Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 60, 11 March 1922 — Page 1

RICHMOND PAUL AID VOL. XCIL, No. 60 Palladium. Est. -181 Consolidated With Sun-Telegram, 1807. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1922 SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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DEMOCRATS ARE PUZZLED OVERTREATY Refusal to Ratify Pacific Pact Might Wreck Conference Treaty One of Beneficent Body. SEVERALWAYS OPEN

BT MARK 81LMVA5 WASHINGTON, March 11. No one can fall to sympathize with a conscientious Democrat called upon to determine whether Be shall vote for or against the four power treaty. It must be conceded that if this treaty stood alone, any senator, Republican or Democrat, would be free to vote upon It according to his convictions, and that tho convictions of most Democrats, as well as the convictions of many Republicans, would be in opposition. The facts that make decision difficult are largely extraneous to the treaty itself. These facts are that this particular treaty is one of a body of treaties which as a whole are benefi cent; that the refusal of the senate to ratify thi one treaty might justify some of the other nations in refusing to ratify those other portions of the results of the Washington conference for which we are all most eager, especially the treaty for limitation of armament; and finally, that if the United States should now, for a sec-j ond time, wreck the results of a great ! world conference, the effect would be to destroy the confidence of the world in America, to make the world doubt whether it is worth while to try to have international understandings with the United States, and to destroy in the beginning this whole beneficent theory of trying to arrange international matters through mutual conference. Nation Favors Pact The country as a whole is at this moment overwhelmingly in. favor of the ratification of the four-power pact. Senators who make it a business to test the sentiment of the country know this. Even those Democratic newspapers which favored the League of Nations and whose faithfulness to Democratic doctrine is unquestioned, are strongly in favor of ratifying the four-power treaty. Irreconcileable Republican papers who opposed the League of Nations to the limit of their energy are in favor of the present treaty. Other Republican papers which favored the League of Nations, with reservations, aire also now in favor of the present treaty. Throughout the country the Bentiment in favor of ratification is indubitable. This is the factor which -probably will ultimately determine 'the decision. Failure to ratify the ' four-power treaty would result in very general resentment, both against the senate as a whole and against the party

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wouia oe a certain amount 01 aouui about the four-power treaty standing! alone, but as to the four-power treaty considered as part of the general results of the Washington conference. there is an overwhelmingly favorable attitude. That portion of public opinion which is outspoken against the four-power treaty and against the results of the Washington conference altogether, is almost negligible. What there is of it has little weight in congress. Three Possible Courses. Viewed strictly as a party matter, the Democrats could base their opposition on a fundmental principle, and that, principle would go far toward justifying them in opposing ratifications. In the management of America's relations with the rest of the world, there are three possible courses. They are: 1 First. Isolation Refusal to become party to any league or alliance whatever. Second. To enter a universal alliance taking in all nations. By this is meant the league of Nations, or an equivalent "Association of Nations." Third. A system of partial alliances becoming a party to one group here and another group there. Of these three methods, the first has now been rejected by both parties. The Democrats rejected Isolation when they favored the League of Nations. The Republicans have now laken a definite and final step away from isolation by proposing and endorsing the four-power treaty. The policy of isolation is gone. Second Method. As to the second method, this is the one to which the Democratic party as a party is committed. If they were to act one strictly party grounds, with a act on strictly party grounds, with a view of maintaining the integrity of an important policy initiated by their party, they would be justified in refusing to become identified with any policy in foreign relations inconsistent with the League of Nations. At this point arises the question whether the four-power treaty is or is not inconsistent with the League of Nations. On this question there are two positions. In both positions the wish is father to the thought. Most of those who favored the League of Nations claim that the four-power treaty is one step toward our entrance into it, or into an equivalent "associations of nations." Another very considerable group insists exactly the contrary. They insist that our ratification of the four-power treaty will be a step in a direction away from the League of Nations. What is more serious, they insist that it will be an irrevocable etep. They claim that this four-power treaty will be followed by similar , group treaties in other parts of the world, and that we will become a party to the building up of a series of group alliances of exactly the kind that sythe League of Nations was devised to away with. So far as the past is concerned, it (Continued on Page Twelve)

