Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 347, 27 December 1921 — Page 1

RICHMOND P AIX AMU VOL. XLVL, No. 347 Palladium. Est. 131. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram. 1907. RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 27, 1921. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS DEMOCRATS GOING AFTER LODGE SCALP German Rockefeller

SENTIMENT IN IRELAND FORTREATY Reports to Newspapers of London Indicate 90 Per Cent Will Favor Ratification of Pact.

In Spite of Revolutionists, Prince of Wales Enjoys His Visit to India

CHINA TARIFF AGREEMENT IS NEAR, RELIEF Delegates Think Troublesome Question About to Be Settled 5 Per Cent Protective Levy Rumored. airplanTpTopqsal (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Prospects

See Chance to Get Even for Attack on League of Nations No Feeling Against President Harding. TREATY WTO FAIL

H T MARK SI LMVAY WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. The Democrats are sullen about the situation created by the treaty, and no one who talks with them can fail to sympathize. They say if they "pass up" the opportunity to make political capital out. of Harding's awkward situation they will merely be penalizing themselves, and they have little faith 'n the likelihood of eettins anv of the its own sake. The points the Democrats make don't go to the soul of the treaty. Most of them in their hearts feci that the treaty is mostly good and ought to be ratified. The thins thev talk

r.bout is the comparison between the!cally owns Germany.

forbearance which they are askd to practice now and. on the other hand, the advantage which the Republicans took of every possible slip that Wilfon made in connection with the Lea true of Nations. The Democrats remember howLodge and the other Republicans cross-examined Wilson, how they took advantage of every occasion just like the present one, when something came .out by accident that Wilson had failed to tell. Sympathizing With Wilson If the Democrats could see some

dear way of making the most of their! cording to reports which have been I political movements, among them Danopportunity to 'bedevil Indgo and J received in Washington from all parts el O'Connell's emancipation campaign I Harding without at the same time im-1 , ,. . land Charles Stewart Parnell's Land j

perilling the treaty, they would go o "l -uiiuj. league struggle, and its people regard it with all the heartiness of embit-! At many points the liberal Christ-Uie COUncil as having lived up to tratered men presented by fate with a! mas buying, it is said, did much to , ditions. wnnriprful nnnnrfnn i t v fnr a uninuo rp. . .... . . 4, ' TraW I e W3nt

vnee. The Democrats in the senatp.

with the exception of a very few likejer to normal proportions than manyiwth a mnk8 and classes 0f oeople. ' Rped, have a devoted affection for1 merchants thought, possible even so;from tie highest ecclesiastics to the I

Wilson, and a righteous and wrathful! sense or the cruelties practiced upon; him. That affection is increased! every day by the manner in which i Wilson now comports himself and by! the appealing picture his situation! makes. Wilson himself, by the way, does j nothiny to stimulate the indignation; which leads the Democrats to think; strongly of seeking revenge for the , ,i v... ' wronRh inai ne as ineir iu t m ; suffered. Every ence in a While it IS, said that Wilson is advising the Demo-; rrats to this course or that. The fact , is tnat, so rar as wnson nas any co.i-, tacts with the Democratic leaders, hei does not counsel them to a new course of embarrassment to Harding. Wilson Attitude It would be true to ay the conaijETuratcd it was common gos? Wilson said to one of his friend he "was going to show Harding how an ex-president ought to behave.' The fact is. Wilson has ben affirmr tivelv helnful to the Republican ad min station in the difficulties 'it ha about foreign relations sponsible Republican The more releaders know ! this and appreciate it. i I have talked with several of the j comparatively few persons who hae had anv contact with Wilson about, the Republican program on foreign af- (-,;, nnd have never head him quoted ! :s saving anything except what was drsizned to be tolerant and helpful. A fair translation of wiiat Wilson has said to his fellow Democrats i: i hat if the Republicans can lind a better way than his they should be permitted to do so without embarlassment; that if his way was best, then the world will come to it in due . nurse, that if some other way is best, everybody ought to help towards finding it, and putting it in practice. May Go After Lodge. Of course, Harding and Lodge and especially Lodge need not expect to come through their situation without many painful experiences. It is Lodge more than Harding that the Democrats will go after. The Democrat.-. recall that while Harding opposed the league, he never participated in the maliciouslv cruel baiting of Wilson. They feel that while Harding-was tr.e beneficiary of the campaign which many Republicans carried on against Wilson, Harding personally never took part in it, but always played the part of a decent foe. But Lodge the Democrats look upon as a horse of another color. They know that Uxlge hated Wilson and vniinwed in his hate with open reck lessness. In the same degree, the. Democrats now hate Lodge, and they , will make the most of their. chance to treat Lodge now as Lodge treated j wiUnn two years ago. What Lodge Said Lodge has been reported during the past few vears as saying that the present treaty his treaty must go i h much the senate without reserva-

