Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 35, 10 February 1922 — Page 1

bic: PA VOL. XCII., No. 35 'alTaflium. Est. 1SS1. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram. 1907. RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 10, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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THIRD PARTY

TALK LACKS FACTJASIS Borah, Farm Bloc Not to Join Forces Agriculturists Will Fight for Ends Through Old Parties. RUMORS ARE DECRIED Br MARK StI.MVAy WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. Current

rumor which inlreasingly finds its; bench of the superior court of Cook way into print pictures the Repub- i county. Illinois, for more than 30 i- j- . . . . I years, part of the time as chief justice. Leans as disturbed about movements fIU apointment wlu restore re3lationa to organize a third party this year. 0f the United States wieh her forThese isn't anything to that. mer enemy. The Republican party has a world I '

of troubles and they tend to grow; greatly, but a third party is not among them. The Republicans are going to have a hard time this fall and they realize it more ana more every day. Liut it the Republicans are beaten in the House elections this year it will be the Dem')"firatic party that does it. In fact if you were a very suspicious person, and if you felt that all politics are not exactly what they appear on the surface you might wonder whether the Republicans were simulating this talk of a third party. It would certainly be to their advantage. This year, as between the Republicans and the Democrats, it would be the Democrats that will get a'l the votes of protest and discontent. A third party would merely divide

'lils protest vote, and would be an admirable institution from the Republican point of view. If the Republicans weren't still some three-quarters of a million dollars in debt for the last campaign, and if the Republican party managers were very smart and just a little unscrupulous, they might endow a third party. Could Be Used. There have been party managers in the past who would see that opportunity and go to it. It would be the most direct way to avert whatever adverse fate may be in store for the Republicans this year. Much of this talk links the sugtesfed third party with the farm bloc. That sort of talk i3 particularly illinformed. The farm bloc is not a third party, does not want to be one, ..: and would regard a third party move ment as the most serious menace to

us purposes. The thing that wrecked most of the old farm movements was their disposition to be a political party all by itself. The farm bloc is carefully steering clear of that rock. The farm

1, bloc in congress is intimately tied up,ha,ry roops b"dedt L tl Ph V with the American Farm Bureau fe viS onal government upon their de

eiation, and this latter organization has it among the foundation stoner? of its policy to act through the two old parties and to, discountenance any third party movement. Kenyon Won't Be Missed. The farm bloc incidentally will not be weakened by resignation of Senator Kenyon. Kenyon was not the leader of the farm bloc in the commonly .icepted sense of what a political leader 'a. ' The farm bloc didn't in the least depend on his personality in the senss that the old Progressive party depended on the personality of Roosevelt. Kenyon was merely the spokesman of the farm bloc on several occasion.-. ;tnd used to preside at its meetings. The farm bloc won't be any weaker j with Kenyon out. except to the extent: of one vote. And if the successor to be appointed in Kenyon's place rttlects what seems to be the prevailing political sentiment of Iowa, presumably he will vote with the farm bloc as often as Kenyon did. The Ameri an Farm Bureau federation has a hundred and thirty thousand members in Iowa. Mention Borah One variation of these printed rumors mentions Borah as the possible presidential nominee of a third party. That is the most grotesque suggestion of all. Borah isn't a third party man. Borah is a party all himself. He is an institution outside of all parties. , . Borah won't join any third-party mover ment. If he had that kind of inclinaj lion he would have joined the Progres- . sives in 1912. In fact, a good many of the old Pro gressives felt at that time, and still feel, that Borah's capacity for resisting any temptation to get formally outside the Republican party was just a little excessive. Borah goes his own gait and does about what he pleases on all occasions, but his power and position are individual wholly' and he isn't going to compromise it by merging with any organized forlorn hopes. Farmer-Labor Talk Still another variation of these printed rumors pictures the farmers and the laborers uniting in a third party. That has been a pesistent dream of some radicals for several years past. The t hief basis ot it is in the brains of ambitious theorist, who look up the occupation statistics in the census reports and figure out that a combination of those who are farmers with those who are laborers would make a very strong party. And so it would on paper. But every person with any political sense knows you can't unite labor and the farmers in one party. Their fundamental economic interests are too differenL In the recent farm songress, which took in a wide variety ot interests outside of agriculture, the only trouble arose with Gompers. The farmers got slong all right with the bankers and the packers and the railroads and the " college professors and the agricultural implement makers. But when something was said to the effect that railroad wages ought to come down, Gompers went up in the air. No, there won't ever be any effective third party made up of farmers and laborers.

