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RICHMOND PALLADIUM JL VOL. XCIL, No. 53 Palladium. Est 1S31. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram. 1907. RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

OPPOSE PLAN TO REARRANGE DEPARTMENTS Bureau Heads, Politicians and Clerks Against Consolidation Differ on Forest Service Transfer.

Has Unique-Record QUESTION OF : Head of Mint

Lloyd George to Quit? SOLON GIVES WILL H. HAYS PARTING KICK VALUATION IS NOT SETTLED 5r3i

REDUCE VALUE OF VETERANS' CERTIFICATES Face Value to be Sum of Adjusted Service Pay Plus 25 Per Cent Instead of M0 Reduces Ultimate Cost.

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AFRAID JOBS WILL GO

Itr MIRK Sl'LMVAX WASHINGTON, March 3 The plan for the re-organization of the government seems to have halted, and with each day of delay the aggregate of innumerable oppositions to it grows stronger. When the r, vit , IlCk.UUMV.OHS power a year ago, Mr. Harding tooK tlie enterprise up energetically. He appointed Walter F. Brown of Toledo, Ohio, to lay out the plan. The theory was that he was to rearrange the various bureaus and departments of the governments as a private business corporation would have them, with an eye to logical order and economical efficiency. The government as a business institution had been growing for 130 years without order or symmetry. Congress had been adding a bureau here and a bureau there until the whole of it looked like an irregular mass of barnacles had had the wastefulness that would attend such a lack oi system. Admirable Plan. Mr. Drown spent about 10 months in investigation. He sought the assistance of Secretary Hoover, postmaster general Hayes, General Dawes unci various others familiar with the problem and capable of advising on it wisely. In the end Mr. Brown envolved a report and a plan which is described by most cf the disinterested who are raniiliar with it as admirable. Mr. Brown gave his report to Mr. Harding, and it has been on the President's desk for some time. It is understood the President expects to fubmit it himself to Congress with any modifications he may want to make, in the near future. The re-or-ganization plan has merely been wait-j Jng on the Presidents leisure until after he should have made his ship subsidy report to Congress. Unhappily, in the meantime a world of opposition has developed. The chief change proposed in the plan, it Is reported, is the combining of the war and navy departments into one department to bear &i its name the department of national defense. Although this is said to be the only instance in which . the- combining . of two cabinet departments is recommended, it is not the case that has aroused the mo3t violent opposition. The most energetic protest has arisen over the suggestion that the forestry service should be transferred from the department of agriculture, where it now is. to the interior department. Differ on Forest Service This would seem to be a logical TtXl - u.t uuuuua. uiuo..i, uu i lifts jurjsuicuun nv..-i mc uauuum panes, me reclamation , . , , , . i : the general land office. But the for-r.-try service seems to have developed a distinct disinclination to he weaned from the department of agriculture, which has been its parent ever since it was started. Also, the department of agriculture has shown some sense of outrage at being deprived of its child. The forestry service has always been a stormy petrel since the time of Giflord Piiichot and the Ballinger case. And a lot of persons outside the government have stirred themselves into partisan opposition. Just now the farm bloc in Congress seems more tit posed to enlarge the department of jsriculture by giving it functions now curried on by other departments than to let their. department lose anything. Many of the other changes recomnipnil.1,1 in Ihe lfrnwn renort have exriled similar opposition. Inasmuch as every clerk who is made fearful of the possibility of dismissal for himreif in the proposed consolidations l a 1 his own congressman. The aggre,T le of the oppowition will be formidable. Could Run Over Congress. Mr. Harding can only recommend the plan to congress, and congress has Frown no such disposition to follow the President', leadership as would justify confident hope of success for this 'move toward economy s'.nd efficiency. The time to have this change was during the first months of the administration, when the president had the maximum of ascendacy over congress, and before heads of departments had had time to develop sentiments of jealous proprietorship. Nevertheless, this is so good an innovation that if the president should care to call on the country for support he could probably run over congress. The immediate savings of cash through the Brown plan would be considerable, and the ultimate saving through increased efficiency would run into hundreds of millions. (Copyrighted. 1922 by New York Evening Post, Inc. USE RADIO TO LEARN FATE OF STEAMSHIP BOSTON. March 3. Radio stations along the North. Atlantic seaboard today were actively seeking news from ihe Norwegian steamer Grontoft, Galveston for Esbjerg, which was reported sinking yesterday with twenty men aboard five hundred miles southeast or Cape Race. The latest word from the Grontoft said all her lifeboats had been smashed in the stormy seas. The steamer Estonia was reported on her way to the sinking steamer and mariners here believed the Estonia had reached the Grontoft in time to save officers and crew. The Grontoft is a freighter of 1,200 tons.