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MR. AND MRS. E. G. HILL TO CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, MONDAY

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gurney Hill will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Monday at their home, 2037 East Main street. They will be at home to their friends Monday after noon and evening. Mrs. Hill is the daughter of Amos Stuart, who, at the outbreak of the Civil war, left North Carolina with his family and settled in Spiceland, Ind. Mrs. Hill's maiden name was Eliza Lindley Stuart. Mr. and Mrs-. Hill were married at Spiceland in her parental home. : - Gurney Hill - was born in England and -came to the United States when five years old, with his father, Joseph Hill. Mr. Hill f irt- located in the floral business on East Main street in 1881. Business grew to such anj extent that he removed to the site east of Glen Miller park, now the property of F. H. Lemon company. Outgrowing these quarters, he moved his business to its present location on Easthaven avenue. Large Plants His son, Joseph Hill, and his sons-in-law, Fred Lemon and E. H. Mann, josepa H. Hill plant and the E. G. SAYS RADIO WAVES MIGHT PASS THROUGH EARTH, WATER EASILY (By Associated Press) SCHENECTADY, N. Y., March 11 Under certain conditions radio waves might travel more easily through the ground or the waters of the sea than through the air, it was said today by Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz, chief consulting engineer of the General Electric company. . . . He said he considered well founded the supposition that recent performances of low power radio sending apparatus in transmitting messages to surprising distances gave an indication that the radiations peculiar to wireless transmission pass with equal ease through the earth as through the ether. Such radiations he said would be In accord with accepted electrical laws, as the ground, to which both the send ing attentae ajid receiving set are con nected would act a3 a return circuit for the current. In like manner, he pointed out that water might serve as a medium for radio conversations between ships or between ships and land. Wireless telephony, It was said by associates of Dr. Steinmetz today, had been revolutionized by the successful performances of the duplex transmitters, completed early this week when conversations were held between New York and passengers aboard the steamer America at the time a distance of 360 miles at sea. The duplex telephone enables land lines to be linked in with the radio, so that one might talk over his own home telephone to persons far at sea. Heretofore such a link was impracticable because it was necessary to turn a switch from "send" to "receive" in the radio apparatus each time the speaker became the listener. $400 MORE NEEDED FOR NASHVILLE TRIP Announcement was made Saturday that the high school orchestra runa for the trio to Nashville stands at $730 and that $400 more would have to be raised to insure the trip. The entertainment by Princess Watahwaso which will be held in the high school auditorium March 16, is expected to net quite a sum toward the fund and if the public supports the entertainment, it is expected the required sum will be reached. The management wished to state that the orchestra's trip to Nashville would not only advertise Richmond but it would be a great benefit to the city, generally.

