Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 95, 21 April 1922 — Page 1
ICHMOMB UM H A. VOL. XCIL, No. 95 Palladium. Est. 1831. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram., 1907. RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS
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IRISH PAPERS ARE TORN UP; PLANT RAIDED Destroy Newspapers But Spare Machinery Dublin
Lady Astor, M. P., Just Plain Nancy Langhome VOTE MILLION FOR FIGHTING HIGH WATERS Tchitcherin, Picturesque Figure, Snapped at Genoa MISS TO PAY THEIR DEBTS IF RECOGNIZED
Regulars Beat Off Attacking Forces at Army Barracks. POLICE MTEFENSIVE
(By Associated Prers SLIGO, Ireland, April 21. Armed men raided the offices of the Sligo Champion today and smashed the frames of the type for this week's issue, apparently in order to prevent publication of the newspaper's report of Sunday's meeting, when Arthur Griffith, president of the Dail Eirean delivered an address in favor of tho Free State treaty. .The raiders tore up 10,000 partly printed copies of the paper but spared the linotypes and other machinery.
DUBLIN', April 21. The attack on the Wellington barracks, which began at 11:15 o'clock last night, continued 40 minutes, when besieging forces were beaten off by the garrison of regular Irish Republican army troops. An attempt was made to rush the front gate and two grenades were hurled, slightly wounding three of the garrison. The guard replied with a grenade, and it is believed two of the attackers were wounded, as they were seen being assisted away by comrades. The firing in different parts of the
city, wniie it lasted, was even more intense than that of the previous night, the explosion of bombs causing the greatest alarm. In Residence Section. Wellington barracks, which is In a thickly populated residential section was the last barracks here to be evacuated by the British and is now responsible for military action in Dublin. Beggars' Bush barracks being the general headquarters of the provisional government's forces. The firing about Beggars Bush barracks last night was comparatively light but a fusillade of 50 shots was heard near the Four courts, recently
seized by the independent forces un
der Rory O'Connor.
The firing of revolvers in various parts of the city at night has grown so general that it has almost the same effect as a curfew law, peace loving citisens retiring to their 'homes at an early hour. -
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Congress Rushes Through Appropriation for Control of Lock Waters of Mississippi River.
Lord and Lady Astor, photographed on shipboard New York harbor.
white steaming into!
With the familiar Virginia drawl supplanting, temporarily at least, her English "clip," Lady Astor once more became just plain Nancy Langhome, of the "Virginia Langhornes," on her arrival in the United States after an absence of eight years. Lady Astor is to speak at the conference of the National League of Women Voters in Baltimore. "Nancy" was the first woman to have a seat in the British house of commons. "My husband drove me to it," she said.
MYSTERY MAN DIES WITH SECRET HIDDEN; NO GLUE TO IDENTITY
WALLACE WILL TRY MOST WIDESPREAD RADIO DISTRIBUTION
BELFAST... April 21. Firing again was in progress, in the short Strand arear-Df Ballymacarrett, the eastern section of Belfast, early today. A sergeant in the support of the Ulster constabulary was the first casualty of the day. Two deaths in the hospital last night and the death of Andrew McCartney, t one of the wounded yesterday, raised ' 1 he Eastertide list to 12. Three men who were discovered
lnotJns in the Falls district yesterday Gid residents
fBy Associated Press) SAVANNAH, Ga., April 21. Savannah's "man of mystery", Julius Romaine, is dead. His body, long denied even the most meagre comfort, lies in
a solemn, sumptuous room in a local undertaker's quarters, where it is held
'.'with the vague hope that the news of
his death may call some echo to identify him from the past he concealed so well. Romaine appeared in Thunderbolt, a resort four miles from Savannah, more than a quarter of a century ago. He brought only a name from his past, Knd it was neveT known whether that waB his own. Each Monday thereafter until his death he walked to the Savannah postofflce and received a letter. He never told whence his letters came, nor from whojn and he was at great pains to destroy all trace of them. No one remembers having heard him mention his past or his family or his former home, and he avoid-
! ed all who sought to question him.
of Thunderbolt, how-
ACTION IN AN HOUR (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. April 21. The sum of $1,000,000 for control of lock waters of the Mississippi river, now at the highest stage in years, was made available immediately by a resolution rushed through the senate and house today within an hour after the proposal made by southern members had been approved by Secretary Weeks and Director Dawes, of the budget.
PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINE SITUATION IS UNCHANGED, REPORT
CBy Associated Press) PITTSBURGH. April 21. With a heavy blanket of snow covering the entire coal country of western Pennsylvania, union organizers and mine operators continued their activities in connection with the strike. ' Reports from Fayette county, where the efforts of the union have been centered on the many non-union mines, showed there had been little change over night.
"There has not been a difference of
100 men one way or another," said one authority in reviewing the situation, "and I know of no mine that is closed or a closed one that has reopened." It was the general opinion that, for the present at least little progress was being made in either direction.
Effects of the strike on the steel in
,, , r ' s
received a shock when they were tried j eve ne wag tnought t0 have lived
and sentenced by Republican police to
be tarred and feathered
50 PERSONS HURT, MANY FATALLY, BY EXPLOSION OF GAS
By Associated Press)
LOS ANQELES, April 21. Probably 50 pople were injured, a number of
them fatally, when an oil station
caught fire at Downey today and the
fire reached the underground storage
tanks causing them to explode.
The property damage had not been
estimated a hour after the explosion, which occurred at 10:40 a. m., but it
was thought that it would probably not
.exceed $20,000 and might be less. -
The principal harm was to human
life rather than to property. It haB not been learned here whether any fire accompanied the explosion, but persons nearby said there appeared to be no sign of flames. , The sheriff received a call from a deputy who had reached Downey at 11:30, asking whether ambulances were enroute. The deputy said at least 12 persons were very seriously hurt and "about 100 were injured more or less." He said the worst hurt were some men who had been working on a nearby ' roof when the explosion occurred and who were dislodged with burning gasolene.
fl'y Aspoo'ated Prss.) WASHINGTON, April 21. Secretary Wallace of the department of agriculture, will attempt tonight, on
Arbor day eye, whai is described a3 justry engaged the attention of the
business public, and for the first time
as a young man at Watervliet, N. Y
Lived in Shack Romaine at first boarded at the resi
dence of a Mrs. Hill, living, apparently on remittances contained in the un
explained letters. Then hope deserted him or the miser's passion
seized him or the remittances were stopped no hoardings have been found and he went to live in the yarl of a Thunderbolt resident in a shed so small he could barely lie full length to sleep. Here he lived for years in an environment of direst poverty "a queer old man" to be questioned and wonderedabout by the curious. His clothing became ragged, nondescript and at times was pieced out and patched with crocus sacking. But he never grew careless of his secret and when death placed the final seal upon his lips Wednesday, his mean effects were found to include no key to his locked past. The local authorities said they would hold his body several days In the hope that a relative, or some one who knew him before his tragedy, would solve the mystery of his life.
the, most wide-spread radio distribU'
tion of a single message" ever to be made. The message will be transmitted at 9 o'clock eastern standard time from the government station at
Arlington, Va., San Diego and San Francisco, Calif., the Great Lakes
naval station and all army and postoffice department stations and also by the Radio relay league and Radio Broadcasting stations.
Radio experts state that because of
the constantly Increasing number of radio sets in operation the voice of
the secretary will reach more people "than any human voice . since time began." One year ago there were perhaps 60,000 radio receiving sets in this country. Today there are over 800, 000 and the present monthly increase is estimated at 100,000. Boy Scouts who receive the message will wherever possible arrange to deliver it on the golden anniversary of Arbor day tomorrow, to the mayors of their cities. ,
George Tchitcherin snapped on the grounds of the Hotel Imperial at Santa
Marguerita.
George Tchitcherin, foreign minister of the Russian soviet government, is the most picturesque figure at the Genoa economic conference. The
recent revelation of the German-soviet treaty, which the allies now seek to
nullify, ha3 drawn Tchitcherin farther into the spotlight.
