Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 69, 22 March 1922 — Page 1

RICHMOND PAIXAB1UM H 4 VOL. XCII., No. 69 Palladium. Est. 1831. Consolldatea With Sun-Telegram. 1907. . . RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1922 SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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RESOLUTION LIFTING RULES IS APPROVED Makes Tomorrow Special Suspension Day to Consider Soldier Bonus BilPTo Be Debated.

Beautiful Screen Star is Expected to Wed Director TELL GERMANY CONDITION OF "Man of Mystery" Ordered Deported by Officials

HAVE NO HOPE OF AVERTING COAL STRIKE Even Unexpected Decision of Operators to Meet Miners Probably Would ' Not Stop Suspension.

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CTr Associated Press) WASHINGTON'. March 22. A resolution making tomorrow a special suspension day in the house so as to consider the soldier bonus bill under a suspension of the rules, was approved) today by the rules committee without; u formal record vote Chairman Campbell, of the rules' committee, said the house would meet' at 11 a. m., an hour earlier than us-1 v.al, and that there would be an hour's! debate on the resolution before the' bonus bill was reported. j Only a majority vote would be nec-l ivsary for the adoption of the resolution, which provides for four hours' debate on the bill. Chairman Ford ney,. of the ways and means committee, will control two hours of the time of the debate on the bill and Representative Garner, of Texas, the ranking Democrat on that committee, will control the other two hours. Representative Campbell and Representative. Fordney said they wouid place one hour of this time at the disposal of Representative Treadway, of Massachusetts, who opposes the bill. Representative Garner said he would allot one hour of his time to Democratic supporters of the bill. Leaders Prepared. Republican house leaders arc prewired for the final skirmish. They look, however, for only comparatively little opposition tomorrow when the tneasur is to come up. Four hours of debate are to precede the final roll call, set for before adjournment. Half of this time i3 ii be assigned to opponents for the firing of the final shots at the compromise bill. Some leaders said they did not expect the discussion to change a single vote, and they predicted thai far more than the necessary two-thircs majority would be claimed for the bill. Once the roll call begins, party lines are expected to disappear. In fact, those who have undertaken to sound sentiment in that direction, think that there will be more opposition votes from the Republicans than from the Democratic side. Some of those who plan to support the bill said privately theywere not satisfied with all of its provisions, but would vote for it, convinced thai it was the best legislation that could be brought before the house at this time. FAMOUS BOOZE SHIP FOR SALE AT AUCTION (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. March 22. Libelled by prohibition enforcement officers fori violation of the Volstead 'Act, the; steamship Javary, 780 tons was up for sale at a public auction today. Government officials had the sale in charge. Early in January, the Javary left Baltimore with many barrels labelled "glycerine" aboard and clearance1 papers indicating that her cargo was meant for Constantinople delivery. She put into this port to load additional cargo, foodstuffs also for the near east, and her captain, Daniel L'ocherty, decided to take aboard some luel oil. A pipe line extending ship to wharf excited the curiosity of officials who investigated and claim to have found the line discharging grain alcohol from Hie "glycerine" 'barrels into casks on the dock which were in turn loaded on trucks and whirled into the city. ( apt. Docherty was convicted under i tho Volstead Act and the ship libelled.' The 16,000 gallons of grain alcohol were never recorded. TO CONSIDER PLACING TROOPS AT ULSTER (By Associated Pr'sp) LONDON. March 22. The British government may have to consider whether it will be possible to draw aj troops between thei cordon of imperial troops warring elements on the Ulster frontier, Winston Churchill, tho colonial secretary, stated today in the house of commons. Asks For President Wilson; Never Heard of Harding WASHINGTON. March 22. Peter A. Speicis, of Philadelphia, called at tho white house today and wanted to see President Wilson. He refused to say what he wanted from Mr. Wilson, but said he would tell that to him personally. ( Asked if President Harding would do, Speicis repli3d: "I don't know him," and being furnished with the address of Mr. Wilson he left the white house offices. He said he was a native of Russia, but had lived in America 12 years. Mrs. Harlow Lindley Made Head of Parent-Teachers Mrs. Harlow Lindley was elected president of the David Worth Dennis junior high school Parent-Teachers' association at the initial meeting in the Dennis school building Tuesday evenng. Mrs. Charles Surrendorf was elected vice-president, and Elmer Krei,metr, treasurer. Members of the executive committee are Mrs. Charles Pitman and Miss Ruth Hieger. Short speeches were made by Miss Virginia Jones, the school nurse, and T. Mason Bayer, attendance officer of Richmond public schools.