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the Radio Show in New York is the Hill plant, both located on Easthaven avenue, are the largest in the state. Mr. Hill is known all over the country as being the originator of Hie new "forcing" roses, which ar the Columbia, Premier and Butterfly, which virtually have displaced old "forcing varieties. Mr. Hill will send out his new rose, America, next year and florists in the country are eagerly awaiting it. Mr. Hill was awarded gold mednls for his new roses by the city of Paris, France, "National Rose Society of America." and the city of Portland, Belong to Friends Church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hill are prominent in the Society of Friends. Mrs. I Till has been president of the Ladies Aid society of Reid .Memorial,laospk tal for 10 years or more. Besides the son, Joseph H. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Hill have two daughters, Mrs. Fred H. Lemon and Mrs. E. H. Mann; six grandchildren, John Iemon of Newcastle, Alice Lemon, Gurney Mann, Stuart Mann, Mariana Mann and Joanna Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hill. The celebration will be Informal and friends may call Monday afternoon and evening. Mr. Hill came to America, a boy of five years, with his father, who had been a lover and grower of plants in England. They settled at Geneva, N, Y.. where, after a few years, the boy was employed by the nursery firm of T. C. Maxwell and Brothers, who were leaders in outdoor-grown roses. Here he became familiar with the best varieties of roses cultivated at that time. In 1865 his father came to Richmond, and in 1881 father and son bejran a general florist's catalogue busi ness with headquarters east of the city. The residences no at occupied by Oliver Bogue and Robert Huen are on the site of their first establishment. Later the company moved its houses to the site east of the Glen now occupied by Fred Lemon, Mr. Hill's son-in-law. - Mr. Hill found an open market waiting for his newly developed roses. In 1906 the business was moved to Easthave navenue, and. six 500-feet long glass houses were erected to care for the swiftly growing trade. Today there are 18 glass houses, most of them 500 feet long. Mr. Hill is considered in America and many foreign countries the bestknown American rosarian. Wins Many Prizes In the early days of his life in Richmond all the rose novelties were collected by Eugene Verdier of Paris. The foreign rose lists of those days have been preserved in Mr. Hill's office. There, too, may be found something like B0 handsome prizes meritoriously won on his superior flowers. Principal among these are the gold medal of the French National Rose Society. He also received the gold medal awarJed by the French Chrysanthemum Society; the silver cup given by the Royal Horticulture Society of Great Britain, and the Gold Medal for the finest American rose, awarded only once every five years in this country, which he won for his Columbia, displayed a few yars ago in the national rose tests. For a generation or more Mr. Hill has bought and tried all the roses of the world, which seemed to have possibilities. In 1912 on one of his numerous trips abroad in search of "finds," Mr. Hill saw in the Paul establishment at Waltham Cross, England, the beautiful bloom of the Ophelia, just introduced. He saw its possibilities, and bought all he could obtain. With his own methods and on his own high reputation he put that great rose to f (Continued on Page Two) Art Gallery Open Sunday From 2 to 5 O'clock Art gallery of the high school will be opened Sunday afternoon from 2 o'clock until 5 o'clock. This will be the last opportunity for the public to see the American paintings and the Cheney silks on display there now. The public is invited to see this exhibition. ' ;

LITTLE OPPOSITION

IN HOUSE TO BONUS BILL, IS INDICATION PAM.Atllt M NEW BUREAU WASHINGTON, March 11. The reported intention of Chairman Fordney to call up the bonus bill on March 20 under suspension of the rules indicates that the opposition to It in the house- will be feeble. To pass a bill under suspension of the rules requires a two-thirds majority. A cloakroom count, it is said, shows that the bonus bill will ride through the house in the form recently announced by Fordney by a ten to one vote. Although President Harding has withheld his approval of the bonus plan which the ways and means committee ha3 written into the bill there are not many Republican members who believe he would veto the measure, in the event it ever reaches him. There appears to be more doubt as to the attitude the senate will assume toward the Fordney bonus bill than the reception it would receive from the president. It is said that the senate is now inclined to withhold action on the bonus question as it has done in the case of the tariff measure. Senators Watson and New of (Continued on Page Four) RUFUSAL TO PAY 'J. S. DEMAND IS UNLIKELY, SAYS HIGH OFFICIAL WASHINGTON, March 11. Refusal by the allied finance ministers to meet the demands of the United States for reimbursement to the extent of $241,000,000 for its expenses in the Rhineland occupation prior to payment of reparations would be a most extraordinary procedure it was stated today by a high government official. This official, who was discussing the newspaper dispatch from Paris to the effect that; the allied finance ministers, to whom; the demand for reim bursement ,as presented yesterday. were inclined to refuse it, declared the

obligation of the allies to award the "UD" ' ' '1" VWn . , ,...jjmake its engagement greater than

