Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 3, 4 January 1922 — Page 1

MOM) PAULABIUM VOL. XCII., No. 3 Palladium, Kst 1831. Consolidated U'ith Sun-Telegram, 1907. RICHMOND, 1ND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 4, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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CONFERENCE IS SEEN AS BIG SUCCESS Statesmen Declare Gathering a Great Success Despite Minor Failures Opposition to Diminish in Future. WEDGE WeW DAY

By MARK SCLLIVAX WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -The public generally distant from Washington must be more than a little dismayed to find some writers and others casting a balance, so to speak, on the arms conference, and coming to a tepidly comfortable conclusion that on the whole It has been a success. The contrast between the spirit of the opening day and the spirit of these closing days is undoubtedly real, but if you look into it closely you will find that mere . psychology plays a larger part in it than the fundamental facts do. Thoughtful persons foresaw the dramatic anti-climax which is the thief cause of the present rather flattened out feeling. I suspect that Hughes himself foresaw it and calmly counted it in the cost as against the advantages he gained by making his sensational opening speech. The day that speech was made there was a famous American humorist in Washington, who remarked, with the intentional exaggeration of hia role, "I'm -going back home. This is going to be a bum show. They've pulled off the burg murder scene in the first act." Tells the Story. Now that sounds merely frivolous, but tt tells the whole story. It is not for nothing that generations and centuries of dramatists have learned that there is a law of the human mind when it . is in the role of spectator which requires that you must have the big scene in the third act or other wise have your show flatten out in an anti-climax. Hughes and the American delegates violated this rule, and did it' with their eyes open, and they are now quite serene in facing ihe foresen result of an anti-climax as iar as the spectators are concerned. The conference as a "show," is one thing, but as a mechanism for achieving certain results it is quite another thing. It Is the conference as a show that the less thoughtful public now sees and finds a bit disappointing. Would See it Then. If the whole' thing had been reversed, if we had had all the disputes and disagreements in the opening weeks, and if, on one of . the closing . day9 . Hughes should have come out, with an unexpected announcement, such as that Great Britain, Japain and America had agreed to stop naval competfIfon and take a 10-year naval holiday, then the same persons who now see the conference as a dramatic anticlimax would be seeing it" as what it intrinsically is, a sensational and unprecedented success. Furthern than this, it is an unhappy fact that with some of those who now proclaim the conference, a failure, it is a case either of temperamental pessimism or some other form of lack of kinship with the atmosphere of enthusiasm and success. Opposition Small The truth is that the effective opposition to success in this conference, measured in terms of population and other values, is not more than 20. per cent. If the conference were an ordinary parliamentary gathering this 20 per cent minority would be bowled over unceremoniously. But the conference is a case where decisions must be unanimous. When this .limitation is remembered, the wonder is not the relatively small failures of the gathering, but its great ux;esses. Even the failures have had the good effect of drawing fut overwhelming evidence of the fundamental fact namely, that the great majority of the peoples and governments of the world favor the purposes of the conference. This minority that resists will find its position increasingly untenable. There will be other conferences like this they will come soon and in them the resistance will be a constantly diminishing factor. (Copyright, 1922, by the New York Evening Post, Inc.) y CONFERENCE OF GOAL OPERATORS IS OFF INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 4. The conference of coal operators of the central competitive field with officers of the United Mine Workers of America, called to meet at Pittsburgh. Friday, was called off today by President .Tnhn Ij T.pwfs. The Pittsburgh meeting was for the) negotiations on a wage agreement to become effective next April, and Mr. Lewis in a formal statement declared the meeting was discarded because of operators refusing to meet with miners. "It is essential from a standpoint of public interest," Mr. Lewis said, "that a joint meeting of operators and miners be held. In no other way can the problems of the coal industry ' be solved, and in due time circumstances will compel such a meeting." INTERURBAN TIPS OVER; OVER SCORE INJURED CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 4. The rear car of a doubleheader interurban bound toward Akron on the Akron, Bedford and Cleveland, tipped over at Stop 36, shortly before noon today injuring more than a score of passengers, several seriously. Several of the passengers were pinned beneath the wreckage and it is not known as yet whether any were killed. Both cars were crowded.

