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VOL. XCII., No. 12 BOTH PARTIES TO LOOK BACK IN CAMPAIGN Republicans to Turn Again to Alleged Democratic Extravagance in War Management. BRYAN DEFINITELY OUT Br M.RK SILIJVAV WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. Late one winter afternoon recently, Bryan visiting a private house in Washington, rceived from an elderly southern lady, a compliment about his political past, coupled with a friendly wish about his political future. Bryan, with the broadest and most gracious smile in his armory of personal attractiveness, took his well wisher aside and said: "Madam, consider this: Right now down here in the White House we have a Republican president conducting a conference whose busisess Is to carry out my policy of disarmament and Mr. Wilson's policy of international cooperation. Over in the house you have just seen a Republican congress appropriate more money for the enforcement of prohibition than was ever appropriated before, and just recently you have seen a Republican senate adopt the Democrat program of high surtaxes on large Incomes. Madam," Bryan concluded, "when things are going so well with Democrat policies why should we worry about the offices?" Origin Doubtful This expression of philosophic resignation about his personal fortunes may have come from Bryan's heart, or it may merely have been its parlor manner. A good many persons, who argue from the known laws of human nature, smile skeptically when anyone speaks of Bryan as having foresworn ambition. They say that no one can! nave thrown himself as Bryan has into public life for 30 years without becoming what such an experience make of any man. They declare that if Bryan saw the opening for another period of personal leadership of the Democratic party he would be drawn into it with the swift momentum of an unconscious act of nature. The persons who ay this includes many who compose the present leadership of the Democratic party. Within the field of political gossip there is . nothing more common than to be drawn aside and told with an air of cryptic meaning, 'Watch Bryan." Regarded as Advisor Nevertheless, in cold fact, the thing Is hardly possible. There is a world of Democratic voters and of smaller local leaders who love Bryan, but so far as political availability is concerned they regard him like an elderly country uncle who comes to town in his black alpaca coat and invokes the blessing at meals and leads the family in prayers. They pay him reverence for his years and his position, they listen respectfully to his quotations from the prophets, they pay him every deference of affection but when it comes to managing their political affairs, they elbow him into the chimney corner. Also, these same present leaders of the Democratic party have no notion of sharing Bryan's philosophic calm about the offices. On the contrary, they are going energetically to work to acquire the largest possible number of offices during the present year. They think the tide has turned and ia running strongly in their direction. Present Statistics They give you statistics showing that in Indiana recently 46 out of 74 towns went Democratic in local elections, and that in several other states, especially Connecticut, the result were similarly hopeful from their point of view. For these developments, they show no specific reasons, but assign merely a state of general discontent with the Republican management of things. And when you ask the Democratic leaders just what they rely on to carry the coming Senatorial and congressional election they admit they have no clear specific issues. The greatest thing we have had to a formal declaration of Democratic national policy is in two speeches recently made by the new Democratic national chairman, Cordell Hull. In those two speeches, there was little in the nature of a clear definition of issues. Campaign Issues As It happens, I have been at some pains to familarize myself with the plans of both the Democratic and Republican party managemnts for the coming campaign, and it turns out that both parties exnect to noint backward The Republicans are going to rehearse j all they have already said about the Democratic management of the war, and make a. plea in the nature of confession and avoidance to the effect what time has been too short for them to cure the economic chaos in which they claim the Democrats left the country. Vivid and elaborate portrayal of alleged Democratic extravangance in

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uie aner enecis oi mat management, : is o xorni uie uuih. oi uie KepuDiican , campaigning this year. It is "old Fluff." but in private conversations Hie Republicans say that circumstances compel them to rely on it. The Republicans know the times are liard and have little faith that they will be better before the elections come. To Accept Situation They are preparing to accept that condition as an unavoidable incident of the campaign and frankly ask the public for another lease of power to olve them time to make thiilgs better. Their real hope,' of course, is thar if 'hey tan manage to soneeze through the present year, thereafter hard times will come to an end soon enough to enable them to claim the credit for (Continued on Page Fourteen)

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Lady Mary Cambridge Lady Mary Cambridge, daughter of the Marquess of Cambridge, formerly the Duke of Teck, has been selected as one of the bridesmaids to attend Princess Mary of England when she becomes the bride of Lord Lascelles. Lady Mary is a first cousin of the princess, the marquess being a brother of Queen Mary.

