Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 325, 30 November 1921 — Page 1
HM ABIUM n A U A VOL. XLVL, No. 325 ralladtum. Est. 1831. Consolidated with Sun-Telegram. 1907. RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 30, 1921. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS
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CAPTURE OF 2 EXPECTED TO CHECKTHEFTS Adrnission of Leslie Brown and Ralph Oakley, Negroes,
Clears Up Robberies Ex
pect Quick Trial.
American Duchess to Dispose of Million Dollar London Palace
BOTH ARE INDICTED
The admission of Leslie Brown that he and Ralph Oakley operated jointly In holding up stores, ticket agents and citizens of Richmond, made to the; police Wednesday by Brown, it is be- ;
lieved will put an end to a long series of robberies. Both are negroes, j Oakley was captured Tuesday night ; and in his confession admitted that j he operated with Brown. When the, two men faced each other in thej county jail Wednesday. Brown admit- j
ted that Oakley had told the truth. Although neither man had been
nraiened l:ite todav. it is believed that i LONDON", Nov. 30
both will plead guilt v. house, one of the wonder palaces of ' " Mayfair. which was built bv . K. Roth were indicted by the grand , Vanderbilt for his daughter Consuelo.
then Duchess of Marlborough, is in
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HOSTILITIES IN IRELAN
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GRIND JURY INDICTS DROWN, OAKLEY FOR 5 LOCAL ROBBERIES
Five indictments were returned against Ralph Oakley and Lester Brown, self-confessed highway robbers, by the grand a -i .oa iu yTj i
ritish (jovernment Circles !afternoon. All the indictments Express Belief Conference! were for robbery. Will Break Down Because;. JSAS. To.
or uiincuiues.
ALLEGIANCE IMPOSSIBLE ( Fly Associated Press) LONDON. Nov. 30. Government circles today expressed belief that the
Irish conference would break down
almost immediately as a result of dif
JAPS, CHINESE WILL CONFER ON SHANTUNG
Arrangements Made for Direct Negotiations To Start Immediately No Friction on Naval Figures.
ill. S. DELEGATES FIRM
By Associated Press)
j WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Arrangements have been made, it was said ofj ficlally today in armament circles, for
Ex-Duchess of Marlbourough and Sunderland house
Sunderland J
jury tcday. Patrolmen have been arrest suspicious person
ents are asked to telephone to the(,.PVJ f that fim-0
hfadquarler.i if they life loiterers near j Behind a massive and somewhat for
?h"ir premises.
ordered to the market. Its original cost was in ;nd resi-j'he nei5nDorhood of a million dollars,
mm us uit'scni vaiue is mucn in ex-
Changes Statement. Brown, who was arrested Monday, ndmitted having been with Ralph Oakley, in a private conversation with vi-ilors ai the jail Wednesday. Earlier, when confronted by Oakley, rnd Oakley's signed confession, he h?d denied knowing the lattc. Oakley was arrested Tuesday night ry the police as a suspect. lie claims to b? IS years of age. but officials think h is older. Oakley's complexion is so lisht that he might easily be mistaken tor a white man. In his confession. Oakley said he took part with Brown in the robbery cf thel'hesapeake and Ohio railway station on Oct. 31. and the South Eighth street car robbery. Oakley was concerned in a robbery cf Lawall's jewelry store about three years apo. Says Wife in Tennessee. Hrown. questioned by the police retarding his wife, who, they said, was at. Columbus, O., insisted that she is in Rockford, Tenn. When Oakley was first brought from th" county jail. Wednesday Brown wa shown Oakley's signed confession.