Depew. 87, Celebrates 20th Wedding Anniversary

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Chauncey Depew, photographed in his home on his anniversary. "You don't look feeble yet," Chauncey Depew might be saying to himself in the above, photo, taken a few days ago at his home when he and Mrs. Depew celebrated the twentieth anniversary of their marriage. . Mrs. Depew, formerly Miss May Palmer of Paris, is the noted after dinner orator's second wife. ' Depew will be 87 years old next April.

FAIR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES PREDICTED FOR EASTERN HALF OF COUNTRY NEXT SPRING

rALI.ADUM JiKWS D I RE A IT WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.Building operations for the coming spring will be much more extensive east of the Mississippi river than west of it. The United States Chamber of Commerce has issued a chart based on' advance building information obtained by . gov-1 ernment agents. This chart shows only a few sections of the country where building activities will be good. On the other hand, only-a small area east of the Mississippi river, has poor building prospects. Fair construction activities are largely predicted for the eastern . half of the country. The chart forecasts good, spring, building in the southwestern quarter of Indiana and fair construction work in the remainder of the State. ' A government bureau has issued a bulletin which discusses building prospects for the year. It "reads' in part: , Three factors enter largely into the

problem of building during tne com- j recent' charges' of Senator LaFollette S5.TiSCl..i??J:h --that an agreement not tion of obtaining funds for construe-jt0 Dusn legislation to repeal the so-

tion. ' Prices of material, on the whole,, are much the more favorable BORAH SAYS HE WILL AIR SECRET REPORT ON BOMBING TESTS fB Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Secretary Weeks replying today to a senate resolution asking for a report submitted by Brig.-Gen. Mitchell on the recent bombing tests off the Virginia coast advised the senate that President Harding had held it to be "incompatible with the public interest" to make the report public. Senator Borah announced immemediately that when the naval appropriation bill is taken up he would tell the senate what Gen. Mitchell had written and "rely on the -secretary of war to set me right if I make errors." WILLIAMS SECURES TAX BOARD APPROVAL OF TWO BOND ISSUES Formal approval by the state tax board of two township bond Issues for new school buildings, was secured by C. O. Williams, county superintendent of schools, who returned late Tuesdayfrom a trip to Indianapolis. The bond fosue3. which are lor school buildings in Whitewater and Williamsburg, are for $30,000 and $36,000, respectively. The sale of the bonds will be held about Feb. 4, according to Superintendent Williams. Bids for the issues will be opened at that time. This marks the third attempt to sell bonds for the school building at Whitewater which has been condemned for five years. The first two attempts were made during the war, when construction costs were hign. ' ' Deemed Insufficient Because of these extreme costs, and the two per cent bond limitation statute in Indiana, the amount of the bond, issue was deemed insufficient hy contractors to cover the costs of building. The state law provides that bond issues shall be for more than two per cent of the taxable value of property in the township.The taxable property in Franklin township is valued at $51,000 and the bond issue which that . township has obtained is for $30,000. The limit of value in Greene township is $62,000, and a $56,000 bond issue has been approved for this township. Both the Williamsburg and the Whitewater school buildings have been condemned by the state board of

neaitn ana tne state Doara or educa- WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 Homer Eltion. The Williamsburg building is a-liott was nominated by President combined grade and high school. Harding today to be United States atWhitewater will build a high school, jtorney fotf the Indiana district.