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7 Theodore Bretano of Illinois, who has been, appointed Minister to Hungary. Judge Bretano served on the III V I Uil I'llNVI AUI UV ULUILII UUI1U I flULbw FIRED ON BY 30 MEN; WILL FREE CAPTIVES BULLETIN. BELFAST. Feb. 10. A party of Ulster special constables was ambushed last evening by 30 men who opened fire on the police car at Clady, on the Donegal-Tyrone border, which had previously been the scene of several disturbances. Constable McFadden of Londonderry was shot and killed. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 10. It was reported from both Dublin and Belfast that many of the men kidnapped in Ulster would be released today, but none ex cept those who reached their homes yesterday as recounted in previous dispatches, was yet known to be free, and the whereabouts of the captives U f.till a mystery. Several reports said they were all concentrated at Ballybay, in Monaghan county, but it was stated they were later removed far to the south. Based on Report Expectation that the men would be released today was apparently based on the report that Michael Collins and other members of the Southern provisional government were busy yesterday trying to obtain their freedom, and had sent special officers from Dublin to persuade the captors to release their prisoners. It was questioned, however, whether the provisional government's persuasions would be likely to be effective in any case, as the Irish Republican arjttj1-nominally Is not controlled by the provisional government, but by the dail .eireann. Moreover in some quarters here suspicion was attached to the provisional government itself In the matter of the raids because it was declared the kidnappers used a number of cars which the British aux mobilization. DECLARES RAIL PAY SHOULD NOT BE CUT ' DESPITE RATE ACTION (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb 10. Wage scales of railroad employes should not be decreased no matter what action the interstate commerce commission may take in modifying existing railroad rates as a result of its investigation concerning the general level of transportation charges, Frank L. Warne, statistician testified today on behalf of the railroad unions. Questionel by G. L. Plumb, author of the "Plumb plan" for tripartite control of the railroads agitated during the war, Mr. Warne said the union stand was that there was no economic law that establishes any relation whatever, between rates as such for transportation and rates for services performed. If general rate reduction results in conjunction with wage decreases, Mr. Warne said, the increase in the traffic resulting would bring even larger operating revenues, than now results from high rates. "The railro'.s would actually be receiving larger profits," he said, "while the employees are receiving lower wages." CABINET RESIGNATION NOT YET ACCEPTED (By Associated Press) ROME. Feb. - lO.King Victor Emmanuel has not accepted the resignation of the cabinet of Premier Romanl presented Feb. 2. it was seml-officially stated today, and the Bonomi ministry will be in its place next Thursday when the parliament reassembles. TO SETTLE STATUS OF NEW WARSHIPS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. Appoint ment of a special board of naval officers to make a technical study of the status of construction of the bat tleships Washington and West Vir ginia, to determine which of the two are to be completed under the arms conference naval limitations treaty. was announced today by Secretary Denby. SYMPATHY STRIKE r-.NTIAGO. Chile, Feb. 10 The Chilean Federation of Labor's call for a general strike in sympathy with the striking coal miners was scheduled to go Into effect today. Several of the larger unions, however, are said not to be in sympathy with the strike call which would affect 100,000 workers.

