Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 19, 23 January 1922 — Page 1

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VOL. XCII., No. 19 Palladium. Kst. 1S31. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram, 1907. RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 23, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

GOVERNMENT

SYMPATHETIC, FARMERS TOLD President Suggests Co-operative Loaning, Buying and

Selling Associations and Development Water Resources 300 attWsession

(By Associated Tress) WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. Attended by approximately 300 delegates representing agriculture in all its phases and the industries relating to farming the agricultural national conference was convened here today by Secretary Wallace and immediately heard from

President Harding a declaration of interest and sympathy by the administration in the present plight of the nation's farmers together with a series of suggestions for remedying existing conditions. The president in his address, touching upon the agricultural situation in detail, but without attempting to die- ' tate the courts of conference discusbtf sions outlined a half dozen broad ques'ions to the consideration of which the conference might well give its attention. These briefly included: Development of a thorough code of law and business procedure with the proper machinery of finance, through some agency, to insure that turnover capital shall be as generously supplied to the farmer and on as reasonable terms as other industries; formation of co-operative loaning, buying, and selling as

sociations; creation of instrumentality

tor collection and distribution of useful and true information so as to prevent violent fluctuation of markets; practical development of the water resources of the country, both for transportation and power, including plants

lor electrification of the nation's railroads; methods for bringing about fur

ther reclamation, rehabilitation, and extension of the agricultural area; pro

motion of a new conception of the

farmers' place in the national social, and economic scheme. Waterway Project. Feasibility of the St. Lawrence-Grent

Lakes waterway project "is unquestioned," President Harding declared. "I have spoken," the president said, 'of the advantage which Europe enjoys ' because of its easy access to the sea, the cheapest and surest transporta tion facility.' In our own country is Presented one, of the world's most attractive opportunities for extension of the sea ways many hundreds of miles inland. The heart of the continent, with its vast resources in agricluture and industry will be brought in communication with all the ocean routes by the execution of the St. Lawrence waterway project. Th enable ocean

?oing vessels to have access to all the P ports of the Great Lakes would have r. most stimulating effect upon the industrial life of the continent's interior. "The feasibility of the project is unquestioned, and its costs compared with some other great engineering works would be small. Disorganized, prostrate, the nations of Central Europe are even now setting their hands to the development of a great continental waterway; which, connecting the 'Rhine and Danube, will bring water transportation brom the Black to the North sea, from Mediterranean to Baltic. If nationalistic prejudices and economic difficulties can be overcome by Europe they certainly should nut he formidable obstacles to an

achievement , less expensive and giving promise of yet greater advantage to the people of North America. Not onlv would the cost of transportation he "greatly reduced but a vast iopulytion would be brought overnight in immediate touch with the markets ot the entire world." 26 Women Attend. Delegates from all sections of the country, representing agriculture ami industries dependent on agriculture attended the opening session to consider

i lie present situation conlronting the farmer and l;iy down n permanent agricultural policy. Problems of financing, production, distribution and marketing constituted the broad division of the program to be considered during the first five days of the eon-tere.-ice allotted to study of every emergency relief measure. Of the delegates who accepted inviOtations to sit in the conference. 26 were women. Sixty odd of the deleeat ej represent allied industries dependent on aericulture and the rest

comprise "dirt" farmers, state agricul-1

tural officials, instructors in state agricultural colleges, and editors of farm papers. Wallace to Speak. After the opening address by President Harding alter the calling of the conference to order by Secretary Wallace, an address by the secretary was to follow outlining the. purposes of the conference and one by Chairman Anderson of the joint congressional commission of agricultural inquiry devoted to discussion of agricultural prices and the general situation. Five farmers from the leading agricultural regions of the United States were on the afternoon program to give Hie delegates a picture of the present agricultural situation and to suggest remedies. Then followed representatives of four of the big allied industries to describe the reaction on their business of agricultural conditions.

Scenes Surrounding Life and Death of Pope Benedict XV in Rome

Z..- Sm'ZY

JAPAN DENIES DESIGNS UPON RUSSIAN LAND

Temporary Ruler

Delegation Gives Assurance that Troops Will Be Withdrawn as Soon as Stable Government Established.

