Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 48, 25 February 1922 — Page 1

RICHMOND OM VOL. XCII., No. 18 T'Mlartlum. Eat 1SJ1. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram, 1907. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 25, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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DEMOCRATS IN INDIANA DISCOURAGED Chairman Hull Well Satisfied With Political Situation in Middle West With Exception of Hoosier State.

STILL LICKING WOUNDS PAM,ADICN 3VEW5 BUREAU WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 Chairman Hull of the Democratic National Committee has returned to Washington from a ecouting trip through several middle western states. It is understood that he professes to be well satisfied with the political situation in that section of the country with the exception of Indiana. He found the Democratic organization in that state, It is reported, badly disorganized and still licking the wounds It received in the 1920 elections. "I am at a loss to understand why the Democratic party in Indiana is in such of state of funk at this time because the party in the other debatable t-tates Is once more in fighting trim," remarked an Indiana man who has been actively Identified with the Democratic organization in Indiana for a r umber of years and who held an important post under the Wilson administration. Offer No Contest. "One would think that the Republican senatorial contest would give Indiana Democracy encouragement to bring out a strong candidate for the scnatorshlp and bring about lively contests for the congressional nominations In the various districts, but such Is not the case," he continued. "Our big three, former senator Tom Taggart, former governor Sam Ralston, and former vice president Thomas U. Marshall, do not want the senatorial nomination. "In eight of the 13 districts not one man has announced candidacy for the Democratic congressional nominations. "Of course, over a month remains Tor the filing of candidacies for repreentative in congress, but you notice that the Republican candidates have not. been so slow in taking the field. "In several districts lively Republican congressional contests have heen in progress since the first of :hi3 year. Amazing Situation. "It is truly an amazing situation In dew of the fact that the Republicans, i-i the party in power, will be on the iefensive this year, and for the additional reason that the Republicans are aow engaged in a bruising senatorial primary contest." To further illustrate the rnt the Democratic party in Indiana is now in !)olitltians in Washington point o the fact that when Ed Hoffman resigned m member of the Democratic Nation 1 committee there was no scramble j for the place and the appointment was passed on to Charles Greathouse withDtrt question or comment. Ben Bosse, Democratic state chairman of Indiana, wants to resign from '.hat position, according to reports tvhich have reached Washington, but has refrained from doing so because no one capable of handling the important duties of the office has signified a willingness to succeed him. TOWNS ARE REMOVING HIGH WATER DEBRIS (By Associated Press) 'EDGEWOOD. Ia.. Feb. 25.--Resi- i dents of the flooded towns of Elk-! port, Garber and Osterdock, la., today j w ere attempting to cleanse their i homes of mud and debris left by the i high waters on Wednesday and Thurs day. Reports received here were that the people of those towns were in need Df food and clothing after being virlually cut off from communication withthe outside world for three days. The 400 inhabitants of p:ikport were reported to have lived lor two days j m a fifhoolhouse on a hill, after being driven from their homes. All buildings in the town were said :o have been flooded from three to 10 ieet in depth. The arrival of Grant Hrugner, Red Cross field worker, from Chicago today, was quickly followed uy the dispatch of an automobile load-1 m wuu ioou supplies lor usteraock. DENIES PRISON SITE CHOSEN AT PENDLETON (By Associated Prews) INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25. Governor McCray today denied rumors that I he proposed site at Pendleton had been selected by the reformatory relocation commission for the new reformatory. "There is nothing doing in the reformatory situation so far today," the governor said in response to an inquiry that Pendleton had been selected as the new reformatory site. "The Pendleton committee will be in my office this afternoon to offer a new proposition to the state." WHEELER ACQUITTED OF MANSLAUGHTER

NEVC?TLE, Ind., Feb. 25. Thomas Wheeler, of Hagerstown, was lound not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of Tilman Williams in an automobile accident la-l August near A Newcastle, Saturday. After debating for an hour and casting three ballots the jury agreed. The first two ballots stood seven to-ve for acquittal. Arguments fere fini bed (Saturday morning.