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FAR r .1 CRISIS IS WELL PAST HARDING SAYS

Says General Industrial and Business Situation is Such as to "Justify Confidence "Worst Phase Over." SEES PROSPEROUS ERA (By Associated Press) CROCKSTON, Minn., Feb. 10. The general industrial and business situation now is such as to justify confidence that "we arc well past the worst phase of th agricultural crisis," declared President Harding In a letter read today to farmers attending the annual Red River Valley farm crop and livestock show here. "No one of them can prosper permanently if any other great branch of national activity is depressed. . Therefore in expressing my conviction based on a wide array of Information, that the worst is past as concerns agriculture, I am recording my firm be lief that an area of better business and more prosperous times for the entire commercial establishment of the country lies just ahead of us. I feel. therefore, that we are entitled to look with much satisfaction upon what we have accomplished in the last year, and with all confidence to the future." To Continue Steadily "The improvement is well begun, and will continue steadily from this time forward," said the letter, which was addressed to C. G. Selvig, superintendent of the northwest school of agriculture and chairman of the board of managers of the mid-winter show held in conjunction with the farmers' meeting. After expressing regret that he was unable to deliver personally his message, President Harding's letter referred to the recent national agricultural conference in Washington and continued: "I am glad to say that my utmost anticipation of useful results from that gathering were more than realized. I believe it has set a new mark in the i aspirations, not only of the agricul tural committee, but Indeed of the entire country, in behalf of a better understanding of our agricultural problem and of more effective measures for dealing with It. Praises Spirit. "The fine spirit of co-operation among the farmers, and the disposition on their part to unite their efforts in every possible way with those of the government augurs particularly well for onr hope of accomplishment. The conference - -.- -. -gave-serious and thorough . .consideration . to .the problems before it and presented practicable pY&posals" Tor doing prac: tical and worth-while things: It avoided all extremism and adopted the wise course of making no excessive demands for special favors or class treat ment. I am 'very sure that the wisdom of this . course will-be demonstrated hereafter. "In the general industrial and business situation there is much to justify confidence that we are well past the worst phases of the agricultural crisis, that improvement is well begun and that it will continue steadily from this time forward. This is not only a cause of satisfaction to every friend of the farmer, but also to who ever Is interested in any phase of American business for we have all come to recognize the interdependence of all departments of the national industrial establishment. BRITAIN WILL OPPOSE ANY DELAY AT GENOA (By Associated Press) LONDON. Feb. 10. Great Britain will agree to no postponement of the Genoa economic conference, unless the request for such postponement emanates from Rome, it was authoritative ly declared here today. The French ambassador, it was un derstood, was so informed last evening by Lord Curzon, foreign secretary, during his discussion of the French memorandum urging postponement of the conference. NEWCASTLE WORKER KILLED IN EXPLOSION (Special to The Palladium) NEWCASTLE, Ind., Feb. 10. Shelley Reisbolt. 30 years old, an employe In the Jesse French and Sons piano factory here, was fatally burned in a wood alcohol explosion late on Thursday. He died at 9 o'clock Fri day morning. Reisbolt was filling a wood alcohol lamp used under a glue pot. A gal lon can of wood alcohol he -was carrying exploded, and the liquid was spread over his body. He was burned from head to foot. NO ONE HURT WHEN

HIGH PLASTER FALLS About 30 square feet of plastering on the ceiling of room 23, in the new section of Richmond high school fell, Friday morning, at one side of the room. There were no pupils underneath the spot where it fell. This is the first plastering in the new section of the building to fall, Principal Cline stated, Friday. The plastering had been on since 1911, and no cause for its failure wag known. An examination will be made to determine the cause of the accident. & . ;v. .... ' '

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Secretary Hughes signing naval The mighty pen. At the close was presented to the Daughters of the