St. Peter 8 church and square at Rome, as seen from an airplane. To the right are shown the Vatican gardens the pope s outdoor promenade. Smaller pictures show hall at southern end of the Vatican (the hall was built by Pius VII in 1821). and Pope Benedict at his desk.

HOOSIER CONGRESSMEN PRESS BILL CREATING TWO FEDERAL JUDICIAL DISTRICTS IN INDIANA

PAM.Aim'M sews Bt'REAU fhim to hold court at home (IndianWASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Members I apolis) than to hold it elsewhere in

of the Indiana congressional delegation are pressing for consideration a bill introduced some time ago by one of the members of the delegation, Representative A. J. Hickey, for the creation of two federal judical districts within the state of Indiana. Although Indiana ranks tenth among the states in population it is the only one of the larger states which has only one federal judical district! For more than a quarter of a century all federal court business in the state has been transacted at Indianapolis. For a number of years this court has been presided over by Judge Anderson. Under existing law provision is

made for conducting terms of the fed

eral district court o Indiana at Ham

mond and Ft. Wayne, in the northern part of the state, and at New Albany

and Evansville, in the southern sec

tion, but as a matter of fact court is very rarely ifeld in those cities by

Judge Anderson.

"I suppose it is more convenient for

the state," remarked Representative Hickey in testifying in behalf of his bill before the house committee on judiciary. Court is Expensive. Speaking of Judge Anderson, Representative Hickey said that he was an able and capable jurist and that in holding his court continuously in In- ( Continued on Page Ten)

BOUNDARY AGREEMENT IN IRELAND THOUGHT TO BE HARBINGER OF PEACE

APPROVE PLACING . OFFICE OF MAYOR IN FIREMEN'S ROD

DEATH OF VISCOUNT BRYCE IS MOURNED; WAS WORLD FIGURE

(By Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 23 Cilivian and official England today mourned the death of Viscount Bryce of Dechmont, who passed awav at Sidmooth yesterday. Announcement of the death of the noted stateseman, author and diplomat was unexpected. Weakness of the heart intervened in his illness, and the end came suddenly.

Plans for the new office of Mayor Lawrence A. Handley, to be located at the head of the stairs on the second floor in the city building were approved by the board of works Monday morning. Workmen were to be started. Monday afternoon on the job of erecting a partition in the room that has been occupied by the city firemen. The building inspector, J. Edward Higgs, was instructed by the board to supervise the work. Information relating to the city street roller was presented to tJie

board by Dell B. Davis, city engineer, in accordance with a request of members of the city council at the last meeting, that the machine be placed under shelter. The engineer was instructed to continue his investigation of the cost of

BELFAST, Jan. 23. Great importance is not attached to statements issued by Michael Collins and Sir James Craig relative to their negotiations regarding a boundary between heretofore discordant sections of the island. The Northern Whig, a Unionist organ, while taking this view, admits it hopes the agreement is a harbinger of peace, and says that the lifting of the boycott of northern Ireland by the

Sinn Feiners will be a step in that

direction. "The bitterness engendered by the past three years will not disappear in

a day, the newspaper says, but it

DISCUSS CHINA POINTS

fBy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 A statement that Japan had no territorial designs in Russia and giving assurance that Japanese troops would be withdrawn as soon as a stable government should be established there, was made today by the Japanese delegation at a meeting of the Far Eastern committee.

The Japanese statement was presented by Baron Shidehara. After hearing his statement on Siberia, the

committee proceeded with the question of the status of existing commitments under points six and seven of the Chinese 10 points, submitted at the beginning of the conference. Full discussion was deferred, however, pending presentation by China of a full list, which she was asked by the committee to make. The Japanese disclaims of any Russian territorial ambitions were said to include Saghalien as well as other portions of Siberia. Chinese Army Cut. As one means of giving effect to its declaration last week in favor of re

duction of the Chinese army, the arms conference is considering another resolution looking to prohibition of the importation of arms into China. With the far eastern committee facing the final topic on the arms conference agenda today the problem of Sibera this week's sessions promised to advance the far eastern negotiations well toward conclusion, although

several of the postponed Chinese questions still remained to be finally disposed of. With no indication that the Japanese stand will be disputed ly any

of the other powers here, it was expected by most of the delegates that the Siberian situation would not lead

to a long discussion.