Oakley was standing near. Brown i
man. .aKiey rrJanii auuniiHi u'- iwi i been concerned in holdups with Brown j but the latter refused to recognize the new arrival at that time. j The signpd confessions of th two. nen will be presented to the grand jury- within a day or so. Sheriff Wadman said. Id all probability the gran.lt lury will rpturn indictments chargins! niphway robbery against both men.) Tbo dat for ttiir arraignment will! thn be set by Judge Bond. ! It Is believed that there will be lit ! tie delay in trying the two men. Their i onfof?ions and Brown's statement :
bidding exterior Sunderland house conceals salons and apartments of great splendor. The grand staircase of marble and brass, the huge ballroom and priceless tapestries are hardly rivaled among the palaces of Europe. With all this magnificence, however, there was little doing in the strictly social sense under Duchess Consuelo's regime. Estranged from
the
ELLIOTT SAYS LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS
HAS UNIVERSAL APPEAL, PRAISES DELEGATES Expressing full confidence, in the Apparently the whole delegation is in strength of the American delegation ! accord and working as one." at the arms limitation conference. Con-j Representative Elliott commented gressman Richard N. Elliott, visiting j on the universal support accorded the in this city Wednesday, said it was his j conference proposal, conference saybelef that the conference would prove jing. "I noticed no one class of people to be "very much worth while." i opposing this movement. DisarmamAmeriea" has the strongest delega-j ent means more to the people than any tion at the conference table, he said, one thing. It means a cutting down of
station Oct. 31, and the T., H. I
& E. South Eighth street can
recently. In addition. Brown was in
dieted on a charge of robbing the WTiittington grocery. j
Guy Robie, V. b. Aydelotte, "Shorty" Anderson, Carl Wad-
man ana jonn iuiiibiuu nt-it di T,P,nttattr,ra .ot-n tv, t,-
3Uil V1 i i.u a ,-,,,t ; " " J vv" '
ficulties which have arisen, and thatne:,ses Ufc;urt; Lue &lcluu JuiJ' 111 anese and Chinese delegations over the resumption of armed hostilities ! tne morning. Shantung. Thp negotiations are e - could not be postponed ' These witnesses were exam- pected to start immediately, and in coma not De postponed. insnertinn of the order to Sive the Japanese and ChiThe alternative settlement plan sub-lined attei an inspection OI IM nf.e delegates a free day for their mitted by the government to the Sinn insane ward of the county .Tail, , discussion, the conference committee Kein representatives last evening in-1 from which William Coleman, on Pacific and far eastern questions eluded the necessity for a definite un- former night sergeant of the , " p ?tay nTLlu. v... .u. J.t;,a nnli.o HOnarttn0nt ps. The Question of Shantung came up
u. i-ninB uy aum rem 10 iahe : "lui.nu.m 1Wu v-f" t ' in the meeting today of the far east
"Oscar I'nderwood is the strongest man in the Democratic party, in public life, today. There is not a better
lawyer anywhere
duke, whom the eventually di-i Elihu Root is another jurist of repute,
voreed, she lived for public welfare and Henry Cabot Eodge knows foreign and good works, and the sumptuous ! affairs as few American statesmen do. apartments of Sunderland house were!
more often thronged with charity
expenses m running tne government. It will reduce the liability of war, and if the world does not. care for itself,
than Mr. Hughes, land get on a peace basis soon, we will
see a general breaking down ot civilization.
Would Bankrupt Country
or
ganizers than with social butterflies. When the duchess was n candidate in London's municipal election she hold her committee meetings at Sunderland house. During the war the mansion was commandeered by the government for departmental offices, and after the armistice it became the London headquarters of the league of nations. Nowadays the ex-duchess is plain 5Ime. de Balsan and lives in Paris since her marriage last July to a wealthy French manufacturer. The
j new duchess, who has no title to Sunjderland house, seems to be absorbed
in agricultural pursuits at Blenheim.
vast Marlborough estate in
fordshire.
LOCAL TRUCK DRIVER ESCAPES HARM WHEN 2 MEN SHOOT AT HIM
the oath of allegiance to the crown. I caped early r nday morning.
The Sinn Fein has many objections ; to the government's new plan, but; even if it agreed to discuss this plan j it will now give its assent to the oathj of allegiance proviso, it. is stated. J Terms Offered ' Under the terms offered Ireland yesterday the ser li-official plan would bej drafted in treaty form and submitted
ARCHITECTS REPORT ST. JOHN'S BUILDING PLANS ABOUT READY
committee, and it was suggested that
the Chinese and Japanese delegate? should talk over thf subject privately before the other members of the com mittee took it up. Both the Chines and Japanese delegates agreed to th? and they are to met tomorrow and report to the full committee on Friday. Satisfactory Prooress
An announcement to newspapermen
to the house of commons.