. - l ,1., 1-, rhsn lie fiefpnris this troatv on me senate floor will have some experience not hitherto equalled, even in a career ns crowded with acrimony as his has been. The Democrats are not going to ignore any such superb opportunity as they now have for sarcastic devilment of Lodge- and Harding, and the whole aggregation of Harding's "best minds." Many of the Democratic speeches on 'the treaty will be in the general tenor: "I shall vote for the treaty, but " The fact that the Democratic leader, Oscar Underwood, is for the moment one of the "best minds" wouldn't help Harding any. Underwood has li'tle control over the senate Democrats. He Is daily lessened in their esteem of Continued on Page Twelve)

tions. ou can imagine now i"t i--iu j tains were killed and 14 others woundocrats feel about a dictum like that,jed jn )ne recent nationalist disturbcoming from one who, in the League ances jn Cairo, says a foreign office of Nations debate, showed himself the', statement today based on a casuality champion reservator of the universe. 1 jjSt just received from the Egyptian There will be reservations to theipapj treaty or changes in it, and Lodge,' jo British casualties occurred, it

Hugo Stinnes Hugo Stinnes, the financial "emperor" of Germany, is planning to come to America in the near future, according to word from Berlin. Stinnes. through his vast railroad, steam ship and industrial holdings, pracliCHRISTMAS BUYING OF NATION LIBERAL, WASHINGTON HEARS WASHINGTON, Dee. 27 The spirit! of giving Christmas gifts was not vitiated during the holiday Feason. ac-, Dnns reiau DU- . i late as a month ago. Christmas trade in the east and west annears to have heen the best.' It is generally reported that holiday r spending was not entirely voluntary. ! From nearly all parts of the country; the report comes that it took much ; Tvhpprilintr nnH rnavin? to induce the! pubiic to sppnd its money. 1 Merchants report that there was not; nnlw9Mo r.v,on in th rtam.r ! ""i"" ... of gooci9 demanded for Christmas gifts i tv, A rI,n!,r,H effort tr In. ; d the-publc to purchase wearing a ( fQr ,ftg had no effpct reports i indjcate cloaks and dresses and , .. . tJ rnr.tir,npri

. . ,.on)iQ, itaaA r tho:rifinr that none of the memhfrs would .

! popular Christmas gifts. At.man mi nvpr ti nation. !

Jin th iH There was an exceptionally large sale ! increasingly in fear of defeat. h'f !f. ,ovs' lhc TPPOfts show. Prices! Arthur Griffith, one of the If , ' - for tovs were less than a vear ago.dueirro-ratificationists, countered th

! probablv, to the fact that a large part!"5!" a statement declaring it. m- ' nf the tovs offered were of Herman ! accurate as regards Mr. Childers' ac-

manufacture. Many American toy factories have been closed because of , the large imports of German-made toys in recent months. As the year draws to a close reports ; received by the United States Cham-; bcr of Commerce in Washington show ; continued stagnant markets for all' 'arm commodities, coupled with prices' The universal feeling is that there i can De no better times that are enduring or worth while until the prices of farm products advance materially, or else the prices of other commodities decline proportionately," says Archer W. Douglas, chairman of the committee on statistics of the United States Chamber of Commerce. "Lower costs of transportation are among the matters of moment that add hope of better business in some lines after the coming year, In asriculture it means a uioderate increase! of price to the farmer, although not

