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AMERICA MIGHT HAVE AVERTED WAR, PERSHING Says With Adequate Military Preparation and strong Leadership America Could Have Prevented Conflict. WEEKS GIVESWARNING By Associated Press" WASHINGTON, April 25. The United States "with adequate military preparation and under strong leadership should have prevented the occurrence cf the World war.," General Pershing declared today in testifying before the senate military committee in behalf of Use war department's plea for an increase in the military establishment over that proposed by the house. Failure to recognize the existence of '"envy, jealousy and hatdrcd," among nations, a3 among individuals has invariably sent the United States unprepared into a great crisis and caused unnecessary loss of life and left us staggering under financial burdens." "There Is no doubt," the chief of staff continued, "but that the Civil war might have been prevented had the country been equipped with an army of reasonable size ready for immediate use. A measure of preparedness such as contemplated under the law of 1920 would probably have kept ua out of the World war, at least it would have saved us the humiliation ? depending upon the allies to hold back the enemy for more than a year before we were even partially prepared. Could Have Prevented "As a matter of fact with adequate military preparations there can be little question that the United States under strong leadership, could have pi-evented the World war altogether." General Pershing advocated a "regular army In keeping with our position among the nations," and declared that a regular establishment of 150,000 men and 13,000 officers was "barely of sufficient strength to meet minor emergencies, garrisons over seas, possessions, and provide a minimum of Instruction for citizen forces. Below Safety, Says Weeks The 155,000 enlisted strength army bill passed by the house provides a military structure "below the safe minimum requirements" of the nation, Secretary Weeks told the senate. approprlations committee today In "urging that appropriations for the next fiscal year permit a force of 15,000 officers and 160,000 men to be maintained In the regular army. , ; Should the house proposals prevail, he added, not only would the regulars suffer, tut overseas garrisons would be "inadequate" and the development Arf "citizen components of our national defense system" would be seriously checked. Peace Uncertain "I am aware of no issue that at the present time threatens to involve us in international complications," Mr. Weeks said. "There Is no evidence of foreign designs against us. We must, however, recognize that through tho greater part of the world a condition of unstability prevails which renders the permanence of world peace uncertain. "It is certain that to remain weak find unprepared in the face of such a situation is to invite aggression. It Is, moreover, essential not only that we maintain a reasonable state of preparedness, but that it should be a matter of international knowledge that we are so prepared." ED SHERRY KILLED WHEN AUTO TURNS OVER NEAR PERSHING PERSHING. Ind., April 23. Ed Sherry, of Connersvllle, was almost instantly killed Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock when the car which he was driving turned over on the National road, three-quarters of a mile east of rershing. He suffered a broken spine and injuries about the head. His son, Everett Sherry, who was riding with him, was uninjured in the mishap. Mr. Sherry was attempting to pass a car whicn belonged to the Davis Baking Powder company, when he lost control of the automobile, and started on the fatal careen to his death. It was said that the car was travelling at an unusual rate of speed. The car turned over and struck a telephone pole along the road-side and broke off the pole at the base. Mr. Sherry was taken to the office of Dr. A. E. Ehle, at Pershing, but he was dead before the physician could render any assistance. The body was removed to the home in Connersville. SEAPLANE MISSING WITH SIX PERSONS (By Associated Press.) KEY WEST, Fla., April 25. The commercial seaplane, Santa Marie, which left here Monday at 6:10 a. m. for Nassau with six persons aboard including a woman, has not arrived at its destination and naval seaplanes of the Atlantic squadron left here early today to search for it. On the plane were Pilots Music and Richardson, Mechanic Roderick, Dr. Eugene Lowe, Pharmacist Leslie Curry and a woman passenger from Hav'anna. Dr. Lowe and Curry, were en route yo attend Duke Schiller seaplane pilot, .vho was mobbed and seriously injured at Nassau last week when it is believed he was mistaken for a prohibition officer.