Plans for the new parish house to following yesieraay s session Dy
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CLO V 11 1 ' I I V.kJHtriJSTri4 ill 1. 11 U M U. V - Live
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IN SETTLEMENT OF FAR EAST QUESTIONS
f By AssociHtfil Proosi WASHINGTON, Nov. :;0- Because of her vital interests in the far east Hol-
Julius Ellish, driver for the Jacobs and Horneck bakery, escaped injury when two men shot at him when he refused to stop while driving his truck
near Middlebqro Tuesday.
went into thn car about six inches
l above his head. Ellish had been de-1
Ox-ILvering some bread about half a mile!
northeast of Middleboro on the Hol-i lansburg pike. j On the return trip, two men -who
were coming along the road toward him signaled with upraised hands lor him to stop. "I just stepped on the srasoline and went along a littl faster" said Ellish in telling of the incident. As his car came abreast of the men. one of them raispd a 22 automatic and fired at him. The bullet penetrated
A capital ship costs $42,000,000
ready for action. If we get into a race for armament with the whole world, it will not be long before we, and the world with us, will be bankrupt. "Our public debt before the war was one billion dollars. Today the interest alone on our public debt amounts to $975,000,000 or almost what that amount was before the war. "There are sornf items of government expense that cannot be cut. We aim to maintain the government as cheaply as possible, but you cannot cut the bill for the ex-service men. and you
-ri,Krrii; cannot-cnt the interest on the public The bullPt4 v. t v-
ueui. luuec ae cuaigea iua.i must ue met. "We have appropriated $483,000,000
The treaty woula embody provisions ; churcb on the lot adjoiniDg the church "intends to abolish the system" undd'
for an all-Ireland parliament, but . on tne sout.h practically are complete, J which her troops are in China "as would give Northwestern Ulster, as de- C. E. Werking and Son. architects, j soon as possible," was taken to mean fined by a boundary commission, per-isaid Wednesday. While some details; such withdrawal was contingent on mission to declare itself out either atiof the plans have not been completed, ; the working out of a satisfactory proonce or after a limited period It is lit is expected that the first of the : gram by the conference regarding the believed that Ulster, however, would ! year will see the Dlans in a finished j general problem of China, balk at the intended reconstruction of j state. I No Dis3reement Reported, her boundary, althouch no lessening of i The parish house, which it is esti- The Big Three sub-committee of nav-
the total are-i under control of the mated will cost approximately $30,000, al experts had concluded today con i Ulster parliament is foreseen here. It will provide ample facilities for the ! sideration of facts and figures involved
is pointed out that severance from Ul- expansion of the activities oi &i.;in me .menca..i o-o-o ii nf"" ster of Catholic districts might be bal-j John's church aud for the parish; and will refer the question back to the anced by acquisition of Protestant .Us- school. full. committee of experts for lurther tricts now assigned to southern Ire- Tne exercise room in the basement ; action. an(j will be large enough to accommodate -N vote was taken in the sub-com-Plans for prolonging the truce in Tre- TO persons. This room will be used j mit tee and while the Japanese experts
i i .u :w i - -i-- i fnr children s n av npa.nouanei H miaif u usmuuu in cuunuur uirii ' c
(Continued on Tape Thirteen)
ADVISE CONTINUANCE OF PROHIBITION PARTY IN NATIONAL POLITICS
I By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Nov 30. Continuance of
gU I li" i . . I . , . , , J , V,i rV,0. flout
ment and Sinn Fein desire are em- Daa reamer ana iqr hociai puitnnw oa.. ltt . v.. o. . y,n,.,J k . : ' ,!,. ,u. ..?rT fnr which meals mav be served. The, ratio there was said to have been no
uo"M,',u "y n"5 1lvl lai auuui o.vmu,-- - v i-i,.. tn fi,,,rei! invnlvsH