..... products." Basil Walters, formerly a member of the staff of the Richmond Pallad ium, after spending last wk in Washington, left for Milwaukee, where he will assume the position of telegraph editor for the Milwaukee Journal. He has been acting as the New York correspondent for that paper for several months. Walters served with the American forces in Italy during the late war. ELEVEN EGYPTIANS KILLED, 14 WOUNDED IN CAIRO DISORDERS (Ry Associated Press) LONDON Dec. 27. Eleven Egyp1 ' - - u f was stated. Disturbances are continuing in Cairo, the advices add, and attempts have been made to bring about wrecks on the railways. One such attempt succeeded, a train on the Helaun railway, being derailed Christmas day. Brother of Will Hays Declines State Honor (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 27. Hinkle Hays, of Sullivan, has notified Governor McCray that he cannot accept appointment as a member of the state World war commission, succeeding his brother. Postmaster General Will II. Hays. Tress of business, Mr. Hays said, prevented his acceptance.

necessarily to tne consumer ot farm:1" U!e uiume iui sucu (

SEE BIG MAJORITY

(By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 27. Sentiment throughout Ireland, as reflected in dispatches to London newspapers today, is overwhelmingly in favor of the Irish peace treaty. Reports from various provinces indicate that fully 90 percent of the people in the 26 counties of Southern Ireland want the pact ratified. This confirmed predictions made when the Dail Erieann adjourned its j debate on the treaty last Thursday until Jan. 3 that the recess would bring definite expression of the people's; will, and the view i3 now pu- forward that when the Dail reassc f les the treaty will be approved by a majority which will make an appeal to the country unnecessaryThe morning Post's correspondent says a rumor is afoot of a "possible sensation," before the Dail meets again this being taken to mean thai! Eamon DeValera intends to announce i withdrawal of his opposition in view) of the weight of opinion for the treaty. ) "The Times sent a special corres-1 pondent to County Clare the council i I of which appealed to Mr. DeValera to i abandon his opposition. According to !tlP pnrppcnnnrtpnt tho 'niinpil'Q artinn - is endorsed with pride by a vast m; u; ' "L i-"- ' been the t diH1 h f lrl, The rpnorter rtlsens the mixtion I (lowest menials, and says that while - he heard nothine in disnarasrement of : Mr. DeValera he was assured that from i 70 to SO per cent of the country favors :

the treaty. The minority he believed j 'ear were maQe Dy lne council. j to be mostly members of the Irish re- Tiip appropriations and the offices; publican army. !m 'whlch thor "'prp expended follow: The Dublin correspondent of the:clerks otce, $..lo; sheriffs otticc.

Times cites as evidence of the public i support of the treaty the fact that a ! lone- letter from Tkine- runners, nnh-i ---- a - -- lished in the newspapers Saturday, ex-' nlainine and Kiinnortin!? the aHnrnative i

oath of allegiance ascribed to Mr. Dein home, $117.40; court room, Valera, atracted little interest.' More-j ?22 8: Main streei- bridge, $.20.

