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VOL. XCIL, No. 93 Palladium. Est. 1831. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram. 1907. RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL-19, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

SEE VIOLATION OF VERSAILLES PEACE1REATY Reparations Commission to Be Asked to Consider Whether Russo-German Pact Violates Provisions.

Appropriate Ceremonies Will Be Held in Every City in Honor of Gant's Birthday

TARIFF BILL MAY INCLUDE BONUS PLAN Harding Represented Today; As Favorable to Suggestions Bonus Raising Provisions Be Inserted in Measure.

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TRIM GENOA PARLEY SAVED FROM FAILURE Delegates Go Forward Witt Work With Germans Barrec From Participation in Deliberations on Russia.

RECOURSE OF ALLIES

(By Associated Press) PARIS, April 19. The reparation commission is to be asked to consider whether the Russo-German treaty signed at Rapallo on Sunday violates the treaty of Versailles, in respect to the German owned property in Rusria. This property, under the Versailles pact is pledged to the commission for payment of reparations. The French government will await ilie action of the eommision before I taking up the question officially with f the allies. It is held, however, in of1 t'icial circles here that there is a dis- ' tinct violation of the Versailles treaty, and it is declared that whatever action the Genoa conference may take, the allies powers cannot tolerate the (J act. H j ,& Ailed Recourse i V recourse of the aiies against the pae. s the same as that against other violations of, the peace treaty and the present case is regarded only as adding one more to the other causes of action on the German question which the alies will take up immediately after the Genoa conference. It is announced this afternoon that Premier Poincare, had requested Louis Dubois, French member of the reparation commission, to place officially

before the commission the question of i he legality of the Russo-German pact. The premier also has asked the other allied governments to give Eimiliar in-! sirnptw.na t commission. COAL MINE PROPERTY IS BEING REPAIRED DURING STRIKE LULL ' By Associated Press.) PITTSBURGH, April 19. Supplementing a list of 129 non-union coal miners and coke plants in western Pennsylvania, issued by district headquarters here of the United Mine Workers, whichofficials claimed had been closed by union organizers, came rP2Il!fr.oml. Smoeset ' cou,nty laf 1 1 iwgui. luiti auuui ouu iiuu-uiuuu worn- j ers at Boswell had struck. They were employed by the Davis Coal and Coke company officers of which stated that the number of striking men was hard to determine since many of their employes were observing a Russian holiiylay. President John Brophy of district No. 2, stated that the day's reports indicated that practically all of the miners of Boswell and Jenners were out. An organization meeting at Boswell was expected to further tie up the field. Additional strikes were reported from the Listie operations of the Stafford Quenahoning company, and from Holsopple, Keele Run and Dilltown. CHARLESTON, W. Va.. April 19. Of 1356 mines in West Virginia reporting to the West Virginia Coal association a report from that body last night developed 423 are in operation. From the Supper Potomac and the Kenova Thacker fields, no reports of the number of mines working were received. State production for the past week was 183,460 tons less than norman, according to the figures given but was 22,605 tons in excess of the amount mined during the week ending April 8. HAZLETON, Pa.. April 19. Anthracite coal companies are having many of their properties repaired without much cost during the mine suspension, a tour of the mining villages showed. ' In the localities where the mine workers occupy houses owned by the operators extensive improvements are being made by the men while the collieries are idle. The lumber is provided by the companies, employes having the privilege of taking what they need. In normal times such work is done by the company carpenter forces. CTA flMMfiMiA TAMIfC 4 HIICMUmH 1HI1IVO EXPLODE; 2 INJURED PITTSBURGG. April 19. The explosion of four large ammonia tanks in the cooler room on the first floor of the Tech Food Products company building here late last night caused damage estimated by Superintendent R. C. Hutchinson at $100,000. and injured two employes seriously. John Hauns. .65, night watchman, :nd Ueorpe Werl, 46, were in the building when the blast occurred and were taken to a hospital suffering from burns and lacerations about the hands and face, and from inhaling fumes of ammonia. The cause of the explosion has not been determined. The rear of the building was demolished by the blast and the second floor coilapsed, burying Hauns in the debris. He was rescued by Patrolman Harry Chatham of the city police department. Windows in houses nearby were blown out by the force of the explotion. NEGRO RELEASED DELAND. Fla.. April 19. Pete Smith, negro, charged with murder in connection with the death ot William .A. SI K)as r LAsia Shields, formerly of Moline, 111., released from jail today, the oi rnnntv crnnrl 1irv reDOrtine it would not una a true dim. iwrs. ant: E. Shields, the widow, is under indictment in the first degree as a result of her husband's death, j . . . . . . . i , a . i