of the three factors. It is only here and there that there is only apparent difficulty in this respect The matter of too hieli Driced labor dnps nrt utarlr

up so well as that of material, but!JumDer 2" announced that he would

running through the reports there is a general belief that not only are matters improving In this direction, but when springtime comes the lone dpriod of probable idleness of labor will (Continued on Page Three) DENIES FARM BODY AGREED NOT TO PUSH RAIL LAW PROGRAM - . By. Associated Press ; WASHINGTdN, Jan. 4. Denial of leaned guaranty section of the transportation act and to restore state control over" intrastate rates was obtained from farm organization leaders at a conference; here with representatives of the railroads and of coal, steel and lumber interests, was made today by W. I. Drummor.d. . of Kansas City, chairman of the board of governors of the International Farm Congress. Mr! Drummond, who attended the conference Dec. 9, which was termed a "secret" meeting in a statement by Senator LaFollette, declared the session was not a secret one and that the agricultural representatives held out uncompromisingly . for repeal of the guaranty clause in the transportation act . and that the railroad executives agreed not to oppose its repeal. . What They Agreed Upon The railroad executives also agreed, according to Mr. Drutnmond's statement, "to the vesting of regulatory powers in -the state "railway commission which the Es.ch-Curamins measure does not provide," while the farm representatives agreed not to join "in the effort to transfer the control over Intrastate rates from . the interstate commerce commission to the state railway commissions at this time." The , object of the conferences, as far as the farm organization leaders were concerned, he said, was "to ob tain quickly the greatest possible re ductlon in freight rates and "to cause the correction of any condition or practice unfair to . agriculture by peaceable effort, where possible." The railroad officials, he added, contended the 10 per cent rate reduction already made on agricultural products was more than they could stand under present conditions and thev sought co ! operation in "effecting such reduc tions in railroad expenses as would justify" this increase and permit still further reductions. SIX DEATHS RESULT FROM BELFAST RIOTS (By Associated Press) BELFAST, Jan. 4. Six deaths have resulted from the present series of disorders In' Belfast, one of the fatalities being that of a child who was shot while in its mother's arms. Firine continued last nitrht ftio! ftnroost holnir 5t tV, V,!,' o t wnicn comes unaer tne o clock curfew, law. A heavy snow and frost did not deter the rioters. In the Sinn Fein's Garrick hill district late yesterday police arrested two men who fired on them. One had a rifle and the other a number of bombs. ELLIOTT NOMINATED DISTRICT ATTORNEY (By Associated Press)

DE VALERA TO URGE AMITY TREATYMADE New Version of His Amendment Distributed to Mem