REID MEMORIAL HOSPITAL STANDARDIZATION SYSTEM BENEFITS INSTITUTION AND PATIENTS

Laboratory service, physical examination of every patient entering tho institution, card index files showing the case history, and an accurate check on every move made while the case is in the hospital, are some of the means taken for the protection of patient and hospital alike, as a result of the new standardization system recently inaugurated in Reid Memorial hospital. The system already has been adopted by 407 out of 697 hospitals in this country which contain 100 or more beds. Reid Memorial hospital is a 60-bed institution, and as such is one of the j 965 hospitals of 50 to 100 beds m this country, which have not yet been surveyed. That the local institution should adopt this system in advance of the survey is a factor that will go far toward placing it in the list ot higher class institutions of this type in America. Adopted Over Country. The standardized hospital service is rapidly being adopted all over the country. Two years ago, only 89 had put the plan into operation. Todav, 407, out. of .697. of the larger institutions are using the plan. The smaller hospitals 'are being surveyed and a report on their standing will be prepared soon. It is only a question of time until standardization will be required of RETAIN SPICELAND FUND THAT WOULD REVERT TO EARLHAM NEWCASTLE, Ind., Feb. 10 Spiceland monthly meeting voted against a proposition to sell the Spiceland academy to Spiceland township, in a special business session Thursday evening. The members of the meet ing decided to raise an additional endowment for the academy and carry on the work. The Academy now has an endow ment of approximately $50,000 and the expenses of operating the institution for one year are $13,000. By the vote Thursday evening the Friends decided to turn down a $57,000 offer for the institution, which had been made by the township. The Academy i3 the only place where high school pupils may receive tuition In the township. A state law forbids township officials . from turning over any portion of the township funds to a religious or denominational school. As a resuit, the institution has been furnishing tuition to township high school puoils free of charge. Had the directors of the academy decided to discontinue operations, the $50,000 endowment would have reverted to Earlham college. Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST. Rain turning to snow tonight or Saturday morning; much colder Saturday and probably Sunday. The eastward movement of a storm over the Rocky mountain plateau, on Thursday, indicates rain before midnight, changing to snow due to a cold wave overspreading the northwest. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Unsettled weather tonight and Saturday; probable rain turning to snow; colder in west portion tonight; decidedly colder Saturday and Saturday night. . Temperatures for Yesterday. Maximum 47 Minimum , 32 , Today. Noon .. 46 Weather Conditions Mild temperatures prevail from the lake region southward and a cold wave which ha developed near Medicine Hat, Thursday, also is moving southeastward. Temperatures ranged from zero to 20 below in the northwest. Heavy snows are falling along the eastern slopes of the Rocky mountains. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was ' 11,598

Arms Conference Treaties

Vl LW5. treaty. Mrs. G. M. or tne arms coiuerence tne pen usea ny American Revolution. hospitals the country over. It has been carried on by the American Col lege of Surgeons, and $105,000 was

appropriated by the Carnegie founda-jfor tion to forward the work. , , . ....

iNouee nas c-een receivea tnai in;;1 mspecior or tne American uonege or t Surgeons will be in the city in a few 1

uajs 10 mane a survey 01 tne nospiuu. The churches co-operating are: East Standardized service- raises the Ar. , . , . ,. t,, . fV, average of care given the patients. I Mam street Friends. South Eighth Certain elements in the treatment ofistreet Friends, West Richmond

patients, which had been optional be fore the new system was adopted are (Continued on Page Eleven) MABEL NORMAND TO BE CALLED NEXT IN DEATH DRAMA QUIZ (By Associated Press) I.OS ANRELES. Feb. 10. Mabel Normand, motion picture actress, will be the next star called in the inquiry!

by the district attorney's office Into Mn each letter. The letter stated hat all facts and circumstances that Inves-1 one half of each subscription is paytigators can obtain to build up the, able March 16, the balance payable real story of the mystery drama sur- April 16, the day the meeting opens, rounding the shooting of William Des-J . "Not one cent of this general exmond Taylor, it was announced today j pense goes to Mr. Sunday for his perby District Attorney Woolwine. ' j sonal service. Mr. Sunday comes to Mary Miles Minter was the first act-j us with the understanding that, for

ress questioned, having been secretly examined Tuesday by Wootwine while Taylor's funeral was in progress, Woolwine said. Miss Normand has held the leading role in the spectacular developments of the investigation thus far, which the district attorney says has not produced enough evidence to connect anyone with the murder. Mabel Normand has been known in motion pictures for more than 12 years, first en tering this field in New York, after previous experience as a chorus girl and model. Comedy burlesque was her early ex perience under direction of Mack Sen-i nett, to whom she has been engaged, and under whose direction she now is and has remained practically the whole of her career. , For many years in the "slapstick" comedies she was a stage companion of Roscoe Arbuckle, Fred Mace and Ford Sterling. Examination Delayed - Continuance of the examination of witnesses today was delayed. District Attorney Woolwine said, owing to the fatigue of the examiners, who were occupied until late last night. Meanwhile, - he said, investigators continued with undiminished energy their search for details. The arrest at Topeka of Walter S. Underwood, wanted here on a charge of embezzlement of funds' from ' tne Pacific Electric railroad, was at no time regarded by officials here as of interest in the Taylor murder investigation, despite belief of Topeka au thorities that Underwood might have been Edward F. Sands, the missing butler-secretary of Taylor. Twelve persons, both men and wo men,-believed to have information of value to the investigators have al ready been questioned by Thomas Lets Woolwine, district attorney or by William C. Doran, his chief deputy. The information already . obtained was desired, it was said, as a groundwork upon which to base the .examinination of persons known to have been closely associated with the dead director. ; Meantime the police search for Ed(Continued on Page Eight)