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John F. O'Neil (above) claims the unique record of drawing up more indictments against criminals than any 'other man in the country. He is asCDt.,, AU-tt ttra Vaw SITUATION IN INDIA DECLARED CAUSE OF INCREASING ANXIETY (By Associated Press) LONDON, March 3. Scattering resports to the newspapers indicate that the situation in India is causing in creasing anxiety to the authorities partcularly in the Punjab and the United Provinces of Bengal. There is said to be danger In Ben gal that the members of the old rev olutionary party will take control of the political movement out of the hands of the nationalist congress party, owing to the anger of the extremists at the postponement of civil disobedience. The Daily Telegraph shows that agitation is growing in all the above named districts, where the situation is getting more and more out of the con trol of the authorities. The report of the impending arrest of Mohandas K. Gundhi, non-co-operationist leader is reiterated. The Daily Mail says that the Prince of Wales has abandoned his intention to visit Amritsar where it is recalled troops fired on agitators in April, 1919, killing 380 persons. The reason for the alteration in the Prince's plans is not stated. 90,000 COAL MINERS IN WESTERN CANADA MAY STRIKE APRIL 1 . (By Associated Press) CALGARY. JLlberta... March 3. A strike affecting 90,000 coal miners in western Canadian fields is threatened for April 1. Robert Livett, chairman of the scale committee of the United that a walkout was possible in event that wage reductions wage reductions announ ced here were put into were put into effect. i16, comprising southern Alberta and . . v- i . . i mi i niitL:u to moil 1.1, iu, part of eastern British Columbia, Mr. Livett's announcement was a sequel of the failure yesterday of rep resentatives of miners and officials of the western Canada coal operators association to agree on a new wage scale. The operators issued a statement the new rates to be in effect April 1 would show decreases running from 30 to over 50 per cent and would he a return to 1915 scale, with few exceptions. No Alternative "If the operators are sincere In their proposal to enforce the scale thev have submitted to us," Mr. Livett said "there would be no alternative to a total cessation of work in district 1G on April 1. We hope a continuance of the negotiations may bring about a satlsfaci are not prepared to change their pres r , . . . ent attitude there is no hope that we can meet on common ground." The miners' reply was ready for submission to the operators today. In their statement to the men the operators declared: "In order that the present abnormally high rate will not prevail a day longer than is absolutely necessary, these new rates will be posted at our individual mines on April 1, 1922. BALL THERMOMETER 85 TICKETS HIGHER Eighty-five tickets were pleged Wednesday for the baseball jubilee, making a grand total of 1,393. The directors had only one statement to make and that was: "The phone number of baseball headquarters is 6299." Today's subscriptions follow: Dr. S. Edgar Bond 2 Anton Stolle 3 Howard Dill 5 The Starr Piano Co. (Retail) 6 Frankel and Harding 5 Harry B. White 2 Dr. Frank Harold 6 Walter Ratliff 1 F. S. Dodd 10 O. V. Porter 1 Rev. Frank Roell S R. P. Sena 2 Elizabeth McDonald 1 John B. Maag 2 Sam Vigran 5 Ben T. Hill 10 Lester Slenk 1 Atlas Girls Basketball Team f 1 Dr. Frank Harding 2 Geo. Fienning 1 Howard Elstro 1 J. H. Bruening 1 Matt Brinker : 2 Carl Wadman 5 Thomas Ahl 1 Silent subscription . 8 Today's total ."".'.85 Grand total 1,393