$19,400 TREASURY SAVINGS CERTIFICATES SOLD IN RICHMOND, SAYS POSTMASTER BECK

That Richmond citizens are thrifty is shown by the sale of $19,400 worth I of United States treasury savings certincates by the local postoffice since Jan. 1, announced by Postmaster Charles B. Beck, Saturday. The Federal government, authorized an issue of treasury savings certificates about the middle of December in $23, $100 and $1,000 denominations, to sell at $20, $80 and $800, respectively, with a view to interesting the small investor. That the small investor was interested, and actively so, is shown by the fact that Friday, Jan. 13, was the biggest day for the sale of the certificates, although some had been sold DECLARES RAIL RATES CANNOT BE REDUCED UNTIL COSTS LOWER (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 Railroad rates cannot be reduced until there has been some modification of railroad wages and railroad labor agreements, President W. L. Mapother, of the Louisville and Nashville railroad testified today in concluding his appearance before the interstate co.mmerce commission investigation. Everybody desires a reduction, Mr. Mapother said, in transportation charges, even the railroad, but the operation cost must be brought down first if railroads are to survive. COUNCIL OF LEAGUE IS TRYING TO SETTLE FINN -SOVIET CLASH iv (By Associated Press) GENEVA, Jan. 14 The council of the league of nations today will attempt to settle the controversy between Finland and soviet Russia with regard to Eastern Karelia, where the course of the argument has been marked by several months of guerilla warfare. The Marquis Imperial! dl Francalution in answer to Finland's appeal tor mediation of the difficulty and this will form the basis of today's attempt at a settlement. In addition to this the council, In what it has desired in view of recent happenings will be its last sitting will deal with a number of questions of minor importance. Before adjournment the council will consider the reports of its snecial I health commission to Russia which declare that while there is not a single . i case of plague in European Russia, such diseases as typhus, malaria, dysentery and typhoid are rampant there. Four hundred thousand cases of twsingle month and the disease was spreading throughout Russia. The commission estimates that there have been more than 20,000,000 cases of typhus in years. Russia in the last three SPENCER, INVENTOR OF RIFLE, IS DEAD (By Associated Press HARTFORD. Conn., Jan. 14. Christopher Minor Spencer, inventor of the Spencer repeating rifle and of the first automatic screw machine, one of the best known American inventors, died at the home of his son, Rogc M. Spencer, here today. He was S8 years old.

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in December. All the certificates are dated Jan. 1. c-eruncai.es, win rise in price each month, until at the end of the five (Continued on Page Five) RELIEF WORKER OF RUSSIA TO DETAIL FAMINE SITUATION The committee in charge of the Russian Relief campaign in this county is expecting a large attendance at the public mass meeting to be held at the Reid Memorial church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock to hear Miss Lucy Branham on the conditions in Russia as she found them last autumn. This meeting marks the opening of the state campaign in Wayne county which is to be carried on under the leadership of a county committee headed by Alonzo M. Gardner as chairman, P. H. Slocum as secretary, and Alton Hale as treasurer. Miss Branham, who is. an instructor in economics at Columbia university, returned three or four weeks aeo from ; an extended tour throughout the Rus sian provinces. She went into that country during the early part of last year quite independently in order to study educational conditicii. The soviet officials said that the educational system is so chaotic and so much in the making that they were reluctant to have it reported upon as a complete system. They offered no obstacles, however, in the way of visiting schools and children's institutions of all kinds. After some weeks of study, the famine situation developed in the Volga provinces, and she went into the famine district, travelins down the olga, then over to the Ural moun tains, and thus had a splendid opportunity' to witness in detail the effects of the famine. Miss Branham is an active suffragist and a member of the Woman's party. Meeting for All Those in charge of the meeting on Sunday afternoon say that it is a meeting for everybody who is interested In hearing about the conditions fn unfortunate Russia. S. E. Nichol son, who Is state director of the cam 5?', ln In,dIa1na' under the general direction of the general committee. with headquarters in Indianapolis, said Saturday: s "There seems to be a great misunderstanding on the part of many people with reference to this Russian famine. Many have thought that it was due in some way to political con ditions and to the radicalism of the soviet government On thp contrary, the famine is the result of an intense L or. atn lntens? t ft??"ah i. i j kj j in rAlt III, with a population of more than 20,000,000 people who are dependent almost entirely upon the farm for a living there was only about two inches of rainfall last year, compared with a normal rainfall of 14 inches." "Not only do the people need food but as always, this famine has left in the wake of hunger, widespread disoase and death. When the feeding of cnndren began by the American Relief administration and the Friends Service committee, both committees reaching as many children' as the funds would allow, many of the older people who were not being fed and (Continued on Page Fourteen) Sioax City Landlords Cat Rentals 10 to 25 Per Cent SIOUX CITY, la., Jan. 14. Landlords of apartments and small homes yesterday announced rent reductions of 10 to 25 per -cent, effective on Jan. 15. .