to cover expenses of American troops in guarding the Rhine was an obligation of the most sacred character. The American government, it was added, was not inclined to believe for a moment that the allies would deny the rights accruing to the United States. ACTORS DEMAND PAY FOR CONCERTS HEARD BY RADIO AMATEURS NEW YORK, March 11. Appreciative but non-paying wireless amateurs who have been sitting at home and listening to world famous entertainers face an edict of the Actors' Equity association that such performers must be paid for their work. Announcement is made that the council of the association has ruled that the radiophone is competing with the theatre and that those who talk or sing in. the transmitting apparatus must be compensated. In the last few months there have been numberless free concerts, free stage performances, free lectures and other features supplied to the owners of radiophones.' The ether waves carrying these entertainments have been picked up hundreds, even thousands of miles distant by receiving sets which are as common as homebrew outfits. HEALTH SECRETARY PLEASED BY PUBLIC RULES OBSERVANCE Reports of department heads of the health board, filed with Dr. Charles E. Duff in, secretary, show an agreeabl.3 effort on the part of the public to comply with regulations, according to the statement of the doctor Saturday. "In only a few instances have special efforts been required to get the people to carry out the recommendations or the board," he said. Fifty-one dairies visited in the month of February, five of which showed considerable improvement in conditions over January, was the feature of the report sent in by Clem Heck, dairy inspector. Edward Elstro, meat inspector, said 264 hogs, 85 cattle, 47 calves, nine lambs and 10,500 pounds of sausage had been inspected and passed. One beef was condemned and destroyed. Felix Cronin, weights and measures Inspector, reported 213 scales inspected, four condemned, eight adjusted and 201 correct. Samples of milk taken from 14 retailers and eight wholesalers, making J two shipments, were collected and sent to tne state Doara at inaianapons. All the Richmond creameries passed inspection, but samples of milk in some retail places were . below standard in butter fat, it was stated. Two shipments of fish of 30 and 100 pound respectively, were condemned. BUCKLEY HAS TITLES TO AUTO IN QUESTION Connection of Rex Buckley, of this city, with the stolen car, for which he and C. H. Martin were held in Dayion Friday, was explained Saturday. Mr. Buckley, his mother said, bought the car in question about nine months ago. He purchased it from C. H. Mastin, she said. Friday the two went to tne "Follies," at Dayton. Upon leaving the theatre they were taken into custody for having the car, which is said to have been stolen from a Dayton man. Mr. Mas tin, it is said, bought the car from a man in Dayton before selling it to Mr. Buckley. Mrs. Buckley said Saturday that her son has the certificate of title to the car.

NO MYSTERY ABOUT PACT SAYS HUGHES Secretary of State in Letter to Underwood, Says There is Not Slightest Basis for Suspicion. . SECRET NOTES DENIED

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 11. Secre tary of State Hughes in a letter to Senator Underwood, Democratic senate leader and arms conference dele gate took occasion to characterize information that the American delegates ... ... . 1U1 lue luur i,ower ' irea-iy ningly contrived by others opposed to American interests as a "very far and erroneous conception of the woi k in connection with the conference." The secretary added that the amenities of international Intercourse precluded revealing the informal and confidential suggestions and conver sations incident to the negotiations, biit he assured the senate that a full disclosure of every thing said or dor-e would reveal nothing derogatory to the part taken by the American delegates. ; He asserted that it would show r.o consideration or acceptance of any position not entirely consistent with the traditional policy of the American government. Needs No Comment The four-power pact itself requires no comment, the secretary said, add ing that no ingenuity and argument "its unequivocal language sets forth." There is no secret note nor understanding, he asserted. Discussing the genesis of the treaty which has been the subject of question in the senate from its opponents, Mr. Hughes said that while the "question of authorship is unimportant," after assent had been given by Great Britain and Japan that France should be a party, he himself prepared a draft of the treaty "based on the various suggestions which had been exchanged between the delegates." "There Is not the slightest mystery about the treaty for basis of suspicion regarding it," the secretary asserted. "It is a straightforward document which attains one of the most important objects the American government has had in view and is of the highest importance to the maintenance of friendly relations in the far east upon a sound basis." Failure of the senate to ratify the treaty, Mr. Hughes declared "would be nothing short of a national calamity." 32 KILLED, 57 HURT IN FIGHTS BETWEEN MINERS AND POLICE (By Associated Press) JOHANNESBURG, Union of South Africa, March 11. Casualties in 'the fighting between the striking miners and police had reached thirty-two killed and fifty-seven wounded by nine o'clock Friday night, when the firing was still continuing. Of the thirty-two killed, nineteen were policemen. By eleven o'clock, however, the streets had become absolutely deserted and the town was uncannily quiet. The public was forbidden use of the streets. The workers' hall at Benoni is reported to have been hit by a bomb dropped from an airplane. The heaviest casualties in the district are believed to have been suffered in the extreme eastern section of the Fand. SIX BANDITS TAKE PAYROLL OF $30,C00 (By Associated Press) BROWNSVILLE, Pa., March 11. Albert Flemming, manager of the W. J. Rayney and company store at Allison, Pa., and C. O. Evans, chief clerk, were robbed of approximately $30,000, the company's payroll, by six bandits, who ne,d UP a trolley car three miles from nere today. The bandits escaped in n automobile. I Weather Forecast J FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY Ey W. E. Moore. Partly cloudy to fair at intervals tonight and Sunday. The departure of the Texas storm and the approach of a Rocky moun tain storm cause the above forecast. Temperatures for Yesterday. Maximum , 52 Minimum 41 Today. Noon S3 Weather Conditions The Texas storm which caused the rain of Friday and Saturday, is moving away whili; a Rocky mountain storm of marked intensity is overspreading the western states. Although it is rather cold in portions of the west, no unusually low temperatures are reported from any section. For Indiana, by the United State3 Weather Bureau Fair tonight; Sunday increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,510