No Agreement on Tariff Plan

Reached Despite Frequent Conferences Claim British Propaganda Being Spread. LETTER IS MADE PUBLIC rALMim'K NEWS BUREAU WASHINGTON, March 3 No agreement on the question of valuation for the. new tariff act has yet been reached 1y the finance committee of tne senate and the ways and means committee of the house, despite frequent conferences. The finance committe still is engaged in drafting rates based on foreign valuation. The ways and means committee still stands pat on its declaration that the house will insist upon American valuation for the tariff. At the present rate of progress the finance committee could report the tariff bill by the middle of this month but there is no assurancethat It will do so. Some very interesting correspondence directly relating to the tariff question, recently passed between a manufacturing concern in New York state? and the department of labor. The manufacturing concern received a letter from a corporation known as the "Inter-Ocean Holding company." At the top of its letterhead is the statement that the company Is organized at the instance of various Ger man-Hungarian and Czecho-Slovakian interests." A Send Letter to Davis. The letter informs the American company that labor conditions in central Europe, and especially in the three countries indicated, are such that it will be very advantageous for the American manufacturers to transfer at least a part of their production to those countries. The Inter-Ocean Holding company asks permission to "offer figures lor reproducing yourt article in Germany for re-saie in America." The American concern forwarded the letter to Secretary of Labor Davis, with the statement that, "this is apparently a plan to transfer our industries bodily to Germany and work untold injury to both the business and labor interests of our country. The plan undoubtedly is to secure control of the best of everything that we have and doubtless later compete here." ' v '" " " ' Compliments Concern- - ' "In response to this letter Secretary Davis complimented the American concern "upon the very patriotic stand which you have taken in refusing to be led into such an un-American scheme for depriving American working men of the means of securing an honest living." He took occasion to denounce the propaganda in support of the transference of American industries, in whole or in part, to central European countries. Those familiar with industrial conditions in Europe state that the laboring classes of all of central Europe are being mercilessly exploited by manufacturing interests financed not only by the people of their respective nations, but by interests in other na tions. Reports which have reached Washington indicate that British capital has either bought outright hundreds of industrial plants in Germany, Aus tria, Hungary and other central European nations, or has entered into leases for the entire output of plants in those countries covering a long period of years. These British interests have selling agencies established throughout the world, and British shipping is again supreme. Claim Propaganda It is generally understood in Washington that much of the propaganda now going on in the United States against ine enactment or a protective tariff with an American vaiuduon clause emanates from British sources. ! This propaganda aims to arouse the sympathies of Americans for the downtrodden working man of Europe, and particularly to arouse the sympathies of fellow countrymen of exploited European workmen in this country. The charge is made, however, that the real purpose back of this propaganda is not to uplift the workers of central Europe but, to enrich the pockets of the interests which have succeeded in getting control of central European Industries and are selling the output of those industries in this country either through their own sales agencies or through American importing concerns. Protects Markets In the meantime, it is mentioned, England has protected its own home markets by enacting a tariff law which imposes 30 per cent duty on over 6,000 commodities manufactured "key" Industries. Moreover, in this law there is a clause which provides against the Importation of foreignmade goods valued on a basis of foreign depreciated currency. It is also a fact that practically all European nations have tariff laws protecting their own home markets and yet practically all of these nations are engaged in an intensive and extensive propaganda in the United States to prevent this country from protecting its home market, its home industries and its working classes. SELECTS SHOWALTER FOR BROOKVILLE JOS WASHINGTON. March 3. Rep. Richard N. Elliott today recommended to the postoffice department the appointment of Ernest W. Showalter, as postmaster at Brookvllle, Ind. His nomination probably will be sent to the senate the first of next week. Showalter is a business man and has been an active Republican worker.