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PLEA S A NT VILLE, Ohio, April 19. Practically every city, town, village and hamlet in the United States will join in the celebration of the Gen. U. S. Grant centennial April 27. This town, being the birthplace of j Grant, naturally will be the center of th ..,, , .. , tV2 2S22I 1 ,1 " f.6""1 i "on - for 11 was tnere that Grant lived during his later years.

HOOSIERS EXPECT TO ATTEND DEDICATION OF GRANT MEMORIAL IN CAPITAL APRIL 27

r.,i,tmni xeavs bureau WASHINGTON, April 19. Many Indiana people who are planning to visit Washington this spring are timing their arrival to witness the ceremonies incident to the dedication of the memorial to General U. S. Grant on the one hundredth anniversary of hij birth, April 27. The Grant memorial is a greup-tf -equestriarf statues located in the national botanical garden grounds In the shadow of the capJtol's dome Indiana members , of congress have been informed that a number of Civil war veterans of their state who followed the great Union commander expect to participate in the celebration. It is their desire to once more march down historic Pennsylvania avenue. following the route of Grant's young veterans when they were reviewed by President Lincoln at the close of the great conflict. The pageant which will precede the unveiling of the Grant memorial will glorify militant America. In the marching columns will be representa tives of the nations fighting men since the days of 1S61, following tat WILLIAM E. CLAPP 53, FORMER LOCAL MAN, SUCCUMBS IN DETROIT Word has. been received here of the sudden death of William E. Clapp, 53 years old, and former resident of Richmond, at Detroit, Mich. Mr. Clapp was employed as a salesman with the Royal Tea company of Detroit. While lviing in Richmond he ran the old Central hotel which was located where the Kresge store now stands. He was in the grocery business on South Eighth street. Mr. Clapp is survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. Jess Packer, and Mrs. James Eaton, of this city, and one soh, Edgar Clapp, of Camp Holiberd, Md. The body will arrive Wednesday night at 9:25 o'clock and will be taken to the parlors of Doan & Son, funeral directors. Services will be held from the parlors Friday afternoon and Rev. Hoeffer will officiate. Friends may call Thursday evening. FAMINE CRISIS OVER, DECLARES GOODRICH (By Associated Press) "NEW YORK, April 19. All danger of famine in Russia has passed, asserted James P. Goodrich, former governor of Indiana, who arrived on the steamer Olympic today after a six months tour of Europe of the stricken regVms of Europe in behalf of the American relief commission. He planned to leave for Washington later in the day to lay his report before President Harding. SENATE CANDIDACY ANNOUNCED BY FESS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON , April 19 Representative Simon D. Fess, chairman of the National Republican congressional committee, who is serving his fifth term as a member of the house from the seventh Ohio district, in a statement made public here today announced his candidacy for the senate. He will Beek the seat now held by Senator Pomerene, Democrat, who is expected to be a candidate for re-election.