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Louis Gaubert, noted French aviator, has sailed from New York for

France with the avowed intention of make a non-stop flight from France (.oliath plane now being constructed He intends to attempt the return trip SAY LLOYD GEORGE INTENDS TO SUGGEST LAND DISARMAMENT fEv Associated Pr? PARIS, Feb. 25. Land disarmament is said by the 'Jemps to be the sur- r prise wnicn rremier Lioya ueorge oi Great Britain intends to spring at the Genoa conference proposing the reductions personally or getting another of the British delegation to make the suggestion. As disarmament is not on the program the question will come up indirectly according to the paper, but it can easily be raised by first binding European states not to attack their neighbors and then suggesting reduction of armies as a means of lessening budget burdens. ' ; The Temps concludes that the only way to reduce land armaments effectively will be to adopt the French peace conference idea of giving to the League of Nations an international force to police the world. Criticising the naval pact signed .V the Washington conference, the Temps j describes it as binding only in time ! of peace, inasmuch as article 22 en ables the signatories to suspend its obligations during hostilities. BASEBALL PARK FUND GROWS; 174 TICKETS PLEDGED SATURDAY With 174 tickets pledged Saturday, making a grand total of 658 tickets, funds for the baseball park are rapt Idly being: raised. This is the total j for three days' work. At the corner of Ninth and Mam streets a large thermometer is on display and each day the amount of funds raised will be announced. The number of tickets sold Saturday will bring the total up to $ 1.316. The following subscribed Saturday: joe Kuppin 2 fieoree Rohe 5 Harry Lontz O. C. Yates William McKinney C. W. Abel Ed. Schwegman 5 DeVinney's Hotel 10 Hackman, Klehfoth and Co 10 A. G. Luken and Co 25 Frank Strayer 15 Crane klectric Co o Clem Roberts 1 Dr. W. W. Zimmerman 1 ivieyers igcir oiu.e " w0a?kercnd g..c?::::::::::::::: l uamn iiu v WIlHam T). Tehr 5 Fred Borton 5 George Fox 5 R. E. Graham 5 Harry Pinnick 5 W. B. Fulghum 5 Sam Fred " 5 Frank Holland 2 Frank McCoy 4 W. K. Dill 10 E. A. Feltman 1 R. and W. Bowling Alleys 10 Total tickets sold Saturday 174 Grand total sold 653 RICH COUPLE" PAYS SHOPLIFTING FINES (By Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 25. Aj man who gave his name as George L. Warren, 64, reputed wealthy head of the Central Michigan Paper company, of Grand Rapids, Mich., and his wife, Mrs. Ellen Warren, 60, were sentenced here for shoplifting. The man was given the alternative of paying a fine of $100 or going to jail for 100 days, and the woman the alternative of ?50 fine or 50 days. They were charged with having taken small articles from a bargain counter in a department store. They said they had come to Los Angeles two months ago. The man assumed responsibility for the acts of both.