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A friendship of years between Marshall A. Neilan, director, and Blanche Sweet (above), screen star, is expected to result in their marriage within a lew days, according to dispatches from Los Angeles.

TO GIVE $1,500,000 SEEDS TO FARMERS OF FAILURE AREAS WASHINGTON, March 22. Distribution of the $1,500,000 provided in the seed loan act, just signed by President Harding, for relieving the acute stress of the farmers in the crop failure area of the northwest, will begin at once, the department of agriculture announced today. Arrangements have been made for opening a branch office at Grand Forks, N. D., .as was done In the case of previous government loans for the relief of farmers in that section of the country. The clerical force which served at that office last season will be reassembled. The relief is pro vided for farmers in the "crop failure area" for the purchase of springgrown grain for seed, which includes wheat, oats, barley and flax. The area comprises North Dakota, northwest counties of South Dakota, Montana, several counties in Idaho and Washington. Farmers desiring loans should make application to their county agent, to the director of extension work in their respective states, or directly to the seed loan office at Grand Forks, N. D. ONE-HOUR LIMIT ON PACIFIC PACT TALKS IN EFFECT IN SENATE WASHINGTON. March 22 A onehour limit on speeches went into effect today when the senate proceded with debate on the four power Pacific treaty under the unanimous consent agreement whicn calls for a vote on ratification next Friday. Addresses had been prepared for to day by Senators LaFollette, Republi' can. Wisconsin, and Walsh, Democrat Massachusetts, and it was also probably that the debate would include tpeches by Senators' bhortridge, nepublican. California; Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, and McCormick, Republican. Illinois. Of the pending amendments and reservations to the treaty it was said that at least one might be voted on today, disposition of these having been in order yesterday under the terms- of the unanimous consent agreement, although none was pressed then t a i oil call. The stir created by suggestions of a secret British-American co-operative "understanding" in relation to the treaty appeared today to have definitely blown over as a result oi tne succession of administration denials Including one from the White House yesterday. The purpose of some of the irreconcilables to make the incident the basis for a fight to send the treaty back to the committee apparently bad been definitely abandoned. . COX REPORTED HEAD OF DICKINSON TRUST Stockholders of the Dickinson Trust company were still in sesston at 4 o'clock this afternoon discussing plans of reorganization. It is reported that Lowell W. Cox, state bank examiner, who discovered the $660,000 undesirable securities. will be elected president of the insti tution. A voluntary assessment of approximately 200 percent cn each share was asked, it was reported. The plan of reorganization provides for the re-opening of the bank next Monday. AMOUNT OF REPARATIONS FROM GERMANY UPHELD PARIS, March 22. The allied reparations commission today upheld the figures arrived at during the recent Cannes conference for Germanys payments in 1922 cash payments of 720.000,000 gold marks and $1,450,000,000 marks in kind. The commission also fixed conditions and guarantees for a provisional partial moratorium.

SIGNATURE "O. WHAT LUCK" PASSED BY ALL BANKERS DENVER, Colo., March 22. A worthless check for $275, drawn on the defunct Denver State Bank and signed "O. What Luck" was accepted in Kansas City,' Mo., March 3, in payment for an automobile, passed through the Kansas City clearing house banks and was discovered to be worthless only yesterday when it reached Homer S. McMillan, executive officer for the affairs of the defunct bank.

ANNUAL CONVENTION OF WAYNE W.C.T.U. AT ECONOMY MARCH 30 The annual convention of the Wayne county W. C. T. U. will be held at Economy starting at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, March 30, and ending early Friday afternoon. A strong program is promised by the county president, Mrs. Huff, of Foun tain City. Among those taking part will be Rev. and Mrs. George G. Burbanck, of Richmond. They will discuss child welfare and social morality. Mrs. Huff is anxious to have all the women of the five Richmond unions present, if they can possibly attend. Meals will be furnished by the Economy union. Those attending from Richmond are asked to leave on the C. and O. train at 9:40 o'clock Thursday morning and they will be able to return Friday afternoon. - Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley, of Liberty, state president of the W. C. T. U., will be present at the convention. HARDING MAY LAUNCH CAMPAIGN RY RADIO (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 22. President Harding may broadcast a presidential proclamation by radio telephone launching the government savings certificate campaign if plans being worked out today by the treasury and postoffice departments are car ried out. President Harding is said to regard the scheme favorably. Court Holds Soath Sea Dances Mild Compared To American Shimmie 'By Associated Press) NEW YORK. March 22. Soothed with the judicial verdict that the dance art of the South Sea3, grass skirts and all can't be worse, if as- bad, as our native shimmie,- four fair dancers arrested when they "shocked" Man hattan police detectives, today were free to practice their Imported movements as they will. Gildt Gray, Betty Wonders, Dorothy Conroy and Helena Kuski so stirred watching detectives who visited the uptown cafe in which they were engaged, that they were arrested for staging an immodest exhibition. Their costumes, Detective McLoughlin told Magistrate Douras were modeled after Gunga Din's 'justly famous uniform. "I've seen all kinds of dancing but never anything half as bad as that," said the detective. Then one of the defendants donned her dancing garb over her street dress for the edification of the court, whereupon it was decided that Man hattan's modesty remained unscathed, j The court also dismissed the cafe proprietor who had been arrested for engaging the dancers. Blaze at Stewartsville Causes $100,000 Loss (By Associated Press) STEWARTSVILLE, Ohio, March 22. Fire here today destroyed nine buildings in the business section and caused a loss estimated at $100,000. Dynamite was used to Etop- the sweep of the flmes.