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WASHINGTON, April 25. Just how many women will be elected to seats in the next congress at the fall elections? That Is the question which is perplexing party leaders now that women are running for seats In both houses in practically every state In the union. They are running on all tickets and on a multitude of new and original platforms. For instance: Mrs. Peter Oleson Is running against Sen. Frank B. Kellogg in Minnesota with the avowed intention of introducing tho senators to economic rules from a housewife's cook book if she is elected. In Mississippi Miss Belle Kearney is running against Sen. John Sharp Williams and former Sen. James K. Vardaman. She stands- for rigid enforcement of prohibition, fuller pro WILL INVITE RICHMOND. HOOVER AT DAYTON j PALLADIUM -NEWS BTTltBAW WASHINGTON, April 25. Business organizations In Richmond, Ind., and Eaton, Ohio,., will be Invited by the Dayton,. Ohio, . Chamber, of .Commerce to send delegations to attend the meeting which Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover will address at Dayton some time in June, the tentative date being the seventeenth. The invitation was extended by E. L. Colgin. manager of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, and was promptly accepted by Mr. Hoover. It is understood that the secretary of commerce will i speak on questions of particular impor tance to American business interests. Mr. Colgin is hopeful that a large number of Richmond and Eaton business men will attend the meeting. There probably will be no opposition to the candidacy of Congressman Roy . G. Fitzgerald for renomination on the Republican tickets, as representative from the third Ohio district, comprising Montgomery, Preble and Butler counties, according to a reptt circulated in Ohio political circles in Washington. Fitzgerald, a veteran of the World war, is serving his first term In congress and has made an unusually good record for a congressional "freshman." The time limit for the filing of announcements of candidaciea does not expire In Ohio until June 5, but up to this time no one has been mentioned as a possible opponent to Fitzgerald in the Republican primary. There is no doubt, however, that Fitzgerald can expect to have a hard fight on his hands during the fall eampaign. The third Ohio district prior to 1920 had been Democratic for a number of years, and this year the Democratic organization in Ohio will put forth a determined effort to recapture the home district of the Democratic presidential candidate in 1920, and a prospective candidate for the same office in 1924, Mr. Cox. Cox To Take Part. It is known that Mr. Cox himself expects to take an active part In directing the effort to return the third Ohio district to the Democratic column. In fact, it was even reported In Washington following the now famous Tumulty dinner of recent date, at which Mr. Cox sat as the guest of honor with Senator Pomerene of Ohio, up for renomination this year, conspicuous by his absence, that Cox would enter the lists against Fitzgerald as the Democratic nominee for representative in congress. Among those here who are best Informed on Democratic politics in Ohio the report that Cox entertains ambitions to again represent his district in congress is- not taken seriously. They are confident that Cox is after bigger political game, and they point to the fact that his plans might be seriously disarranged in the event he Separate Agreements On Miners' Wages Pending (Bv Associated Press) SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 25. Negotiations of separate state wage agreements of striking coal miners in Kentucky and Tennessee, was announced today by Frank Farrmgton, Illinois president of the United Mine Workers. Separate wage agreements by locals in Illinois are imminent, he added. In Atlanta he said the state union officers, have instructed members to continue at work.

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tection for women In Industry and the League of Nations "in' Its Woodrow Wilson purity." Mrs. Izetta Jewell Brown, Democrat, is a candidate for the senate Jn West Virginia. "Plug tho leaks in the Volstead act enforcement." That is the platform of Mrs. Ella A. Boole, running for the senate from New York. She's on the prohibition ticket. In Oklahoma, Alice Robertson Is a candidate for re-election. Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck, Republican, is a candidate in Illinois to fill the unexpired term of her father in the house. Congressman Julius Kahn. California, will have to defeat Mrs. Annette Adams, former assistant United States attorney in San Francisco, to retain his seat in tho house. EATON MEN TO HEAR FITZGERALD UNOPPOSED should be defeated this year In an efiorc to secure a seat' in the lower branch of congress. Those here who have discounted the talk that Cox will be a candidate this year express the belief that the Democratic congressional nomination in the third Ohio district will go either to William G. Pickerel or to L. T. Cooper, both of Dayton. Pickerel was the Democratic candidate against Fitzgerald in 1920. Cooper is a wealthy proprietory medicine mnnnfartiiror !ind has been for several years, it i3 sara, a aDerai contributor to campaign "war funds" of his party. NOT TO ASK BRYAN TO ADDRESS SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION (By Associated Press) COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 25. Reasons why William Jennings Bryan will not be asked to address the International Sunday school convention at Kansas City, June 21 and 22, will be announced here tonight by the program committee, according to Professor Walter Athern, of Boston university, a member of the committee. Final selection of speakers will be made at tonight's meeting. The Bryan statemenet. Prof. Athern said, will say that Mr. Bryan will not be asked to attend the convention because he is not a "practical Sunday school man," and not because of his theological or other views. WAYNE COUNTY WILL HAVE 209 GRADUATES That Wayne county is likely to have 209 graduates from schools of the county at the end of this year Is shown in tentative reports compiled before the end of the year. These re ports Bhow that pupils are enrolled in Boston, Cambridge City, Centerville, Fountain City, Whitewater . and Williamsburg. Green's Fork, Hagerstown, Milton and Webster also are represented. Man Convicted of Arson Has Name With 37 Letters (By Associated Press.) LOS ANGELES, April 25. Superior court clerks are hoping for a decision soon in the appeal of a man they call "Mr. Soda Fountain," who was convicted of arson. His name is carried in the warrant as Lieuiessueusszesszes HurruizzisstizziL Coloqually, however, he is known as Leo Hirst. He is Siamese. WATERWAY ITEMS WIN WASHINGTON, D. C, April 25. The House provision in the annual army supply bill, providing for $42,815,661 for river and harbor maintenance and development next year, was ap proved today by a subcommittee of the senate appropriations committee which considered the measure. The vote was the first action taken by a senate committee on the bill.