LEGION IS IN RIGHT ON BONUS AND WILL WIN OUT, SAYS GREGG

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Claude E. Grgg "The question with the American Legion is not whether or not you went over. , but whether . or not you were willing to go," declared Claude J E. Gregg, state commander of the organization, addressing a group of members of Harry Ray post and the auxiliary in the post club rooms "Friday evening. "A man who was a man to such an extent that he could don the uniform and become a part of tha United States army is welcome to our membership. I Bay this without disrespect to other organizations. "One of the things that we must all do is to keep the legion so clean that when the public looks on and sees the American Legion backing a thing it will know that that is the right thing. The American Legion is made up of men who fought for principle and not for gold, and It must beep up that fight. : . ; Speaking on adjusted compensation, the commander made a number of pointed remarks regarding the character of the opposition to the bill. "We are spending money on this proposition and we are going to put it over," he said. "If the government could pay (Continued on Page Two) 20 WHISKY BANDITS CAPTURE 10 PERSONS AND LOOT DISTILLERY i . ' (By Associated Press) ; LEX I NGTON, Ky ., March 1 1 Tw enty bandits in two detachments swopped down on the D. L. Moore distillery at Vanarsdell in Mercer county early today. They captured 10 persons looted the distillery warehouse of a quantity of whisky variously estimated at from 50 to 70 barrels, loaded it on motor trucks and sped away. Posses on the trail later found a stranded truck containing 17 barrels on a county road and continuing their search discovered 33 barrels in the barn of a farmer near Lawrenceburg. Three men said to have been drivers of the truck were arrested, - Robbery was( declared to be the motive in the history of the many similar robberies in Kentucky. The first detachment of eight bandits captured J a government guard some distance from the Moore plant, and, using him as a shield, advanced upon the distillery, where they covered two other guards with pistols. Meanwhile the county authorities at Harrodsburg had been advised that a raid on the distillery had been planned and three officers left for the scene. They were met by the second detachment of 12 bandits and forced at the points of pistols to surrender. Gathering up four citizens who reside near the distillery, the band joined their comrades at the distillery where the 10 captured persons were trussed up. Telephone wires had been cut, and the band looted the warehouse at leis ure. CRIMINAL GASES TO COME UP, NEXT WEEK A number of criminal cases will

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week according to the statement of Prosecuting Attorney Paul A. Beckett, Saturday. The case of William McKee, charged with grand larceny and burglary is probably foremost In point of interest. The case of Neil, Ross and Hattie Douglas, both colored is another of interest. The latter couple are charged with obtaining goods from the Social Service bureau under false pretenses. No date has been set for the arraignment of these persons, but it will b'e sometime early in the week, according to Mr. Beckett. - ADDITIONAL NAMES FILED FOR PRIMARY Henry Long, of the firm of Long and Tillson, announced Saturday that he would file his name for the Demo cratic nomination for the office of county clerk. Long is a member of the board of sinking fund commissioners for the city of Richmond. Additional names filed with the county clerk Saturday morning for nomination for office on the Republi can ticket were: George M. Duke, of Green township, trustee; William R. McNutt, Green township, precinct committeeman; Vern Hill, Franklin township, assessor; Clark Thomas, eighth precinct. Wayne township, committeeman; W. C Bass, 33rd pre cinct Wayne township, , committee man.

