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ID) UM 4 VOL. XCIL, No. 152 AND SIX-TELEGRAM 'sttadtum. Kst. 131. Consolidated With Sun-Telegrram. 1S07. RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1922. SINGLE COPY, S CENTS EDGAR WATT INDICTED BY GRAND JURY WILL DEFEAT frCURER IN NORTH DAKOTA In Senate Race

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licans in Primary Frazier Has Best Chance. attitudTnot LIKED By MARK Sl'I.I-IVAX WASHINGTON, June 27. The con ' ditlons would seem to Indicate that Senator McCumber is not likely to win in the North Dakota primaries on Wednesday. The -writer has not been in North Dakota, but has dependable information from many sources which indicate that McCumber is not receiv ing either the kind or degree of support, which would seem essential to make him a winner. McCumber's opponent, Frazier, is the Non-partisan league candidate. It would be expected to follow that McCumber would have the hearty support of all conservative Republicans, find all others to whom the non-partisan league is anathema. But this is not the case. McCumber can be classified Justly as a conservative Republican. But In the fierce fighting between the two factions in North Dakota, he has failed to make his an tagonism to the Non-partisan league sufficiently conspicuous and wholeIt successfully. In such a fight the leaders. t Fight Is Bitter. It occasionally happens that a senator, residing in Washington, can manage to keep himself free of the animosities of local politics in his own state. But when a fight Is as bitter and prolonged as the contest between the Non-partisan leaglue and its opponents In North Dakota, it is not possible for any one to keep clear of it successfullq. In such a fight the sentiment Is: "whoever is not completely with us, is against us." McCumber is charged, not with Identifying himself with the Non-partisan league, but with failing to help whole-heartedly in various past efforts to chush it, and as a result McCumber Is falling to receive whole-hearted support from the only faction upon which he has any reason to depend. In addition to this lukewarmness, and in consequence of it, there is another Republican Candidate in the person of Ormsby McHarg, who will receive a certain amount of conservative Republican support, although he will not get the nomination. Frazier to Win Frazier, the Non-Partisan League candidate, seems most likely to be the nominee. There is some ground for suspecting that the conservative element in North Dakota expects to make its real fight against the Non-Partisan League, not in the present primary, but in the election afterwards. The man who will receive the Democratic nomination in these North Dakota primaries on Wednesday, O'Connor, is satisfactory to the conservative elements generally in the state. Here in Washington, it is conceded that McCumber's defeat, if it happens, will be interpreted as a blow at the conserva tive wing of the Republican party in the national sense and to the Republican tariff to which McCumber's name is attached. Incidentally in this latter sense the possible defeat of McCumber may turn out to be a more serious matter for the Republican party and its program and its leaders than they as yet apprehend. To this extent the possible defeat of McCumber would be sincerely deplored by his orthodox Republican associates. Stand Not Liked Nevertheless, disaster to McCumber will not be looked upon with the same sentiment of regret as disaster to Senator New, for example, was. Many of the conservative Republican leaders feel that while McCumber has been prevailingly with them, he has not always "played the game" with entire satisfaction. Just recently he has pushed his personal bonus measure in a way and at a time hat has openly embarrassed the other Republican leaders here. Also, he was the most avowedly pro-league of nations Republican in the entire senate. The defeat of McCumber would, of course remove him as chairman of the committee on finance. In that post tion, he would be succeeded, under the seniority rule by Senator Smoot, who would bo more satisfactory in that position, to the conservative Republicans in the senate, and to the conservative business element of the country generally than McCumber. Copyright, 1922, by The New York Evening Post, Inc. BALDWIN, I.C. OFFICER, SUCCUMBS ON TRAIN (By Associated Press) WINDSOR. Ont., June 27. A Stuart Baldwin, 61 years old, of Chicago, vice president Illinois Central railroad, died suddenly of heart failure, while enroute from New York to Chicago on a Michigan Central train last night, the crew reported on arrival here this morning. Mr. Baldwin, accompanied by his wife and daughter, had only returned from a three months' visit in Europe, Monday morning. The train had just entered St. Thomas when Mr. Baldwin was stricken. Train men summoned a physician at St. Thomas, but the railroad executive was dead before medical assistance reached him. The body was taken on the train to Chicago where it was due to arrive at 8:25 this morning. U. S. BUYS A ZEPPELIN BERLIN, June 27. An agreement providing for the delivery of a Zeppelin airship to the United States ha3 been signed by representatives of the American and German governments.