HUNT TO REPRESENT THIS DISTRICT AT STATE TAX MEETING
in several weeks mill executives have agreed they were in a comfortable position. Their plans to meet the unusual situation growing out of the strike,
they said, had been put Into execution i
and had been in operation long enough to show results. HAZLETON. Pa., April 21. Rush of alien anthracite coal miners to their native homes in Europe, either to stay permanently or to Visit the scenes of their childhood .is now the heaviest since the suspension began, according to steamship" agents. From twenty-
five to thirty leave here daily, many of them being naturalized American citizens who expected to come back after an agrement is reached with the operators. They figure that work will be resumed about the middle of May.
This district probably will be represented by Everett Hunt, of White
water, county farm bureau president, at a meeting of the 10 state farmers'!
federation tax commissioners wh'rh is to be held in Indianapolis on Thursday, April 27. He was appointed by the officials of the farmers' organization last winter, during a state tax meeting, as one of the 10 commissioners representing each district, to confer on tax questions and supervise federation tax activities in their districts. Revaluation of farm lands was the pressing question at the time of that meeting. These 10 commissioners , appointed
local committees in every township in
CHARLESTON, W. Va., April 21. A special train carrying some 250 miners and their leaders left Charleston today for Charlestown where they are to be tried on Indictments returned in Mingo, Logan and Kanawha counties in connection with the armed march last summer. Accommodations had been prepared for about 450 person, but a number missed the train or were already on their way to the trial town. Included in the passengers were a number of women and children, families of the accused.
ADVOCATES MEXICO ' BLOCKADED UNTIL U. S. CLAIMS PAID
ELLIOTT'S CAMPAIGN EXPENSES $147.76, HIS REPORT SHOWS
rAtXADIVM JTKWS BUREAU WASHINGTON, April 21. Representative Richard N. Elliott of the
sixth Indiana district has filed a report with the clerk of the house of representatives showing that his primary election campaign expensea have amounted to $147.76. The Republican congressional campaign committee issued a statement recently advising candidates for United States Benator and for representative in congress to file reports of nominating election expenses although the United States supreme court held, several months ago, in the Newberry case, that the federal law requiring such procedure was unconstitutional. The law nullified by the supreme court limited the primary election expenses of a candidate for the senate to $10,000 and a candidate for representative in congress to $5,000. The law further provided that reports on primary campaign expenses should be filed not more than 15 days nor less
than 10 days before the nominating election. Advertising, Postage. Campaign expense . reports of the
three other candidates for the Republican congressional nomination in the sixth district and of the two candidates for the Democratic congressional nomination have not yet been received in Washington. Newspaper advertising and postage accounts for practically all of Representative Elliott's campaign expenses. He has not conducted a personal campaign in the district because congress continues in session making it necessary for him to remain in Washing
ton. The duties of his office are ex
NEUTRALS ACTING INDEPENDENTLY AT
GENOA NOT IN BLOC
(By Associated Press.)
GENOA, April 21. The neutral na
tions are acting independently at the Genoa conference, not in a bloc as be
lieved in some quarters, declared the Marquis of Villa-Urrutia in outlining the attitude of his country toward the meeting. The marquis heads the delegation from Spain, the most important of the countries which remained neutral during the war. It is not exact to say that the neutrals form a kind of entente, as s me - of the newspapers have published, said the former foreign minister. "The neutrals have certain common interests especially financial and economic which they will foster as was announced after the meeting they held at Berne, but otherwise each is quite free to follow the policy which best suits her interests."
fBy Associated Press WASHINGTON, April 21. Block ades of Mexico and seizure of Mexi
can ports until America claims for damages to lives and property in Mex
ico have been compensated was ad
vocated in the senate today by Senator
Troops Replace Police In Peking, Tien-Tsing (By Associated Press.)
PEKING. April 21 The troops of
ueneral Chang Tso-Lin, governor of Manchuria, today took possession of Peking and Tien-Tsing, replacing the local police force of those cities. A
transfer of authority was devoid incident.
