Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 62, 14 March 1922 — Page 1

RICHMOND PALLADIUM VOL. XCII., No. 62 Vanadium. Est. 1S31. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram. 107. RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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HARDING TIRED OF BICKERING OVER BONOS President Nearing Showdown With Congressional Leaders Bill Will Never Reach Statute Books, Belief. MAY FORCElONTEST

Romance Includes No Hurried Wooing or Wedding GOVERNMENT IS WINNING IN SOUTH AFRICA Conductor-Congressman Aspires to Pepper s Seat

MANY KILLED AS TORNADO SWEEPS PATH Reports Show Scores Fatally' Injured as Result of Southwest Storm Volunteers Clear Away Debris. '

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By MIRK SI LUVAX WASHINGTON, March 14. Differences between Harding and the Republican leaders in congress are nearing a conclusion, whatever that conclusion may turn out to be. This was

shown by an incident that occured in I connection with the bonus, although! it does not alter the ultimate fate of 1 mat did. The present bonus bill will never reach the statute books, it is now clear, and has been for more than a week, that either Harding will veto, or else the bill will die in the senate in anticipation of an inevitable veto. Hut if the bonus situation itself is n t. any nearer solution, the differences between Harding and the Republican leaders in congress are daily more clear. It is these differences that may prove more interesting in the future than the bonus itself. Something came out of Harding's immediate entourage the other day. which was either an unintended and npontaneous expression of his real feeling, or else a deliberate step on his part towards bringing the situation to a head. In one of the Washington newspapers there was printed a dispatch which read in part as follows: Will Be Disapproved "Members of the president's party seemed convinced that bonus legisla tion, if it eventually goes through' congress on its present basis will be disapproved at the white house. Little doubt on this question is entertained by those who seem to have the president's confidence. "On leaving Washington at this time, with the fate of the four-power treaty In the balance, with soldier bonus legislation a matter of tightening deadlock between the white house and the c.apitol, and a nation-wide coal ctrike threatening, to omit mention of minor issues. President Harding has sought to pass straight to the house and senate full responsibility for what is to come. "This was the real purpose of the executive in temporarily withdrawing from the situation is well understood by every member of his official party in riorida. His friends want it understood that he is not running away from a fight, or hoping to escape from any obligation that rests upon him. Harding Weary of Bickerlnq "But it can be stated that "he is weary of the bickering that has proceeded from congress; that he is ! weary of legislators dashing daily to the white house to seek his views, only to ignore them, and that he is weary of making pronouncements that are discounted by the groups that might, be expected to take them at face value. Those who have talked these matters over with the president and reflect what he feels take the point that, lie has stated his position with force and candor upon every pending issue of any real importance. "They say that congress knows exactly where he stands and that it is s quarely up to the house and senate to take his advice or to disregard it as the case mav be. Laid Down Formula "Thi3 is especially true of bonus legislation, which at the moment is the most harassing question which the rarty in nower ha to deal. Although he considered th proDOsition for many months, a did practically evervbody else, who h?.d to fa"e it, and although he has regarded his pro-bonus i 'edge as binding unon him. and upon his party. President Harding has at i!t. la'd down a formula for dealing with tb question. "Totally disregarding this, the pres'lent's partv associates 'n the bouse hnve ventured nnon a policy rulioal. at variance with thft to w'oh he! " committed himself, Tt ! . . i ; lie is Mlnnp o pnnrove a postponement of soldi?r compensation legislation if congrerwill azree. but if not then he will approve the lew of a sales tax as means of raisin the monev. II has stated firmly that he will approve nothing else "And yet the house has eone ahead with a makeshift bill which fails in all respects to meet his views, the authors apparently proceeding upon the assumption that he will almably' recede when the time comes and take whatever may be handed to him. He does not reeard this as flattering to his leadership, and every official accompanying him knows that in hb heart he is resentful." Unusual Description. This description of President Harding's personal point of view would be unusual under any circumstances, but the facts that give it extraordinary emphasis nre that it was printed in .? Washington newspaper, which every congressman reads, and. most, significant of all, every congressman anl every person in Washington knew that on tho same day this dispatch was sent from Florida, the president was a guest aboard the house-boat of the senator who owns the newspaper. It would be hard to imagine circumstances more adapted to give authenticity and significance to the dispatch. What is now boiling In congress about tho bonus bill has less to do with the fate of that measure than with what the Republican leaders will do in the way to this clear expression of the president's state of mind about the Republican leaders. Will Go Ahead. So far as can be Judged today, it I seems to be the disposition to go ahead with the bill anyhow. Some, though not all of the Republican members of the ways and means committee, feel that they have as much cau?o (Continued on Page Twelve)