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HAYS TO QUIT CABINET FOR PLACE Postmaster-General Will Re tire Shortly from Cabinet to ; Accept Offer of Distributors j Large Salary Reported. I PRESIDENT CONSENTS Rv Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Jan. 14-Annnnnr ment that Postmaster General Hay3 j will shortly retire from the cabinet was made at the White House today. After a 40-minute conference the president gave out the following statement. "The postmaster general and I'have been discussing at. considerable length i the proposal which has been made to mm to become the head of a national association of motion picture producers and distributors. If the arrangement proves to be. when details are worked out, what it seems, to be, I cannot well interpose any objections to Mr. Hays's retiring from the cabine to. take up a wor k so important. "It is too great an opportunity for a helpful public servant for him to refuse. I shall be more than sorry to have him retire from the cabinet, where he has already made so fine a record, but we have agreed to look upon the situation from the broadest viewpoint and seek the highest public good." Matter Left Open. j j ne postmaster general in discussing the matter informally said no date for his retirement had been decided ion, that matter being left. open, await ing his negotiations with the motion picture producers. Mr. Hays made this statement. vvnn uie presidents consent H nave decided to undertake the work suggested by the motion picture pro ducers ana distributors. No contract I nas Deen executed as yet. I am assuming, of course, that a satisfactory contract will be possible and one that will make certain the earning out of the high purposes contemplated by this great industry. Mr. Hays, in further discussine th ' proposition informally, expressed confidence that satisfactory arrangements cuuiu uc worsen out wnn motion pic;ture interests. He said that as soon i in New York, with representatives of the motion picture industry who have been negotiating for his services. Mr. Hays refused to discuss the salary which he would receive in hU new position, but it has been reported as upward of $150,000 a year. Discuss Successor Postmaster General Hays was said by his friend3, however, not to regard the salary as the controlling factor in his decision. While it was stated at the White House that the question of a successor to Mr. Hays had not been considered by the president and would not be until he had definitely made his decision, immediately there sprang forth numerous and varied reports. These include the name of Senator New, of Indiana, Mr. Hays' home state; Dr. Hubert Work, present first assistant postmaster general; Walter S. Dickey, Kansas City manufacturer, and Representative Steenerson,' Minnesota, chairman of the house postoffice committee. 1 KILLED, MANY HURT IN GAS EXPLOSION (By Associated Press) DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 14. One man was killed, one is missing and two others were injured in an explosion of gas in the blast furnace of the M. A. Hanna Steel plant at Zug Island, off Ecorse, a suburb, this morning. Property damage was small. COTTON CONSUMPTION. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Jan. 14. Cotton ; consumed during December amounted i to $511,800 bails of lint and 41,698 of ; j linters, compared with 295,292 of lint and 27,287 of linters consumed in December, a year ago, the census bureau announced today. Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST , Light snow tonight or Sunday but mostly fair; warmer tonight turning buiucr ciycatri ounudjr. The eastward movement of another storm along the Canadian border in dicates partly cloudy weather with conditions favorable for light snow but i mostly fair during the next 36 hours. Temperatures will moderate tonight but fall again Sunday when southerly winds shift to west. For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Generally fair tonight and Sunday; colder tonight and warmer Sunday; strong south winds shifting to west. Temperatures For Yesterday Maximum 24 Minimum 14 Today Noon 31 Weather Conditions Cold .weather now prevails east of the Mississippi river and from the Great Lakes south to the gulf. The following figures show low temperatures at the respective places: Raleigh, N. C, 20; Atlanta, a., 26; Vicksburg, Miss., 22; Jacksonville, Fla., 34;- Tampa, Fla., 38. At the same time it was very mild over Montana and western Canadian provinces. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,594

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Report Hays Will Draw Large Salary in Film Industry

Will H. Hays. WASHINGTON. Jan. 14 Postmaster-General Will H. Hays will resign his cabinet post soon to become head of an association of movie picture producers and distributors, it was announced today, providing present arrangements are carried out. It is reported that Hays will draw a salary of $150,000 upward, although he did not confirm the report.