Daseiueni nooi aito m iint- a. siu.u- uiradinmcuL en fully eouipped for serving meals The issue raised in Japan's desire in the exercise room. A safety vault for an increase in the relative naval for valuables, toilet rooms, furnace ; strength allotted her under the Amerroom and other space will make upiican limitation plan was considered a the rest of the basement facilities. pivotal question when the proceedings Provide Class Rooms. began today. The first floor will have two class ( Much importance was attached to
tion of prisoners is anticipated, onlyibp - funirP headquarters for the! the Japanese delegation, that the anthose convicted by courtmartial being i (.hoo, rhildren instead of the old nouncement Monday of Vice-Admiral held and these being treated as prison- j room;. on Soutn Kourth street. Cloak Kato. official advisor, that Japan wantets or war. I rooms and other conveniences will be i ed a 70 instead of a 60 per cent naval
men and women are in internment on charges of sympathy with the Sinn Fein movement. The Sinn Fein it is agreed, could hardly be asked to accede to continuance of the truce if it involved further .internment of their supporters. A'" a result in the event of a continuance the wholesale libera-
BELFAST, Nov. 30. Sir Craig told premier Lloyd Geor;
nvailahlo fnr thp children of the school i ratio was merelv an exDression of D"t
arnes on the first floor. j sonal opinion, not sponsored by th e early fn ha connrwt flrwnr Tvill ho thp 3 1!- I rt oto-o t inn nf vllirtl hsx i rtnt f mf.ni-
tn the lush peace negotiations that, ji.nniim moacitrinc 4" hv p.i fPPt niili i ir
ii tut- hmci parliament or people even entertained the British proposals for nn all Ireland parliament he would
. i i 1. - .. in ,.t.,,J rvtiiltt' wofii tn trifti
l:at l:f will I'Li'du p,ui'. 1 , . , , r.-n th-.,t tho cases will not remain l,,lnd ls acinous of assisting in every
'iritried very long. Not to Fight Case C. R. Richardson h; s been ret ai noil n-. roiinsol for Oakley. Brown said
one side of the car, and lodged in the, the Prohibition partv as a contender
otner sine. One of the men
way in the settlement of problems re-1 was described as being a "slim look lating to that part of the world Jonk-jinS m;n with a long nose." heer H. A. VanKarnabeck. Minister of!
Foreign affairs of the Netherlands and!
in national notifies was recommended
who nreu me gun, , ,
resign as premier of Ulster
This was disclosed by Sir James yesterday in the Ulster parliament in the course of his report on the status of the peace movement. An all Ireland parliament which was the basis of the British offer, was not to be thought of "under present condi
tions
a stage tor tne presentation ol piays
and entertainments. Two dressing rooms, two kitchens, two cupboards and two toilet rooms will make-up the rest of the accommodations on the second floor. The roof will be made of a composition material. The walls of the building will be built of brick with stone trimmings. Work on the building will
-aw no
reason forcngaging coun- i delegate from that country to Wash-I
uiaton conference, torn 1 he Associated !
,i lie ovnrnsspri entire villingne
-o ervr his sentence as oon as pus-! press today in an interview. . jhle ! "Ue "avo 0PPn vpr' P'ad to come From 10 to 21 vcars is the scntf nee : m ih Washington ( onference." Jonkprovided for higliwav robbery in this j heer Van Karnebeck said, "because uie according to tlie act passed dur-i although we have no special engage-in-the 1921 session. ; ments iu connection with China as
Brown has had a varied career, .mi-i
locations were mentioned try
.muut, UHIH
i.ierou
I'lm in a ponversation
was B'.ucfield, W. a.. wnerc tie :-aiu i,o registered during the war. For .i time. Iih said, he had been a pugilist. "I feel easier in mind today than I 1 -ive for a long time." h" said. "I knew that this wa bound to happen. 1 have bt-cu out of work since I camr here in October. I have sold all my tloihos. and part of the money 1 ivreived in the C. and O. nation attair .vent to pay rein for the house m which 1 was staying. Would Rob Only Rich "I believe i:i leaving poor people . . . ... ........1 .. littlrt
while on the C. and O !it -,i tiical factory.
m ml neonlo. I went out with
(Continued on Page Twelve)
APPOINT CUTSHALL
RECEIVER FOR BANK
MAY INDICT BUILDERS OF RUINED THEATRE; SEARCH FOR BODIES
i Hy Assiii'iaio.l Pr.-s-O FORT WAYNE. Ind., Nov.