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II Brown, Mrs. Irene C. Buell. Center: Mason Huck, Mrs. W. A. Cullop, Mrs. Mrs. Irene C. Buell, city prosecutor of Ashland, Neb., is in the race for a seat in the house of representatives from her district, and her sister, Mrs. A. K. Gault, mayor of St. Peter, Minn., would go from her district. In Arkansas Mrs. T. T. Cotnam Is running for congress. Mrs. W. A. Cullop, Democrat, is the first Indiana woman to run for the house. These are but a few of the numerous women candidates who are now before the voters. Some are running on dry platforms, some on wet; bet in either case the women appear to be very much in the running. And party leaders are wondering just how much success will attend their efforts and Just how readily the successful ones will respond to the party whip. REUBEN MYRICK, 76, FORMER LOCAL MAN, DIES IN CALIFORNIA Reuben Myrlck, 76 years old, formerly of this city, died Sunday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., according to word received by his sister-in-law, Mr3. B. B. Myrick, of North Eleventh street. His death followed an illness of over a year. Mr. Myrick is well known to older residents of the city having lived here for 50 years. ' Born in Philadelphia.

Y. ' , u nuvu iA or ana adjourned sine die because the ex12 years old with his parents, Mr. and : perts representing the powers found Mrs Benjamin B Mynck Sr. For a the Russians' newest proposals absom?e,yea,ravhe7as elI!rin.the lutely In contradiction to the soviet

first National bank while the late James Reeves was its president. Mr. Myrick took a deep interest in history of the county and 6pent much time in collecting data and matter of historic interest. Leaving Richmond 15 or 16 years ago he has since made his home in California. He is survived by one son, Steven Myrick, of San Pedro, Calif., one daughter, Miss Lydia Myrick, at home, one adopted daughter. Mrs. Will Avery of Honolulu, Hawaii, and one brother, Louis Myrick, of Chicago. . Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Santa Monica. Burial will be in that city. Expect No Recommendation On Muscle Shoals Oiiers (By Associated Press. ' WASHINGTON, April 25. Consideration by the house military committee in executive session of the various private offers for the government project at Muscle Shoals, Ala., h?j reached the state, it was said today on good authority, where it appears probable that none of the offers will be recommended to the house in their present form for acceptance. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore Occasional rains tonight and Wednesday; moderate temperature. Unsettled weather will continue for the next 36 hours, with rain at intervals, due to a storm center over the southwest. Temperatures Yesterday Maximum 62 Minimum . .... . ' Todav Noon " K3 Weather Conditions Generally fair ! ana cooi weatner prevails over the eastern states, and light to heavy rains from Minnesota and Wisconsin southward to the Gulf of Mexico. The rain belt is moving slowly eastward. It is colder in the northwest; snow in western Canada. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Showers probably tonight and Wednesday; not . much change in temperature. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,741

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BULLETIN LONDON, April 25. Richard Wash burn, Child, American ambassador to Italy," has notified the Genoa confer ence that the United States reserves all its rights on the payment of war debts from Russia, says a dispatch to the Evening Standard from Genoa thi3 evening. These debts include private bankers' loans and advances to the Kerensky government. BULLETIN GENOA, April 25 Foreign Minis ter Tchitcherin of soviet Russia de-J clared to The Associated Press today that allied resistance to the Russian principle of nationalization was blocking the economic conference. "It is obvious," he said, "that the only serious obstacles to peace with Russia and general reconstruction are the pretentions of a few former owners of property In Russia." BULLETIN LONDON, April 25. There is reliable information, declares a Central News dispatch from Genoa, that M. Barthou of the French delegation received telegraphic instructions today to insist at the conference upon the terms contained in Premier Poincare's speech of Monday. The French delegation, says the message, has declared it will press for a 48-hour ultimatum to Russia or else break from the conference altogether. Premier Poincare's speech created great consternation in conference circles, it Is added. (By Associated Press) GENOA, April 25. The Genoa conference is drifting toward the rocks again. Whether it can be kept from wreckage depends upon the possibility of adjusting the new demands of the Hussian soviet delegates with the posiition off the allied governments who declare they will steadfastly stand by the resolutions adopted at Cannes, on which the conference Is founded. The situation Is made more critical by the French premier's frank warn ing in his address at Bar-Le-Duc yesterday that France will withdraw from the conference if she is unable to see that the idea expressed by the French cabinet before parliament can triumph. Those French practical demands, Include maintenance of the war reparations figures, disbarment of all disarmament discussion and no changing if existing treaties at Genoa. In addition France insists on rigid adherence to the Cannes resolutions which call for the payment of Russia's prewar debts and restitution by the soviet of foreigners' property in Russia. Find Contradiction The conference of experts on the note accepting the allies' terms as a basis for future deliberations. Yesterday the bolshevik! announced their declination to restore private property because everything was nationalized in Russia, but in their note of acceptance they voiced willingnes.3 to restore such