Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 27, 1 February 1922 — Page 1

ICHMOND VOL. XCIL, No. 27 Palladium. E?t. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram. 1997. RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FE& 1, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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BONUS BILL

OPPOSITION IS GROWING Is Not Sufficient to Impede Progress of Bill, However How to Raise Money Puzzles Republicans. VETS PRESSMEASURE fly MARK SH.MVAX WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. There Is increasing opposition in congress to the bonus measure, but there are no signs that there is sufficient of it to impede the progress of the bill. Some of the strongest senators in both parties will both speak and vote against the bill, and if the existing imposition snouia neeome better or-j ganizea it may achieve formidable momentum. There are many members both in the house and senate who are opposed to the bill, and many others who take the same attitude now that President Harding himself took last July, namely, that for the present, at least, the treasury is in no condition to stand the strain. It is no more convenient for the treasury to meet this burden today than it was last July. From one point of view, it is less convenient, for the treasury has immediately ahead of it the business of finding money to meet about $6,500,000,000 of notes falling due in the next 15 or 16 months. If those who oppose the bonus on principle and those who think it should at least be deferred could get a sufficient amount of organized backing on the part of public opinion that is opposed to the bill the situation might conceivably change. Advocates Organized Those who favor the bill are highly organized. The opposition to it is scattered. Much of this opposition comes from farmers in the south. If a popular poll were taken in the south it is doubtful if it would be in favor of the measure. The farmers and business men in the south anticipate that if the colored ex soldiers were given cash sums of $300 to $400 each, they would stop working until the money was spent and it is feared that the spring planting season in the south would be embarrassed by lack of labcr. Much opposition also comes from chambers of commerce and other organized trade bodies. Members of congress who have let it be known that they are going to op pose'the bill and have received a surprising amount of support from exoldiers. The number of these who regard the measure as undesirable is unexpectedly large. There can be no doubt, however, that the bulk of the soldiers want the money, and are making their wishes known in the most effective way. Attitude of Ex-Soldiers. In the demand for the money on the part of the ex-soldiers, there 1 a curious psychological factor. They say it is not merely that they want the money; as they express it, thoy "don't want to seem like suckers." As one soldier expressed it. "the soldiers would gladly have fought for nothing if the patriotism that war demanded of them by law had also beea extended to other classes of the community. The real leason that most of us want and demand the bonus is not so much that most of us also happen to need it. but it is in resentment against being made "suckers" by the people who made money and lots of it, during the war. Again and again in the arguments of the soldiers for the bonus arises this same note that they had to go .,-.,.r onri Heht for a dollar a (lay and come back with hardly enoueh money to pay car fare, only to find the.r friends and acquaintances who had not been in the army riding in automobiles bought out. o the four or five or six dollars a day which became the usual wages of civilian labor whne the war was on. Will Be Added Cost. There is, of course, not an economist in the country who does not realize that whatever we pay in the shape of a bonus w ill be just that much art(!ed to the cost of a war that ended more than three years ago. They realize also that for the most part this money will be taken out of the capital of the country and will be Fpent in such a way that, so far as the country's capital is concerned, it will have disappeared. If this bonus could be given in the shape of education to the ex-soldiers or in helping them to acquire farms or homes, or in any other way that would not be a substraction from the counirv'a f-uTiital Ihe Tirnipct would look . " ..... t . - . . . - . . .. , 1. .... ..V, . P.,1 c uuiprtni to many uiuuuuui who oppose it in the shape in which It is now proposed. The chief possibility of effective opposition to the bonus lies in the difficulty of finding the money to pay it. There is not a representative or senator who is now in favor of the bonus but admits that no satisfactory way has y et been found to raise the money. There are no unexplored areas where now taxes in large sums can be laid. Most of the possible sour:es of revenue have already been searched with a fine-tooth comb in the making of the tax statutes already in existence. Some want the money raised by the mere sale of government bonds; but! it is understood that there is enough opposition to this method to make it impossible. It has been proposed that very high taxes be put upon pleasure automobiles and some other luxuries; but as to the automobiles, it is anticipated that the commercial and other interests opposed to making the. keeping of automobiles more expensive will be able to prevent further taxation on them. A few of those who favcr the bonus expect to raise the money by a sales tax. As to some of these, there is honest belief that the sales tax cn (Continued on Page Two)

Wedding Postponed Twice,

A recent photo of Miss Both Miss Mary Landon Baker, 1 1 ; i r ti j i i . i minister incuniiicji, uave anuuuiiceu marry one another in April in England.

to McCormick twice. The last time the wedding music had been played and repeated before the waiting friends were told the marriage had been postponed. Miss Baker says that her sudden collapse prevented the ceremony.