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Reichsbank and New Legis lation Number of Reforms Stipulated. DEMANDS ARE MADE (bV Associated Press) PARIS, March 22. The conditions under which the reparations eommis sion will grant Germany a partial mor atoriura were announced today. They include perfect autonomy for th Reichsbank and new legislation to prevent custom evasion at the German capital, the legislation to be ready for application upon a fixed date. A number of reforms in German ft nancial methods are stipulated. These must go into effect at fixed dates, be ginning May 31. New resources for reparations money must be found and the funds collected under the control of the allied committee on guarantees, which will pass upon their effectiveness and probable yield. If they -are found insufficient, the reparations commission will consider a number of other measures, including a domestic or foreign loan, and eventually a levy upon capital in Ger many. May Require Cash It is stipulated that if reparation payments in kind to the value of j 1,450.000 gold marks yearly are not I entirely delivered, the balance may be required in cash. j If the German government fails to! apply the reforms upon which the partial moratorium is conditioned, the allies may resort to the terms of the annex to the treaty of Versailles, authorizing them to take further pledges as a guarantee for reparations payments. Former Richmond Man Dies at Centerville CENTERVILLE, Ind., March 22. LeRoy J. Harris, 44 years old, died Tuesday evening at 6:25 o'clock at the home of his sister, Mrs. Mustard, of Centerville. He was born Feb. 14, 1878, near Fountain City, and was a resident of Richmond for a number of years. Funeral services will be held Fri day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of hia brother, Clayton Harris, 201 South Seventh street. Burial will be in Fountain City cemetery. Friends may call any time after Thursday noon at the home of his brother, 201 South Seventh street. DODGE LIQUOR CASE IN HANDS OF JURY KALAMAZOO, Mich.. March 22. The case of John Duval Dodge, young Detroit millionaire, accused of driving an automobile when intoxicated, went to the jury today. While the jury was out, preliminary hearings on a second charge against Dodge and Earl, that of illegal possession of liquor, was begun. Mis3 Sue Steggenga, one of the three girls, who accompanied them on the ride, testified that Earl after declaring they were to be shown "some speed," raised a bottle over his shoulder and offered them a drink. The sudden illness of the defendant's wife late yesterday caused ad journmert shortly after the defense had opened. Mrs. Dodge suffered a nervous breakdown and was taken to a hospital, where her condition was at first reported serious. The case was not expected to consume more than a few hours. After it is disposed of. Dodge is to be given a hearing on a charge of illegally transporting liquor. Both charges grew out of a midnight joy ride here March 11, in which Mies Emmeline Kwakernaack, a student at Western state normal, was injured. OVER MILLION VOTERS . REGISTERED IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, March 22. The registered voting population of Chicago passed the one million mark yester day, the final day of registration before the primary election April 11, the total men and women being 1,037,289. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E- Moore. Fair and not so cold; becoming unsettled Thursday night. The eastern advance of the cold wave now central over southern Canada will be followed by general moderation Thursday with winds shifting to east and west. It probably will rain before the end of the week. Temperature For Yesterday. Maximum 32 Minimum 25 Today. Noon .: 33 Weather conditions The center of the cold spell which is nc--- over so-thern Canada caused tempxtures of 16 below zero in Manitoba' It is much warmer in the west, temperatures being 68 in South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas. General storms are developing over the west and it is already getting cloudy over the plain states. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair and warmer tonight; Thursday increasing cloudiness and warmer. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,517