POINT OUT EVILS OF- ISSUANCE OF TAX FREE SECURITIES BY STATES, COUNTIES AND CITIES

ri.i,Aim"M m:vs bureau WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 Hearings ; before the' ways-and means committee of the house on the constitutional amendment proposed by Representative McFadden to make state, county and municipal bonds subject to taxation have closed. ' ' These hearings established the fact that it is inevitable that if the issuance of tax free securities by divisions of government 'other than the federal government continues the congress must begin to levy taxes upon occupations and upon the "consumption of necessities, such as' coffee, sugar and salt, in order to obtain enough revenue to meet the legitimate requirements of the United States gov ernment. The hearings before the ways and

Given to D. A. R.

ki4' . toil' t&-h-J Minor, D. A. R. head, with pen. . 1 me delegates m signing ine treaties 15 CHURCHES URGE MEMBERS TO GIVE TO SUPPORT REVIVAL Letters ursine1 financial assistance tne coming Billy Sunday revival , j i v lmeetines were received bv church - '.i.. 1 ""6 1 Friday. Friends, Whitewater Friends, First M. E., Grace M. E., Third M. E.. First English Lutheran, ;. Second English Lutheran, First Christian, First Pres byterian, Second Presbyterian, Reid Memorial, United Brethren and the First Baptist. All members were asked in the letter to contribute liberally toward meeting the general operating expenses of the series of meetings, including the erection of a tabernavle ; seating anoui v.uuu people- it was SSSal. Subscription blanks were enclosed his personal service he will accept a free-will offering at the close of the meeting," said the letter. Letter From Committee. The letter was sent out by the finance committee of the local Billy Sunday council. Each of the IS churches is represented on the committee with one member. The committee personnel is as follows: Walter L. Dalbey, R. R. Holzapfel, Walter J.Doan, Sylvester Jones, F. S. Dodd. Eben Louck. E. O. Ewan. Charles Y. Miller, A. L. Ellis, M. L Rowe, H. S. Hart, W. E. Weaver, A. J. Holsinger, Ed. N. Wilson and Dr. G. C. Wlcoxen. Connersville churches are consider ing inviting Billy Sunday to conduct a series of meetings there in 1923, ac cording, to a report Friday. A committee comprised of three representatives of each of the Protestant churches will meet Monday night to consider the advisability of - inviting Mr. Sunday. In a letter to Connersville men, it is understood that Mr. Sunday has agreed to discuss an evangelistic campaign in that city, during his stay in Richmond. . ' SCHOONER IS LOST; ENTIRE CREW SAVED (By Associated Press) KEY WEST, Fla., Feb. 10. Tht three masted American schooner Herbert May, with a lumber cargo, has been lost near Marquesse, 30 iinles from Key West, according to Captain Ferguson, who was brought here late last night by a fishing smack. . There was no. loss of life, the crew abandoning the vessel and landed on Marquesse. It was expected they would be brought here today, a vessel having left for the scene at midnight. The May .went aground in 13 feet of water, according to her master, and broke her back when she struck. Tin deck cargo of lumber wentby tins board, but the lumber In the hold, it was said, might be salvaged. means committee were attended by farmers, bankers, representativs of labor, rpresentatives of industry and public utilities, professional men andj treasury officials. It appeared io be almost the unanimous opinion that! future issues of government secur ! Ities, other than those of the central government, must be subject to taxation. Otherwise, it was contended, all federal sources of revenue will dry up. business, agriculture and-industry will suffer acutely and practically the entire burden of public taxation will be shifted to incomes from labor and to real estate. Conservative estimates place the amount of outstanding tax exempt se- . (Continued on Page Nine)