over, it was regarded as a breach of the acreement made before the dails issue controversial statements during j indication that De Valera's party is: eading the letcount of how the alternative oath was ! disclss:l by the Irish delegates to the ! London peace conference. ATTITUDE OF FRANCE TOWARD SUB TONNAGE ASSAILED BY BRITISH (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 27. France's claims for a large fleet of submarines, made before the Washington conference are again attacked bv the London newspapers wThich resumed publication today after the Christmas holidays. "Doubling any class of naval tonnage seems on the face of it a strange proposition at a conference assembled to reduce armaments," declares the nts, declares tne We cannot Ptend ich motive for such Daily Chronicle. 1 i C . ll. . 1. Tl.nH nt . .' . r .. ..T. Ian aggressive attitude. 'iipatience J b the other liberal newspapers, the Westminster uazene cnaracienzing it as extravagant. The Gazette adds: "Tt emnhaes the all ImnortTnt tlif - It emphasizes the all Important cm - rerence Detween tne spirit ana letter of the American proposals for naval limitation.' Arthur J. Balfour, head of the British delegation in Washington is given warm praise by several newspapers and the American offer for a reduction In her own and British submarine tonnage Is extolled as the next best thing to abolition, which Great Britain desired. Urges Action "Falling acceptance of the British scheme of abolition, the American proposal must be pressed persistently," says the Daily News, which finds it impossible to see how a big building program can be upheld In the face of Anglo-American pressure. The Morning Post uses the caption: "Balfour's great trilumph; America's faith In submarine shaken." And the Times and some other newspapers re fer to Mr. Balfour s "moral victory. The Westminster Gazette, admitting that Great Britain will not easily come to terms with France, says: J "Evidently we shall c'me to term?! sooner or later with America on this question, for we have the same ultimate aim." Reports Are Circulated of Royal Engagement BRUSSELS, Dec. 27 Reports of the engagement of the Duke of Brabant, eldest son of King Albert to Princess 1 Yolande, eldest daughter of King Victor Emmanual of Italy, have gained considerable circulation. Ignorance of their reported engagement was professed today in royal circles but other persons prominent in Belgian society expresed belief that the reports were not without foundation.

The Prince cf Wales, indicated by arrow, riding In carriage through streets of of march can be seen in the background.

noonito Honirmttratinns nzair.st

to be enjoying his visit through India and is being well received by British diplomatic circles and adherents. He hag enjoyp(i several hunts and other forms of entertainment provided for him. It is rumored that the engagement f the PrincP of -wales to Lady Rachel Cavendish will be announced shortly after his return to the British Isles , , 1Qo

Z""L L . REYNOLDS SUCCEEDS HAMPTON AS MEMBER OF COUNTY COUNCIL ! The resignation of Louis N. Hamp-'ly ton. who will become a member of the board of county commissioner; was accepted by the county council i meeting in special session Tuesday j morning. Luther Reynolds was ap-i Pointed in nss place. . . A number of appropriations, which ; had been prepared by the commissioners to clear up business for the past superintendent ot schools,; $'9.32; salary of health commissioner, ; $6.16; jail expenses, ?li 9.50; expense! :.. fin

ui unu-.e fu5im:ei, ?-(j.o, .wun.j.A Ketcham. fonner commander-in agent, $13.56; tax refund. $61.09; de-,rhipf t- thp a A r, Hipi1 at his home

CHILE WOULD SETTLE TROUBLE WITH PERU THROUGH ARBITRATION - i - i Rr AssoriatPd Prsst j SANTIAGO. Chile, Dec. 2 7. The Chilean note to Peru, agreeing to arhi ; tration of the Tacna-Arica flic it i which has been forwarded to Lima, : !' "Chile arrces to designate a nleni-! ; potentiary to go to Washington with! the object of endeavoring to obtain ; j with a Peruvian envoy a settlement ' of the pending difficulties and draw j ; up conventions which will be sub-' ' mitted for aDProvpl to their respective !go"ernrnfsPPoT tha nhipnt nf n rhif rfl t in p all Hivertren-

cies that cannot be settled by direct, . nnA ,,-1, ,' ..V, .aw. .ll.T.nn I 'H'U

i t-t-uiiriii , dim wuitti 1 1 nmi.- iisable to precise and loyal execution of the pact (treaty of Ancon, signed

in 18S3) " lawuu. The 'note declares that the Imputa- I owh3 tnmtions contained in Peru's last note of 1 commander of the G. A. R. at the fiftyvarious violations of the treaty are.i,h5 nL'rCa"T!!

the result of the long severance of diplomatic relations between the two;