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at the Farman works in his country in April with ten passengers. CHICAGO IS SHAKEN ' WHEN 30 TONS OF DYNAMITE EXPLODES (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Feb. 25. Chicago and dozens of its suburbs today found out just what caused the explosion which literally shook them to their foundation and caused a frenzy of excitement last night. Thirty tons of dynamite let go in a j stone quarry southwest of the city! shortly before 9 o'clock and hundreds i of thousands of alarmed . residents went to bed not knowing just whatj . . . , . , , A1 , had happened to shake them up. dam-j age property and give rise to rumors i and reports of concerted bombing squads an earthquake, a falling, meteor, and disaster to some of the major manufacturing plants. For an hour after the blast, Chicago and its suburbs were in a furore. The ! smashing of glass in thousands of; windows, the shaking of the buildings i and the noise of the explosion gave rise to reports that bombings were occurring simultaneously in many parts of the city. While the police and newspaper offices were flooded with hundreds of Inquiries and thousands of frightened persons were trying to find the source of the blast The Associated Press, through a curious coincidence was able to give the first authentic news of the explosion. Word Comes Back. A Monon railway signal tower at Dyer, Ind., received definite word of the blast and this was relayed to the Monon dispatcher at Lafayette, Ind., whence it was transmitted to a Lafay-! ette newspaper and the word of the explosion on the edge of Chicago came back to the city over The Associated Press wires. In spite of the large area affected by the blast only one man was seriously injured, although scores were cut by glass and shaken and bruised some of them living miles from the scene. Albert Kenela, the injured man, was operating a crane some dis- - - . 1 1. v- CVyiUOIUU QUU sus tained a broken arm. Renort that " hundreds had been killed proved to be UU11U1L CO. Cause is Unknown The McCook quarry of the consumers' company, about 11 miles from Chicago's downtown district, contained two powder magazines where dynamite was stored to thaw and dry. In each magazine 600 cases of dyna mite were stored, each case containini KO nnnnrla th l T,he -pn .wy iriH novAi Mo Imm T. i ... it is pussiuie tnat a case of the dynamite fell on another case or that a rafter fell oni a case. j The damage caused by the explosion is estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars. There is little to show the effect of the blast at the spot where it occurred. A great' hole in the ground some fifty feet wide and 200 feet long marks the place where yesterday the powder magazines stood. Workmen at the quarry today were working at the edge of the crater. Policeman Shot Patrolman Michael Forgan of Argo. 111., was probably fatally ' wounded early today when he was shot through the head while standing guard in front of the Summit state bank, the windows of which had been shattered by the explosion of dynamite in McCook quarry nearby. The shooting was done by several men who drove up to the bank in an automobile and fled when Forgan fell. Argo police believe they intended to rob the nank, Dut became frightened. Questionable Notes In Bankruptcy Proceedings (By Associated Press) CORYDON, Ind., Feb. 25. Many questionable notes are said to have been found by federal and state bank examiners who ' are investigating the alleged shortage of the Oorydon National bank here, which they say will exceed $340,000. The bank was closed by national bank examiners last Monday. Steps have been taken to organize a new bank with a capital stock of $100,000 and a surplus of $25,000. ,