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Here Is Uncle Sam's money man Edward F. Scobey (above), of San Antonio, has been nominated by President Harding to be director of the mint, succeeding Raymond T. Baker. Scobey is an old friend of the president. FARMERS PROTEST GIVING UP OF AID TO HORSE BREEDING (Tiv Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Mar. 3 Fears that attempts to curtail appropriations for the remount service may be made in congress. Work formerly done by the Department of Agriculture in connec tion with improvment of the farm horses is now handled by the remount service and the farmers' representa tives have filed protest with members of congress against any slash of the military budget, which would interfere with this activity. The remount service has two hunAred 00,( stallions, valued at more than 000 and has mapped out a pro gram for their employment in forty states during the year Jn co-operation witn farmers, as it has been found that the most desirable type of horse for army use is exactly the type best fitted for farm work. A message to Colonel F. S. Armstrong, chief of the remount service signed by representatives of more than forty horse-breeders organizations in the New England states. New York and Pennsylvania, said the work carried on by the service is of incalculable value to the horse breeding industry of the country." Protest Abandonment "We especially protest," it said, "against the proposed to abandon the remount depot at Front Royal, Va., the only remount depot in the east or south." The Utah Cattle and Horse Growers association transmitted a resolution endorsing plans of the remount service and urging "Congressional support of this work by sufficient appropriations." The service was allowed $100,000 In jthe current army bill a reduction from ?Z5U,uuu tne year Detore ana for the coming fiscal year contemplate continued operation of three dapots, Front Royal, Fort Robinson, Neb., Fort Reno, Okla. The fourth depot now in operation, Fort Keagh, Mont., is scheduled for abandoment hecanse of limited funds. Should the j miiitary establishment be fitill further i reduced by congress, however,' it is generally expected that many army activities will have to be abandoned and the remount service might be among those to suffer, the breeders' representatives have felt. AMERICAN FIRM FAILS CBv Associated Press) SAN SALVADOR. Republic of Salvador, March 3. The American firm of Belanger's incorporated at Bluefields, Nicaragua, has failed, said a despatch received here. The liabilities were placed at $3,000,000. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY Generally fair tonirjht and Saturday; moderate temperatures. Prevailing high barometric pressure over the western states and the Mis-

hvJsissippi valley indicate continued fair

W tTillllCi 1 ' 1 LUC 1" AL w """I '3 .Till. continued moderate temperatures. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair and warmer tonight and Saturday. Temperatures Yesterday. Maximum 31 Minimum ..24 Today. Noon 36 J Weather conditions The snowstorm which swept the south is pressing out to the Atlantic ocean. The weather is abnormally cold in the southwest and above normal in western Canada. It is 52 above at Calgary, Alberta, while over the state of Texa3 record-breaking cold for March prevails; 26 above at San Antonio; zero at Amarillo. Another storm is approaching the north Pacific coast. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was. 11,555

! PRESENT BILL TUESDAY

By Associated Preas) WASHINGTON. March 3. The , working out of details of the compro-! mise soldiers bonus bill was completed today by the special sub-com mittee of the house ways and means committee Republican and it was an nounced that the re-drafted measure would be presented to the entire com mittee members, Republican and Dem ocrat, next Tuesday. The perfected plans will be submitted to the majority membership Monday, Chairman Fordney and other members said they did not think it would be necessary to present the bill to a Republican conference but added that the measure probably would not be reported to the house for 10 days or two weeks so as to give members ample time in which to study the compromise, t Important Change. - One important change in the original adjusted service certificate title was made today and members estimated that it would reduce the total ultimate cost of the bonus by perhaps as much as half a billion dollars Under this change the face value of the certificate would be the sum of the adjusted service pay plus 25 .percent, instead of 40 percent as originally proposed plus interest at the rate of four and one-half percent compounded annually. The maximum interest rate which banks could charge in making loans to the holder of the certificate was fixed at the amount of the rediscount rates charged by regional and federal reserve banks plus two percent. SHIP SUBSIDY PLAN TO BE DISCUSSED BY MARINE DELEGATES (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Mar. 3 The administration's ship subsidy plan to aid In the develpoment and ". maintaince of the American merchanj. marine fonnd the chief subject, of discussion among delegates gathered here for the opening session today of the annual convention of the National Merchant Marine association. A period of open discussion to give opportunity for expressions on this and other shipping questions following a number of formal addreses dealing with these, made up the program for the opening session. Shipbuilding and general trade and commercial Interests thru out the country were represented among the delegates as were a number of states and cities through the appointment of delegations by the governors and mayors. Following the opening address by Senator Joseph E. Ransdell, of Louisiana, as president of the association, the program today called for discussion by chairman Lasker of the shipping board of "the future of our merchant marine." Other speakers included W. A. Harrison, chairman of the Board of Directors of the American ship and Commerce Coporation, and Representative Frank D. Scott, of Michigan. Senator Jones, Washington, who sponsored the merchant marine act of 1920, will address the convention banquet tonight. Oother addresses will be heard tomorrow. ROADS MAY TEST COMMISSION ORDER NEW YORK, March 3. Representatives of several railroads will meet here Monday to discuss the advisability of seeking "a court test if the order of the interstate commerce commission directing that earnings in excess of six per cent on their property value be- turned over to the government. The Bessemer and Lake Erie,' the Chesapeake and Ohio, the Buffalo, Rqchester and ' Pittsburgh, the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western arid numerous smaller roads , are interested and will have representatives at the conference. The transportation act of 1920 pro vides for a recapture of excess earnings with which the government may form a contingent fund out of which loans to needy carriers may be made. Cook Unaccustomed Viands For Canadian Enthusiasts NEW YORK. . March 3 Chefs at Hotel Astor busied themselves today with such unaccustomed viands as loin of Canadian Buffalo, beaver tails, Y'ukon ptarmigan, Hudson Bay ice fish and the "makings" of Labrador flapjacks in preparation for the dinner tonight of the Canadian camp. Nearly 500 sportsmen and sportswomen on whom the lure o? the northland has fallen will be present, many of them journeying hundreds of miles to sink tooth into huntsman's fare and revive memories of their days with gun and rod The Canadian enthusiasts will get a look-in by the movie route on Moroccan and Algerian sport. Speakers include Rev. Allen MacRossie, who will serve as toastmaster, Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, Henry C. Welsh of the Explorers' club, and Melville E. Stone. The Canadian camp has a member ship of more than 4,000 persons in the United States and Canada, according