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Valerie Mossopp A "man of mystery" claiming to

denorted bv Washington officials. Arriving from Europe penniless, he was

held at Ellis Island, N. Y. He caused a he wed Miss Valerie Mossopp,' famous FT. WAYNE SPEAKER TO ROOST GHAMRER AT MEETING MAR. 30 Dr. Arthur Folson, noted authority on community organization from Forti Wayne, will address an assemblage of Chamber of Commerce membership enthusiasts in the Commerce rooms at the K. of P. temple, Thursday night, j March 30, at 7:30 o clock. The meeting will be the first of several proposed sessions for getting together and pulling for a reorganization of the Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Folson will speak on "Forces of Building a City." . He is a speaker noted for his extensive knowledge of organization in a community. Secretary-Manager Lewis C. Tingley obtained Dr. Folson for this meeting in order to get things well under way for a better and more perfectly organized Chamber of Commerce in Richmond. Arrange Musical Program A musical program will be arranged, including an orchestra and singing. Walker Land, acting president of the board of directors, will talk about the progress which must be made to put the Chamber of Commerce 'on a higher level. Secretary Tingle said he wished to make the situation clear pertaining to the reorganization of the Chamber. He stated Wednesday that he would not advance any of the Chamber's activi ties which would interfere with the! coming Billy Sunday campaign in Richmond, and that he would only work to advantage after Mr. Sunday had his campaign well under way. Walker Land was detailed at Tuesday night's meeting of the new board to appoint a reorganization and advisory committee which would co-operate with the new secretary in the work which is to be done in the near future. Mr. Land also will appoint a special committee for handling the meetings, which will be held in the endeavors to reorganize, -including the meeting Thursday, March 30.,. . CHARGE BANK BRIBED OKLAHOMA OFFICIALS TO HIDE ITS FAILURE (By Associated Press) OKMULGEE, Okla., March 22. A joint indictment charging Governor B. A. Robertson, of Oklahoma, and Fred G. Dennis, former state banking commissioner, with accepting a bribe to permit the Guaranty State bank here to continue to do business after it had been found Insolvent, was returned by- the district court grand jury yesterday, it was found by the Associated Press. Sheriff Frank Sowers, of Okmulgee county, has a warrant for Gov. Robertson's arrest, but said he expected to hear from the executive some time during the day and that he did not intend to serve the document today. AGREE NAVY SHOULD HAVE 80,000 MEN (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March . 22. The house naval committee agreed today to report a bill fixing the maximum authorized enlisted strength of the navy at 80,000, plus 6,000 apprentices, or 10,000 less than the number Secretary Denby declared was necessary to operate the treaty fleet. Rescinds Order Closing Industrial Alcohol Plant (By Associated Press) CHICAGO. March 22. The order recently issued by Federal Prohibition Director Gregory, closing the local plant of the United States Industrial Alcohol company, was cancelled today and the plant was reopened. Mr. Gregory said the plant had been closed as a result of numerous recent robberies totalling 100,000 gallons of alcohol but that the company had now increased the number of its guards.

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"Baron" W. E. de Steen be Baron de Steen, has been ordered ! sensation on the island when he said English prize beauty. V ' 1 Youngstovon Mayor Is Tired of Salutes (By Associated Press) YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March 22. Mayor Georcre L. Oles. who recently ! started a lively discussion by order ing all police to salute him. . today ended the tempest by rescinding the orders, saying that he was "tired of saluting." They've kept me so busy saluting, that I haven't had time to do anything else," he said. MINERS OF CANADA NOT EXPECTED TO GO OUT IN SUSPENSION i:y Associated Press) , CALGARY, Alberta, March ' 22. Owing to the fact that district No. 18, United Mine Workers of America, comprising Alberta and eastern British Columbia has a'pplied to the department of labor for the appointment of a conciliation board it is not likely that the cessation of work order issued by union headquarters at Indianapolis will affect the local men. "The act provides. there shall.be no cessation of operations or chahge of wages or working conditions until the board's findings are announced," explained Robert Livett, international board member The miners are still hopeful f hat. there will be a resumption of negotia - tions as the Western Canada Coal Operators' association will hold a special meeting Friday to discuss suggestions that negotiations be resumed or that operations be continued under the present agreement until the conciliation board's findings are an - nounced. FARMERS DENOUNCE TAX BOARD FIGURES ON LAND VALUATION Strong disapproval of the action of the state tax commission in giving to the Associated Press the - figures of sales showing that prices of farm land apparently is below assessment values, was heard at the meeting, of Wayne county farm bureau board of directors in the court house Wednesday after noon. ' - "This set of figures was proved absolutely unreliable as a criterion of present land valuations," said one of the directors. "We proved in a couuty meeting, and showed by our figures at the state tax meeting in Indianapolis, that the sale figures showed war values and did not show recent land sales at true values." , A definite promise that land would be assessed at its true cash value, tnd that the deceptive sale figures would not be used in fixing that value, was made the federation tax committee of 10, said the farmers. A feeling of disappointment was manifested, that the tax board had published the , figures, as it was feared the public and the-tax asfeessors might gain the wrong Impression from the story. $1 00 Realized For Home By Concert Tickets The sale of tickets for the benefit Dhonosranh concert for tha MarvR Thomas Refuge home, has netted the! committee in charge $100. The concert will be held March 28. in the Bethel A. M? E. church. The committee is seeking $1600 and is canvassing the merchants of the city in an effort to sell as many concert tickets as possible. Dr. W. G. Huffman is at the head of the drive and Jias several ticket sellers out. He expects a suc cessful campaign. DOUMERGUE TO HEADFRENCH DELEGATION (By Associated Press) PARIS, March 22. Gaston Doumergue has been named to head the French delegation to the Genoa conference, following Rene Veviani's refusal of the post, says L'Eclair. " M". Doumergue Is president of. the foreign affairs committee of the senate and a former president. " '