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HAZEL NEW YORK, March 14. Broad way,' blase old thoroughfare and all that It implies, was wondering at an old romance eleven years, to be exact. It's a stage romance. Broadway is used to them. Usually they're fast and furious. They start that way. Sometimes end that way. But this one is so different that even Broadway's nonchalance is ruffled. Eleven years a 1 in a little Mormon meeting house in Ogden, Charles Groehl, wealthy mine owner, heard Hazel Tout, a wee slip of a girl, play a violin. He danced with her and a few days later when she left for the east she knew that he loved her. She was on her way to London to embark on a career. "I have so much to do before," she replied when he asked her to marry him. "But always remember that I am waiting," he replied. And so in the course of her career sne became Hazel Dawn. Her manag ers saw to that and eventually she appeared in New York in "The Pink Lady" as the "Pink Lady." Out of the west came Groehl, and PENNSY TRAIN 217 WRECKED AT NEVADA; 3 REPORTED INJURED KOKOMO, Ind., March 14. Three persons were hurt and several passengers were badly shaken up when Pennsylvania passenger train No. 217 was wrecked about one mile north of Nevada about 1 o'clock this afternoon. Five cars were reported to have left the track. Spreading rails were thought to be responsible for the derailing. The cause of the spread Is not known. The baggage car was the only car to turn completely over. The names of the injured could not be learned, late today. The grade was torn up for considerable distance by the derailed cars. The locomotive and dining car did not leave the rails. Traffic Tied Up Traffic will be tied up for 10 to 12 hours as a result of the wreck, it was stated. A. quarter mile of track must be built around the scene to take care of the traffic temporarily. The train was making 60 miles an hour. . Relief trains were being sent out from Logansport to take care of the passengers at a late hour Tuesday. The train was in charge of M. E. I raster pnnilnrtnr anil V 17 Unnlsi., v.v., v. ...... v. L., . , n w v a . li. J lain , fT,QQ vt, f . j Ing to C. L. Green, chief clerk, at Richmond. A number of Richmond people took passage on the train. The tender was one of the cars de railed, but the mail and express cars were the only ones overturned, it is reported. Cause of the accident, Mr. Green said, could not be determined until alter an investigation. The. train left Richmond at 10:45 o'clock Tuesday morning. A wreck train left Richmond this afternoon. INDIANS INDIGNANT OVER GANDHI ARREST fBv Associated Press) LONDON. March 14 The arrest in India of Mohandas K. Gandhi, non-co-operationist leader, has created Intense feeling among the Indians In British East Africa, according to a Central News dispatch from Nairobi dated Monday. Mass meetings of protest have been held in various centers, and a complete hartal was declared at Mombasa, the capital, for one day. The local Indian congress has desinnated a committee to decide upon the future course in view of the latest developments in India. Casualty List In Belfast 83 Dead, 157 Badly Hart (By Associated Press) BELFAST, March 14. Belfast's casualty list from the activities of gun men and bomb throwers in the par.i 10 weeks totals 83 dead and 157 seriously wounded according to the Northern Whig, which declares this is "relatively more terrible than for the whole year 1921."