Premier Lloyd George's threat to resign is declared to be the result of

the growing Inclination of certain conservative elements to act independent of the coalition and to strengthen their position by attacks on the coalition in general and the premier In particular. LLOYD GEORGE WILL RESIGN MARCH 8 IF ASSURANCES LACKING f By Associated Press) 1 LONDON, March 3 Wednesday,

March 8, is the date set bv Prime auues or his department, preparatory Minister Lloyd George for fulfillment i tQ taking over his new duties toof his ultimatum to Austen Chamber-1 morrow. He will be sworn in at 11

lain, according to a report in parlia-1 mentary circles. If by then he has not received satisfactory assurances of the loyal support of the coalition conservatives, it Is said he will present to the King his resignation of the premiership, which he is now figuratively carrying in his pocket. Private meetings of politicians yesterday led to no announcement of developments tending toward a solution of the crisis. One of them. Indeed, hardened the opposition of the "die hard" conservatives to Lloyd George's leadership. This meeting was held in a committee room of the House of Commons where more than eighty Conservative members of the Commons and the House of Lords adopted a resolution affirming that "in order to restore confidence throughout the country and with a view to the approaching eeneral election there is urgent need for reassertion of the conservative and unionist nrinciples." The meetine is reported farther to have decided that the utmost shall be done to hasten the formation of a Conserva tive-Unionist eovernment . The determination of Mr. Chamber lain. Lord Chancellor Birkenhead and other conservative leaders to stana Dy Lloyd George is unshaken, and the steps they will take in an attempt to bring-their followers into - line are awaited with interest. This curiosity may be satisfied when Mr. Chamber lain delivers his speech at uxrora to night, as it is generally expected he will make a pronouncement bearing on the political crisis. Cabinet Meets. The cabinet met last night but as far as can be ascertained did not deal with the crisis, transacting only state business. The anti-coalition newspapers say the storm raised by the premier's letter to Mr. Chamberlain became worse yesterday, while Lloyd George's champions declare matters are somewhat improved. All agree however, that nothing approaching a settlement has been reached and that difficulties remain acute. The Westminster Gazette charges that the situation is a maneuver by Lloyd George to secure the leadership of the Conservative party and contends that if this is not the object of his letter to Chamberlain it is gratuitous folly on his part. CHICAGO QUOTATIONS TO BE BROADCASTED AT EVERY HALF HOUR CHICAGO, March 3. Market quotations of the Chicago board of trade will be broadcasted at half hour intervals during every business day begin ning' next Monday it was announced today. The plan was decided upon by the directors as the means of bringing the market closer to producers and dealers. The first quotation will be sent out at .the opening at the board at 9:30 and over a 360 metre wave length from the EYS station. Market news will be included in the radio broadcasting and the final bulleting will be sent at 1:15 p. m. VIRTUAL CIVIL WAR REPORTED IN FIUME LONDON, March - 3. The Italian Sascistl ' in Fiume succeeded at 5 o'clock this morning in occupying the postoffice and later in completly surrounding the government palace, attacking it with hand grenades and ma chine guns, said a Rome dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company today. The Croate returned the fire of the Sa"scisti,.said the dispatch. A state of virtual civil war had broken out be tween the Italian and Croate elements. The Sascisti are reported to have cap-i turea an Italian torpedo boat. - BASKETBALL RESULTS "Brownsville, 27; Fairview Twp., 24. Connersville, .43; Centerville, 12. WELCOME SPROUL SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Salvador, March 3. Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania, was accorded a great welcome on his visit to San Jose, Costa Rica, says a despatch from that city. He is returning to the United States. ' ' "