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Rohs Jewelry Store On "Busiest Corner" (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO. April 21. Chicago calls the intersection of State and Madison street "the busiest corner in the world." but nobody saw the robber who broke a jewelry store building on that, corner early this morning with a padded brick, and escaped with watches and rings valued at $2,000.
TEXAS MAN FACES CHARGE OF MURDER
(By Associated Press.) DALLAS, Texas, April 21. D. E. Soderman, of Ft. Worth, was charged with the murder of Jay Clay Powers in an indictment by the Dallas county grand jury in a report returned In
criminal court No. two today. District Attorney Maury Hughes announced the case would be set for
hearing May 8. Soderman is in Jail.
W. W. Nelms, one of his attorneys, said the next step probably will be a habeas corpus petition at which an attempt will be made to have bond fixed for the accused. This is to be filed early next week, he said. According to Mr. Nelms, the defense will be based to some extent on a letter alleged to have been written to Soderman by Mrs. Soderman in which Powers wa3 mentioned. Mr. Nelms said the Powers and Soderman families had been close friends until recently.
TCinp- Dnmrvprnt TTtn'h in a lonp-tVitr
t ,i i .v i ) ,..lv, v, I - - o J
Guiana iiu nave tumt-i . t-u " : addres on the Mexican situation
county omciais in revaluing me larm lands for the new assessment. These commissioners will make a report on the work that has been done in the ten districts. The quarterly meeting of the board of directors of the Indiana Federation of Farmers' associations will be held on Friday, April 28. The report of
The testimony of Albert Parks, town
acting and the legislative program is ! p.nIP trustee, occupied the morning ses
BOSTON SCHOOL BOND ARGUMENTS HEARD BY TAX BOARD MEMBER
Hearing of the case of remonstrators to a proposition to issue $43,500 worth of school bonds in Boston township occupied theat tention of J.W. Tillman, representing the state tax board and some 100 or more taxpayers Friday morning.
Weather Forecast
FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY " By W. E. Moore Partly cloudy, but mostly fair toniaht and Saturday: frost tnninht'
the tax commissioners and of theiwarmer Saturday afternoon and Sunwork which has been done to estab-iHav
Barometric pressure, above normal
18th Amendment Did fiot Nullify Indiana Law, Rule
INDIANAPOLIS. April 21. The
eighteenth amendment to the federal constitution did not nullify the Indiana prohibition law of 1917. the state supreme court decided today in denying a re-hearing to Frank Hess, Terre Haute restaurant keeper, whose conviction of violating the state law was recently affirmed by the court.
Seeks Information About Oil Leases
(Bv Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 21. Complete information regarding the leas
ing of rights in naval oil reserve was sought in a resolution introduced by Senator LaFollette, Republican, Wisconsin, who at-the same time made public a letter from Joseph Daniels, former secretary of the navy, opposing leasing of the government's domain.
lish a live stock terminal under the Live Stock Producers' association will be discussed. Live stock terminals will be established In the near future at Buffalo, Chicago, Louisville and Cincinnati, by the association. Live stock from different parts of Indi-
due -mil i; 01111711 an luov. terminals, as well as to the one to be opened in Indianapolis next week. Davis Swanson, for five years in charge of the bureau of markets of the Chicago stockyards, has been appointed manager of . the Producers' Commission Association of Indianapolis. Mr. Swanson was selected at a special meeting of the executive Board of the association Tuesday. The se lection of Mr. Swanson and the sales and office force of the Producers' Commission association will be confirmed at a meeting of the entire board of directors, to be held Monday night.
EXPORTS OF GRAIN JUMP $10,000,000
(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 21 American exports ot grain during March increased by $10,000,000 as compared with February, but fell off by approximately $14,000,000 as compared with March a year ago, according to foreign trade reports made public today by the commerce department.
indicates mostly fair weather for the next 36 hours. Quite cool tonight,
with temperatures near freezing, fol
lowed by a moderation Saturday or
Sunday.. Temperatures Yesterday Maximum 51 Minimum 31 Today Noon 4'J Weather Conditions A storm which moved rapidly southward from western Canada crossed the Great Lakes last night and prevented a frost from forming, on account of cloudy weath
er, but an area of cold weather covers
an important one
Farm Reports. Two reports just issued ) by the United tSates government are of much interest to the farmers. The department of agriculture advises that farm labor now exceeds demand and wages are normal, and the same department announces a substantial decrease in prices of commodities used by farmers during the year which ended the first of last month. Two years ago there was barely
three-fourthts of a
Both German and Russian Re
plies Submitted Germany Accepts Proposal to Stay Out of Conferences.