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DAWN again he pleaded his suit. But Hazel had not achieved her ambition. She had had important parts, but she was determined to be an out and out star. His were repeated visits to New York. Always he came back stage after the opening of the play she adorned. t Always he characterized her and her performance as divine. Occasion ally Miss Dawn would exclaim: "Why are you always about?" petulantly perhaps, but then as he pressed his suit Bhe would weaken. "I know you have waited a long time," she granted. "But wait a little longer. I have not quite made good. Let me become an established star." And so Groehl is still waiting, patient, confident, uncomplaining. Miss Dawn took what is looked upon as one step toward renunciation of the stage when she bought a ranch in New Mexico a short time ago. This was to be a home for her father and mother and it isn't so far from Graehl's Montana home.

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way also for the result of this unusual ,love affair. , COMPLETE TRANSFER OF BRITISH SERVICES TO ULSTER CONTROL BELFAST, March 14. The Ulster parliament reconvened today. The king's speech opening the session stated that the legal process of transferring the various services in northern Ireland from British control to that of the Ulster government was now complete, but regretted that th3 transfer of the staff and the allocation of property and records of the government departments had not proceeded as expeditiously. The speech continued: . "I congratulate you on the manner in which in spite of these obstacles the departments of the government have been brought so rapidly into smooth working order. The spirit of concilliation shown In northern Ireland In the settlement of industrial disputes is tending toward a more satisfactory state of affairs." The king expressed hope that means would soond be devised, enabling the government -departments to cope with the difficulty of the administrative problems, and stated . that projected legislation included conferring of powers necessary to prevent crime, secure peace and maintain order. VOTE ON AMENDMENT DECIDES FIRST ISSUE IN TREATY SQUABBLE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 14 The first issue of the senate fight over ratifica tion of the four-power Pacific treaty ' wil1 be decided today when a vote is taken on the amendment proposed by Sentor Robinson, Democrat of Arkansas. Unanimous consent for a vote on the amendment at 4 o'clock was given by the senate yesterday on the proposal of Senator Swanson of Virginia after an all-day attack on the treaty in which Senators Johnson of California and Borah of Idaho, both Republicans took the lead. As modified yesterday by Senator Robinson, his amendment provides that the rights of nations both in and out of the four-power group are to be respected and that non-signatory a3 well as signatory nations shall be invited to any conference held to consider controversies affecting insular interests in the Pacific "or any Far Eastern questions." Administration leaders said they were assured of sufficient votes to defeat the amendment which until Senator Robinson's speech yesterday favoring its adoption in the interest, he said, of Russia, China and other non-signatory nations, had been touched on but little in the senate debate. Lifts Ban On Driving On Roads at Glen Superintendent of Parks ' Henry Fulle announced Tuesday that the ban on traveling in the Glen Miller park had been lifted, and motorists would be allowed to drive through as long as the reads remain hard. However, the speed law will be rigidly enforced.

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ter From Revolutionists Sweep in From Both Sides on Stronghold. (Bv Associated Press) RAILROAD DYNAMITED JOHANNESBURG, Union of South Africa, March 14. Government forces have captured Brakpan, entering tho town yesterday afternoon. Brakpan is a coal mining center, 22 miles east of Johannesburg, and has been a revolutionary stronghold. A Capetown dispatch last night stated that Major General Van Deventer was marching on Brakpan after having captured Benoni. . The commandos at Fordsburg, five miles west of this place have been notified by the government that they must evacuate by 11 o'clock tomorrow , morning, failing which they will be j subjected to bombardment. . , Aiio.i. r : j i . . . ..vm v i.u jesieruay aiiernoon snowea me government forces were sweeping in from both sides upon the commander fight-! tug iuaiaisuui, llic au dlli;tr guv ernment forces having reached the ridges overlooking the town. It was believed the lull in the fighting meant that Premier Smuts wa3 trying to obtain the unconditional surrender of the strike commander so as to avoid the loss of life which would be entailed in overwhelming them with his forces. LONDON, March 1 4. Pretoria gov ernment forces are closing in on the S2f a f ,and lk a0w1oS iatofdV'Ll5ri V- t V , r V,r j! ..o.x,v. r a '"b .