UNDERWOOD CHAMPION OF PACIFIC PACT

Democratic Leader and Member of American Delegation Says It is "Real Treaty of Peace." DECLARES REAL ISSU (By Associated Press) "' ' WASHINGTON, March 11 Describing the four-power Pacific treaty as "the real treaty of peace" of the arms conference, Senator Underwood of Alabama, the Democratic senate leader and a member .of the American delegation to the conference told the senate today that he would vote for the pact's ratification in the same spirit which actuated him to support the treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. The real issue, the Democratic leader declared, was whether the United . States was ready to give its sanction to an arrangement for "peace by mutual understanding" or desired to continue "the' opportunity for war that has threatened us in the past two decades." Mr. Underwood asserted ; that he did not regard the treaty as an alliance, but added that even if it weiT, and were founded on arbitration rather than force he would support it. To argue, on the other hand that because it was not based on force it was valueless was declared by the Alabama senator to be reverting to the philosophy of past ages. Welcomes New Effort . Recounting how he had supported the league of nations, he said he had approached the work of the arms conference ready to welcome any new effort to establish peace by international understanding rather than by the power of the sword. . "The four-power treaty." he continued, "represents a political settlement undoubtedly was necessary before the treaty providing for the lim itation of armaments was signed; that is, if the agreement to limit amendments was intended to mean more a mire saving of money to the nations who had engaged in the wild race of building battleships. "The terms of the '. treaty clearly call for a conference to consider difficulties that may arise. Just as the conference on the limitation of armaments was called in Washington som months ago. It is a conference in which all of the four powers must agree and none of the powers will be bound in advance in any way. In other words the agreements that are reached must be by the unanimous consent of all. Will Remove Cause "If the senate of the Uniied Stat en ratifies this pending treaty, I am fully satisfied that there will disappear not only any real cause for ar, but there will no longer exist the opportunity for war that has threatened us in the past two decades; and peace will b? established between the four great sea powers that now control the destinies of the Pacific ocean. "As long as conditions were allowed to remain in the far east as they have '.existed for the past two decades, dan ger lurked behind every dispute and the war clouds gathered when every national issue was raised. These conditions threatened our national security,, for as long as our flag floats over the'dlstant islands of -the Pacific national honor requires that we shall defend the people of these islands from attacks by other nations. The Real Issue "This is the real issue involved in the four-power treaty. The issue of peace in the orient, the issue of safety to our country, the Issue of the lives of our young men, who should be saved from this -danger for the upbuilding of a greater America " "A number of treaties were 'negotiated at the conference in Washington on the limitation of armaments, but this four-power treaty is the real treaty of peace. The naval treaty is remarkable, in that for the first time in the history of the world, nations have really agreed to limit their armaments, but nevertheless their relative strength remains the same. The Chinese treaties establish a magna charta to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity .of China in the This one treaty stands for peace by mutual understanding and all that peace means." ' BENJAMIN A. BALL WILL PRESIDE AT BEVERIDGE RALLY Benjamin A. Ball, local attorney will preside at' the Beveridge rally to be held here Marcn zu, according to the announcement made - toy local backers of the Beveridge movement Saturday. He will Introduce the speakers. Albert smitn, ucKet receiver for the Pennsylvania railroad will announce the appointment of his reception committee members shortly. Roy Frye was .named chairman of the arrangements committee, and. Senrtor Walter McConaha, is to serve as chairman of the Wayne county finance committee, it was announced. Beveridge supporters will meet In the headquarters, in the Colonial annex, next Monday evening. The headquarters which are now being put Into shape. will be occupied by Miss Marie Backmeyer. They are lo be in room 169. . DISMISS COMPLAINTS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 11. Dlsmlsal of complaints charging ihe Western Electric company cf New York with unfair competition and violation of the contract sections cf the Clayton act was announced today by the federal trade commission. .