bers of Dail Eireann To! Make Public Proposal: ? HALF EXPRESS VIEWS DUBLIN, Jan. 4. Announcement was made during this afternoon's session of the Dail Eireann that Eamonn De Valera would make public his alternative proposal for a substitute of the Anglo-Irish treaty which is under consideration at the close of the afternoon session. On the re-assembly of the Dail today the new version of Eamonn De Valera's treaty of amity between Ireland and the governments of Great Britain and the other, states of the British commonwealth was distributed. The amendment provides: "That inasmuch as the articles of agreement for a treaty between Great Britain and Ireland, signed at London, December 6, 1921, do not reconcile Irish national aspirations and the association of Ireland with the community of nations known as the British commonwealth, and cannot be the basis of a lasting peace between the Irish and British peoples. Question Is Raised "The Dail Eireann, in the name of the sovereign Irish nation, makes to the government of Great Britain, to the governments of the other states in the j British commonwealth, and to the peopies or ureai untain ana or tnese sev eral states, the following proposal for a treaty of amity and association which I iue uau jiiireann is convincea couia oe entered into by the Irish people with the sincerity of god will." Mr. De Valera, after sharp exchange with Arthur Griffith and Michael Col lins over the much mooted "document move his alternative proposals as an amendment to the Griffith motion for ratification of the treaty. The question was raised -vhether Mr. De Valera, under the rules of the debate, would be permitted to make an other speech. Half Express Views When the Dail Eireann reassembled today 59 of its members nearly half had expressed . their views on the Irish peace treaty. Between private and public sittings the Dail thus far Ins devoted nine days to debate. ..-Although the list of speakers Is still far from exhausted, it is apparent that every argument has been brought forward and it is believed that henceforth the speeches will be short. T-ope for a division tomorrow or Friday at the latest, was freely expressed today. The newspapers continue to speculate on the size of the majority for the treaty. The political correspondent of the Irish Independent says that one prominent opponent of the (Continued on Page Twelve) LIGHT PLANT,' CITY HALL BOOKS IN GOOD SHAPE, SAYS AUDITOR G. R. King, member of the state board of accounts, who is auditing the books of the city and county for the years 1920 and 1921, said Wednesday, that books of both the light plant and the city hall were in excellent condition, and the task of auditing so far had been an easy one. The work of looking over city hall accounts has been temporarily suspended 'due -to the need for auditing the books of Dan Medearis, late trustee for Center township. This work is now under way, after which the auditors will move to Easthaven for a few days. "It is impossible to say at this time, just when the city hall accounts will be completed by us," said Mr. King Wednesday. "We are waiting on the closing of the 1921 books there now. The superintendent of the light plant I had" complete control of the books for the plant, and bills checked out for 1921 must be in before the books are (Continued on Page Twelve.) Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST Rain followed by occasional snow squalls this afternoon or tonight; cold wave tonight and Thursday. Partly cloudy and fair at intervals Thursday. Under the influence of the Rocky Mountain storm which now prevails over this district, southerly winds will shift to strong north or northwest and a cold wave will sweep down on Richmond from southern Canada. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Rain this afternoon and tonight; much colder tonight; Thursday fair and colder; cold wave. Temperatures for Yesterday Maximum 44 Minimum 34 i Today Weather Conditions The Rock Mountain storm is now causing general rains from Lake Michigan southward, which are turning to snow over the western lake region. It was considerably below, zero over the northern states this morning. Summer weather covers the southern states, with temperatures as high as 76 degrees in several places. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,617

Miami Girl Wins Recognition as Prize Beauty

Miss Mildred Ellett.

The holidays were made doubly merry for Miss Mildred Ellett, twenty-year-old stenographer of Miami, Fla. She was awarded a $1,000 prize for winnine a contest held by a Miami paper to find the Drettiest eirl on south-

eastern Florida. So popular was the amount in gift3 and one of the banks HIVO 10 HftinCPinCn ff O IU UriULUIULU ABOUT ACCEPTANCE -OF MOVIE POSITION (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 Postmaster General Hays said today he had not yet decided whether to leave the cabibeen offered in the motion picture , dustry and was not likely to make UIUIU tt A lulu luC iJtAl.t UHJ vJ. As matters now stand, it is said by some of the ' postmaster general s friends, he is not inclined to sever his connection with the administration de-

spite the unusual salary that would be! an increase in its membership to 460 carried by the position tendered him: I wnile previously a measure passed by He has not yet discussed the subject !v ... , , ' at any length with President Harding, ihouse Provided for re-apportionment and does not intend to act until thewithout increase in membership was wishes of his chief are fully under-j permited to die in the senate. stood. Predicting that congress would be To Hold Open Mind Iki a' ,u , . , Details of the offer made by the mo- able to md up this session by June 1,

i tion picture people are to be discussed

by them with Mr. Hays Jan. 14, and!nouse lo Pass tne Dyer anti-lynching he has told his associates in official j bil1 in tne very near future. life here that he intends to hold anj ' open mind until after that confer 1 1 fill I II JO ITTflDMCVO ence. He is also said to have assured j If flUlfi All O A I I UllllL I O