M'ADOO DEFENDS RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION; SAYS ROADS TURNED BACK IN GOOD CONDITION

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON', Feb. 1. Charges of inefficiency in federal war-time control of railroads "have been made and published with a recklessness for which ignorance, design or selfish purpose alone can account," William G. McAdoo, former director general of the railrod administration, declared today at the senate interstate committee investigation of the present railroad situation. Beginning what was expected to be a two-day statement on the situation, Mr. McAdoo told the committee the government took over the railroads in 1917 because they were breaking down under a private management, unable to meet the stress of war demands, and that federal control and unified operation saved the situation. Not only was the transportation mechine kept running, he insisted, but its condition was improved, its equiiment extended, and it was returned to private, owners in such shape that it was able to handle a greater volume of traffic in 1920 than ever before. Mr. McAdoo took sharp issue with railroad presidents who have, before POLICEMEN ENFORCE N. Y. HOUSING RULES TO CURB FLU SPREAD (T5y Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Seventy-five policemen were assigned today to spe cial duty with the city health department, enforcing house heating and ! sanitary rules laid down by Health Commissioner Copeland m an eltott to check the further spread of the influenza epidemic. Dr. Copeland announced that he would take immediate legal steps against house owners who failed to provide sufficient heat. Particularly drastic action would be taken against landlords who provide insufficient heat in houses where either influenza or pneumonia patients were confined. Dr. Copeland said. Transportation company officials today put into effect the health commissioner's rules concerning car ventilation. All sub-way cars were operated with windows open, and addition al heat was supplied to avoid the danger of colds. Dr. C opeland also issued instructions to citizens relative to preventative measures. "Fortunately," he said, "the epidemic is very mild. All indications of the present epidemic indicate that the disease this year is proving far less fatal than it did in the 1918-19 and 1920 epidemics." LIGHT, HEAT, POWER FUND HEARING FEB. 10 Hearing on the petition of the Richmond Light, Heat and Power compauy, for reconstruction of its finances, will be held Friday, Feb. 10, according to an announcement received here Tursday. The hearing will be held in the rooms of the Public Service Commission of Indiana at Indianapolis. Parties interested are expected to be present at 3 o'clock. LIBERTY POSTMASTER SUBMITS RESIGNATION WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. Albert T. Sering has submitted to the post office department his resignation as postmaster at Liberty, Ind., to become effective Feb. 28. Mr. Sering's action is the result of continued ill health. His term would have expired Sept. 5, this year. The postoffice department has asked the civil service commis sion to arrange an early date for an examination for the appointment of a

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Couple Will Try Again

Mary Landon Baker prominent Chicago society girl, and ecc t . i. . t : 1 1 o,udu nines apari itmi mfy Miss Baker postponed her wedding j congressional committees and the in terstate commerce commission, made declarations to the contrary. He presented copies of letters sent to hir.i in 191S to Presidents Rea, of the Pennsylvania, and Williard, of the Balti more and Ohio, among others, notify-' ing them he considered their management unsatisfactory and inefficient. 'The measures taken during the year 1918 called for no apologies." said A. H. Smith, president of the New York Central, and six other railroad men, who were regional directors under the- railroad administration, which Mr. McAdoo presented as 'conclusive answer" to the charges he mentioned. "They were caused by war conditions, and the efficient operations of the railroads in support of the government during the war justifies every act of the administration." Disregarding the unfairness of comparing railroad operations during war when general needs of the country had to be put secondary to the "im-

