Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 134, 6 June 1922 — Page 1

TD) AI H AJfD SIS-TELEGBAM VOL. XCIL, No. 134 vnttadtum. Est. 1831. Consolidated With Sun-Teleeram. 107. RICHMOND, IND... TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1922. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS

RICHMOKB

LABIUM

$3.50 COAL TO HELP PUBLIC, SAYS HOOVER

Secretary of Commerce Speaks at Earlham College Jubilee Exercises Ignores Attack of Senator Reed.

Cabinet Officer Speaks at Earlham Jubilee Celebration

RUSSIA NEEDS HELP "The government has set a maximum of J 3.50 a ton on coal at th? mine in an attempt: to save the consumer from $12.50 coal, said Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce In an interview at the home of W. Dudley Foulke, Tuesday. "The government has no power to set that price, and it is not an agreement with the operators, but It is the price that we believe is just In

certain sections. It can be enforced if the public is really interested in standing back of the price." Mr. Hoover, arived in Richmond from Washington -at 9:35 o'clock and rested at the Foulke home before his appearance at luncheon at Earlham college at noon. Ignores Reed's Attack "I do not discuss Senator Reed in any manner of form," he said in answer to a question about the Senator's charges against the food administration and the relief adminstration, and the challenge that had been given him by Senator Reed to debate the matter in Missouri. "The American Relief Administration will stay in Russia as long as there is an active need." he said. "The administration is going to make a survey of the crop situation there this summer, and with that as a basis we can tell what the need will be for the coming winter. There are absolutely no statistics of production, of or planting or farm animals. "The , Bolshevik! government destroyed all of that, bo that we have nothing to go on." Medical Aid Needed Mr. Hoover said that medical aid ha1 usually been given to the suffering by the Red Cross, but that In the case

CHURCHES ARE URGED TO HELP. CHRISTIANS'

UNDER TURKISH RULE

(Bv Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D. C, June 6 An appeal to the churches and their mem-

: bers to urge upon congress that -the J ' American government take necessary

AHTI-TRUST REPEAL URGED BY BEVERIDGE

LILLIAN RUSSELL IS DEAD IS RESULT OF ACCIDENT Oil SHIP

steps to insure tne permanent yiu- ,. . ill ! tection of Armenians and other Christ- OayS oherman Law OnOUlCI te

Replaced by More Up-to-t Date Statute if Business is! To Revive. !

Jians under Turkish rule, was announ-j Iced today by the federal council ofj i Christ churches in America: I ! The council's letter to church pas- j I tors favors among other things that ; ' the United States extend "financial J I support to whatever body the trust of ; organizing the administration of Ar-, Tnenia." i

j Asserting that the Armenians were! t pledged protection from the Turks byl j the. United States and its allies in the

: war tne ieaerat council expresses op-;

SAYS LAW IS THROTTLE

(y Associated Press) I INDIANAPOLIS, June 6 Funda-

position to the action of allied powers ' "lc"l"

in preparing a treaty with the Turkish ' b.vrman anti-trust law, was aavocatea j Nationalists which threatens to re-. by Albert J. Beveridge. , Republican j turn the Armenians to unrestricted' nominee for the United States genatej

i Turkish control.

i

Herbert C. Hoover

REPARATIONS BODY FRAMES REPLY ON LOAN TO GERMANY m fl?v Associated FrssM PARIS, June 6 Members of the reparations commission met unofficially today to consider the forming of a reply to the International Bankers committee, respecting the factors to be considered by the letter In their study of the advisability of a loan to

of Russia, the American Relief ad-1 Germany.

ministration had been active. The 1 . The reply, if determined upon today, !

doctors are dying, the medical supplies are gone, and replacements are not being made. " "Some one will have to be in Russia doing medical work," he naid, and will stay If the money can be found to carry it on." Herbert Hoover said in his address Tuesday afternoon at the diamond Jubilee celebration at Earlham college"The Friends must withstand the influence of Russia or the Society itself will die." "The very basis of the Society of Friends, is a belief in individualism.