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In nearly every city appropriate ceremonies will mark the event. President Harding will speak to the nation from here. Arrangements have been made to broadcast his address by radio. Other prominent members of the official family also will participate. Mrs. U. S. Grant, Jr., wife of the general's second son and namesake, will have a leading part in the exercises here. tered battle flags which have waved over southern fields .and amid the smoke of conflict in Cuba, the Philippines and France. The dedication services will be under the auspices of the United States government. Secretary of War Week3 will make a presentation of the group (Continued on Page Nine)SENATE IS SHOWING TENDENCY TO ACCEPT HARDING LEADERSHIP By MARK SCMIVAJf WASHINGTON. D. C, April 19 Interest in the bonus bill exceeds interest in the tariff and allied to both these questions Is one in which there is the greatest interest of all, namely whether Harding is going to assert leadership of congress. A test on this question of Harding's leadership may arise out of the bonus situation. Harding has said in substance that he does not approve of any. bonus bill which fails to carry with it a specific provision for rais ing the money to pay it, and has said further that the bonus plan which most appeals to him Is one which carries the sales tax as the means of raising the money. If the senate should pass the bonus bill in substantially its present form, or In any other form which does not take account of what Harding has said then it will be up to Harding either to veto it or sign it. , It is on the asumntion that this dilemma will be presented to Harding that most of the present discussion turns. Bets are being made as to whether Harding will or will not veto any bill passed by a substantial majority through a Republican house and a Republican senate. Those who believe in Harding's firmness and have observed his quiet, but steadily Increasing disposition to be a little more self-assertive, say that If these circumstances arise he will use his veto, and are willing to bet money on their convictions. May Exert Pressure. There is however, the alternative ontcome for Harding to assert his leadership now In advance of action by the senate, and lead the senate to change the present bill into a form consistent with his wishes." There are fairly good reasons for expecting this latter outcome. Harding, so far as his personal fortunes are concerned, is now in a position te exert pressure on congress. The treaties arising out of the Washington conference have been ratified and are out of the way. These treaties, as everybody knows, will constitute the high spot in Harding's administration. It is the successful outcome of the Washington conference that will fix Harding's place in history. Practically every administration has some such outstanding characteristic. In Wilson's first administration It was the Federal Reserve Act, and, in his second administration it was the conduct of the war. In McKinley's administration it "was the SpanishAmerican war, and in Cleveland's 'the preservation of the gold standard. With Harding feeling comfortable about the most important act of his career, he is now in a position to take chances with opposition at the capitol. Many close observers have noted an increasing self- assurance on Hard ing's part since the ratification of the j treaties. Beneath his quiet urbanity ' is a steady firmness. 1 j The outcome of the debate in the ! house on the size of the navy iz a; mark of deference to Harding. But even mere is there an increasing dis- j (Continued on Page Nine) '

Top row, left to right: Grant's tomb; Ulysses S. Grant, general and president, born one hundred years ago; Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendering to Grant at Appomattox. Below, left to right: Grant's triumphal entry into Washington in 1865; the house in which Grant was born at Pleasantville; Grant's home later in Galena, III.

In Galena members of congress and high officers of the army will deliver the addresses of the day. Grant was born in a log hut here April 27, 1922. He lived here during the greater part of his early life, but after the war made his home in Galena. The cabin in which he was born has been removed to the Ohio State Fair grounds at Columbus, where it has been encased in glass. LADY ASTOR JOSHES FRIENDS AND CHATS ON ARRIVAL TODAY NEW YORK. April 19. Vivacious Lady Astor. smiling and chatting continuously and joshing those around her, arrived from England aboard the steamship Olympic today, on her way to ,Balitmore, where she.-will address the Pan-American conference of women. To greet Lady Astor, native of Virginia, wife of a British peer, and the first woman ever elected to the house of commons, scores of friends and admirers gathered at the pier. As the Olympic steamed up the bay from quarantine, she gave reports, flashing comments oa all manners of things Lloyd George, .prohibition, flappers, Margot Asquith, labor situation, Genoa conference, servant problem and her own children, six in number. "Married, Though Happy" &peaKing as a Virginian witnout a trace of British accent Lady Astor said she was "still an unreconstructed Southerner." and "when I hear 'Dixie' something happens," she added. Her children, she described as "mongrels, three-fourths American." "The clothes, nearly all women are wearing are unfortunate," she said, "nothing lets the sex down like running about half naked," she went on. "There is no use of talking about equality if we only use our liberty to show our hideousness. Last night I wore a dress I have used since 1918. If you keep your mind on your body all the time you can't keep it on your soul."