penous necessity ot war, yir. MCA(ioo;0f a mile away" miss Hurley tells cf

said the report ne cnea anu aibo iii records showed that by any test "railroad operations in the year 1918 were conducted with great efficiency, skill, and ability." Quotes Statements. Contrasted with that in 1917 their condition, approaching paralysis, he saiu -maae uie rauroau system ut t .c United States the strongest a ly ot the German Kaiser. Mr. McAdoo quot-. . 1 1 . 1 J L f V. ed from the statements of railroad presidents before congressional committees and the interstate commerce in that year, to sustain his remark, mentioning notably testimony of President Rea, who said their condition "had become a menace to the country." There was a deficit in railroad revenues during 1918, under income and rentals to their owners of $216,000,000, Mr. McAdoo said, but that represented "a part of the war cost, an expenditure for which there is no compensation but victory." He cited messages sertt to former President Wilson by the premiers of England, France, and Italy, in February, 1918, beggiLg for 500,000 tons of breadstuffs, to sunply which whole trains of empty carsj had to be rushed from the Atlantic! coast to the middlewest, for' week.5,! :inri riThpfl hiirlr with initjl ovnlitiji ! to the ports, loaded. WOMAN MAY SEEK DIPLOMATIC POST (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Miss Lucille Atchison, who has learned four languages, travelled in many lands, studied international law and taken examinations in statesmanship, was in New York today to consult with women suffrage leaders concerning her ambition to-be appointed the first woman secretary in one of the country's foreign embassies. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, Miss Mary Garrett Hay. Mrs. Maud Wood Park and Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip, were to be interviewed by Miss Atchison who" has been in Washington for six months learning all she could about international law and the diplomatic service. She spent four years abroad as executive secretary of the Society for Devastated France. She thinks the Amerericf.n diplomatic service has a place for women and seven prominent women's organizations, many of them national, have endorsed her for a job. Franklin Youth Dies After Shooting Affair (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1. George Houghton, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Houghton, of Franklin, died here today from injuries received when he was shot Monday night by Harrison Colvin, a mail carrier, at Franklin. The sliooting was said to have been "the culmination of ill feeling between

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TO AGREE ON DEBT REFUND SOON, BELIEF

Early Adjustment of Differences Between House and Senate Measures Expected Following Action. REJECT BONUS CLAUSE (Dy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Early adjustment of the differences between j the senate and house measures to; authorize the refunding of the eleven billion dollar foreign debt was looked for today following passage of the senate bill. Three Republicans Borah, LaFollette and Norris joined with the solid Democratic minority in opposing the bill put through the senate last night by a vote of 39 to 25 giving; authority to a commission of five I the treasury, to refund the foreign debt into securities maturing in not less than 25 years. The bill as passed was amended by a provision stipulating that the interest on the refunded debt be not less than 4'i per cent. Bonus Clause Fails Among the amendments which failed of adoption was that offered by Senator Simmons, Democrat, North Carolina, proposing to add to the measure a soldiers' bonus provision with the cost of the five way adjusted compensation to be paid out of the interest on the foreign debt. Over the protests of Democrats a motion was carried to table the amendment. After passing the refunding measure, the senate adjourned until tomorrow when the cooperative marketing bill will be taken up, having been made the unfinished business by the adoption of a motion of Senator Kellogg, Republican, Minnesota. The adjournment was taken to permit members to attend the plenary session of the arms conference today. STARVING IN RUSSIA START CANNIBALISM, SAYS QUAKER WORKER CBv Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1. Graphic, pictures of light-heartedness amid tragedy the cheering smile of America amid the starving hordes of Russia are drawn by Beulah A. Hurley ot New Hope, Pa., now a member of the Quaker relief unit, in a letter from the Volga district to the headquarters of the unit here. After describing the utter devastation in her own immediate district, where the bodies of the dead aie "nilpd un in trenrhpf! likp ko rmioh eordwood, the piles visible a quarter having received a letter from another relief worker, Doris White, whose station is 40 miles from a railroad. Miss White "begged for more help," Miss Hurley said, but asked that they "send some one with no heart, for it was a cruel task." She reported that "cannibalism has begun in the outlyjn districts and an old WOman and a child have followed the cats and fht ,roA hnv rnn sumed." Has Charge of Relief. Miss Hurley reached the famine area of the Volga in the middle of December, and is taking charge of the distribution of Quaker relief among 15,000,000 hunger ridden people in the Babuluk district. Thirteen relief workers cook, cat and live in a small box car. Miss Hurley relates. Five of them also sleep in the same car, yet their life "is a luxury to the type of life we see all around us." "Scarcely a day goes by that we do not see a dead body lying along the road or in the market place and three days ago a father and mother and two children dropped in the snow together. Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST Rain followed by snow late tonight or Thursday; much colder Thursday; south winds will shift to strong northwest. The continued eastward movement of the Pacific coast storm across the middle west and central states during the next 24 hours is the reason for the above forecast. For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Rain turning to snow and much colder tonight; Thursday snow flurries and much colder; strong south shifting to west and northwest winds. Temperatures for Yesterday Maximum 46 Minimum 23 Today Noon 40 Weather Conditions The weather is now generally cloudy, over the states between the Rocky and Appal achian mountain regions, with general j rains south of the Great Lakes, snow j over me norm anu nortnwest. xne cold wave continues unbroken over the northwest with temperatures ranging from zero to 24 below zero in western Canada and Montana, and near zero as far south as Nebraska. It is also quite cold in California, Oregon and Washington, with minimum temperature of 26 above in Portland. Ore.. 10 above at Spokane, Wash., 36 above at Fresna, Calif, and 38 above at Los Angeles. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,563