a belief that the spiritof God is found in the individual, not In the institution. "The Russian failure was due to an attempt to substitute communism for individualism and in their attempt to overthrow the institutions of the monarchy they overthrew all their institutions and brought on a greater cataclysm that has come as a result of the war." In Introducing Mr. Hoover, President Edwards said the central idea of Earlham was service, and that the principal speaker of the day was appropriate for the occasion because he had rendered great service to the world "and by common consent is considered the greatest benefactor of the age." "His work did more - an anything else lo check anarchy in Europe and to keep our government staple." Tribute to Quakers Paying a tribute to the great spirit of service of the church, Secretary Hoover said:

will be communicated to the bankers

at their next meeting which has been called for tomorrow. J. P. Morgan

American financier and members ot the bankers committee is due to return tonight from London. It is understood that the members of the reparations commission will make their reply informally and that it will not be a part of the commission's official proceedings. The next regular meeting of the commission is announced for Friday.

SENATE HAS BACKING OF HARDING IN MOVE

FOR LARGER FORGES

(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. June 6. Senate

conferees on the army appropriation bill in continuing their negotiations with the house delegatio in the effort to reach adjustment of difficulties in the measure as passed by the two branches had the support of President Harding today in a letter urging retention of the larger senate provisions for officers, enlisted personnel and the national guard. Writing to Chairman Warren of the senate appropriations committee, the president said he felt the development of the country's military defense undr the national defense act to be of the utmost importance and was sat-

'The earliest relief, that of the great J isfied that the provisions of the sen-

i carried on by ate bill represent the minimum under is the relief in i which even the most conservative and

plague in London, was

the Quakers, as well as

all other great catastrophies since. Out J modest program

of development is

of a membership of 250,000 in the whole world, there has been a standard of service that has been followed through generation after generation. "In American relief work the great proportion of men who have done the outstanding work have come from the Society of Friends. They were the first to enter Russia and have done great work in the other European countries. The Friends and the American relief administration in Russia have

cared for 23.000.000 people. They have .

kept 60 steamships busy, as well as all the railroads of Russia. The people of America have expended $60,000,000 for relief. Russia Given Hope "But they have done more than saved the lives of 15,000.000 people: they have given Russia some hope of redemption. Their greatest service lies in giving those men faith that their institutions will be upheld and their country will come through. Russia's failure was due to disregarding the individualistic spirit. 1 "Individualism is the faith of the Friends. For 250 years they have followed their faith in religion and economic action. It is here that the higher purposes of individualism " musl bear fruit." Mrs. 1j. C. Boyd and two children, of Indianapolis, have given $50,000 to Earlham college, according to an announcement made' Tuesday afternoon. Robert White, of Lewrsville, has given $10,000. No details in regard to either of the gifts were contained in the announcement made Tuesday. Approximately $S,000 was raised Aithin a few minutes to supply funds or tho cew indoor gymnasium. The iledges ranged from $100 to $700. A crowd of about 500 persons was iresent to hear the address made by jvn-rptarv Hoover.

possible. While he thought the days might come when military forces generally could be further reduced the president said that for that time "we must await fuller readjustment and more stable conditions."

REVIVAL IN BUILDING ACTIVITIES EVIDENCED IN CITY RECENTLY A revival in building activities, of widespread proportions, is evidenced

in the city of Richmond within the; past 30 days. Over 200 building per-; mits of various kinds have been issued since the first of the year, and new buildings are to be seen In all parts of the city. The number of houses now under

construction is estimated by J. Ed

Higgs, building inspector, at 50, while

building improvements of other kinds bring the number well up toward the

hundred mark. The fact that people, are building homes now, rather than waiting for a further drop in prices is taken by Mr. Higgs as evidence that they will recognize the fact that building is now on a mher level' than before the war, and will continue to be so. That there will be a greater tendency toward the use of brick Iti erect

ing houses in the next 20 years is the belief of Mr. Higgs. "Frame houses are the most popular now because they are cheaper to erect, but time will show that the brick house id cheaper in the long run, a3 upkeep is less with them," he said. Modern House Predominates The old-fashioned, thick-walled, substantially-built house of 50 year3 ago, with its forests of chimneys, is gradually giving way to a modern house, smaller, with ceilings lower and only