80,000 NAVY LEAST FIGURE HARDING IDEA

G. 0. P. Members Understood to Have Fixed That Number at Conference with House Naval Committee. URGES PLANE CARRIERS By Associated .Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 President harding is understood to have tcld Republican members of the houso naval committee at a White House conference today that while he felt some reduction should be made in the navy personnel, the total number of enlisted men ought not to be cut under 80.000. The president also is said to have strongly urged legislation for conversion of two battle cruisers into airplane carriers. . While the question as to whether the 540 members of the first year clas at Annapolis, to be graduated in June, should be commissioned, was not considered in detail. It was stated that the president ad vocated a sharp reduction in the num i ber of men to be admitted to the acaii-! emy each year in the future. Concert Monday Night The Symphony orchestra will give! the next to the last of its series off winter rnnpnrl ATnnHav ovonin cr at the Coliseum. Richard Czerwonky, the celebrated violinist, conductor and composer, will be the assisting soloist. Tschaikowsky's "Nutcracker Suite" j is to be presented for the first time, ii is saia Dy conductor J. m. aiaaay. Mr. Czerwonky, the soloist, will play one of his own compositions as part of the program. 12 CARS JUMP TRACK AT ELKHORN TRESTLE; DAMAGE IS $25,000 r, . . . n-AAA Damages estimated at $2n,000 was fUstalned by the c.. and O. railroad when 12 coal cars jumped the tracks at the Elkhorn trestle south of town, near the W. C. Wolf a, farm, Saturday morning. The engine and one car had crossed tne bridge when the accident occurred. The caboose and one car were left on the tracks after the cars had' fallen from the trestle The accident occurred about 7 o'clock Saturday morning. The trestle crosses Elkhorn creek near the Elkhorn Mills, and it was at this point that the train was wrecked. PACIFIC PACT, NAVAL, SUBMARINE TREATIES REPORTED FAVORABLY fRy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. The fourpower Pacific treaty, together with its supplement and a reservation and the naval limitation and submarine treaties were ordered reported today by the senate foreign relations committee.. The reservation attached by the committee to the four power pact embodies the compromse suggested after conferences with President Harding, and declares that nothing in the treaty shall be construed as forming au alliance. It was approved by a 10 to 3 vote. Also by a division of 10 to three, with Senators Borah, Idaho; Johnson. California, Republicans, and Shields, Democrat, Tennessee voting in the negative, the four power treaty was ordered reported to the senate. The vote by which the naval limitation and submarine treaties wer3 favorably reported were unanimous. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY. Generally fair tonight, followed by increasing cloudiness Sunday and becoming unsettled. Prevailing high barometric pressure over the north and central states indicates generally fair weather tonight, but a general storm is developing over the1ocky mountains and indicates mcre-Aing cloudiness on Sunday probably followed by snow or rain about Monday or Auesday. For Indiana, by the United State Weather Bureau Fair tonight and probably Sunday; no change in temperature. Temperatures for Yesterday. Maximum , 29 Minimum 24 Today. Noon ..S2 Weather Conditions The weather remains moderately cold south of the great lakes and severe cold weather on the northern border states. Minimum temperatures have ranged from 10 to 20 below for the past two days. It is cloudy and unsettled over the southern plain states and western por tion of the United States, with rain and snow over several of the western states. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,535

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Miss Helen Cody Allen, grandniece of the late Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," was graduated from finishing school in the east last June and chose life on the Helen Cody ranch at Cody. Wvo.. for her future home.

But the stage called her and as Claire the footlights. ROMA INVESTIGATION DELVES INTO EVERY ANGLE OF DISASTER (By Associated Press) NORFOLK, Va.", Feb. 25 Formal Inquiry by an army investigating board into the causes and circumstances surrounding the Roma disaster Tuesday, in which 34 men lost their lives, was I begun at headquarters of the army supply base here today. Preliminary investigations have been made both by Langley Field officers and officers, especially detailed by the war department and their reports will be submitted to the board. The inquiry is in the nature of a coroner's inquest and it is the intention of the board to bring out every feature of the crash before the report is made. 1 . Capt. G. B. West, medical officer, who examined - the- bodies- described the nature of the burns suffered by each victim. It was understood that other medical officers would testify that the great majority met death from burns, some having been asphyxiated and some being crushed to death by the steel girders and supports. Describe Impressions Following Capt. West, officers and attaches of the army base testified as to the position of the Roma when she was first seen approaching the reservation from a northeasterly direc tion. Several described their impres-1 sions when they first saw the airship and all agreed that they thought she was in trouble. The statement as to the rudder supports apparently giving way on the left hand side, throwing those on the right into a vertical position were practically the same as made the afternoon of the tragedy. .Testimony will also be taken at Newport News and Langley field. Says Ship Buckled Up. Just before the Roma started h'sr fatal nose dive, according to Walter Simms, a civilian who witnessed the disaster at close range, and who testified before the board, that she seemed to buckle up close to the bow, apparently bringing the nose of the ship from left to right, "It looked to me," he said, "like there was deadweight in the bow; that there was no gas in that part of the bag to hold up the nose. She appeared to lose her buoyancy." Nothing official regarding the results of the investigation will be given out until the report reaches the war department in Washington. BASKETBALL TOURNEY DRAWINGS ARE MADE; LOCALS FACE LIBERTY (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25. Drawings for the annual Indiana high school basketball tournament were made today here by the board of control of the Indiana High School Ath letic association. Sectional play begins next Friday in 32 cities of Indiana. Regional tournaments will be held a week later at Purdue and Indiana universities. The final play will be held in the Coliseum of the Indiana state fair grounds here March 17 and 18. Schedules announced: The Richmond sectional, first round pairing: Friday 8 a. m., Alquina vs. Hagerstown; 9 a. m., Boston vs. Whitewater; 10 a. m.,' Milton vs. Webster; 11 a. m.. Liberty vs. Richmond; 1 p. m., Brownsville vs. Fairview' township; 2 p. m., Centerville vs. Connersville; 3 p. m., Bentonville vs. Cambridge; 4 p. m., Everton vs. Orange; 5 p. m.. Fountain City vs. Economy. Give Good Citizens Chance To Help Recover Auto Good citizens of this city who wish to aid the police force in its vigilant watch for stolen cars will be interest ed in the description of this car which was stolen in Cedar Springs. Mich., Feb. 19, from Frank Raymer: - Light touring car, one spoke out of wheel on. right hand side, round glass in rear half broken out. One Barney Oldfield tire on rear left side.

