatic, is guarding the mails in the pas

sage between the Washington postoffice and the Union station. Similar scenes are now enacted in nearly every large city in the country.

West Virginia Launched Today Probably to be Scrapped Soon

Newest Battleship, Representing Highest Development of American Naval Construction, May Never Have Chance to Plow the Deep Naval Men Gloomy. (By Associated Press) i be commissioned. Somewhere among NEWPORT NEWS. W. Va., Nov. 19. j government stores are 8 sixteen inch The battleship West Virginia, rep-i rifles made especially to fit her four

resenting the highest development of American naval- construction, was ready for launching today from the yards of the Newport News shipbuilding and Drydock company. The launching was arranged for 11:30 o'clock with ceremonies of a simple nature. Miss Alice Mann of Brammell, W. Va., had been designated to christen the vesspl. Sfcrtarv Denby notified local naval authorities he would be unable to be present and that Rear Admiral Philip Andrews, commandant of the Norfolk navy yard, would act as his representative. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. Launched as one of the proudest and greatest ' battleships ever designed by the Amer-j ican navy oniy to De scrappea witnin a few months appeared to be the fate (of the superdreadnought West Vir- ' einin tnrlav whon chr clinnofl fmm lhe ways of' the Newport Xews ship. buildinir srul rtrv rinrk rnmnanv The American naval reduction plan as presented to the armament conference provides for the scrapping of the West Virginia. If the American plan is agreed to, the dreadnaught launched today about 65 per cent complete, will never be finished and never plough the seas bearing the Stars a The West Virginia i sanu power as the Marylan SEN. WALSH PROPOSES NEITHER NEWBERRY NOR FORD RESEATED nprar a mnrsna inn conutp uh-utt-. uuu u:e "'urin uav or us consideration of the Michigan senatorial election contest. t-, . .. . , 'sof,ut,n w:,s Panted as a b,tJte !or.1,hp, ,1asure1 "W? b the majority of the nnvileses and . . - - - . 1 election committee, declaring Mr. Newi (ji tiioi r men r ft -, - mThe senate was to start work a 10 o'clock, but it was nearly 11 before a quorum was obtained. Mr. Pomerene, calling attention to the situation, declared, it, occurred to him I neither Ford or Newberry were en titiea to tne seat, tae tormer ty virture of his "not having received a majority of votes at the election.'' and the latte "on account of acts 'n gross and flagrant violation of the law o fthe state of Michigan, on the part of the said Truman Newberry, his agents, and supporters." Will Dedicate Hagerstown Church Sunday, Dec. 18 HAGERSTOWN, Ind.. Nov.'19 Formal dedication of the new Methodist church will be held here Dec. 18. The new building, which is of brick construction, was built on the site of the old one, which was wrecked several months ago. The complete program for the affair will be made public later. Rev. C. W. Chadwick is pastor of the church. Rep. James M. Knapp is a member of the church board.

gun pits. She would be able when completed to steam at almost a 22 ! knot speed; she is built so to be al-!

most invulnerable to torpedo attacks; she carries a hulk of the hardest armor ever rolled, so thick that a man might walk on its upper edge when it protrudes beyond the skin of the ship well above the water line. No devise that American genius or war experience nas combined to produce has been omitted from the ship's fighting equipment. The spectacle of this great fight-! (Continued on Page Fourteen) STOCK YARD WORKERS TO DECIDE ON CUTS FIXED BY EMPLOYES

(By Associated Press) j LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 19 ReCHICAGO, Nov. 19. Stock yards i ports of twelve persons killed and apworkers in plants of the "Big Five" i proximately 25 injured were received packers throughout the middle west j here over crippled lines of communitoday were making their decision up- nation, todav following the storm

on the wage cut fixed by the local

and Stripes Armo'ur. Swift and Wiison employes damage in the vicinity of Mena, Arka;one of the i tbemseIves after inspection 0f their j delphia, Malvern and other points, tnd. soon to i em-Payers' books. j Eight persons lost their lives near

The cut is eight per cent for piece workers who compose about half the emploves and from three to seven and one-half cents per hour for others. Representatives of 40,000 employes adopted the wage cut yesterday and it is believed that within the next few days 125.000 employes in the industry will have agreed to the new- scale. No change in the overtime or eight hour day arrangement was made. The cut goes into effect Nov. 18. The initial step toward the reduction taken by representatives of all the Armour plants came after five hours of deliberation, by the "sho. representation" committee of employes. A. S. Tripplet, of St. Joseph. Mo., who headed the employes committee which decided the Armour wage cut said: "A wage cut had to be made and we made it. "We saved the cardinal principles for the men, however." Representatives of the butcher workmen s union at Omaha were unf ..u.i. t.,u. certain whethe members of that craft would agree to the reduction. Their union officials are now in conference over a new working agreement. Seven thousand local employes of Swift and company followed the Armour action with a vote in favor of the reduction and employes of Wilson and company here voted to accept a reduction and are to meet today to fix the amount. YOUNG HORSE THIEF HELD AS HIGHWAYMAN wlvniFSTPR lnrt v- io Anthnrttieo h0r0' Mi.lm ' th'(