one chimney where three of four were

the rule before. The introduction of the furnace, which heats the entire building, and lower ceilings, which require less wall thickness in a brick wall, are the chief factors In the change. Old fashioned walls were thick because the ceilings were high, and in order to be made safely, the walls had to have an extra course of brick," said Mr. Higgs. "Otherwise there was danger of buckling." Comparatively few ' new buildings are going up in the oldest section of Richmond, that part lying east of the river and along Fort Wayne avenue. Many of the buildings erected in this territory are brick and are not old enough to be replaced yet. One old brick tavern, erected in the time when Richmond had not yet come into

existence and the settlement wa3 known as Smithville, stands across the strest from the court house, next the McConaha building, east of the court house.

PHILLIPS HAS LIBERTY UNDER HEAVY BOND PENDING JURY ACTION

(Bv Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 6. John L. Phillips, Republican state chairman of Georgia was under liberty under $25,-

000 bond today pending ceflon of the grand jury on charges filed against him by the department of justice alleging conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with a war contract for the disposal of surplus lumber. Surrendering on his arrival here from Philadelphia yesterday, Mr.

Phillips was released on bail after waiving examination at his arraignment before United States Commissioner Hitt, who issued the warrant for his arrest. The mystery surrounding the issuance of the warrant while the special grand jury was still conducting its investigation of the lumber disposal contract between the war department

and the firm of Phillips and Stephens and with the first indictment yet to be brought by that body was cleared up-when a copy of the complaint was made public at the department of justice after Mr. Phillips' formal arrest. Spokesmen of the department up to

that time had denied that a warrant had been sought there.

in speaking before the twenty-seventh annual national convention of Credit

Men, which opened here today. The convention will close Friday. More than 3,000 delegates are expected to atend the convention. Special trains bearing visitors from many eastern cities arived early today. Exceptionally large delegation arrived from Atlanta Ga. and Buffalo as both cities are seeking the 1923 convention,. "For almost a quarter of a century 1 have publicly declared that the Sherman law to be fundamentally changed or better still repealed altogether and that it be replaced by some up-to-date and practical business statute, such as the national incorporation act,"' Mr. Beveridge said. "This cannot be longer delayed if we wish American businss to function with full vigor. Maks Action Necessary "Frequent events have made action indispensible. For instance, the interstate commerce commission recom

mended a railway merger a measure which many thoughtful persons had

long seen to be advisable, yet under the Sherman law, the supreme court was forced to declare this considera

tion illegal.

"Within the last six years worse

laws have been enacted. The scheme

for the confiscation of business capital under the guise of tax legislation frankly violates the first principal of

economies," the senator said in attacking the excess profits and war taxes. "The best measure of that kind thus far proposed is a general sales tax. Business is treated as if it were essentially criminal rather than

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Mrs. Lillian Russell Moore. (P.y Associated Press)

PITTSBURG, June 6. Mrs. Lillian

Kusseu iioore, wnose death was an

nounced early today at her home in

this city, had been ill for several

weeks following an accident suffered

while on ship board when she was re

turning to this country from Europe.

It was believed, however, by her phy

sicians last Saturday that she had

passed the crisis and. that she would recover. She was conscious until the

end, which came at 2:20 o'clock.

Mrs. Moore, who was the wife

in its very nature essentially bones Alexander P. Moore, publisher of the

GERMAN SOCIALIST LEADER RECOVERS FROM ACID ATTACK fRy Associated Press) KASSEL, Germany, June 6, Philip Scheidemann, German socialist leader, and former secretary for foreign affairs, who was attacked by a youth

yesterday wniie on a holiday near Wlllhelmshole, had fully recovered to

day, i His assailant employed Prussic acid nnd the escape of the Socialist leader from death is attributed to the fact that the acid, which i? highly volatile, was discharged at long range and in the open air, -thereby making :t partially ineffective. Nevertheless Scheidemann was rendered unconscious after he had fired

two random shots at the man, who reaching the railroad station through the woods, took a train in the directidn of Wabern. Herr Scheidemann was accompanied by his daughter and grand-daughter when attacked. Both as mayor of Kassel and member of the Reichstag, Herr Scheidemann frequently was subjected to political attacks. These recently have been resumed in the press and at rublic meetings and his life also had been directly 'threatened through the

I mails. This probably explains why

he wr.s carrying a revolver.