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Cody Allen Cody she Is soon to appear behind REQUIRE GUARANTEE SOVIET ENVOYS WILL RETURN FROM GENOA MOSCOW, Feb. 25. In order to insure return to Russia of the delegation sent to Genoa, only those persons who have families or possessions that may be considered good hostages or guarantees will be allowed to go there. The Soviet has had too many examples of its agents willing to woik abroad, but unwilling to return.' Several government agents will accompany the delegation under the guise of secretaries, to Insure the good conduct and return of the delegates. The example of the death of B Bravin by .assassination in Afghanistan last summer is held as a warnim; to slackers that the communist disci pline will be uphel., and that its ami is long. Bravin, a Bolshevik leader, went there as ambassador, with 2,000,000 gold rubles, but declined to return when ordered.' It was believed that he had entered into close relations with British agents, or that h? wished to keep a part of the gold. The Soviet foreign minister, M. Chitcherin, has received a note from the Marquis Delia Torretta, saying that because of the Italian ministerial crisis, it will be impossible to hold the Genoa conference on March 5, as planned. The note added that the Italian government was gstting in touch with the others who will participate in the conference, and endeavoiing to fix a definite date with but a short delay. FRENCH AND BRITISH MINISTERS ARRANGE PROGRAM FOR GENOA (By Associated Press) BOULOONE, Feb. 25. Premier Poincare and Prime Minister Lloyd George of Great Britain were to meet this afternoon for their first interview on the subject of the coming international conference and financial conference. ... M. Poincare's zeal to assure privacy for today's meeting has revived the waning interest through France, as such events . have succeeded one another so rapidly in the last two years as to become rather an old story. The premiers will have only about three hours for their first conference which will be devoted to laying out the details or substance of a document setting forth the conditions under which the Genoa meeting shall be held. Wants Privacy. Mr. Lloyd - George is crossing th channel on the regular Calais day boat and will complete the journey by automobile, expecting to be here in time for luncheon. M. Poincare is coming on an ordinary train from Paris with his experts and will take a simple lunch at the headquarters in the sub-prefecture, where the conference will begin at 3 p. m, unless the French premier decides on another effort to throw the newspapers off the tril. : - Genoa is receiving less 7 and leE9 j mention as the site for the international conference, and the impression is gaining ground that the . premiers may decide it inadvisable to hold the meeting' in Italy. . Y. M. C. A. MAY HOUSE TOURNAMENT TEAMS Plans are being made at the Y. M. C, A. to make the local association the headquarters for the basketball teams here during the district tournament. Every visitor coming to Richmond for the tournament is invited to come to the."Y" at any time during their stay in Richmond. The "Y" dressing rooms and showers will be used by the teams before and after the games. Perry Wilson, of the Y," Is planning a meeting of all coaches and managers of teams here during the tournament for a conference to be i held in the "Y Saturday afternoon at 15 o'clock.