, rtanK ( utsiiati. tirst vice-president of
the Old National bank of '.hi
(today appointed receiver in the bank
Iruptcy case of F. Guy Sprague. head!
tV.y Associated Press's NEW YORK. Nov. V.ti Search of the ruins of a new theatre in Brooklyn which collapsed yesterday during construction, killing six workmen and waa continued today to determine if any of the bodies of the four laborers were under the tons of brick and twisted girders. Eighteen other workmen are in hospitals, some in serious condition. District Attorney Lewis, who yester-
dav ordered Svlvester Rosenthal and
Yulf- W1B! Samuel Moskowitz, owners and con
tractors of the building held on
charges of manslaughter, said he ex-
the national executive committee 'Y ue,11 " unuer present conni- be started in earlv spring and pushed
todav in a resolution presented to the "". 7ni m hi V-,nroURn ,or an eal ' COI"Pe"on- lne ' ment was prepaid! to discuss other , building will be semi-fireproof throughparty s national committee. avenues for settlement. out the entire structure
The rrsolunon. which whs present-i oir .tames reiterated that l lster
wanted a settlement and said: "If there is any prospect of the Sinn Fein showing sense, even at this late
hour we will renew the offer that through the machinery" of a council of Ireland, we are prepared to meet them ' and discuss those matters so vital to j the interest and prosperity of ouri province. We are also prepared to en-
ter into competition
ed in the executive committee by E. L. G. Hohenthal. or South Manchester, Conn., siate chairman, declared that the party would be "recreant to the trust committed to its care by the founders of the prohibition party if it now failed to continue its activities." The resolution, further declared it to be the duty of the party to carry on its work "until there is elected to power a party in state and nation that, is committed by platform declarations to the continuance and enforcement of the eighteenth amendment, and makes such declaration an established fact." State, county and local committee were urged to continue their activities. The resolution also calls for impeachment of government officials who decline, to carry out' the eighteenth
amendment in its full power. Sucft of
BANK THEFT LOSSES i MAY REACH $25,000
the north or south can produce the
better government." Cannot Gain Uister He declared that the Sinn Fein would find it impossible to gain control of Ulster, and that thev cou'd
(Ftv Associated Pross GOSHEN. Ind , Nov. 30. An ineom-
to see whether ! plete check of the loss at the Farm
ers state tanK, at bnipsnewana wnicn was robbed before daylight yesterday, shows that $18,000 in Liberty bonos and war savings stamps, and $3.0't0 in currency missing. This more than doubles the amount believed at first
Actual View Unknown As Prince Tokugaa declined to reveal, however, the actual view of th Japanese delegates as to what percentage of fleet strength Japan would insist upon no definite deduction was possible frorr his statement. He would not indicate whether a derision had vet been reached but said the four
Japanese delegates were deciding the matter for themselves. ; The reiterated firmness of the Amcrj ican delegates at the same time j against aoeepnce of any increase in j the naval ratio for Japan was under
stood to have had the effpet of definitely ending consideration of the question in th? naval sub-committee of the powers. It was expected that ultimate agreement would be left to informal me'ings between the various delegates Their American delegates are known to be of a single mind against acceptance of an increase in the Japanese ratio and to regard it. as shown to be "liberal" on ary basis of calculation by present fleet strength.
brokerage house which failed I "'. .'A
; (iptim iu iuiie uu iiier ctrresis uuriu
railroad and 1
When 1 got :
of the
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sum of $837,127 and $2n.S.SS7 assets. ! y' Emil Diester. the largest individual I n . n ... creditor, with something over $50,000 i President rdVCS WaV
the idea of taking inuu ue "" y --"uu imuy lid not want to harm the poor. My! a meeung of the creditors Interested ipodIf are all working people and I, would be held m the next few days lon't want them to know about this. ; to decide what action to take to pro-
That is why
said the cred-
strict account-
For Address Tuesday
(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Nov. 30 President Harding began today what was understood to be the first of a scries of
Oakley
have made no ciiort 10,1a' tu.-.i uuei -.-i u
irh ihem. "or- w ouiu uemana a
Brown claims to be something of a ; ing f rie ;fl he had wanted about I lunges m grain caused Sprague's
- 1 t ri 1 re h 1 : u,Mfmn .. , 11 m a, . -j
two more years 01 euucaneu, iii 1 . man. niuuufv lcrjins me way tor ine executives aathwt he ws at present making a study j Sprague, said today. "So far as Ii dress to congress next Tuesdav, in f the humrn mind with a view to de-jknow. everything was done in a le- which the legislative program for the terminiu" what made men commit git imate manner." 1 coming session will be outlined.
rimns. Oakley's Confession The confession of Ralph to! lows: -Mv name is Ralph Oakley.