,.V,- nA nvnnsoc tV, ho nfi"1-'"! Y.1.1.U niavi tt.- H.-1U lil JllUiO.ll-

1",BIT ,"h.;uIn : , bat be sufficient to dispel such suppositions. Chile agrees to the Peruvian suggestion that it is unnecessary to continue teleeraDhie exchanees between the!

tw ioreign oinces ana cuuciuut-s uy j - f Amei.ican:sm rr0m 1913 to ' expressing the hope that the plenipo-1 1 ""c;v 01 Amel lcanrt 1 1 rom uio to , .... ' . ta t. Tfnrt in.;1920 he was national judge-advocate-

. ... 1 Lr,iua," - i itiated by Chile in the interest of cor diality and peace. Weather Forecast MOORE'S COUNTY FORECAST Fair and cold tonight, considerably below freezing; Wednesday mostly cloudy and rising temperature. Although generally fair weather is indicated for tonight due to barometric Pressure being anove normal, uie IllUVemeui Ul a oiwi in nun u'n cii west promises a change to cloudy weather followed by snow or rain within 48 hours if not sooner. For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight; colder in cast and south portions; Wednesday increasing cloudiness; rising ternperature in north and south portion, Temperatures for Yesterday Maximum 33 Minimum ; 2( Today

Noon S2iaT, inn- i 1 , lnal 'eay Weather Conditions The principal 1 untl1 ,190a- was Po,m&utc age"and feature of this morning's weather is j su 1 f f neral at Cairo f rom 190o to

the storm over the rar west. Heavy tains and floods continue over southern California. San Diego is now cut off from railway communication with the outside world. Paid Circulation Saturday, was 11,651

tho British rn'e at nnints alnner his

Find Bodies cfTvo Men . Umdenhted in of. Louis (Bv Associated Press) j ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 27. Bodies ! of two unidentified men were found in a clump of weeds in University ity, a suburb today. Both had ben I shot through the heads and apparenthad been dead several days. They appeared about 21 years old. A draft card in one of the men's pockets, bore ! the name of Everett E. Summer, 1618 Diamond street, Toledo. illfll I I B Ifl A VLTPUAM IM M 1 Hi tL I iJNMlii FORMER G. A, R. HEAD, DIES AT INDIANAPOLIS CRy Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 27 William here today at the age of 73. Death i ;was caused by acute indigestion. Mr. Ketcham was elected commanjder in chief Sept. 21. 1920. .He was I succeeded by Lewis Pilcher. of New j York, who was elected at the Grand i encampment held here last Septem- ! ber. Speaking for the Grand Army of the

Republic. Robert W. McBride, of In- that afternoon and the surplus of i their submarine strength to 60,000 diapanclis, vice-commander-in-chief of j stamps is kept in the bank. The fact i tons each, they have made a maximum the national G. A. R., said concerning j that only the stamps in full sheets i concession in the interest of an agreeMr. Ketcham's death: jwere stolen leads police to believe thejnient.

"His death came as a great shock to me, in spite of the fact that he had ,,..1.1 r ... , r. , . .. r, 1, I ium air mu, tx I w ua.' o dfeu luaL i ""l V3 ",7- ' "X !iee' whose uncils he was a leadman intellectually, lit: nda a great leader of men." Bar Associations to Meet. A joint meeting of the state and the ' "11'"u'"1'a cisauuiauuu iu immuthe high esteem in " rti-iiam wa iim, w in this week. Mr. Ketcham had president of both associations. j v naries .u. .ucLaoe, or raw 101 usvine :.? is president of the Indiana Bar assoc- , r " f. , 1l.' J ! He served until the fifty-fifth encampt iY t- i-liJj-il-i rilcn Tiro c Vi nl H i r Inllon apolis, and retired from, office on Sept. n'21. As national commander of . nnrtA A,.m j he was "1 l l MA Xll 111J 1 I UU.1 1.(1111 A VSll many times to speak for the veterans' organization on topics of national importance and his addresses were al- ' vciys iiiifu v im uuLUiiiiti miiiisiiiii viugeneral of the G. A. R. In 1907 and 1908 he was commander of the De-j partment of Indiana, G. A. R HIDINGS, RELIEF PROMINENT WORKER IN ITALY, DIES SUDDENLY ROME. Dec. 27. Lewis Morris Iddings, of Warren, Ohio, long time secretary of the American embassy in Rome and prominent in war relief j work in Italy during the war, died ; suddenly here la-t evening. ., Mr. Iddings, who was 71 years old, and had been ailing for some time. was taken' critically ill while visiting;