BRIDGE OVER CRISIS
(By Associated Press.) GENOA, April 21. Both tho, Or-
mans and the Russians today submit-
iea ineir replies to the allies demands. The German renlv arrpntAH
the allied proposal that the Germans take no further part in the negotiations between the allies and the Rus
sians, but the reply does not modifv
me effectiveness of the Russo-C-erman treaty.
The Russian reply accepts the allied
proposal for the payment of Russia's foreign debt due to foreigners and the
estoration of foreign nroDertv. nation-
alized by Russia, in case the Soviet regime is granted recognition by the
allied governments as a de jure state.
and is given adequate financial assist
ance.
The effect of the two replies is to
continue the German and Russian par
ticipation in the work here and thus to bridge over the crisis which recently threatened to disrupt the conference,
While the soviet reply apparentlv
accepts, practically all the . allied de
mands the details of working out th-
plan and the amount the Russians may expect in loans to restore their country admittedly presented a difficult
problem without any certainty that it can be solved and thus complete the preliminaries necessary for Russian recognition. 'Cite Justification As justifying their contention that the allies could not as a matter of right demand compensation for property, the Russians cite abolition of slavery in the United States where neither the Americans or foreigners were compensated. They also rite prohibition in America, as a cas? where no compensation was given to the producer of alcoholic drinks. The German note is longer than th.it from the allies and begins by :.-.'knowl-
edglng with painful surpriFff" tht protest received, which is considered undeserved. The note then repeats what Dr.Rathenau, German foreign minister, has stated on several occasions, that negotiations for the conclusion of th Russian-German treaty had begun long ago were known to have been in progress by all the European governments and had lately been suspended out of deference to the conference. But the exclusion of Germany from the negotiations held by the allies with the Russians at the villa da Albertis gave to the German delegation the impression that the allies wen trying to conclude arrangements with the soviet government without German participation, perhaps to Germany's detriment. See No Violation At a certain moment, perhaps through misunderstanding, the German delegation received the impression that the allies were about to con elude an agreement with the Russians, therefore the Russo-German negotiations were resumed, and resulted In the signing of the treaty at Rapallo on Easter Sunday. The German delegation believes that this treaty does not violate the spirit
of the conference and, indeed, contributes to its supreme aim pacification of the world and the reconstruction of Europe. The note admits that after the conclusion this treaty, the German delegation has no reason to participate in the work of the first commission dealing with Russian affairs, but says it will willingly participate In the
other work of the same commission
tion.
The proposal to issue bonds to
finance the erection of a new school j dealing with European and German In
terests. Difference In Opinion
The delay in delivering the note wa?