Meantime the Chinese and Japanese

delegates resumed their Shantung discussions today with prospects that it would require only two or three more

j

Cardinal Gasparri. Cardinal Gasparri will administer the Holy See until the new pope is chosen, says a dispatch from Rome today. He is the papal secretary of state.

FAR EAST NATIONS HOLD CONGRESS OF OPPRESSED PEOPLES

(By Associated Press) MOSCOW, Jan. 23. Delegates from Japan, China, Korea, Mongolia and the

far eastern republic of Siberia are here for the congress of oppressed far eastern peoples, which opened yes terday. Neither India nor the Islamic countries are represented. . ' The object of the conference wi'd be to bring -the peoples represented closer together independent of their rulers, according to Dr. Katayana, the Japanese socialist, who will be the best known personality in the conference, and who is active in arranging it. He declares that, while political in purpose, the conference will be non-partisan, and therefore with only

a minor Communist delegation. Dr. Katayana who spoke for Japan in the ninth all soviet congress, held in December, was recently in Nctv York and in Mexico for a number of

months, leaving America "in October. The Chinese delegate will be Kiang-

Kan-Hu, who has lived in the United

?tate Hp Vins hopn in Moscow for a

meetings to reduce the points of dif- j number of months, ference to a stage where a compro-j Tn original plan was to hold the mise on the Tsmgtao railroad issue ; conference at Irkutsk, but it was felt would bring the whole controversy to ! that as the raaill ODiect was to pro

mote propaganda, this end would be

an end.

Although the Pacific fortifications section of . the naval treaty still remained unsettled today, it was predicted by all the delegations that a final agreement would be worked out and without serious trouble. It appeared to be the prevailing opinion

best served by holding it here.

should be the earnest endeavor of ev- tnat tne treatv would be persented in eryone desirous of peace and good will j final form at a pienary session this to work toward such an end. Real week. peace is worth winning, and must be

won.

Commenting upon, the agreement th

Irish News says: The attempt to

dissect Ireland has failed, and wise; men who have recognized that fact arelaying the foundations of reunion. Thej agreement plainly has been framed toj

lead to better things, and should clarify the situation for all nationalists in the six counties of Ulster, it is their duty to devise a more suitable method of preserving and advancing their ma

terial interests tnan tne curiously in-i

effective method of doing nothing."

As a man of letters and a publicist,1 a new roller and the cost of repairing

Outside of his own country lie was best known in the United States,

where since the early eighties his in-

the old one, this information to be presented at another meeting. New Roller $5,0C0 A new roller would cost the city

terests had so largely centered that he J $3,000 and should be of the motor

was sometimes stjled an Lngush ' tvne. according to Mr. Davis.

GOVERNMENT ADVISES

STOCKING OF COAL

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. Secretary Hoover announced today that the government had been advising the stocking of coal in preparation for a prospective strike on April 1. and that tlw Interstate Commerce commission had sent letters to industries and utilitv companies advising them to take the tuima Stet).

)ankee. One remarkable thing re

peatedly said of him was that he knew America better than most Americans. His work "The American Commonwealth'" has teen a standard text book in the schools of the United States for the past generation providing the spectacle of a foreigner instructing Americans in the workings and structure of their own life and

laws, as DeTocqueville had done to some extent years previously in his "Democracy in America." Mr. Bryce practiced law in Indon for 15 years, and for 23 years was honored with the regius professorship of civil law at Oxford, the oldest chair in Europe, dating from 1546.

The roller now owned by the city

can be put in shape for approximately $288, It was reported. It has cost the clly about $100 per year for repairs since It was purchased in 1919, at a cost of $2,500. The roller was second

hand when purchased. One reason for the condition of the

BOLSHEVIKl CLAIMS

FOR REPARATIONS TO "STAGGER IMAGINATION

(Ky Associated Press) MOSCOW, Jan. 23. Bolshevik delegates to the Genoa conference will present reparation claims there against various European powers and the United States. If these claims are made in terms of Bolshevik ruble?.