tne nome or an Italian tnena. He wasjbetWeen a constabulary patrol and a rushed to a hospital, but death vir- number of men in the Marrowbone tually was instantaneous. I area today A Journalist during his early career, J The constables challenged the men. ?ro-en I d,pl0.matlc -service mwho were acting suspiciously, where1S9(. and after serving a3 secretary ; ,u ' A , ' ,

. , . - - 11,, f'th lRAU!il? wasa representative of the American Red Cross and director of the war relief clearing house. He was decorated by King Victor Emmanuel in 1917 for hi3 war services. VETS TO ACT AS "COPS" LOS ANGELES. Dec. 27. If a pending ordinance allows the employment of 200 additional policemen in Los Angeles, Chief of Police Jones will fill

the vacancies with ex-service men, he born to her unmarried daughter was has informed the American Legion, deferred today by Circuit Judge Burseekinsr the organization's cooperation t ton L. Hart, pending review of the in obtaining candidates. j case by the supreme court.

Troops guarding the line Itinerarv. the Prince of Wales Is said 1JHIEVES ROB CAMDEN nAM-.A-.IAP. tmiUrrlut Ur 4UU; ENTER WHITE'S STORE (Special to Th? Palladium) CAMDEN, O., Dec. 27 Government secret service men are said to be working on the Camden postoffice rohbery, which took place some time Saturday night. County police authorities are lending their aid. Several clues are being run down, it is said. Amount of the loot secured by the yeggs has not yet been ascertained, but it is believed to be less than $400. A postoffice inspector was scheduled to arrive in Camden Tuesday to check up the office to determine the loss. In addition to money and stamps, several pieces of registered mail, including Christmas packages, were stolen, it is said. The money and stamps were removed from the safe, after forcing an inner compartment. The outside door to the safe had not been locked in seven years, it is said. Believed Professional Job Postmaster E. J. Phares, recently appointed, says Saturday's receipts were deposited in the village DanK (yeggs are professionals, as the sheets ! of stamps find a more ready sale than j . 1 : 1 .. 1 1 . iu blllglt; MUlIls ill uiuivrii MltftLrt. ?"lIa'"-e. lo. tuc ''l . , i j rear door. j ; doors from the postoffice. was broken ! into some time Saturday night, but ! nothing was taken, so far as the pro- ; prietor knows. A side door to the! store was iorceci. u is mougnt tnis and the postoffice job were done by ( me same yeggs. REDS HOLD OFFICER AS SECRET AGENT (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 27 Lieut. John Bigelow Dodge, fourth son of Lord Wimborne, was arrested by Bolshevik authorities as an alleged secret British agent, as he was about to embark on an Italian steamship at Datum on Dec. P, according to a Times dispatch from Constantinople. Lieut. Dodge, a grandson of the late John Bigelow. one time American embassador to France, was born in the United States but is a naturalized British subject. He served in the British army during the World war and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for gallantry in the Gallopoli campaign. u: 1, . . ... T .... " . . , , Ilia iiunn 1 . nun - 1 . r-. uursi. w a formerly Mrs Flora Bigelow D.ge ot New oik City. She married Mr. Guest at, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, ! July 6, 1905. ONE MAN IS KILLED IN BELFAST FIGHT (By Associated Press) BELFAST. Dec 27 Onn man wn knied and several wounded in a clash 1 H fJll KJllTT. J L. LUC 1U VJ U' li-SU inc. WUUIIU ing a policeman A running fight followed in which the sniper was killed 0rder was restored with the aid ot an armored car I Sentencing of Convicted Dry Worker Deferred (By Associated Fres's) ADRIAN, Mich., Dec. 27. Sentencing of Mrs. Matie ICirby, prominent temperance worker, convicted last week of manslaughter, in conection with the disappearance of a child

Bombay.