have caught one of the bandits who!1 dys is now mojng to the middle held up find robbed the Arthur store. Atlantic states and St. Lawrence val-

five miles southeast of her, and who robbed the Rev. Denver Medsker. of Winchester, Wednesday night. When a young man about 21 years old attempted to sell a horse and buggy at the W. T. Wilson sales barn Friday afternoon. Mr Wilson sent his son for Marshal Buck Fletcher. Fletcher placed the young man under arrest on suspicion. Later the young man confessed to stealing the horse and buggy in Decatur, but. denied being one of the trio of ban dits who operated in this vicinity Wednesday night. The proprietor of the Arthur store will be asked to see if he can identify the young man as one of the three who held up his store. The prisoner gave his name as Frank Miller, of Decatur.

Undertaker, Four Men, One Woman and Three Boys Die ! Instantly in Santa Fe Crash!

at Chicago. THREE OTHERS INJURED CHICAGO, Nov. 19. Nine persons were instantly killed today when a Santa Fe flyer struck a funeral car on a crossing between Summit and Lyons, 14 miles west of Chicago. John E. Pettoske, the undertaker in charge, and four men, one woman, and three boys were killed. Seven of the victims, all terriblymangled, have not been definitely identified, although two of them were believed to be Mr. and Mrs. John Zilmianim, parents of 2-year-old Zilmianim, whose funeral was being held. Three other passengers in the funeral car, a man, woman, and child, were severely injured. Thye were taken to a hospital where efforts to learn from them the identity of the dead were halted because of their serious injuries. The driver of the hearse which crossed the track ahead of the train, did not discover the rest of the funer al party was missing until he reached ; the cemetery a mile away, ine train. pulled by two engines, traveled nearly a mile before it could be brought to a stop. Occurred at Bend Parts of the victims' bodies and

fragments of the machine were strewn , joct tQ the uge of a gilk tUe thougl hls friends rarely see him attired that along the tracks for nearly a mile. v,ay. He is attending the conference as a reporter. The two most influThe accident occurred at a bend mi f.ntial delegates at the conference are Charles E. Hughes, chairman, and the road, and it was thought the driver j A j Baifour nead of the British delegation. was unable to see the approaching i . . .

train on account of a driving show storm. Not even the license plate could be I found in the wreckage. The largest piece of the wrecked automobile measured no more than four feet long. The train, which was bound for Chicago, was said to have been running at a high rate of speed. The Lawndale avenue crossing, where the acciHpnt nrciirrpr'. is Dart of a concrete highway which connects Lyons and Summit ' MANY ARE KILLED AND INJURED IN WESTERN TORNADO (Bv Associated Press) POPLAR BLUFFS, Mo., Nov. 19. Three members of one family were killed and a number of persons were j reported injured in a tornado which j struck this territory last night. The hto rnm rvmffin in a son. io a o ,i,o-,t0,. Case Francis, 18, and a daughter, I Molly Francis, 14. They resided on a ; i (farm five miles east of here ! Thursday night which did extensive; Wickes, when a house collapsed, kn - ling the occupants. R. E. Weems. absent from home at the time of the storm was the only member ot tne family to escape. The effect of the storm was felt only near the Weems home in that vicinity. At Arkadelphia the storm struck a lumber camp, where one per son was reported killed and 24 others injured. At Malvern the storm again touched strongly and three deaths are reported from there together with a number of injured. Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST Cold wave this afternoon, tonight and Sunday, attended by snow, and followed by fair at intervals. The rainstorm of this morning will be followed by gusts of snow either this afternoon or tonight, with strong! northwest winds. The coldest wave! so far this fall is coming, and tem-j peratures decidedly below the frees-j ing point may be expected sometime I during the next 24 to ob-hour period. It probably will go below freezing before Saturday midnight. Far below freezing by Sunday night and possibly before. For Indiana, by the United States j Weather Bureau Fair and much coldi iiljiui v.j, iv .v. t wave. Temperatures Yesterday Maximum 65' Minimum 5G Tody Noon Al weainer uonomons i ne rainstorm I which has prevailed for the last sevlr- 1 De co,a wave wn,cn nas been ov-r lne nonnwesi ior me last lew; aays is extending soutn ana east, n is several degrees below zero in Montana and 14 degrees below zero in western Canada, also zero in portions of Nevada and Wyoming. A warm! wave covers the eastern states, withj a temperature of 80 degrees at Washington, D. C, and 70 degrees at New j York City. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,833

New arms conference snapshots. Left to right: Srinivasa Sastri, W. Bryan "and Charles E. Hughes. Below: A. J. Balfour.