DUBLIN, Jan. 23. Satisfaction with the agreement reached between Mich

ael Collins and Sir James Craig, the mew names for large amounts may be

premier of Ulster, relative to the ; necessary, for the familiar terms ol

CAN'T SUBORDINATE STARS AND STRIPES, WOOD TELLS NATIVES

the decimal svstem will not cover the

staggering sums claimed by this country, which issues single bills for one hundred million rubles, and discusses deficits of trillions of rubles as mere

TO ASK IF ACTION IS PLANNED AGAINST I.H.C. CORPORATIONS

(By Associated Presp)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Senator

Norris, Republican, Nebraska, introduced in the senate today a resolution directing the attorney general to inform the senate whether the department of justice contemplates any separate action against the International Harvester company for the purpose of effectively restoring competitive conditions between the various corporations making up that concern. Objection was made to immediate action, and Senator Norris announced ho would seek action tomorrow.

boundary between north and south Ire land, was expressed today by the Dub

lin independent. "It. is a great and decided advance toward Irish union," the newspaper

declared "and this advance is all the j bagatelles. greater because an agreement was Leonid Krassin, Maxim Litvinoff, N. scarcely hoped for at this early stage ; Eakow sky and scores of other Comof the negotiations. Since so muchimunist leaders probably will go to has been' accomplished is it too much ! Genoa and juggle figures with the to hor that greater and more vital same indifference that a professional agreements will follow future confer-! strong man shows while toting weights

about a stage. The Versailles conference mustered no such brigades of experts as the

Moscow government called into service months ago and has been training for Communist attack upon capital istic fortunes at Genoa. Every po3sible brand of political, social, historical and economic experts has been drafted and Russia has a variety of them which has never been dreamed of by the western world.

Debts As Nothing

ences :

Weather Forecast

THRONGS VIEW BODY OF POPE; LIES INJTATE Pass Reverently Before Catafalque Carried from Sistine Chapel in Solemn Procession to St. Peter's. electionIebruary 2

t (By Associated Pres?) I ROME, Jan. 23 In the basilica of St. Peter's historic church of his faith, the body of Pope Benedict XV lay in state today while vat throngs passed reverently before the catafalque, j Early in the day all that w as mortal of the late .pontiff, whose death in the

early hours of Sunday plunged tho church throughout the world into deepest mourning, was taken to tho Sistine chapel from the throne room of the Vatican, where it had been placed on Sunday shortly after hi death. Then at 9:43 o'clock it wai solemnly carried to St. Peter's, attended by a solemn procession of cardinals, priests, members of the diplomatic corps and dignitaries of th-? Vatican, and pl?.ced on the catafa'que, surrounded by Votive candles. - Word wps given that the public of Rome would be admitted to St. Peter's up to 11 o'clock and immense crowds immediately began entering the vast

edifice and filing by the body. Robed in White. The body is rol - in white with stole and chasuble t. red, embroidered with gold. The head, wearing the pontifical mitre, reposes upon cushions of red and gold velvet. The hand, wearing the pontifical gloves of purple silk holding the rosary, are clasped over the breast. The body, as it was solemnly brought into St. Peters' was borne upon a red covered bier by ushers, clad in medieval costumes of scarlet. The procession was headed by the gendarmerie of the Vatican, the pontifical police, with their elaborate uniforms of blue and white, walking with drawn swords. Following them were the

palatine guards, in dark blue uniforms and plumes of black feathers standing erect. Elect February 2 , The meeting of the Sacred College in conclave to elect a successor to the late Pope Benedict will open Feb. 1 or 2, it. was stated today. Cardinals Mom, LaFontaine and Ratti. of Pisa, Venice and Milan, respectively, are the most prominently . mentioned in Vatican circles as the most likely candidates for the position as successor to Pope Benedict XV. In these circles Cardinal Moffi is apparently a pronounced favorite even of those three prelates. Register Certificate The certificate of Pope Benedict's death was registered at the city's bureau of death today. It reads: "The undersigned physician hereby states that at G o'clock a. m., Jan. 22, His Holiness Pope Benedict. XV, Ciacomo della Chiesa, expired following an attack of bronchial pneumonia brought on by influenza. Signed Dr. Baffaele Battistini."