I of a compromise agreement on the

Chinese tariff question were seen by the Chinese delegation today as the sub-committee of the Far East committee of the Washington conference went into session after a two weeks' recess. The Chinese tariff question has been one of the troublesome questions of the Far Eastern discussion. The prospective agreement, it was said in Chinese circles, would permit China to levy an effective five percent customs tariff in lieu of the present nominal five percent, or effective three and one-half percent. This it was said would result in a substantial increase in Chinese revenue. The Japanese delegation, it was believed by the Chinese, will announce that the utmost Japan could concede in an upward revision of the Chinese tariff would be the five percent effective rate. The British, it is understood, have expressed willingness to grant, an effective seven and one half percent. Airplane Proposal In the efforc to regulate the use of airplanes in warfare, the sub-committee of the arms conference, which fa dealing with that subject, today had before it, with prospects of adoption, resolutions declaring that all aircraft, airplanes and dirigibles alike should be considered military weapons only when manned by aviators who have had at least two years' practical experience as military flyers. Failure fo the French delegates to receive the formal decision of their government on the American compromise proposal for limitation of submarine strength had caused a postponement of the meeting of tfie arnn conference naval committee, scheduled for today, until tomorrow. It was believed that the Japanese also might be awaiting further Instruction1? from their government bearing on the American proposal. Think France Firm There was no indication here whatever, however, that the French were prepared to cut their suggested figure of 90,000 tons in submarines for France to the 31,000 ton figure under the American plan, or that the Japanese intended to recede from their flat refusal to accept the plan, and chance that the outlook for an agreement wou'.d undergo any improvement before the meeting tomorrow appeared slight. Both the Americana and British are understood to feel at the same time inai, in oirenng to scaie aon COLOMBIAN TREATY TO BE OPERATIVE EARLY, IS BELIEF (By Associated Tress) WASHINGTON. Dec 27. Early exchanges of ratifications of the treaty by the United States and Colombia was expected today of officials of the state department. The department was advised in a message from the minister at Bogota that the acting president and minister of foreign affairs of Colombia, signed the treaty Dec. 24, following its ratification by the Colombian congress Dec. 22. It was believed that the exchange of ratifications following which the treaty would become operative would take place within the next few weeks. The exchange is to be made at Bogota. MRS, JOHN K. SMITH, CAMBRIDGE CITY, DIES CAMBRIDGE CITY, lnd., Dec. 27. Mrs. John K. Smith, 80 years old. wife B . - . ! bank of Cambrid? ,. the Wayne National e City, and well j known resident of Cambridge, died at ! her home Tuesday morning at 8 o clock from pneumonia contracted several days ago. Weakened by a year of invalidirm, her system with in no condition to withstand the disease and she succumbed quickly. The deceased leaves one daughter, Mrs. Edna Swiggett, also of Cambridge City, and is survived by her husband and brother, James A. Boyd, vice-president of the Wayne National bank. Sh was aged SO years and 9 months. She was born in Jacksonburg, northeast ot this town, on March 22, 1841, removing to Cambridge City upon her marriage and residing here since. Funeral services will be conducted at the home at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, and burial will be in the Riverside cemetery near Cambridge City. Friends may view the body at any time after Wednesday noon. Stage Daring Holdup While Hundreds Pass (By Associated Press) ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 27. With hundreds of persons passing at the time, two armed men this morning entered the jewelry store of Henry Holtz at Seventh and Olive street.-, one of the busiest downtown corners here and escaped with $700 in cash and diamonds and jewels valued at 5,000. .