Vigorous Attack on Postmaster-General Made by Rep. Williams, of Illinois r Work Sworn Tomorrow.

ANNOUNCE LOAN RULING (By Associated Press : WASHINGTON, Mar. 3 A vigorous attack on Postmaster General Hays was made In the house by Representative Williams, of Illinois, who declared that the retiring cabinet officer "has been the one disappointment of the first year of Republican administration." Postmaster General Hays, today attended his last cabinet meeting. He will be succeeded tomorrow by Dr. Hubert Work, of Pueblo, Colo., who served as first assistant Postmaster General nnder Mr. Hays, and whosa nomination as postmaster general was coniirmea yesterday by the senate. , UJ- wo was busy today with the clock tomorrow at the post office department. Notice was issued today by the state department that the government ex? pects American bankers to advise it fully of th edetails of foreign loans with other governments abroad beforo negotiations of such loans are concluded. A Minnesota farmer's wife, Mrs. Nale Fadick of Fulga. Minn., told the senate agricultural committee of thv hardships and poor financial returr.3 of the farm life and advocated the Ladd bill for government fixing of prices on agricultural products. "Farmers live by hope, faith and accident," Mrs. Fadick told the committee. "We plow and sow in hope, liv in faith and market by accident. The farmer and his wife and family got about five cents per hour for lasA year's work. Children , of the farm are vocal agricultural Implements." OIL MAN STRIKES OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR - By Associated Press) ., -OKMULGEE, Okla. March 3. Governor J. B. A. Robertson was attacked by James G. Lyons, an oil man, as the governor emerged from the private office of County Attorney James Hepburn this morning after a conference between the county attorney and the governor. Governor RoDertson, as he was walking out of the office of the county attorney, was introduced to Mr. Lyons. Bystanders said the governor extended his hand and Mr. Lyons was said to have struck him in the face." EXPECT TO RELEASE SIX ARRESTED MEN (By Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 3.-'-Unless additional evidence against them is obtained the six men arrested here Tuesday on information purporting to connect them with the murder of William Desmond Taylor, film director, will be released today," according to the police. Their release, it was said, - would mean the police had abandoned plans to arraign a seventh man a motion, picture actor a possibility they announced after a long questioning of Mrs. John Rupp, housekeeper for the men now in custody, who apprised the detectives of her belief they were involved in the Taylor, murder. If the six men are eliminated from suspicion the police say they again will have before them only the problem of trying to locate Edward F. Sands, missing former butler-secretary to Taylor. , , , . . Argentina Holds Aloof From Genoa Conference (By Associated Press) -BUENOS AIRES. March 3 The foreign office authorizes the statement that Argentina has taken no steps looking to participation in the Genoa economic conference and has no Intention of doing so. A Parish dispatch on -Wednesday stated that French official circles had Indicated they were much in favor of the participation by Argentina and Brazil in the Genoa conference, because of their importance as commercial nations. No request for an Invitation, however, had been received from either. , - - ' - Killed In Auto Spill On Way to Tournament (By Associated Tress) ' : MITCHELL, Ind., March 3. WIN Ham Livengood. a resident of French Lick, was killed near here today when his auto skidded and turned ' over while he was en route to the regional basketball tournament at Bedford. Mr. Livengood's daughter, who wa in the machine, is believed to have been-fatally injured 'in the accident The pavement was covered with Ice and snow and it is believed this ia .n.nnncihla tnr ttiA nriMdent i ,j -..' j HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS A"i WASHINGTON, March 3. New riv. er and harbor improvements callini for an estimated expenditure of an proximately. $31,000,000 will be author ized under a bill ordered reported to day by the house rivers and hftrboc commission. . . , . . ,- , . ....

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