"East is east," and Srinivasa Sastri, India's representative at the arms conference, refuses to be beguiled into wearing western dress. He was snannprt ns hp lpft Pnntinpntal hall Dpmocratio W. J. Brvan does not ob-

ST. ANDREW'S DIAMOND JUBILEE OBSERVANCE BEGINS SUNDAY, ENDS THANKSGIVING DAY

Opening services in celebration of the diamond jubilee of St. Andrew's church will be held in the church on South Fifth and C streets, Sunday night at 8 o'clock. The seventy-fifth anniversary of the church will be observed with various activities, beginning with Sunday, and ending with a grand celebration on Thanksgiving day. This observance is to be one of the biggest occasions ever held in the history of the church, and the authorities in charge have been working on the project for a period of two years. Repairs and installation of new equipment have been made at the church and the interior has been improved greatly. On Sunday night at 8 o clock, the children of the "church will ive the initial program as the opening of the festivities. The following program will bj given: Overture, St. Andew s scnool ' 0'.--WOUNDED WATCHMAN KILLS MAIL BANDIT, CHASES TWO OTHERS (By Associated Press) MONTPELIER, Ind., Nov. 19 Although wounded. Jerry Bngle. night ! watchman shot and killed an unidenti-1 fled bandit, who was a member of a gang, attempting to rob the postoffice here early today. Two other members of the bandit gang fled in an automobile, following the shooting. Engle, although seriously wounded, is expected to recover. Engle was attracted to the post office by an explosion. As he approached the building a man on the outside began firing. The bandit's j first bullet struck Engle in the ab domen. As he fell he returned the firo and several bullets struck the robber, killing him instantly. A book found on the dead man con tains an expense account of money spent on various trips. There was nothing bv which he could be identified THIRD DAY OF MINE STRIKE SEES STATE RANGERS IN CONTROL ( By Associated Tress) WALSENBURG. Colo., Nov. 19. The southern Colorado coal fields, under martial law entered upon the third Hmv nf the miners' strike aeainst the j rnWartr Fuel and Iron comoanv's J wage reduction today with the state ; rangers aitudieuu m mm i.uunui ui the situation. ! There have been no indications ot violence; the mines are being operat - ! ed with a partial force of "diggers" j and a miners' meeting passed last ! night uneventfully. Figures issued by the company tend ing to show that increased forces , operated at most of the mines were declared by the oitvcials ot the United "u"l "4884leu' , - -s-a imu mc uimu uu uu uuc i permitted to pass without a permit from the military authorities THREE YEGGS ESCAPE WITH $100,000 HAUL (By Associated P. rs) ST. PAUL, Nov. 19. Three robbers who entered the Gittleson Jewelry store during the night, overpowered

rival today, forced him to open the j were stationed on the roof of the ca-safe-door, and shut off the burglar j thedral and an entire infantry battalalarm and escaped w ith jewels valued Hon was under arms in an adjacent at $100,000 accrding to the police. I plaza.

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chestra; "Diamond Jubilee Bells," pageant, St. Agnes society; "The Meiry Cooks," girls of the church; "Wyn-i .ken. Blinken, Nod," tableau, little I children; "organ pipes." boys; "Dr. Funny Bone's Fresh Air Hospital," intermediates; "The Bell in the Forest," romantic operetta in two acts Cast of characters: Percival, prince regent of the province, Joseph Hoch; Count Ruprecht, friend and companion of the prince. Walter Witte ; Alexis (Continued on Page Four) - RAINS BRING RIVERS NEAR FLOOD STAGE; SOME DAMAGE HERE (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 19. Rains lasting four days brought rivers in Indiana close to floor stage this morning. Prospects of colder weather, however, caused the weather bureau to predict that most of the streams ! would remain within their banks. Some crop damage in the rural dis trices and flooded basements in the city have already resulted from the rains. At Elliston, Green county, the west, fork of White River was at flood stage, 19 feet, today, and was expected to go higher. White River at Anderson had reached 9.6 feet, the flood stage being 12 feet. In this city the river was at 13.4 feet, while the flood stage is 18.4 feet. Rains reported from different locali ties in the state, during the last 24 hours, varied from one inch to 50 inches. Reports from the south of Richmond near the Test farm were that the; river had not risen above its banks I yet. Little damage has been done in this vicinity, It was stated. i A considerable amount of low ground j over the county is under water, ac- j cording to a county official, who vis-1 ited several sections Friday. I Rainfall in Richmond was .90 inches ' Wednesday, .30 inches Thursday and .95 Friday according to measurements made at the pumping station. At Connersville, the Whitewater has washed away a temporary bridge south of the city, which was carrying traffic while the permanent structure was being repaired. A total fall of 1.37 inches was reported for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from that city. Water washing against a fill at the Clear Creek bridge on the newly accepted Easthaven avenue road, caused the settling of two cement blocks, according to W. O. Jones, county superintendent of highways. The blocks will be replaced after the fill has fin- ! ished settling, he said The strip damt aged is about 20 feet in length. THOUSANDS ATONE FOR CATHEDRAL SACRILEGE (By Associated Press) MEXICO CITY, Nov. 19 Thousands visited the shrine of Mexico's patron saint the Virgin of Guadalupe yesterday on a pilgrimage of atonement for the sacrifice committed last Monday when a bomb exploded in the cathedrel at Guadalupe. The five miles of highway between Mexico City and the village of Guadalupe were crowded all day with pilexims carrying banners and sinzine re- ! ligious songs, j Continuous services were held in the j cathedral and the entire village wa,s in