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Dutch and British The ' correspondent declares the Dutch Burghers have materially as sisted the British forces in their successes against the revolutionaries, being especially effective in outflanking positions held by the rebels. They made many captures in the vicinity of Benoni and Dunswart. In this operation, which relieved a police detachment numbering 183 men after two days' siege, both the Burghers and the Durban light infantry distinguished themselves. Their advance was made under what the correspondent describes as a perfect artillery barrage, and their losses were but one officer killed and two wounded. Harding Will Return To Washington Friday (By Associated Press) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 14. Planning to make this port the terminous of his houseboat cruise down the coast, President Harding and his vacation party were scheduled to arrive here early today and according to announced plans, return to St. Augustine late in the day by train. Before leaving Fort Pierce, where he stopped yesterday for a game of golf, the president let it be known that he intended to be in St. Augustine Wednesday "rain or shine," and that he probably would leave there for Washington on Friday. He was undecided as to what his program here today would be but it was understood that lt would include either golf or a fish ing trip. GIRL FALLS OUT OF BED ' AND BREAKS HER NECK INDIANAPOLIS, March 14. Falling out of bed Monday, Elizabeth HasSelburg, 16. was killed with a broken neck. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore Rain and colder tonight Wednesdav party cloudy and colder. Brisk aitd strong winds mostly north and northeast. Gradual northeastward movement of the present storm center indicates that continued unsettled weather with occasional rains followed by falling temperature. Temperatures For Yesterday. . Maximum . . ; 65 Minimum .36 Today. Noon ......... 50 Weather conditions The storm reported over the west, Monday starting general rains from the . Great . Lakes southward, is centered now over the southern states, resulting in strong winds from the northeast over Indiana. Another storm is moving eastward across southern Canada. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Rain and colder tonight. Wednesday mostly cloudy and colder. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,487

William William J. Burke, Republican, of in the house of representatives, will

Wharton Pepper for election to the senate seat made vacant by the death 0r Boies Penrose. Pepper was given the temporary appointment and has announced that he will be a candidate in November. Burke has announced

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PREDICT POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS WILL BE MADE BY USE OF WIRELESS PHONE

IMI.I.tDIlM SEWS BUREAU WASHINGTON, "March 14. Not long ago the Palladium correspondent had a chat with a government official

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Rion nf mio of the departments. He; was much interested in the Palladiiim'a Qptivitioc in ovnorim PT1 1 IT) ST With ! the wireless telephone, of which he had Psonal knowledge. "The Palladium, which is one or me; pioneers in the radio telephone nem, i expert said. He sketched tne Iieves can be worked out satisfactorily . . . j . tt TO inaustry ana to tne rarmers. n then gaid witn a grln: The wireless duct his speaking campaign through his radio telephone." It was only a few days after this conversation that Rep. Roy G. FitzBIND OVER MOT, CONNELL TO GRAND JURY FOR THEFTS . C. H. Maston of Richmond, and J. C. Connell of Camden, accused by Dayton police of the theft of 32 or more automobiles, taKen from territory in western Ohio and eastern Indiana, and disposed of through Connell's garage st Camden, were bound over to th Montgomery county, Ohio grand jury Tuesday, after they had entered piece of guilty. Their bond was set at $5,000 each They will be held for action by the grand jury. Both have signed confessions admitting their complicity in the wholesale theft of cars in this vicinity. Inquiry at the automobile recovery department of the Dayton police station showed that approximately 32 cars were handled by the two men. A list of towns in which they operated includes: Cincinnati, Covington, Hamilton, Camden, Connersville, Newcastle, Muncie, Dayton, Richmond, Eatoa and Middletown. Look Up Car Titles Richmond police were looking up the titles of seven cars Tuesday as a result of the capture of Maston and Connell. Maston Is a former resideni of this citv. Two 'Richmond cars were recovered Monday by the police from Connell's ' earaee at Camden. The machines be- ! longed to George Kramer , and W. L. i Henry. They were brought back from Camden atter tney naa ueen luenuiieu, by their owners. "We will be working on this automobile business for three weeks before it is all straightened out," pre dicted Chief of Police Eversman Tuesday morning. Automobile dealers of this city are going over the records of all their used cars to determine if they have flawless titles as a result of the investigation that has been started. Car Numbers Changed Several local garages and repair shops have in their possession cars on which the numbers have been changed. It is believed that the machines were purchased in good faith as far as local dealers are concerned. Five cars of the seven under investigation are being held in local garages. All the machines held here have had their numbers changed. Some of them were stolen in other towns and sold here. Cars stolen from Richmond lately were owned by W. H. Hood, Raymond Johnson, H. E. Woodruff, all of Richmond, and Allen Cummins of Muncie, who was staying at the Arlington hotel. These cars were taken from June 14 to Dec. 21, 1921. "GIVES UP THE GHOST." HALIFAX. N, S.. March 14. Word was received here today that Dr. Walter Franklin Prince, director of the American Institute for Scientific Research in New York, had left the famous haunted house in Caledonia Mil's to return to Halifax Thr scipntist ripIclined to state whether he had bef,-n able to pick up the trail of the ghost.