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(By Associated Prcss INDIANAPOLIS, March ; 22. No hope was held out "in unwn' circles here today that the coal strike set Sox April 1 might.be averted by ,g6'wii ment officials, who have not entirely abandoned the efforts to $ et a settlement, particularly in the soft coal fields, in advance cf the day set for the nation wide suspension of work. It is doubtful even if an unexpected decisfon on the part of operators of the central competitve field to meet the miners could stop the strike, which it was pointed out, was authorized unless a new wage contract had been made by union officials and approvco by a referendum vote of the miners. With only 10 days intervening, until April 1, the time was said to be too short for carrying out the union's p:ogram for reaching a settlement Though the union policy committee now has authority to forestall the strike, there was no indication that any , such fiction was contemplated. Secretary William Green, the only official of the International union at Its headquarters here, declined to comment on the . strike situation, ptbeC than to declare the miners were ready for a long suspension. Resources Not Known. The exact financial resources of the union for carrying on the strike are not known, but the international organization lias about $500,000 cash on hand last Aug. 1, and a special assessment collected in November, December and January was understood to havp onMertort morn than SI 000 000. No general strike benefit will be paid oy me international organization, uui its funds will be used for assisting the weaker district organization, it was said. - While the feeling in union circles was that the miners were ready for an indefinite holiday, no authoritative statement was obtainable as to the length of such a suspension. Comir as summer approaches, and with large stocks in storage, the strike was apparently expected by union officials to have to continue until the market is somewhat depleted before they feel that the operators might be willing to accept the miners in a wage conference. Exact estimates of coal in storage was not available here today. WASHINGTON, March 22. An inI creased demand for gas and fuel oils j may be anticipated in case of a coal striKe, tne Dureau or mines said tooay, ana in mat connection issued a statement showing that the stocks of these oils on hand Feb. 1 last amount!ed to 1,319.481,359 gallons. Based on the daily average domestic consump 'tion, it added, these stocks are equiva lent to 68 days' supply. The produc tion of these oils in January amounted to 858,110,877 gallons. Stocks of gasoline were increased in January by 119,000,000 gallons and on Feb. 1 there was a reserve of 705,700.000 gallons, which is 130,000,000 gallons more than for the corresponding date a year ago. The record was established in May, 1921, with 800,000.000 gallons. These stocks are equivalent to a 50 days' supply. - . SPLIT IS INDICATED BY IRISH DECISION (By Associated Press) DUBLIN, March 22 It was officially announced in the Republican organ here today that the Irish Republican army convention, the holding of which was recently forbidden by Arthur Griffith, president of the Dail ElreanB. would be held in Dublin Sunday as arranged. The announcement is taken herj to mean that a definite split in the Republican army has come. REDUCTION OF ARMY APPROVED BY HOUSE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. March 22. The house today, approved provisions, of the army appropriation bill which calls for a reduction in the enlisted strength of the regular army to 115,000 men bp July 1. Disco ver Portraits of St. Peter and St. Paul (By Associated Press) ' ROME, March 22.- What . are believed to be contemporary portraits of St. Peter and St. Paul Jiave been discovered in a hypogeum or underground structure of the Roman epoch. The belief in their authenticity is shared by the well known archaelogist. Prof. Lanitani. The hypogeum was found in excavations for tho building of a large garage. It comprises a number, of rooms and galleries, a crypt, and a Christian church with marvelous frescoes of a very early date. The professor believes the portraits were painted from life. ' KING GEORGE IS ILL ' (By Associated Press) LONDON, March 22. King George, who suffering from a slight cold and sore throat, must remain indoors several days it was announced today.