Directions are required and imposed

upon business men, and swarms of spies on business infest the land.." -Business Mal-developed "Wise and honest supervision of business has been mal-developed," the former senator said. Radical alterations of welter laws and the abolishment, if possible, of haphazard regulations and agreements and government interference by which railway operation and Management has been paralyzed, was advocated. Scales of wages, cost of living, profits or loss to the farmers, manufacturer and merchant, and whatever prevents reasonable railway tariffs and sufficient railway facilities, must bo removed, Mr. Beveridge said. "The coming conflict in business will be the supreme test perhaps the

final test of the ' good s ense and sound instincts of the American people "and their devotion to the fundamentals of American institutions. But something more than legislation is

necessary to the full realization of the blessings showered upon us. That is the spirit of service," Mr. Beveridge concluded.

Pittsburg Leader, later suffered a re-

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RAIL BOARD

CUTS WAGES

OF SHOP ra

New Reduction of Seven Cent!

4, an Hour for Mechanics and Freight Car Men Orderec-' Claim Cut Unjustifiable

TO TAKE STRIKE VOTE

BULLETIN CHICAGO. June 6. G. L. Brumspn

Epecial representative in Washingtoc

of the International Association ol

Machinists, declared today a strike

vote would immediately be taken

among the 400,000 machinists on tho acceptance of today's decision of the

railroad labor board. Mr. Bnimson

said that the decision was regarded by officials of the association as unjustifiable and that the attitude of the workers should be asserted. He sale that in taking the strike vote various phases, such as lease work, would be

touched upon.

WAYNE CONTRACTS GO TO NEWCASTLE

(By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, June 6. Bids for the construction of more than a score of bridges and culberts scattered over the state were received by the state commission which deferred the award of contracts. The low debts for the structures totaled $84,987,000 as compared with $110,662,000, the total cost estimated by state engineers. The Burk construction company of Newcastle was the low bidder on two culverts having drainage ditches in state road No. 21 in Wayne county. Its bid for these structures, each 12 feet long, was $1,728 and $1.6S0. For placing a new flooring and painting the Stanning Symods creek bridge on road No. 34 in Wayne county, the Burk company was also low bidder at $1,349.

French Commission Is Ready to Discuss Debts (By Associated Press) PARIS June 6 The French foreign office was informed this afternoon that the commission was ready to discuss the war debt owed the United States. The minister of finance afterwards stated that the French mission was ready to start for the United States as soon as Premier Poincare gave the words.

Florida Democrats End Spirited Campaign Today JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 6. With nomination regarded as equivalent to election Florida Democrats in a primary today will select one candidate fo rthe United States senate, four for the house of representatives, two for justices of the state supreme court and various other state and county officers. Both Senator Trammell and his opponent in the primary former Governor Albert W. Gilchrist expressed confidence In the outcome of today's balloting. In addition to the race for the senatorial nomination, spirited campaigns have been held in three of the four congressional districts where the present incumbents have opposition.

REFUSES TO REPLY TO COURT QUESTIONS

WHITE PLAINS. N. Y., June 6.-

Mrs. Burroughs Ward, summoned be

fore the grand jury this afternoon in

connection with the investigation of the shooting of Lawrence Peters by her husband, was understood to refuse

to answer certain questions. Mrs

Ward then left the jury room tor a conference with Supreme Court Justice Mauchaufer in his chambers. It was understood that the court held that all communication which passed between Mr. and Mrs. Ward was private, but that she would have to answer all questions.