For many hours Sunday to the room where the pontiff had made his fight for life came a continuous stream of officials, the representatives of foreign nations, high prelates and others. Then, later in the afternoon in gorgeous procession, composed of palatine guards, gendarms. the Swiss guard, secret chamberlains and honorary chamberlains, the body was solemnly transported down the royal staircase, through Clementine hall into the throne room, vhere it was placed on a raised catafalque, before which the whole diplomatic corps paid reverence. The sacristan Zampini gave absolution and the cardinals sprinkled holy water, while the penitentiaries unceasingly chanted prayers, answered by the kneeling onlookers. Immedi

ately afterward the doors were opened to the multitudes desirous of looking for the last time on the pontiff.

Convene Sunday

MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST. Increasing cloudiness late toniqr.t

and Tuesday, becomming unsettled. i The slow eastward movement of the

machine at present is that it has been cold wave will be followed by increasused on scarifying work almost eon- ins cloudiness, either Monday night or tinuously during the past summer. (Tuesday, probably followed by snow. The city engineer was instructed toi prepare charts showing the amount of j For Indiana, by the United States money on hand in the city and light! Weather Bureau Generally cloudy toplant general funds, that the board j night and Tuesday; slightly colder in

(By Associated Press)

MANILA. Jan. 23. The American

and Filipino flags must be accorded

the same respect but any attempt to subordinate the American flag to any other borders on treason. Gov. Gen. Wood today wrote to a number of sultans, datus and constabulary officers in Sulu and Mindanac. The gover

nor's letter was occasioned by information from constabulary officers in those provinces that some Moros have manifested opposition to the use and display of the Filipinos flag. Governor Wood wrote: ' "The United States flag represents the sovereign authority in the Philippines and any attempt to subordinate It to any other borders closely on treason. The Filipino flag represents Christian Filipinos, Mohammedan Filipinos and Pagan Filipinos equally and

impartially and must be honored ac-i cordingly. I America Supreme

"Concerning the relative value or, The sacred congregation convened

the American and Filipinos I feel sure j Sunday morning when the cardinals

you have untrutnruuy interpreted i were lntormea ot tne pope s death, words by your government officials, j with the exception of Cardinal Gasbecause they knew very well the posi-i parri, the papal secretary of state, tion of the two flags. The American J they gathered in Benedict's private flag represents the supreme govern-1 apartments. ment authority and the nation ulti-j Gasparri. in due and solemn form.

mately responsible without and wit tun i escorted by the Sw iss guard in full

the Philippines ' for whatever takes place concerning the Philippines. "Mohammedans are a part of the

Philippine people the same as Chris

Foreign debts owed by Russia, and

the claims of other governments tians and Daeans. The Filipino flag

against the soviet regime will be as, js not an emDiem 0f a religion nor a

SUPREME COURT TO RECESS (By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.--Chief Jus-

tice Taft announced todrfy that the supreme court would take a recess from Jan. 30 to Feb. 27. This is the regular Februry recess.

might, be informed of what amount is

spent each month. Report Coal Deliveries. Tfeport on coal deliveries was given hy Frank Bescher, of the light plant office. According to figures given by him, approximately 18.000 tons of coal has been delivered to the plant, including what is in transit. The board instructed the city engineer to draw up a list of all vacant lots 1n the city in order that they might have it at hand when requests for gardening permits came in. It was discovered that one person had

appeared before the board, obtained a permit for gardening, then had tried to sublet it at a profit to another man. His permit was withdrawn. On recommendation of the fire chief, the resignation of Edward Strothaus of fire company No. 3, was accepted.

PERISHES IN OPEN BOAT (By Associated Press)

PORT WING, Wis.. Jan.. 23. Car-j ried out into the ice-coated waters of j Lake Superior late Saturday when a! severe gale sprang up, Alfred Peter-j son, a fisherman, of Knife River. Minn., reached here last night after, his wife had perished in the open row-j boat. Mrs. Peterson died at 10 a. m. j yesterday, according to Peterson's j storv.

extreme south portion tonight.