HARDING LETTER URGES STATES CO-OPERATE FOR NATIONAL VICTORY MEMORIAL BUILDING

i By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jn. 14. Erection in Washington of the National Victory Memorial building, commemorating the American forces in the World war and complying with the wish of George Washington for a great educational institution here, is endorsed by President Harding in a letter to all state governors and the commissioners; of the District of Columbia urging official participation of the states in the i project. Replying to the letter from the president, the governors of New York, Maine and Delaware and the District commissioners already have indicated their desire to co-operate in the endorsement and;bring the matter to the DRAW UP CONTRACT COVERING FORD OFFER FOR NITRATE PLANT (Bv Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. Law officers of the war department were drawing up a contract form today for submission to congres the proposal of Henry Ford for purchase and lea?e of the government's nitrate and water power projects at Muscle Shoals, Ala., in accordance with the decision .of Secretary Weeks to put the question of acceptance or rejection of the offeup to the legislative branch of the government. This decision was r nounced by Secretary Weeks late yesterday, following his conference with Mr. Ford, and it was said that with the latter's offer there would be referred to congress also the two proposals from Frederick Engstrum, of Wilmington, N. C, and C. C. Tinkler, of San Francisco. , It was expected to require two weeks to get the Ford proposal in shape for this. Secretary Weeks stated that he would reserve any comment on the Ford offer for the report which he will send to congress along with It, and said the only modification Mr. Ford agreed to yesterday was that guaran teeing payment of four per cent interest on the construction cost of dams ?os. 2 and 3, regardless of cost, whereas he originally offered interest only on $28,000,000. GROTTENDICK FUNERAL lf If HMO A V 4 TTITJ 110011 lYlUltUAl Al I LnNUUN Funeral services for Howard Grottendick will be conducted from the home, 407 South Fifteenth street. Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, and will be private. The Elks' lodge will meet at the club house Sunday evening at 7:001 o'clock to proceed to the home of Mr. Grottendick. All members were urged to be present to leave promptly at that hour, by officers today. Webb lodge of Masons, of which Mr. Grottendick also was a member, will meet at the Masonic club rooms at 7 p. m., Sunday, to go to the home of Mr. Grottendick. 7 INSANE PERSONS IN MADISON JAIL (Ey Associated Press) ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 14. Seven insane persons are confined in the Madison county jail, it was disclosed in an investigation which followed information given Governor McCray that a feeble minded man had been in the jail for five years. Judge Kittenger will notify Gover nor McCray that the sheriff and clerk

or Maaison county report officials of leader, has been murdered, says an the insane hospitals, having rejected ! Exchange Telegraph agency dispatch applications for admission to these in- from Constantinople todav, quoting a sane prisoners, are responsible for , report from Angora, the Turkish Natheir long confinement here. . Itionalist capital.

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attention of the citizens of their states. In his letter to the governors, under date of Jan. 0, President Harding said: "I am writing you to enlist your in(Continuea on Page Twelve.) IRISH PACT RATIFIED BY SOUTH IRELAND; SET UP GOVERNMENT (By Associated Press) DUBLIN, Jan. 14. The Anglo-Irish treaty creating the Irish Free' State was unanimously ratified today by the South Ireland parliament. Eamon DeValera and his supporters who opposed the treaty in the Dail Eireann were absent. A provisional government was constituted comprising Michael Collins, William Cosgrave, Eamon J. Duggan, P. J. Hogan, Finian, Lynch, Joseph McGralh, Prof. John MacNeill and Bryan O'Higgins. The parliament met under clauses 17 and 18 of the Anglo-Irish treaty, ,wnich made the members of the toutnern lnsn parliament elected under the government of Ireland act of 1920 the body which should ratify the treaty and take measures for constituting a provisional government. Advocates Attend The meeting was held in the oak room of the mansion house. The entire list of 12S members, including the four Unionists elected for Trinity college, had been summoned, but only those who favored the treaty attended. The agenda contained a resolution calling for ratification of the treaty and further resolutions appointing eight ministers to comprise the provisional governing body. The list, which was duly ratified by the meeting. Is identical with the list of the ministers in the Dail Eireann, with the addition of Professor John MacNeill. speaker of the Dail, and Finian Lynch, who was one of the secretaries of tbe London delegation. CALL OFF STRIKE AGAINST PACKERS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 14. Termination of a strike against six local meat packing firms allied with the big wentern packers, was announced today by Pendleton Dudley, eastern director of the institute of meat packers, who said he had received a communication announcing the calling off of the strike from John Kenned', president of the American Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's union. LEWIS IS UPHELD IN HOWAT REMOVAL (By Associated Press) KANSAS CITY, Jan. 14. President Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America was upheld in his action ia removing Alexander Howat as president of Distrist 14, when Judge Samuel A. Dew, of Jackson circuit court, today refused to make permanent a temporary restraining order, grafted Howat and his associates, early in December. REPORT SAYS TURKISH LEADER MURDERED (By Associated Press) LONDON,. Jan. 14. Mustapha Kemal rasna, the Turkish Nationalist