SHIDEHARA IS FRIENDLY TO CHINA POINTS Statement on Behalf of Japanese Delegation Submitted To Be Released Later Through State Department. STUDY NAVaTrEQUEST (By Associated Prss) WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. A statement on behalf of Japan on several questions relating to the far east was

made at today'3 session of the conference committee on Pacific and far eastern affairs. It w-as announced that a complete public statement would be Issued later through the state department. The delegates were in session two hours, and, it was announced, would hold another meeting at 4 p. m. Friday. Another meeting of the American delegates to the armament limitation conference was called for 3 o'clock today by Secretary Hughes. Further information from the technical committee on the naval limita tion program was expected. The 10 proposals submitted Thursday by the Chinese delegation formed the basis for the discussion at today's meeting, and all of the delegation heads were understood to have expressed agreement at least in principal with the Chinese views. Baron Shidehara, who presented the Japanese viewpoint, was said to have shown a friendly attitude toward the Chinese proposals and to have indicated no material objection Japan would have toward making them a part of the proposed agreement on far eastern and Pacific, problems. Ponder Jap Request When the delegations of the nine nations assembled again today to talk about the far east, it was Japan to whom they looked for the hint that would reveal just what trend is to be taken by the negotiations as they affeet China. In the same way and perhaps with an interest even more intense, the naval experts of these powers were pondering Japan's request for an inj crease in her proportionate naval 1MZZ United States by proposing material changes in the ratio fixed In the American plan. Japan's dsire for an increase in th8 proportional strength of her navy al though so far as known not yet formally presented to the special naval committee of the five powers, had beI come the dominant point today of inJ formal discussion in conference circles. With the American delegation adhering firmly to the principle upon which the naval ratio for Japan was arrived at in its proposal, this. promised to become the most tightly drawn issue of the conference. Aspect Broadened. The aspect of the armament negotiations was broadened today as a result ;of the disclosure of the administra tion's purpose not to limit the prospective limitation agreement to the na tions represented at the conference but to ask the participation of any other interested nations. In connection with such an agreement, administration officials expressed the belief that unless it took tht form of a treaty rather than an "understanding" of policy, the entire program for this nation, including the scrapping of warships, could be put. through without congressional action. They could not predict, however, which of these forms it would take, if consunmated. UNCOVER LIQUOR PLOT IN CHICAGO INVOLVING PROMINENT OFFICIALS (By Associated Press) CHICAG'J. Nov. 19 A liquor plot which federal agents said involved proposed bribes of $50,000 to public officials, a suitcase full of liquor permits for 87.000 gallons of whiskey, and which linked the names of several prominent men of New York and Chicago with the bootlegging ttade has been uncovered nere, federal officials announced today. With the seizure of the permits, two men giving their names arf William McCauley and Nathan Epstein, alleged agents of the men involved in the plot, Were arrested. The men told the authorities they were agents of a gToup of New York men who intended to withdraw the whiskey from bonded warehouses in Chicago by means of the forged permits to which the forged signatures ot Colonel A. W. Enshaw, chief of the intelligence unit, and Assistant District Attorney Harry L. Brin, were to be affixed. C. and 0. Freight Cars Jump Track at Economy (Special to the Palladium) ECONOMY, Ind., Nov. 19. Traffic was delayed on the C. and O. railroad for a short time Friday evening when three freight cars jumptd the track near the elevator. No one was injured and little damage sustained. Tires Are Stolen From College Corner Store A number of tires were stolen from a hardware store at College Corner, O., between 2 and 3 o'clock' Saturday morning, according to a telephone message received at police headquarters from Sheriff Craft of Liberty