She took hold of Viscount Astor's i Morning Post insists that the British arm, winked and said "Married though ! government immediately associate ithappy." Then began the interview! self with the French demand for with, the ultimate topic prohibition, i annulment.

"I don't believe what the British papers say about prohibition in this country," she said. Dublin Schools Close Friday Night, April 21 DUBLIN, Ind., April 19. School here will close on Friday, April 21. There are 10 graduates from the eighth grade. They are: Evelvni Waddel. Luetta De Vaughn. Victoria I Clark, Constance Adrian, Eula Joyner, Mary Walters, Emma Lawrence, Wilit Li i xjan, ikij uri L i uturi. iiaixcs uiibert. The exercises will begin at 9 1 a. m. Everyone is invited. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore. Rain is coming this afternoon; unsettled and colder tonight Thursday fair and colder; frost tonight if the weather clears. A storm is now crossing the Great Lakes and will cause rain which will arrive this afternoon, followed by colder and strong southwest winds will change to northwest. " Weather Conditions Generally fair tion of Indiana southward to the Ohio valley, but it Is raining in the central and western portion of the state, and in turn it is fair over the western states. Temperatures are below normal west of the 6torm center. For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fait tonight and Thursday preceded by unsettled north portion; colder tonight and in east portion Thursday, Frost probably tonight. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,667

WILL ACT IN 3 WEEKS

(By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 19 President Harding was represented today by White' House callers as favorable to suggestions that a soldier bonus revenue, raising provisions be inserted in the tariff bill now before the. senate. The President, it was said, still insisted any bonus bill adopted should carry or be accompanied by some proj vision for obtaining the necessary revenue. Action of the senate Republican caucus yesterday in voting to request the finance committee to report a bonus bill within "a reasonable time" was said today to be construed by advocates of the measure to mean three weeks, and 'sone senators who are back of this project are said to have stated that they w-ould support a motion to discharge the finance committee and bring the pending bill before the senate, if a report is not made at the end of three weeks' time. SEMENOFF AWAITS LAWYER WITH BAIL (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, April 19. Gen. Gregorie Semenoff was eagerly awaiting the arrival of his counsel at the Ludlow street jail today. He was notified last night his friends have finally raised all but $8,000 of the $25,000 bond, lack of which has caused the detention of the Cossock chief. The General yesterday received the first friendly visit from an American since his imprisonment, when David B. Francis, former Ambassador to Russia and former Governor of Missouri called. He remained about 15 minutes and discussed the situation with Semenoff. y The Ataman seemed eager to go to Washington for the hearing now under way there, and,' through Col. George Kroupsky, insisted that American ignorance of Russian military law was the cause of all the misunderstanding among the American people. SECOND DAY FINDS COMMENT IN LONDON ON TREATY MODIFIED (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 19. The second day's editorial comment on the RussoGerman incident at Genoa shows a modification of some views expressed yesterday although the severest critics of the Russians and Germans and Prime Minister Lloyd George, such as the Times, Morning Post and Daily Mail, renew their denunciations without qualification. .They focus their censure, however, on Mr. Lloyd George rather than on the negotiators of the new treaty, declaring the premier allowed himself to be fooled by the soviet delegates. The Times thinks it "unfortunate" that the allied experts do not regard signature of the new Dact as a breach of the treaty of Versailles, and the Changes Stand On the other hand the Westminster Gazette, which yesterday took a gloomy view, now "cannot see that the incident provides reasonable grounds for dismay," and asserts that "on the whole the new agreement is to be welcomed." "It is perhaps an unpleasant bombshell for those who hoped - to gain ; --, i .5 : i. ii. . r J'"lllltai C1CUU- 1I"IU '"V Y e ewpaper adds, but at le ,t I to the realities of the European situaI tion." The Daily Chronicle without abandoning its stand of yesterday seems to view the position with less satisfaction. It thinks Russia is the chief gainer, but says "evejT Russia's is a barren advantage which will not give her much help less she also concludes treaties with the western powers." Condemns Manner. The Daily News which did not comment yesterday regards the treaty in the abstract as reasonable and just, but sharply condemns "the manner in which it was sprung upon the conference and its exclusiveness," the newspaper describes any exclusive arrangement, any grouping of two or three powers as "a permanent menace to the ! peace of the world and a crime against I humanitA- whether nernetrated . hv ! Germany and Russia or by England and France." The Daily Telegraph publishes an account of a document supplementary to' the treaty which, when signed, would have the character of a complete convention for reciprocal military aid by Germany and Russia in the event they consider themselves menaced by any aggression on the part of Poland. GEORGE S. TAPPAN, . LIBERTY, IS KILLED (By Associated Press.) LIBERTY. Ind., April 19. George S. Tappan, 45 years old, a farmer living near here, was killed today when the tractor he was repairing ran over him.