WARFEL, SUPPOSED TO QUIT JOB TODAY, KEEPS ON WORKING

fBy Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1. No change in the state oil inspection board came today which had been fixed" as the date for Edward Warfel, of Richmond, retiring as chief clerk, to make way for a successor chosen by Governor McCray. John J. Jones, former mayor of Brazil, was offered the position, but, has- not announced whether he would "Ptcme"dte" tbat be would "take up the matter in a few days." Appointment of Warfel's successor is vested with I. L. Miller, state pure food and dnitr i-nmmlssinner. and he had not today senUthe name of another appointee of chief clerk to the auditor's office. Mr. Miller declined to discuss the situation and Mr. Warfel was continuing his work today as chief clerk. MERCHANT MARINE SUBSIDY IS URGED BY REP. WILL WOOD PALLADIUM SEWS BUREAU WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Before the United States entered the World war the establishment of an American merchant marine was successfully opposed on the theory that the expendi ture it would involve would be too great. That argument can no longer be advanced. Representative Will R. Weed, of Indiana, points out. "We now have the ships," he says, "and it remains for us to determine whether we will utilize the present opportunity and employ these ships or whether we shall sink back again into tho ohscuritv we occuDied following the close of the Civil war. seeing the ; American flag gradually disappearing j from the seas until we became an odject of contempt rather than an object of admiration." Mr. Wood believes that the new American merchant marine, "created out of the extravagance due to the waste of war." can never be maintained unless a ship subsidy is provided. "We had a subsidy when American vessels were the pride of the sea, and we lost our merchant marine when that support was withdrawn," he states. "It's up to the American, people to say whether or not we are again going to have this subsidy." A few davs ago a member of congress stated' on the floor of the house that he believed the best way for the United States to dispose of the Leviathan, the greatest ship in the world which the United States took over from Germany as a prize of war, was to tow it out in the ocean and sink it. j Urges Vessel Used. Representative Wood disputes th advisability of such action, and h-? supports the decision of the shipping board in its plan to recondition this great vessel and put it back again in the trans-Atlantic passenger service under the American flag. There is a general belief throughout the country, probably due, in great part, to widespread propaganda put out by foreign interests which are anxious to drive American shipping from the seas, that the American merchant marine is being maintained at a heavy loss to the government. As a matter of fact. Representative Wood points out, only the ships that are engaged in freight carrying arc or-"3rating at a loss. "In the north Atlantic passenger-carrying trade our ships are operating at a profit, and anyone who wanif passage on one of these ships must make his reaervation well in advance of the sailing date." The freight shipping trade has been in a slump because of the world-wid.j industrial depression. H, H. MEERHOFF, 93, PIONEER PLUMBER, IS SUMMONED BY DEATH H. H. Meerhoff Herman H. Meerhoff, 93 years old, since August, 1866, a resident of Richmond and well known as a veteran plumber, died of .senility, at 6:40 o'clock Wednesday morning at his home, 119 South Tenth street. Born in Osnabruck. Germany, March 20, 1828, Mr. Meerhoff since he was five yearsh old had made his own living, achieving success in the plumbing business in Richmond. At the age of 20 he left Bremen, Germany, bound for America. He was on the ocean 15 weeks and three days in making the trip, arriving in Cincinnati Dec. 25. 1848. By working during the day and attending night school, Mr. Meerhoff (Continued on Page Four)