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JAPAN GIVES CHINA RULE OF TERRITORY! Agreement to Become Effective When Settlement Reached on Entire Shantung Controversy. ALL TURNTAR EAST (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. H.--Japaa through her arms conference delegation agreed today to transfer to China the administration of the released territory of Kiachow in Shantung province. The agreement, becomes effective when a complete settlement is reached on the entire Shantung controversy now before the Chinese and Japanese delegates. The Japanese also agreed today to hand over to the Chinese government all documents necessary for the administration of the leasehold when the transfer is effected. . Virtual completion of the naval treaty found the arms delegates today concentrating attention more ana more on the problems yet to be disposed of in the far eastern negotiations with settlement of the Shantung issue now viewed in many quarters as almost indespensable to the readjustment program undertaken there. Given Right of Way Consequently that problem not only apparently had been given the right of way, with another meeting of the Japanese and Chinese delegates the only item on the conference program today, but was expected henceforth to be ihe subject of the active interest and study of all the governments represented here in the effort to brins it to a final solution. It was the general view among the delegates that this would materially facilitate disposition of all remaining issues when the -far eastern discussions were resumed. Details Remain Agreement having been reached by the "big five" regarding the disposition of proscribed warships there remained to be settled todav in eomnlptintr tlm naval treaty onlv a few relatively- nn. I important details and the status quo I arrangement regarding Pacific fortifications, the latter awaiting a reply cxjpected hourly from Tokio. The comj pleted treaty was expected to be ready ior an executive session of the full naval committee early next week. The scrapping provisions agreed to are understood to authorize the United States and Japan to change into aircraft carriers some of the uncompleted batleships originally slated for the scrap heap, while France and Italy would be permitted to convert into training ships the dreadnoughts which, under the agreement, become absolete in 1931. VIVIANI DECLINES POINCARE'S OFFER OF CABINET POST BULLETIN PARIS, Jan. 14 Raymond Toincare, premier designate of France, conferred for an hour and a half with Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain, at the British embassy this afternoon. The two statesmen met in the strictest secrecy. Guards barred the entrance to the embassy while the conference was in progress. (By Associated Press) PARIS. Jan. 14. M. Poincare in his task of forming a French cabinet to succeed the Briand ministry, asked former President Viviani to accept the post of minister of justice with the vice presidency of the cabinet, but herefused the portfolio, it was officially announced. Poincare gives his views on the Cannes conference in today's Revue Des Deux Mondes. While not an absolute opponent of commercial relations with Russia, M Poincare does not approve of giving them "the solemn consecration of a conference to which the chiefs of all European governments are summoned, those of Russia and Germany in the front rank." He continued: "Wilson was called an idealist and , a dreamer. The covenant of the league of nations, however defective, expressed at least some precise idea"? and, in fact, despite the regrettable defection of the United States, that institution has not failed to render service. But with the Genoa conference we plunge into the unknown." Reparations Policy With regard to reparations he writes: "It is much less important for us to receive tomorrow two or three hundred millions more than to assure for ourselves tomorrow and later maintaining the total of our dbt and the right to enforce Its payment." M. Poincare favors the FrancoBritish pact, but on terms of absolute equality. "Before contracting that union, otherwise most desirable" he says "it would be well to nrocee1 j in 1904 to a general liquidation of the aitiicuities outstanding in the FrancoEnglish alliance. It is indispensable that the voice of France be able to speak as freely as that of England." (An Anglo-French agreement disposing of outstanding questions between the two countries, notably with regard to their rights in New Foundland, Egypt and Morocco, was signed April 8. 1904.) Small, Cartis Ask Parts of Bill Stricken Out (By Associated Press) ' WAUKEGAN. 111., Jan. 14. Attorneys for Governor Small and Vernon Curtis, charged with conspiracy to embezzle state funds, today asked Judge Edwards to strike out parts of th state bill of particulars, as irrelerant and scandalous. .