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Miss Irene Walsh. Miss Irene Walsh of Memphis, Tenn., was too young to practice law when she had completed her course and so she had to wait a month before she reached her majority and could hang out her shingle. She has the name of being not only the- youngest but the prettiest lawyer in Tennessee. Miss Walsh has high ideals and in accepting a case she stipulates that her client tells the truth and nothing but the truth both at her office and on the witness stand. Her plea to the jury will be justice tempered with mercy. ADA KETTLER IS HURT BY FALLING LOCKERS AT HIGH SCHOOL GYM Ada Kettler, 14-year-old daughter of John H. Kettler, residing at 1113 Northwest Fifth street, sustained two broken ribs Wednesday morning at the high school when she was caught j under a row of falling steel lockers in me gymnasium. Miss Kettler received immediate attention, and was removed to her home to recuperate. , . The lockers were located" Iri the dressing room of the high' school gymnasium and were not i'jrstened to the wall. Miss Kettler was standing beside the lockers and it is thought that the jar caused by other girls running into the room, caused the lockers to fall. - - ' ' ' " Miss Kauffman, girls' physicial director, stated that the mishap was purely unavoidable and that Miss Kettler was fortunate to escape as she did. The lockers of the building will be fastened more securely to the walls for prevention of further accidents, it is stated. PLANE AMENDMENT DEFEATED BY HOUSE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 19. By a vote of 75 to 34, the house defeated an amendment by Representative Hicks, Republican, New York,, providing an increase- of approximately a million and a half dollars for use by shore stations in repairing aeroplanes. The house then rejected an amendment by Representative Herrick, Republican, Oklahoma, to increase from 400,000 to $500,000 an amount carried for completing the construction of aeroplanes and accessories. CHILDREN ARE HURT WHEN CHIMNEY OF SCHOOL COLLAPSES (By Associated Press) - CLINTON, Iowa, April 19.-Several children were injured, some possibly fatally when the chimney of the Irving school collapsed this morning. A fire broke out imediately faned by high winds, and it is feared some of the children are burned in the ruins. Aged New Yorker, 100 Today, Says He Shook Hands With Lafayette NEW YORK, April IS. Thomas Joseph West, of this city, who celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of his birth today, believes that he is the only, person living - who i shook hands with the Marquis De Lafayette when the Frenchman was a guest of the city of New York in 1824. Mr. West at that time was a baby in arms, having been born on April 19, 1822, at 492 Greenwich street. With his hair snow white, but hale and hearty, Mr. West can write a letter as rapidly and speak in as firm a voice today as a man 50 years his junior. In telling of his greeting from Lafayette, Mr. West said: "I shook hands with the great Lafayette In 1824 when the general was a guest of the city ot New York. A S ?J?? Greenwich street, on its way to Pot ter's field where there wa3 held a grand review. Potter's field was in the neighborhood of what is now Washington square. My nurse was holding me in her arms just as the general passed. He was on horseback. "He stopped directly in front of us. He asked the nurse my name, patted me on . the head and shook both my hands saying I was a fine little fellow. He gave me a hearty handshake and It seems to me I can remember seeing him ride off." Mr. West was for years known in New York City as a. maker of silk hats and had a place of business on Fulton street. He is. the uncle of Frederick MacMonnies, the sculptor.