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Desert Flower

Miss Edith Mae Patterson. "Bern to blush unseen," as the saying goes, Miss Edith Mae Patterson is brought forward by the El Dorado (Ark.) post of the American Legion as living proof-that the "desert air" of Arkansas has enormous possibilities. After Miss Patterson had won first place in a mid-west beauty contest, the post crowned her "the most beautiful girl in America." Whereupon Arkansas rubbed its eyes, took a good look at its native daughter, and immediately staked a claim that Miss Patterson is unsurpassed by any woman anywhere in the world. Pulling jewels from a barren exterior, Arkansas stoutly refuses to be the "misunderstood sister" of the i west. A pearl from an inland oyster, born and raised in the Arkansas river, was presented to Marshal Foch with the compliments of the state. And a diamond from an Arkansas diamond mine was plucked as a gift to Hanford MacNider, commander of the Legion. And now comes Edith Mae Patterson, from El Dorado's oil fields, to surprise everybody. MEXICAN GOVERNOR MAY ESTABLISH ZONE TO TEST JJRY LAWS (Bv Associated Press) CALEXICO, Calif.. Feb. 1. Jose Inocente Lugo, who will take office today as governor of the northern district of Lower California, characterized as premafure a published statment that he would establish immediately a 40 mile zone along the border in which prohibition would prevail. Such a plan, Senor huno said, is under.consideration but the prohibition feature is a secondary consideration. It is proposed, he explained, t establish a 40 mile zone in which new customs duties will be levied with a view to lessening the burden upon producers, importers and exporters, thereby building up commerce and bettering conditions throughout the district. In time, ho said, prohibition may be tried out in this zone for tiiu tmroose of conformity with conditions j in the United States, as well as tho policy of the Mexican fedeial government, which is opposed to the liquor traffic in principle. Senor Lugo announced thcr3 would be a thorough housed eaning when he took office and that important offices in the district would soon be in the hands of men who had no connection with former territorial administrations. Secretary Davis Suffering From Physical Breakdown

BATTLE CREEK. Mich., Feb. 1 I of very heavy burdens from the peoSecretary of Labor Davis is a patient j pie. This treaty absolutely ends th at a local sanitarium. He arrived yes-' race in naval competition; at the same terday from Washington suffering ; time it leaves the security of the powfrom what is described as nearly a i ers unimpaired. But it means more.

physical breakdown. TRY TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT OF HUME FIUME, Feb. 1. An attempt was made on the life of President Zanella of the independent state of Fiume as j( ne was leaving nis no'ei iu muiui i car yesterday. A bomh was tnroan at the machine, but the president was not injured. A member of the chamber of deputies and a police officer were wounded bv the explosion. Professor Riccardo Zanella was one I of the leading opponents of Gabriele ; D'Annunzio while the latter was in ' Fiume. He occupied the Fiume city j hall by a coup d'etat in April of last 1 year and was ejected president of the 1 independent state by the constituent assembly on Oct. . Groundhog Not to See . Shadow Here Thursday Thursday is "Groundhog Day." According to the old legend if the little animal gets sight' of his shadow at noon, he will crawl back into his hole and remain for six - weeks of cold weather. The local weather report for Thursday does not give the groundhog much encouragement for crawling back into his hole, as cold weather is slated. W. E. Moore, local weatherman, stated that this old legend rested on a thin basis, as the animal might see his shadow in Indianapolis and not see it in Richmond, and it would be impossible to have good weather in the one city for six weeks and bad weather in the other for the same six weeks.