property or indemnify the owners, provided the country's war debts to the allies were cut down and financial help for Russia forthcoming. - Instead of accepting the allies' demands for the payment of war debts, with the understanding that these debts be scaled down and the arrears in interest either postponed or remitted in part, the bolshevik! had an entirely different proposition. , They asked the complete annulment of all war debts. : What They Demand Whereas they had previously agreed to the payment of the financial obligations due to foreign nationals which are usually referred to as the pre-war debts, th soviet spokesmen asked for a moratorium of 30 years on these debts and the cancellation of the interest according to the allied version of the meeting. This cancellation was to apply both to the past and to the period of the moratorium. Finally the Russians made clear that in refusing to restore private property in Russia, this would not imply any surrender by Russian citizens of their rights to hold property in fee simple in foreign lands, "bourgeoise countries, where the right to possess property went with the bourgeoiso system. Such, said the Bolsheviki, were their terms, but they could only grant them on condition that the powers represented at Genoa would first agree to recognize the soviet government and accord It adequate financial help for j their economic reconstruction. Under these conditions," said Sir Worthington-Evans, chairman of the meeting, "we cannot discuss any fur ther. . We must refer this matter to our respective governments.". It was then decided to adjourn the sittings sine die. All the experts except the Russians, arranged to meet today and go over the entire situation. Says Proposed Measure Would Burden Invalids (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. April 25. Resuming his attack on the administration tariff bill, Senator King, Democrat,' of Utah, told the senate today that the rates proposed in the chemical schedule of measures were to "increase the already swollen fortunes of the drug and chemical manufacturers of the United States at the expense of tho sick.

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1 J-:.v";.. MX: t Mrs. John Jacob Rogers. Mrs. John Jacob Roeers. wife of Representative Rogers of Massachu setts, has been appointed as the personal representative of President Harding to make a tour of inspection to investigate conditions in soldipr hospitals. She will report directly to the president. FOREIGN DIPLOMATS FORM ALIEN BLOCS OF VOTERS IN U.S. (Copyright, 1922, by The Chicago Tribune Co.) GENOA, April 25. The activities of foreign diplomats in the United States in lining up the nationals of their respective countries for organizing solid votes in American political campaigns is being freely discussed in European circles and by American business men and politicians ' touring the continent. - ; The. French, on account of the scarcity., of French colonists in the United " States, are not attempting to obtain a Gallic bloc, and the British are confining their efforts to straight iiplomatic lobbying. The Italians, Greeks, Germans, Poles, and Czecho- Slovaks are all engaged In consolidating their former nationals to vote solidly henceforth. The Italians have succeeded best, so lar. Signor Ricci. the new ambassador. Is practically abandoning his diplomatic work to tour the cities containing Italian colonies, where he is making speeches urging his fellow countrymen to become naturalized so they can vote and cast their ballots unitedly to protect Italian interests. Realized Advantage. Ex-Premier Giolittl first realized the tremendous advantage of directing a solid Italian vote from Rome during the Wilson campaign, when the excitement over the Democratic attitude on Fiume was at Its height The' foreign diplomats in their speeches are urging their countrymen to become naturalized, saying that this will abolish byphenism, but beneath the camouflage this reason is detected to obtain votes. The Greeks are anxious to line up the voters against the Turks, and are carrying on propaganda against the strong pro-Armenian circles In America in order to retain Thrace. Tho Poles and Germans In America also are working among their nationals to gain support in their bitter fight. Americans abroad are familiar with the situation, and they urge the state department to investigate the covert electioneering, regardless of whether it Is in favor of the organization or cot, as an 'intrusion in American dc-mestie-affairs. From the New York Times 11 PERSONS DROWN; 1,500 ARE HOMELESS IN FLOOD IN TEXAS FORT WORTH, Texas.. April 25. A boat which had been picking up flood iefugees from housetops and trees capsized here today. Two men and a woman are known to have drowned. Eleven persons are known to have drowned and at least 1,500 are homeless, according to relief agencies. The city water plant is out of commission and other utilities in danger. The flood followed a heavy storm last night and this morning - , Nine inches of rain fell here between 10 o'clock last night and 10 o'clock this morning, breaking all previous records. Streams already were at flood stage before the storm. All ambulances in the" city and . scores of automobiles were pressed into service' to rescue stricken families, citizens volunteering their services and carsl ST- LOUIS, April 25. H. M. Baker, divisional director of disastrous relief tor the American Red Cross, has been instructed to drop relief work at Burlington, Kans., and hasten to Fort Worth to direct flood relief ther. EXPOSITION MAN DEAD ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., April 25. Harry F. McGardie, widely known exposition man, who was associated with the management of the world's fair at Chicago, the St. Louis fair and the San Francisco exposition, is dead here. He was born in Michigan, 58 years ago and recently had lived in Philadelphia.