ARE DRAFTING REPLY (By Associated Prs.) GENOA, April 19. Dr. Walter Rath enau, the German . foreign minister conferred with Prime Minister Lloy George of .Great Britain and Foreigi Minister Chicherin of Russia today re garding the barring of the GerniRn? from the Russian commission of th conference. The Germans will probably submit a formal reply tonight tc the allied note on this subject Many other informal conference? were held with legal experts of the various delegations-in an effort t: bring out the exact scope of the en tente note. - ' ' " GENOA, April 19. The' Genoa con ference apparently has" been paved For the last two days it had been lot ering on theh edge of collapse due to indignation of some of the more im

portant leaders over the, action of tits Germans and Russian in secretly concluding a treaty covering the principal and most delicate points under consid eration by the conferees. Now, however, the delegates are to go forward with their work - but the Germans are barred from participating in all deliberations concerning the Russian question. This penalty was laid down in a note of censure sent to the Berlin delegation yesterday alter all day consideration of the situation by representatives of the five Inviting powers and" the little entente. Statement of Note While the, conference was sitting and whilv Germany was represented on the" commission and sub-commis sion, charged with the negotiations of European peace with Russia, said the note, "the German representatives on -j the commission have behind the backs of their colleagues, concluded in secret a treaty with Russia on the very questions which they had undertake:', to consider in loyal conjunction with representatives of the other nations." Whether Germany will continue at the conference is problematical, but her delegates are engaged in drafting a reply to the note of censure, and it is thought that, while protesting their debarment from the commissions dealing with Russian affairs, they will be content to remain. Their reply is expected to make the point that only the full conference has power to bar them, and in this they are supported by the neutral nations, headed by Denmark, whose delegates already have protested to the conference leaders. Not Secret, Claim Furthermore. Dr. Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, maintain?! the conversations with Russia were not secret as he says prime minister Lloyd George of Great Britain was notified last week, through another member of the British delegation that the Germans could not agree to the program contained in the report of the allied experts, and were forced to negotiate with Russia direct." The Germans were pleased with the section of the report regarding Germany which states that the burden to be placed on the German nation should not be so great as to destroy its power of production and declares that Germany's reparations contribution should be extended over longer periods so as not to endanger her bankruptcy. . . -, . , It was understood the report would be considered at the meeting today of the sub-commission on currency... Impressed by Warning. . The conference delegates were Impressed by the words of warning concerning the financial situation In Eurnno cot frtrtH in (tin ir- r.rr f V. ', V " UT " " tornt.. mnaiarv h United presented as Buggested by the experts would soon be convened to examine the financial position of the whole world and to recommend to whom the necessary assistacne should be given. . The board declared that victorn and vanquished in the late war must find means of counteracting the growth In the volume of outstanding money and government, obligations an dits concomitant, the constant increase In prices. They Insisted that .unless remedies like increased production and taxation were applied, the depreciation in money would wipe out the savings of the past, and lead to gradual bankruptcy and anarchy in Europe. FLIGHT CUT SHORT , BY PLANE DAMAGE ' " (By Associated Prespl RIO DI JANERIO. April 19 The Portuguese aviators who were attempting a flight from Portugal to Brazil will be unable to proceed in their hydro-aeroplane from St. Paul's Rock, a few miles short of their goal on the American continent where they landed last n ght because of damage to ther machine, acording to a Havls despatch, from Pernambucco today. The mesage said the hydro-aeroplan was so badly damaged in affecting a landing that it is no longer usable. The aviators, however, expected to aavB the motor. REMAINS ON LABOR BOARD WASHINGTON, April 19. Decision of Albert Phillips, labor member, tc continue as a member of the railroad labor board,-"was announced Tuesdaj at the White House. Mr. Phillips ha.' withdrawn his resignation, -- recent!, submitted because of ill health. .