s?rrshyt',dl,Mov"t,'i until yesterday, tne postmaster general, who has been away from Washington resting, had not mentioned the offer to Mr. Harding. The two had luncheon together'at the White House yesterday, however, and Mr. Hays is said to have told the executive that the proposition looked too attractive to dismiss without consideration. ReJ gret that there might be any prospect I of losing his postmaster general was j understood to have been expressed by of losing his postmaster general was Air. Harding, put tne subject wa3 dropped, with the understanding that no resignation was imminent. M'NALLY; STAUBACH GIVEN NEW DUTIES IN POLICE DEPARTMENT Resignations of every member of the police department will be in the hands of the board of nolice commas - j sioners by 6 o'clock Wednesday even ing. The resignations will be acted upon by the board at a meeting to be held at 7:30 o'clock, Superintendent William Eversman said Wednesday. . Arrangements for the new force provide that Edward McNally and George Staubach, former desk sergeant, be retained. Isaac Burns, president of the board, said Wednesday that Mc-j Nally would have charge of records in the office and would handle emergency calls during the daytime, while Staubach would serve in a similar capacity at night. William Longman and Henry Wierhake were appointed first and second sergeants when the new adroinistra tion took office. Longman will serve in the daytime and Wierhake at night. Both day and night patrol drivers will be provided in place of the one patrol driver who now serves continuously, Mr. Burns said. ALLEGED YEGG SHOT; COMPANION TAKEN (By Associated Press) ' INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 4. Rudolph Schonfield, shot after it is alleged Ezo Clevenger and he had held up and robbed the Waverly, Ind., bank of $1,500 yesterday, has an even chance for recovery, it was said at the hospital Where he is confined here. The young man was shot in the abdomen while trying to escape the authorities after the automobile in which he was riding broke down. Clevenger also ran, but finally surrendered without a struggle. Schonfield's mother lives at Wabash. The young man is 21 year3 old. Clevenger, who is 23, lives at Muncie. j

selection that merchants doubled the started an account for her.

RE-APPORTIONMENT OF HOUSE SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED, MONDELL (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan, 4. Re-apportionment of the house membership under the 1920 census should be author-

in-iized congress before the close of

altne present session Representative Mondell, Republican, leader declared in a statement issued today. The house at the last session killed a re-apportionment bill providing for i Mr- Mondell said he expected the CLAIM ACCUSATION IS DUPLICATION OF CHARGE A motion questioning the legal sufficiency of the accusation against Sheriff Carl Wadman, will be filed by Robbins, Reller and Robbins, attorneys for the sheriff, when the case comes up . Rnr,nr f rne?cvin Thv morning, in Wayne circuit court. The motion will ask division of the accusation into more than one paragraph, the form in which it left the hands of the grand jurors. Should the motion be sustained by Judge Springer and the accusation found illegal, it would be thrown out of court, an attorney said, who was asked what effect such a ruling would have. Asks for Revision The defense in its motion for revi sion of the accusation will claim that. ( the accusation is "bad for duplicity" j in that two offenses are charged in one ! complaint. The complaint as filed by the grand jury in December, charged that Sheriff Wadman "voluntarily, carelessly and negligently" allowed the escape of William Coleman. Attorneys for the defense will argue (Continued on Page Twelve.) ' ATTLESHIP COLLIDES WITH BRITISH VESSEL (By Associated Press) 2SI, '. Jan- ,4TThe ?at,UeshlD North Dakota reported by wireless today that she had been in collision with the British schooner T. K. Bentley off Cape Cod last night. The battleship ! turned back to the navy yard here ror repairs. The schooner was said to be in need of immediate assistance and the naval tug Mohave wa3 sent out from here. No one .was injured. The battleship's shutters and elevator were damaged. Captain Trench reported the North Dakota was making four knots on her return to the navy yard, which she had left yesterday for winter maneuvers off Guantanamo. The schooner's damage was' reported ; as largely loss of head gear. The T. ! K. BentleV. Cantain P.crrv ir, r.nm. , " I' - V J AA IfUlU" mand, was last reported at St. George, jn. a., Dound for Norwalk, Conn. She registers about 500 tons. Children Barn to Death When Still Explodes (By Associated Press) CAIRO, 111., Jan. 4. Marie Hogan, 17, and Gladys Hogan, 9, sisters, were burned to death today in a fire which police attributed to the explosion of a still. The home of Dennis Hogan, the father, was destroyed. A still and several jugs of moonshine were found in the ruins. Hogan, hia wife and three small children escaped.