Vnrth Eleventh street.
is 18 vears. On the night of October, H I and Leslie Brown, colored, were j :it' the Chesap.ake and Ohio depot! ,vrmt f.-4.-, ti. :n . and Leslie Brown,
pf mv ".2 nickled gun on the ticket agent "and 1 took the money from ihe drawer and from the safe which was to the amount of about $177. Brown and I went diwn the railroad track north to the old Gaar-Scott bridge and
nciais, the resolution said, should be ever hoDe to secure Ulster, he said
repiaceu oy prohibition otticials. The was bv winning her "bv startine out
was expected to j upon a pat h such as we in Ulster have
take the advice of Premier Smuts of to have been stolen, the Union of South Africa dui-ing his' Hewlett Davis, president of the last visit to England, that by no pow-jbank, today said the loss may reach er could Ulster be coerced into accept-: $25,000. The bank was fully protected ance of a subordinate position. j by insurance and will re-open toinor
The only way her opponents could row, it was said. About $2,500 in cur
rency was damaged by fire caused by
national committee
act on the resolution later in the day.
Weather Forecast
MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST Occasional rains and ccntinued mild temperatures this afternoon, tonight
and Thursday.
itt,r.tl.T ,-A..unH
m.frcnMc .vlt), r,..-r.n r..,A .UDll liuuuv nefllUCl WILU UCUttS-
w)i,,.i f, Vk honal rains and mild weather is in
1 uui iiv uini 1 t iiuiu nir. rncii r. ua v
taken, the result of which is happiness, peace and prosperity throughout the length and breadth of the land; by showing to all classes and creeds firm justice and an upright govern
ment; by throwing aside all the abom-!
inable machinery of crime and outrage and asking forgiveness for the dastardly deeds they have done in the
j past, and which so recently stained
me lair name 01 me ciiy 01 joenast. "How can Ulster," he added, "be
the robbers using an acetylene torch. Authorities are said to have no clue.
nrininnc! mr 1 ri m iipv i .. niir,ti t 11a rn 1 . . , . ...
. !aslce(i to ciasp nanas with a people 11 iiiiilHoil o emit er Mtni" V-, -x.x 1 "
tt,r.. . ,, r1" "'iwho, while pretending to come to
T live
My
!TRANSFER RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE
OF WAR RISK BUREAU TO REGIONAL OFFIGES
riivtrled the niuney
when wo I onfe itr-i...jo v oKwi.u ,i. c mro
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i'i.i.oiiM r: mni-:r WASUINGTON, Nov. 30. Preliminary work leading up to the decentralization of the United States veteran bureau formerly known as the bureau of war risk insurance, which decentralization was authorized by an act. of congress last summer, has beea completed at the central office In Washington and the actual transfer
nitrht of November 21,
ibf South Eighth street, job. by holdIn" up the South Eighth street car. Brown gave n.e $4.?.5. I went to the front of the tar and put my gun on i he motorman and Brown put his gun on the conductor. Brown said he only i:ot about $9, which Brown said he ave me half of the money. We then went to South 1 street, then to Liberty avenue and then up South Filth (Continued on Pane Five)
to the 14 regional offices has been started. The work of collec'ting the documents and records for the regional office at Seattle, Wash., is nearing completion. They will be shipped within two weeks in charge of special messengers. This method will be pursued with all other documents and records for the other 13 districts. It is estimated that it will require 9J
days to make the transfer to all the regional offices. In addition to transferring the records a certain number of employes of the central office who are familiar with the work will be transferred to the various regional headquarters. After the transfer is effected, the officials of the veteran's bureau are certain that not only -will the work n a whole be handled with greater dispatch but believe that with the newsystem they have worked" out it will
require only 24 hours time to adjudi j cate any new case that may be j brought to the attention of the bu ; reau. Retain Death Claims. j None of the work effecting insu.--ance benefits or death claims will bo transferred from the central office, I (Continued on Fage Two) r
Mississippi valley states. Mild tem
peratures will prevail until about Friday or Saturday.
settlement, are flinging their bombs and shooting from behind the chimney pots of, Belfast? It is preposterous."