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Pittsburg, Pa., serving his second term oppose the candidacv of Sen. George ... i with organized labor for the last 30 nauway uonuuetors gerald, of Ohio, who represents the third district comprising Preble, Montgomery and Butler counties, opened the first wireless political campaign the history of the world. Talked on Bonus Bill Rep. Fitzgerald, seated at his desk ill Wnfi Vlin p-fnn fallrc? tn Viia rr ctitii- !

ents on the soldiers' bonus bill. advo-Jwest eating its passage. He used an ordi-jin

nary teiepnone connected with a naval station on the outskirts of Washing-1 proD-jDonus question. His speech was (Continued on Page Ten) MELLON, CRISSINGER GOV. HARDING ASKED FOR BONUS ADVICE . " (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 14 Secretary Mellon, Comptroller of the Currency Crissinger, and Governor Harding of the federal reserve board, will be asked to appear before the house ways and means committee this afternoon to give further statements with regard to the bank loan provisions of the soldiers' bonus. Despite uncertainty as to procedure for securing early action on the measure by the house, Republican members of the ways and means committee were prepared to go ahead with their plans to have the compromise soldiers' bonus bill reported out at the postponed meeting today of the I full committee. No changes were expected in the bill additional to the minor amendments agreed on by the majority members of the committee yesterday when they decided to stand pat on the measure despite objections to its provisions voiced by Secretary Mellon and Comptroller of the Currency Crissinger. Procedure in Abeyance The question of precedure in bringing the bill to a vote in the house was being held in abeyance today by Republican leaders because of their inability to ascertain whether Speaker Gillett who is in Florida with President Harding, would entertain a motion for suspension of the rules under which it was hoped to put the bill through next Monday. Reports that he might try this program which would require a two thirds vote for passage of the bill and would automatically bar all amendments, were followed by a conference late yesterday between Republicans of the wa g and means committe and members of the Republican steering commlttee It was deCided at this conference to withhold a final decision as to procedure until the views of the speaker, could be learned. BULGARIA IS SORRY FOR BOMBING ATTACK (By Associated Press) SOFIA, March 14. Denouncing the bombing of the United States legation on Saturday night, Minister of who was under $2000 bond, surrenderstatement: ." "We are all indignant at the odious attempt against the United States legation. Its author could not be Bulgarian, for there is not a Bulgarian who could thus offend the great American republic, to which the Bulgarian people are so much indebted, r "On behalf of the government I have personally expressed regrets to Mr. Wilson, the American minister; King Boris has already expressed his regrets through his secretary, and the ministry of the interior has offered a reward of 50,000 levas (normally about $9,500) for the discovery of the authors of the attempt" Parliament, with the socialists and communists participating, yesterday unanimously voted the regrets of parliament and the country for the bombing of the legation.