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GOVERNMENT HAS PLAN TO STOP STRIKE Will Submit Proposal Soon to Both Operators and Miners, It Was Said Today at White House. DETAILS ARE NOT GIVEN fBy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 25 The government is working on a plan looking to ending the coal strike which It will submit soon to both operators and union leaders, it was said today at the White House. ; Details of the plans were not disclosed, but it was said that it does not include federal supervision of the coal industry. The plan which now Is receiving the attention of President Harding and his advisers was said to contemplate a permanent solution, if possible, of the basic problem of the Industry. Presentation of a plan. It was indicated, would be made when a favorable opportunity presents Itself.. PITTSBURGH. April 25. Resumption of a number of non-union mines in the Fayette and West Moreland districts, which had been closed by the coal strike, was reported . : today . by railroads handling their production. Included in the number was the Calumet of the H. C. Frick Coke company. Others in the list were the Hilltop of the March Coal company, Arona of the Keystone Coal and Coke company, Smith Farm of the ByerB and Brown company. NEW YORK, April 25. Anthracite miners officials, returning to New York today to resume conferences with operators in an effort to end the strike declared they would add another demand to the 19 already submitted a demand for more speed of the negotiations of the sub-committee on wage contracts. The 152,000 idle men in the anthracite region are clearly tired of their vacation and are becoming impatient over the delay in settlement of the strike. - , . ... Among the coal operators a similar dissatisfaction with the progress of negotiations was expressed. Local officials of the coal companies are agreed they said that their unpreparedness to tell the miners what wage reductions will be demanded, has practically deadlocked the sub-committee. Delays in submitting an operators' program were reported by some officials today to be caused by their failure to agree upon what reductions shall be demanded. So-called radical operators would cut wages to approximately a pre-war basis, it was said, while others would revert to the 1917 scale. POINCARE HAS NOT ADOPTED PLAN FOR GERMAN OCCUPATION (By Associated Press.) PARIS, April 25. Premier Poincare has not adopted any plan for the further military occupation of Germany in case of a default in the German reparation payments on May .31, it was asserted in official circles today. The premier's speech yesterday, in which he declared France would, if necessary, undertake alone to see that the treaty of Versailles was executed in case of a default, is said to have been intended to make the government's policy clear and put an end to the criticisms' that France, was persisting in an obscure attitude, r ; There is plenty of time to consider what should best be done to oblige Germany to repect her engagements, it is pointed out. but M. Poincare desired to 'clear the ground right now before action at Genoa on Prime Min ister Lloyd George's plan to commit all Europe to a policy of hands off other people's territories under all circumstances. The French premier, it is explained, considered it necessary . to let ;thj Genoa conference know exactly the attitude of France before the conference took a stand which the French delegation found itself unable to approve. The sentiment expressed by Premier Poincare in his declaration of yesterday at Bar-Le-Duc were echoed throughout France by leading public men at the sessions of the General councils of the departments. WORK OUT DETAILS OF BONUS MEASURE; TO GO TO HARDING (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 23. Informal conferences on soldier bonus legisla tion between senate finance committee Republicans and officials of veteran organizations were closed today and Chairman McCumber said it was the plan to go ahead with the working out of details of the measure. When that has been done the matter will be taken up with President Harding. - Spokesmen for the veterans reported as having expressed satisfaction with the proposal to substitute a 20year endowment insurance policy for the adjusted service certificates feat ure of the house bill with a modifica tion which would make borrowing from banks possible. They also were said by some committeemen to have offered no objection to the elimination of the land settlement option. " . :