Weather Forecast

FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore. Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. .Weather will continue warm. Increasing "barometric pressures over the states east of the Mississippi liver and the resultant low pressures

iver me nortnern stales indicate con-1 enCes, during which recent ruling or

hours. It will be fair with cloudy

RAIL STRIKE VOTE WILL BE TAKEN BY 1,200,000 WORKERS (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI, June 6. A strike'vote of approximately 200,000 railroad workers will be taken by the individual unions afected by the recent railroad reduction it was decided at a meeting of union leaders here today. The vote of each organization will be returned in 30 days. The board announced a wage cut for that class of employes. The vote of the shop craft is returnable June 30, Representatives of all the railroad labor organizations with the exceptions of the "Big Four" Brotherhood were in Cincinnati,, to attend the opening today of a series of confer-

BROOKHART LEADING IN RETURNS IN IOWA; ' INCUMBENTS AHEAD

v (By Associated Press) DES MOINES, Iowa, June 6. Smith W. Brookhart, of Washington, Iowa, maintained a percentage of vote sufficient to nominate him as the Republican candidate for United States senator from Iowa in returns from 932 of the state's 2,348 precincts compiled early today. Thirty-five per cent of the total vote cast for senator is required to nominate. Brookhart 's vote Is more than 38 per cent of the totr.l In precincts re

ported so far. His lead, 4 however, is so slim that the result cannot be positively known until virtually the entire state is in. Whether there is a primary nomination, Brookhart will lead the field by

a decisive margin. On the basis of these figures, he is considerably more than two to one ahead of the next

man among five other candidates.

The vote on senator in 932 precincts

follows:

Smith W. Brookhart. 54,490; Charles

E. Pickett, 25,641; Clifford Thorne, 21.912; Leslie E. Francis, 18,514; Burton E. Sweet, 15,460; Claude M. Stanley, 5,410. Every present congressman is leading in incomplete returns on four congressional contests in which the incumbents are candidates for re-elec

tion.

weather at intervals, probably becom

ing unsettled. Temperatures Yesisrday

Maximum 83

Minimum 5

Today. Noon 81 Weather Conditions The weather is mostly fair over the central states due to the barometric pressure being above normal, while a storm is moving eastward along the Canadian border. ' Fair weather i3 the rule over most , of the southern and eastern -ates. The hot wave over western Canada has broken up with a maximum temperature of 46 degrees in western Alberta where it was 90 on Sunday. The temperature ranges from 80 to 90 degrees over the northern and central plain states.

the United States railroad labor board

reducing wages of rail workers, will be the chief topic under discussion. The sessions are to be presided over by B. M. Jewell. Dresident of the rail-

! way department of the American FedI T i i : j : r-ti..

eraiion oi iauor, wu oarnvtu iu Cincinnati yesterday. Mr. Jewell said there was nothing to say in advance about the conference. Organizations whose chief executives or their representatives are in attendance are blacksmiths, boilermakers, signal men, machinists, electricians, clerks, maintenance of way, stationary engineers, telegraphers,

carmen and sheet metal workers

For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. Somewhat warmer tonight in the northeast portion.

POSTOFFICE BUSINESS JUMPS 15 PERCENT

(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, June 6. An in

crease of nearly 15 percent in the busi

ness of the postoffice departmen during May as compared with the same month of last year, was regarded today by the department as an indication of steadily increasing prosperity throughout the country, especially as it related to business. Assistant Postmaster General Glover stated that this increase was the greatest within the past seven years. The largest increases were noted in Louisville, Ky.i with an average of 32 percent; Dayton, Ohio, 27 percent; Brooklyn. New York, 24; Kansas City, Mo., Denver and Des Moines, each 23 percent. Receipts by 50 of the largest post-

; offices in the country for May totalled

A conference of executives of all i nearly $22,000,000, as compared with I 1fi (iri) AAA 1.-1 . .

Paid Circulation Yesterday, was U',665

the ' Brotherhoods including the "Big

Four" is not in prospect, at least not on the wage question, Mr. Jewell said. It was said all rumors concerned a railroad strike at this time were merely speculation as only the several organizations can take a strike vote. The conference has no such power, but will merely advise co-ordinate action. The use of the writ of injunction to restrain the application ot the wage

reduction decisions of the railroad j labor board had been mentioned as ' a possible expedient but union leaders

generally do not favor it. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was expected 'lo arrive in Cincinnati today, but had not been Invited to attend the rail labor conferences nor was he expected to attend, Mr. Jewell said. ,

$19,000,000 last year.