Duuaing in Boston township was i
brought up some time ago. Remonstrators presented a signed protest to
the county auditor and a member of. due chiefly to differences of opinion the state tax board was sent here to;the Germans themselves as to the best
conduct tne nearing on ttie matter. attitude to take, some fearing the reCongestion of schools in the town percuSsion it might have in French of Boston and need for a centralized quarters, and had kcDt themselves evschool to replace certain district ; erely aoof during the incident. The SChOOlS OUt Of town Which Were grow- ; moo W Prim Minister
normal suply of ling out of date, was the reason set ! t na nQ nri(-.in K0fnra
faTQabr- E,Frefed in Percentage j forth by advocates the bond issue . the" journalist's at the mecting In ths in 1920 the ratio of supp y to demand for their stand. They proposed, ac- royal palace yesterdav, however, was was 60 percent. On April 1, this year, cord-ng to Parks, to erect a four-room iL. ag, t'moa ,t vra!i w
. in rafFnft nrroomint with frhp ftfTiei-
allies. The first commission was summoned
it was 111 percent. In other words,
at present farm labor is offering its services in a larger degree than farmers are able to employ. The decrease in price of farm machinery combined with the decrease in the cost of farm
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Search Home For Man; Find Him In Baby Buggy (By Associated Press) ' PEORIA, 111., April 21. When officers sear ed the home of John
Kelly, wanted in Indianapolis, to be
sentenced
of robbing
Ind., they found him cuddled up in a baby buggv in the attic. A warm bed
gave detectives the clue to his where-
building, one story brick, about 2
feet north of the present Boston school building. Small Capacity
Wilfred Jessup, attorney for the re-
for a meeting this morning by the
chairman. M. Schanzer for a dlscus-
monstrators, brought cut the fact that Us f the Russian answer to th re
only Id to 20 pupils would be accom- port prepared by the allied experts at modated by the new buildings. , their London meeting. Do you, as township trustee, think j The RUPSian answer which has not that this is a proper expenditure of been made pubiic yet, is understood the people's money?" he asked Parks, j to accept in principle the acknowled- " es," was the answer. TOpnt of RUSSia'g pre-war debt on conJessup also brought out the fact dition that a long moratorium be that the proposal, included a commun-Lrant(ld thi3 to be followed bv min
ify building and gymnasium, that it.imum interest payments which would
be-the
other Russian debts be wiped out by
wanted in Indianapolis, to be n onTtt lvl i l :ed in federal court on a charge SnT mtedwrS lub-11 lncreaseTf aSt??1slf , riictillerv at Terre Haute' ,g erected Dy popular PUO-,came ame- to pay jt as3 tnat "s fJ'TrJ.Mription. but mat this plan of paying ' her Russian debts be wined out
the lakes and al3o is drifting east-! abouts. Kelly wa3 recently released
ward and extending southward toward
the Ohio valley. It is considerably colder in the west. Another storm is developing in the Rocky mountains.
For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Generally fair tonight and Saturday; frost probably tonight in east and north portions; cooler in southeast portion; rising temperature Saturday aXternoon. -
Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,686
from the Leavenworth, Kan3., prison
on bond.
Cincinnati Police to Rule At Grant Celebration CINCINNATI. Ohio, April 21. The
necessary police to 'maintain order and regulate traffic at Pt. Pleasant, April 27, during the Grant centenary celebration, will be furnished by Cincinnati, it has been agreed upon. Po
lice Chief Copelan will make a personal survey of the village to determine just how many police will be necessary. Hugh L. Nichols, chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements for the celebration,' has pointed out that Pt. Pleasant could
not furnish any such numbers of po
lice as will be needed.
for it had failed, after which it was in
cluded in the school program. Parks admitted that he had report
ed to his advisory board that such a! building was necessary and that his board had refused to approve such a report, two of the members resigning. Two Others Favorable. Two more members who were in favor of the building, . were then ap
pointed to the advisory board by the county commissioners on his recommendation, "according" to statements made by him in response to Jessup's questions. ' Denver Harlan, attorney for the bond issue, brought out the fact that water at one of the schools was unfit for drinking purposes, that poor ventilation and other matters, made consolidation advisable. Of the persons who signed the remonstrance, according to testimony taken by him, 31 did, not live" in the tow nship," but were taxpayers there.
the indemnity claimed by Russia from the allies, and finally asks for a large loan.
Oil Truck Driver Killed
When Train Hits Machine (By Associated Press.) ELKHART, Ind.. April 21. Scott Iddings, 34, driver of a Standard Oil truck at Kendal?ville, Ind., was Instantly killed when the truck wai struck by an eastbound New York Central mail train on the Main street crossing in Kendallville. Iddings is survived by his widow and two small children.
"HOOT" GIBSON WEDS . RIVERSIDE, Cal., April 21. Edmund "Hoot" Gibson, motion picture actor of Los Angeles, and Helen Johnson, vaudeville actress, were married here yesterday. .