HUGHES SAYS TREATY LIFTS HEAVY LOAD Presents Text of Treaty Says Actual Scrapping Might Be Called "Denaturing of Ships." adherencepledged BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Formal assent of the five powers to the naval limitation treaty was given at the plenary session of the Washington conference today. The action wa3 taken after presentation of the treaty by Chairman Hughes and his brief discussion, followed by an address bv M. Sarraut, of the French delegation, expressing the adherence of France. The separate treaty regarding sub

marines ann poison gas was then pivsented by Elihu Root. On a roll cail of the five delegations, the submarins and chemical warfare treaty formally was approved. The .session adjourned at 2:36 p. m. to meet again at the call of the chairman.' (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. At 12:23 today Secretary Hughes presented to the arms conference the text of the treaty for limitation of naval armiii--ents. The entire time of todays' plenary session of the conference, the fifth, had heen up to that moment, consumed with the presentation and adention of committee's resolutions providing for the return of certain sovereignities to China and the announcement of the settlement of the Shantung depute. The naval treaty was not read, but Secretary Hughes outlined its term-', and declared that so far as capital ships are concerned, the integrity of the plan proposed on behalf of ' th American government has been maintained. A description of the terms of the naval limitations treaty outlines ri rest agreed upon between the "big five" following the dramatic ai nouncement of the American propota', by Secretary Hughes at the openin-; session of the conference on Nov. v.. Jur-t before th presentation of the naval treaty and after the resolution affecting China had been quid; I y adopted without dissent, the Shar. tung agreement was announced and described with satisfaction bv the rep resentatives of China and Japan. Will Back China. Arthur.!. Balfour, heading the British delegation, described it as "th? crowning work of Secretary Hughes and the representatives of China anl Japan," and then threw in another surprise by the flat announcement that Great Britain would hand bark to China her lease on Wei-Hai-Wei. Secretary Hurrhes gave a somewhat detailed review of the principal ten. is and stated that the original American proposal as to capital ships, whi'j changed in details, had been adopted substantially. "The integrity of the plan present ed on behalf of the United tfate-. said Secretary Hughes. "has been maintained, and the spirit in which that proposal was made has dominated the entire negotiations and brought them to a very successful conclusion." There was a ripple of applause when Mr. Hughes announced that the old battleship Oregon would be retained for non-combatant purposes, because the state of Oregon wanted to keep it for historical and sentimental reasons. Touching on the system of actual scrapping of capital ships, Mr. Hughes said: Laugh at Phrase "I might call this the denaturing of capital ships." The phra?e was greeted with laughter. Secretary Hughes in dosing said that no more extraordinary or significant treaty probably had ever been negotiated." "Obviously it means an enormous saving of money," he said, "and the lifting The best thing is the spirit manifest ed, by which we are able to reacn 'this conclusion. We are taking the greatest forward step to establish th ? i reign of peace." I After Secretary Hughes conclude'!. Mr. Saurraut began a speech in French saying adherence of France to the naval armament treaty is "sincere and confident." Mr. Saurraut emphasized that the French did not try to dissemble the surprise felt at tlu conditions under which France wa? asked to consent to the treaty, but the French delegation yielded when they felt that they should yield and restst on the points where they had to do it. Claims Propaganda. French saying adhesion of Franc to ialistic France, which German propaganda parades about the univer? may still deceive a few artless mind.-?, but it will soon evoke nothing but smiles," Mr. Saurraut said and added: "A future of peace and happiness was never sought more earnestly by anybody than by France, who has been through the ages indefatigable champion of justice and human law." Minister Sze declared that the China delegation, speaking in behalf of its government and people, took occasion "to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and you Mr. Balfour" for their gc-J offices, which made possible the settlement of the Shantung question. "0ir delegation sought to carry out the views expressed by the s-tatemeiu in the hope that there would be removed a cause of friction which had caused considerable concern, to oth?r powers." he said. "The Chinese hope of settling the old problem now is about to be realized and the possibility of friction happily is to be removed." CLOTHIERS' CONVENTION INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1. The Indiana Clothiers" and Furnishers' association will meet here Feb. 13, 14 and 14.