Will Tour Europe For Veterans' Bureau (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 6. Major F. Leon Fraser. chief o tha New York division of the Veteran's bureau, will leave soon for a European tour on behalf of the bureau,. Director Forbes announced today. He is to make a sun vey of foreign beneficiaries of the government's war compensation law under which approximately $600,000 is sent out of the country monthly. He is also to complete arrangements "with European nations under which reciporocal treatment is provided by the allied. governments for the care of disabled veterans.

BULLETIN ; CINCINNATI, June 6. The new

wage reduction ordered for shop men

by the railroad labor board can but

intensify the present feeling of dis

satisfaction with present labor conditions of the railroads and will result

in a strike, according to B. M. Jewel, head of the Shop Men's union. While

refusing to comment on the decision of the board until he had seen a copy of it, he declared that the reduction was wholly unjustifiable and unfair and would no doubt end In a strike. When present at a hearing before jthe board, Jewell showed that the shopmen are receiving a minimum wag necessary to the proper support of their families and that the new July reduction would remove even this.

CHICAGO, June 6. Over the strong protest of the three labor representatives on the United States railroad labor board, a new wage cut of seven cents an hour for railway shop me-, chanics and nine cents for freight car men, cutting four hundred thousand shopmen apparently $60,000,000 a year was ordered by the board today. The new wage reduction brought an estimated added saving of $59,669,347 annually to the railroads following on the heels of a $50,000,000 cut in the wages of maintenance of way laborers last week. The shop crafts decision becomes effective July 1 the same date , at last week's order. The minority report of the labor members pointedly stated that the majority decision was made "with no

consideration of human needs" and charges that it fails to carry out the

function of the board to set a "just and reasonable" wage.

'The tendency of this decision is to

vindicate me propaganda ot tne railroads and consequently condemn suih

statements as the employes have been ableto bring to public attention," the minority opinion said. It was signed by Albert O. Wharton, W. L. McMenimen and Albert Phillips, the labor representatives. Some Rates Maintained Supervisory forces of the railroad shops were not decreased. After du consideration, the decision said, it was felt that the duties and responsibilities of such forces warranted maintenance of the present rate. The reduction for the mechanics average a litle more than eight per cent, all machinists, boiler-makers, black-smiths, sheet metal workers ani electrical workers, carmen (except th? freight carmen), moulders, cupalo tenders and coremakere, and the regular and helper apprentices receiving a cut of seven cents per hour. Freight car men, commonly known as car knockers, are the objects of some of the heaviest asaults by the roads In their

battle for lower vages. were cut nine cents. ; , - The larger cut was' ordered for "the car knockers" because this board said it believed their work did not require the some2 skilled service as other branches of carmen's work. This heavier reduction for the freight car men came up under especially sever" criticism in the minority report, the labor members declaring there was no justification for discriminating in car work. ...... . Car cleaners who now receive an average of $3.13 a day, were cut five cents an hour, or 40 cents a day. The mechanics whose daily raise now averages from $6.11 for electrical workers to $6.28 for blacksmiths, will lose 56 cents a day under the new decision, bringing their daily wage to approximately $5.70. ' Another to Follow The board's latest decision which is to be followed shortly by reductions 'or clerks, telegraphers and all other classes of railway employes except . V. . . I ...

I luc nam service men was oner and

oiierea no explanation or now the new rates were arrived at. This omission brought more fire from the dissenters, who declared the majority decision did not consider human needs, ignored the pleas of the employes for a living wage and "made no attempt to show that mechanics are not entitled to such a standard." Suggestions for som recognized

"standard" to be worked out by the board and used as a basis for future wage adjustments was -contained In the minority report, which consumed several times the number of pages In the majority decision. The labor members felt, they said, that the board "should initiate a study which shall determine the amount necessary to meet some recognized standard and that it must use its results as a basis for its decisions and that it must, through those decisions transmit this information to the public." The decision, the minority report continued, tended to "substantiate the position of the railroads , that wage need not be established with refer

ence to the needs or tne ramny, contending that a minimum wage for the shop crafts should be 60 cents an hour,. (Continued on Page Twelve) :-