DENBY HOLDS MARINE UNTIL END OF PROBE
1 By Asst' iated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. rending a full investigation of the alleged shooting of Otto Lambrecht by M. M. Hanson, a marine mail guard. Secretary Denby will refuse to turn the marine over to Wisconsin state courts
L t
for trial, it was said naval repartment.
today at the
SUPPORT FARM BUREAU AND HELP CONDITIONS GOVERNING FARMERS, IS FLEA AT HAGERSTOWN
For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Cloudy and unset
tled tonight and Thursday; warmer in northeast portion tonight. j Temperatures for Yesterday Maximum 49 1
Minimum , Z2 Today ! HAGERSTOWN,
, "Conditions which are not in the Weather Conditions Mild tempera- j farraer-s control determine his profits tures continue over the greater por-; or ,oss(?s on nls work," said Brof. L.
uoa in me unuea awes, aue to nign T pittineer of Delaware county, ad-
Ind., Nov.
barometric pressure oyer the southern dressing a farni bureau mPeting in the
bwiea aim correspondingly tow pres-. Hagerstown school house Tuesday
sure over more northern sections. The i
night. He appealed to the farmers to
severe sionn wnicn ragea Monday u,.t e,oP f.rm or,.i hoin t
and Tuesday along the Atlantic coast nvprn the conditions affecting them.
With representatives from the Dal-
from North Carolina to Nova Scotia
is now crossing the Atlantic ocean.
Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,708
ton. Berry, Jefferson and Clay township farmers associations, the hall was well filled Tuesday night. Grafton Stewart, chairman of Jefferson township, took charge until the arrival of the county president, Everett Hunt, when the meeting was turned over to him. Preceding the regular speaker, a quarter of an hour was given to Dr. J. B. rarkhill, near east relief reo-
30. ! resentative. for an explanation of his
organization and its requests for donations.
After showing that, the near east relief like the Red Cross and Boy Scouts, is granted incorporation papers by congress, with such men interested and holding office in it as the president of Chicago university, and In Indiana as Prof. Christie, of Purdue, Secretary Riley cf the .Indianapolis Board of Trade and of the Indiana Grain Dealers; E. G. McCullom of the farmers co-operative buying agency; County Agent East of Rush county; George P. Bryant, crop statistician for Indiana; I. Newt Brown, secretary of the Indiana board of agriculture; Miss Adah Bush, secretary to Gov. McCray; (Continued on Page Two)
REPORTED STRENGTH OF FRANCE'S ARMY 318,000 SOLDIERS TARIS. Nov. 30 The strength or France's army was given as SIS.OOO
j as of Oct. 1. by the report of the army j commission to the chamber of deputies j made public today. ! The report was made public In roni nection with the government's pro
posed law calling the class of 1922 to the colors in two contingents. ontt next May and the other next November. Although no official figures are available the report said a considerable part of the class of 1319 had returned to their homes on crop furloughs or on Indefinite leave, making the active forces in uniform 600.000 or upwards, with the balance subject to immediate recall. The army commission estimates that the government plan, which is recommended for adoption- would through the release of various contingents of the class of 1920. and the incorporation of the class of 1922, during next year, give a strength of 649.000 men in the spring. Reduced Next May.
After the release of contingents in May, when the new class joins, It Is estimated the plan again would reduce the army personnel to 661,000. But it is believed the joining of the second contingent of the class of 1922 would raise the figure to the present strength by next November. The commission in its report assumes that the class of 1922 would serve only 18 months, instituting th reduced service when the commission definitely outlines as an accepted policy. Next year's class, allowing for exemptions, is estimated by the commission at 260,000. The present French army report says is composed of 591.000, 117.000 natives of North Africa, and 110,000 natives of othei colonies and foreigners. i