NAVAL REPORT OF EXPERTS IS NEARIYJEADY Agreement of Sub-Committee on Chinese Tariff of 5 Per Cent Also Outstanding Development. to defineTiethods (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Pratlcal completion' of the report to be submitted by the committee of naval experts to the naval committee of the armament conference and agreement of the sub-commitee on Chinese tariff on a five percent effective basis were two important developments today in the conference situation. The naval commitee may be called to meet this afternoon or tomorrow it is said, to receive the reports of the experts which will embody precise definition of the replacement schedules as well as the exact method of scrapping ships which are to bo eliminated from the navies of the signatory powers.

j While the rate aereed nnnn hv th sub-committee on Chinese tariff is the same as that provided in existing treaties the fixing of five percent as the effective rate is expected to result in a clear increase of approximately one and one-half percent to the Chinese government, adverse exchange having reduced the existing tariff to about 34 per cent. ' Important Step , An important step toward agreement by the powers on the American proposal to prohibit use of submarines against merchant vessels was seen today in the proposal's acceptance in principle, by the French delegation subject to a discussion of the precise language of the declaration. Although acceptances still are awaited from the governments of Japan and Italy, there was indication that neither of these powers would interpose serious objection if the proposal received the full approval . of France, and it was believed the delegations possibly would be prepared to resume discussion of the matter today at a meeting of the full naval cammittee of the conference. The exact nature of the reservations attached to the French acceptance, as communicated to Secretary Hughes by Ambassador Jusserand late yesterday, had not been "revealed, but it was believed they might concern stipulations to govern the conduct of merchantmen under immunity from submarine attack, such as whether they are to be permitted to arm or run down.submersible8 and whether it is to be permissible to disguise warships as commercial craft. That phase ol the question if raised probably would develop other ramifications and might result in an interesting and many-sided discussion. Balfour Amendment The French acceptance in principle also embraces the Balfour amendment under which the banning of submarine operations against merchantmen would become effective immediately as between the five powers and the additional Root declaration defining as an act of piracy the violation hy a submarine commander of the rules ot international law. Hopes for an early wind-up of the far eastern negotiations when they aro resumed, probably next week, also appeared to have been strengthened today by developments in connection with the Shantung issue. Definite results were expected in many quarters from the action of the Chinese delegates in personally approaching Secretary Hughes and Arthur J. Balfour, respective heads of the American and British delegations, in a move to break their deadlock with the Japanese on the Shantung question and to secure more direct employment of th preferred "good offices" of those officials. Repudiated Document Another repudiated document ha been added today to the list of thoso made public by the special delegation here from the Far Eastern republic as relating to Japanese and French policy in Siberia. Copies of an alleged treaty between the Japanese army in Siberia and Ru sian officers connected with Ataman Semienoff, the anti-bolshevik leader, whereby the Japanese agreed to support with arms and money an offensive against the army of the Far Eastern republic, were published by tho delegation yesterday and were at once denounced by Admiral Baron Kato, senior Japanese delegate, as "absolutely false. i Briand and M. Loucheur, at the head of the French delegation to the allied supreme council, arrived here today and received an enthusiastic welcome. M. Briand proceeded to the Carlton hotel and probably will hold the first of his series of preliminary conversations with the British prime minister, Mr. Lloyd George, this afternoon. Marquis Curzon, British secretary of state for foreign affair3, al3o arrived today. The delegates wero greeted by a mild snowstorm. RICH CINCINNATI FOUND DEAD IN HOME CINCINNATI, Jan. 4. Leopold Burckhardt. a wealthy citizen of this city, was four 1 dead today in his apartment. His skull was fractured and there was a hole above his right ear. - Coroner D. C. Handley believes that Mr. 'Burckhardt was struck down as he does not believe that the injuries could have been caused by a fall. The janitor of the building discovered the body and reported to the police that Burckhardt had considerable money in his possession last night. ' Burckhardt had lived in comparative seclusion for years. Detectives are working on the theory of murder.