HARDING ASKS RATIFICATION OF TREATIES President Personally Lays the Pacts Negotiated at Conference on Limitation of Armaments Before Senate. POINTS OUTBENEFITS

(Bv Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Tlie trea, ties negotiated during the Washington conference were laid before thi? senate by President Harding todny with a request that they be ratified as guarantees of peace. Appearing in person before the senate, the president declared that th-3 new agreement would "serve to put f.n end to contradiction, to remove ambiguities and establish clear understanding." Seven treaties were submitted by the president. The first was the fivs nnwpr naval nrmampnt l.reatv: lh ! curnnH tia enhmanna QTtt nrvltann fn i ' V . 1 V. Ill V I. I. IJ 1.1 U. 1 I 11 V .1 11 li.l-vl. qu. treaty; the third, the four power Pa cific treaty; the fourth ami fifth were supplemental treaties to the four-power pact, and the other related respectively to the general Far Eastern situation and to the Chinese tariff. Explains Purpose These engagements, the president said were interwoven In a general scheme of peace and contained nothing which "commits the United States or any other power to any kind of an alliance entanglement or involvement." Referring to the unratified treaty of Versailles, the president said it was drawn in response "to a manifest world hunger" for better relationships, and that the treaties submited today were drawn in response to the same desire, but without any provision except to promote peace. No Commitments "The four power treaties contains no war commitment," said the president. "There is no commitment to armed force, no alliance, no written or moral obligation to join in defense, no expressed or implied commitment to arrive at any agreement except in accordance with our . constitutional methods.". Reviewing briefly , the situation in the Far East the president declared that the conference by the Far Eastern agreements "had dissipated" all apprehension of territorial greed in that quarter and that senate ratification of the Far Eastern treaties "will stabilize a peace for the breaking of -which there is not a shadow of reason or real excuse." The five power naval treaty," he continued, "was in accordance with the expressed wish of congress as contained in recent legislation and would afford the first actual relief from naval burdens, which peoples ' Continued on Page Eight) NOT TO RAISE BONUS BY TAX ON CHECKS; SEVEN SOURCES LEFT WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Reaching a final agreement on the soldiers' bonus tax program a house waysand means sub-committee decided today against a tax on bank checks. The program was not made public, , but it was said .authoritatively that with the exception of the bank check: tax, it was substantially the same as that given out last evening. This program included: One cent a gallon on gasoline, estimated to yield $70,000,000. ,--' Twenty-five cents per horsepower on automobiles, $50,000,000. Five dollars per one thousand on real estate transfers, $20,000,000." Increased documentary stamps with the rate on the transfer on stocks and bonds at one-tenth of one per cent, $64,000,000. Double the present 10 per cent taj on admission where the charge exceeds 25 cents, $70,000,000. An increase of 50 cents a thousand on cigarettes, $25,000,000. An increase of two cents on chewing and smoking tobacco, $3,000,000. Not to Change Postage Members of the committee declined today to say what tax, it any, had been substituted for the check levy, but ; it was stated that the committee had decided against any Increase In either the first or second class postage rates. Increased parcel post rates were under consideration, but whether they were approved was not made known. Chairman Fordney said the program agreed upon would be submitted to Republican leaders of the senate finance committee with a view to an agreement between the two commit tees. After such an agreement Is reached, the program would await approval by the entire Republican membership of the house and senate committees. It was said that until there had been a final agreement between the two committees the exact details of the program would not be made public by agreement among the members of the sub-committee. HOLD MAN BELIEVED TO BE ED F. SANDS " ( By Associated Press) . " TOPEKA, Kans., Feb. 10. Tha man held in Shawnee county jail here who was taken off a Sante Fe train Wednesday night answers the description of Edward F. Sands, secretary-valet to William Desmond Taylor, murdered motion picture director, under Sherii. O. W. Carlson declared today. Though the man gave the name of Walter t. Underwood, the name signed to a ra'! way ticket in his possession was Walter S. Maddox. ,