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(By Associated Prss) M'ALESTER. Okla.. March 14. Nine persons were killed and a number seriously injured by a tornado that levelled a path through Gowen. a mining village 15 miles east of here last night according to Dr. W. W. Sames, of Hartshorne, who returned to his home today after assisting, in relief work at the stricken town last night. Both the dead and injured are Mexicans, Dr. Sames said. Many persons were slightly injured. The dead are: - .Mrs. Sklney WUkerson. Clifford Wllkerson.'. infant;; Mr: Pat Laney; Mrs. George Glembo, Rena Glembo; Anna Glembo; Mrs. Pete Alanboys and Matilda Alanboys. SULPHUR, Okla.. -March 14. One man was dead and half a dozen other '.persons were in a hospital seriously injured today as a result of a tornado which ripped through the west side of this city late yesterday, wrecking about 50 buildings, with property damage estimated around $100,000. Several of the seriously injured are not expected to live. ; . .'..., Volunteer -workers' began clearing away the debris at. davbri?ak Annmil. mately 150 persons are homeless. They are being cared for in residences which escaped the path of the tornado. Several scores of persons are nursing minor injuries. ' The tornado swooped down from the j southeast, passing over the eastern porirvr rxt 4V A J i a u side, levelling a path two blocks width and more than half a-mile long. Most of the structures in the twister's path were dwellings The court house and the Presbyte rian church were demolished and the roof of the Methodist church was carried away. Continuing a northward course, the tornado lifted as it passed (out of the city. It descended again land demolished a school house two miles north of here. Three children were in the building and were slightly injured. PINE BLUFFS, -Ark;r March 14. Six negroes were killed and seven white men injured in a tornado which passed through the northern part of this county early today. BATON ROUGE. La., March 14. Sunrise, La., and West Baton Rouge parish was practically obliterated this morning by a tornado. Two persons were killed. 16 injured, and a number of dwellings were demolished. HEAVY RAINS BRING INDIANA RIVERS TO FLOOD STAGE TODAY Heavy rains fell throughout the southern and central portions of InI diana during the last 24 hours, accord ing to reports gathered tcday. The Wabash river near Terre Haute was rapidly reaching the flood stage and, according to reports, farmers had been warned of the danger.; . ' ; Reports from Connersville said that a portion of the track of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction line has been washed out and that traffic had been tied up for several hours. The - streets of Indianapolis were flooded by the heavy rains which fell there. Evansvllle ' reported that heavy rains had fallen during the night and was still falling at .noon today. At Greencastle it was reported that 2.5 inches of rain had fallen. At Fort Wayne the weather reported that St. Mary's river would reach the flood stage of-16 feet by Wednesday. Only a few houses In the lowlands are In danger, it was said. VICTIM OF MACHINE RIDE SERIOUSLY HURT (By Associated PresO KALAMAZOO. Mich., March 14. Miss Emmeline Kwakerneck, 19 years old. Western Normal student, injured when she jumped early Sunday morning from an automobile driven by John B. Dodge, son of the late millionaire , automobile manufacturer, of Dct troit, was said this morning to be in a serious condition.! At the hospital, it was stated, she was suffering from a fractured skull.- All visitors were denied entrance to her room. Dodge, arraigned' yesterday on charges"; of driving an automobile while intoxicated and illegally transporting liquor, Is under bond for $7,000. to appear for a hearing Tuesday. March 21. Miss Ethel Clemens and Miss Susan Stegenga, also Western State Normal students, also in the machine with , Miss Kwakerneck, Lodge and Rex Earl, of this city, have been, summoned as wit nesses at the hearing. Aside from denying he was intoxicated and asserting it was planned only to give the young women a "little ride," Dodge has refused to discuss tho affair. 2 BOYS SAVED OFF ICE CAKE-"'.- -ON BRINK OF NIAGARA FALLS NIAGARA FALLS. N Y.. March 14. John and Edward Baii, brothers. 1G and 13, respectively, were rescued by boatmen from a cake of ice in the Niagara river about a mile above tho falls. The boys had -been playing on the ice when it broke and floated out into the river. Rufus Robinson and his brother, Charles, finally reached the boys in a'rowboat. v ... 4 . - ...