Temperatures for Yesterday. Maximum 2'.', Minimum 17 Today. Noon 11 Weather Conditions The cold wave now controls the weather over most of the United 'States. The lowest temperature so far this winter occur red here this morning, with 1V2 degrees above zero at 7 o'clock. Heavy snows and blizzards raged during Sunday in the upper lake region, being especially severe arount Sault St. Marie, Mich. The following low temper atures occurred Sunday at the respective places: Bismark. N. D., 24 beloy; Devil's Lake, 32 below; Duluth, Minn., 28 below; Winnipeg, Canada, 38 below; Edmonton, Canada, 48 below, being the coldest weather so far this winter. At Minnedosa, Canada, the lowest temperature Sunday was 34 below and the highest 24 below.

Paid Circulation Saturday, was UJ42

nothine ' when com Dared - with he

amounts that Moscow has chalked up

against England, France and America.

The Alaskan claims, upon which tne United States was successful after the Civil war, form the chief precedent upon which the Bolsheviki government will present its claims. Reams of documents will be presented to show the responsibility of the great powers for the damage suffered by Russia as a result of the Czechoslovak advance in Siberia, Admiral Kolchak's ill-fated movement, the Archangel, expedition. General Denikine's sweep northward from the Caucasus, General Baron Wrangel's Crimean expedition. General Vudenitch's fiasco in the Baltic states, Simong Patlura's activities in Ukraine and hundreds of smaller expeditions

not reported to the western world. Demands resulting rrom the uprising in Karelia will be charged to the joint account of Finland and the entente powers. Japan will be debited for the White Russian movement now proceeding against the -far eastern republic. General Kakno and scores of other bandit leaders in Ukraine will be dragged. into the accounting with Poland and France. General Semenoff, General Baron Ungern-Sternberg, leaders in fighting that has taken place in the far east, will be dragged in with ither forgotten leaders numbering in the hundreds.

portion-of the people but of a political group authorized by law." It is not superior to the American flag but must be accorded, the same honors and respect shown the American flag."

DUGGER STATE BANK WRECKED BY YEGGS

dress and accompanied by the prelates and acolytes of the apostolic cham

ber, entered the apartments a few minutes later. He will administer th" holy see in the interregnum. With him also was Monsignor Sincere secretary of the sacred college. Cardinal Gasparri. surrounded by the cardinals, then proceeded to verify the death of Benedict. On leaving the pontifical chambfr. Cardinal Gasparri, still escorted by the Swiss guard, descended to th'1 first floor, where the sacred congregation convened, commencing its deliberations at 10 o'clock.

4 (By Associated Prens)

DUGGER, Ind.. Jan. 23 The inter-

BOSTON. Jan. 23. The plans for Cardinal O'Connell's voyage to Roim to participate in the election of a sue cessor to Pope Benedict was announr

lor of tne state tank ot Dugger was e( today.

wrecked by robbers at 2 o'clock this) With his official party, consisting of morning in an unsuccessful attempt to Monsignor M. J. Splaine, the Rev. R

blow open the vault in the bank. A charge of nitro glycerin was set off by the robbers and blew open the outer door, of the vault, but "jammed" the inner door, so that it could not be opened. '-'."'' The burglars fled when they saw their work was fruitless, leaving behind the largest and most complete set of safeblowing tools ever seen here. No money was obtained by the safe blowers. The bank vault was insured, and the institution will not lose by the attack on the safe. Police of all surrounding towns and cities were notified, but there is no clew as to the identity of the burglars. -

J. Haberlin, chancellor, and Dr. John R. Slattery, a layman, the cardinal will sail tomorrow from New York fv Naples on the steamer President Wilson. . He will have only eight days to reach Rome before the conclave opens, but will be admitted upon his arrlvrl, if the new pontiff has not been chosen As Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia, is in the West Indies Tor several days at least, Cardinal O'Connell wiV. be the only American with a voice and vote in the election of the new head of the Roman Catholic church. The cardinal went to New York by motor, with some of the members of his party, and was there today. V