DAVIS SEEKS TO FORESTALL COALJTRIKE Has Under Way Action Con' templated by President Harding to Bring About Conference of Miners. APPEALSlRESENT OUT

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Secretary of Labor Davis had under way today the action contemplated by President Harding to bring about a conference between the bituminous coal operators and mine workers prior to April 1. Wage contracts now existing in union fields expire at that time and a failure to replace them with a newagreement is considered likely to be followed by - a nation-wide strike, affecting all union operations. While government officials were plainly disposed to maintain silence in the matter on the ground that publicity might injure the progress desired, it is understood that appeals are being sent to the individual companies and operators in different states ask ing them to meet with the committee of the United Mine Workers, which is authorized to deal for the unions. Government Position The government Is maintaining the position that a provision in the existing national wage contract absolutely bind3 the mine operators to consider with the unions the question of writing a new national agreement to succeed the expiring one. Difficulty encountered, it is said. Is due to the practical dissolution within the last year of the mine operators organizations capable of dealing with labor on a national basis. This difficulty, however, will not be allowed to interfere with the course decided upon, as the labor department will appeal to all of the persons who have represented the mine owners in preparation of national and semi-national wage agreements under government supervision during the war. ARE HOPING HARDING WILL TAKE HAND IN QUESTION OF BONUS WASHINGTON. Feb. 25. Failure of the special sub-committee of Republican members of the house ways and means committee to approve any provision for financing of the soldiers bonus, after rejecting the sales tax proposal by a vote of seven to two. had placed the question again today in the hands of the entire majority membership of the committee for further study of the situation. In addition to the vote against the sales tax the sub-committee was understood to have gone on record yesterday five to four, in favor of reporting out a bonus bill without any provision for raising the revenue. The majority members of the committee will not meet again until next Tuesday, having adjourned yesterday after receiving the report of the subcommittee to permit- time for study of the whole, question before reaching a decision on its recommendations. The sentiment of the majority members was said by some to favor ratification of the action of the subcommittee, barring unforeseen developments before Tuesday. Some supporters of the sales tax plan, however, were pinning their hopes today to the possibililty that President Harding might again take a hand in the situation, believing that it was the present intention of the committee to report out legislation based on proceeds from the refunded foreign bonds, a plan of which, they said, the president had expressed disapproval. Those who favor - a - bonus bill without any revenue ' provision said this could be followed by another measure providing for the use of the bond proceeds, which should be available, they believed, in part, at least before the cash payments to former service men would become due. AUXILIARY OF LEGION APPOINT CHAIRMEN Ward chairmen for the membership committee were appointed by the Woman's' auxiliary of the American Legion Friday afternoon at its meeting in the K. of P. building. No chairman for the first, or third wards have as yet been appointed. The chairmen are: second ward, Mrs. Matilda Cain; fourth, Mrs. Henry Vogelsong; fifth, Mrs. J. C. Trump; sixth, Mrs. Henry Kluter; seventh, Mrs. Anna Walls; eighth, Mrs. Mary Kellar, and for memberships outside of the city limits, Mrs. Charles Williams. The legion members have extended an invitation K the auxiliary members to be their guests at a supper party the evening of March 10 in the K. of P. hall. Interest In u Confession" In Taylor Case Subsides LOS ANGELES, Calif, Feb. 25. Interest resulting from the "confession" of Harry E. Fields In Detroit, as to certain alleged details of the murder of William Desmond Taylor, film director was subsiding here today, without spoken expressions by officials of their disbelief in Fields' statements. They declared they had been unable to substantiate any of the allegations Fields made to the Detroit authorities. The investigation resolved itself locally largely into a resumption by the police of running to ground the "tips' on the mystery that were said to be reaching the various officials as frequently as during the days Immediately after the discovery of Taylor's body on Feb. 2.