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William Tyler Page. William Tyler Page, for 40 years clerk of the U. S. house of representatives and author of "The American's Creed," is a candidate for the U. S. senate to succeed Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland. Page is a descendant of a signer of the declaration of independence. He is a native of Frederick, Md. CANDIDATES TO GET LITTLE FINANCIAL AID IN AUTUMN CAMPAIGN (By United Press) , By LAWRENCE M. BENEDICT WASHINGTON. June 27.Candidates for congress both Republicans and Democrats have been informed that they can expect little, if any financial aid in this fall's campaign from their respective national campaign committees, it was learned today. Both the national congressional committees have passed out the word that the bank is broke and that can didates must prepare to paddle their own . canoe not only in the primary but in the November election. "I - have told Republican candidates frankly that they cannot depend upon help from the committee this Tear;" said Representative Fess, Ohio, chairman of the national Republican con gressional committee. "We haven't got the money now and it doesn't look like we are going to have it." From another source it was learned that the Republican committee has only $6,000 in its treasury. Democrats are singing even a worse tune. At the office of Representative A. B. Rouse, Kentucky, chairman of the national Democratic congressional committee, it was said that the organization till is empty. Acceptance of Report Completes Army Measure (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 27. Congressional action on the annual army appropriation bill prividing for an army for the coming year of 125.000 enlisted men and 12,000 officers was completed, through final adoption by the senate of the conference report on the measure. Fourth Celebration Given Decided Boost The Fourth of July celebration to be held in Richmond was given a decided boost by the enthusiastic supporters of the celebration who made the trip around the circuit of neighboring t6wns Monday afternoon and evening. The boosters returned late Monday night after having made themselves and their purpose known at each stop on the planned itinerary. Handbills were distributed and bills posted In each town visited. Townspeople greeted the boosters and heard the announcements made by Frank Strayer and the concerts by the American Legion band at the stops along the way. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore Partly cloudy with occasional showers or thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Northern and eastward movement of storms over lower Ohio valley indicates Dartlv cloudv at intervals with j occasional rains during next 36 hours. Temperatures Yesterday Maximum t 7$ Minimum 55 Today Noon 81 Weather Conditions Drought continues severe over considerable district but is breaking over Indiana and I valley states. Continues warm except jover far northwest. The minimum temperature is 36 degrees at Sault Ste. Marie, while over the 'west it is hot. with temperatures from 100 to 110 degrees in the hade In the states of Idaho, California and Washington. It is generally fair over the western states. For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Unsettled but generally fair tonight and Wednesday; warmer northeast portion tonight. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was i 11,601

ozaba Holding Lives and Property for Ransom. BIELASKI WYET FREE

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June, 27. The lives of 40 American employes of the Corter Oil company near Tampico and destructable property valued at a quarter of a million dollars, are being held by a rebel general until a ransom of 15,000 pesos is paid, according to a message received today from the American counsel at Tampico to the state department. The dispatch was dated yesterday, and said that the rebel general Corozaba had seized the company's, property and was holding it with 240 wellarmed men. Prompt instructions were sent by the state department to the' embassy In Mexico City to take Imme-j diate action for the protection of j American lives and property. i The consul reported that Corozaba; had demanded payment of the money, within 48 hours from yesterday morn-j ing when his forces seized the prop-' erty. The message said also that there were no Mexican federal troops in the vicinity. MEXICO CITY, June 27. Manuel Barcena, Mexican lawyer, who was kidnapped together with A. Bruce Bielas"ki near Cuernava on Sunday has been released and news is momentarily expected of Bieraski's freedom. Late advices from Cuernavaca said Mr. Bielaski was safe and the negotiations with the bandits were under way. Mr. Bielaski, former chief of the Ameri-i can department of justice's investiga-j tion bureau and Senor Barcena were; seized while motoring with their wives. The negotiations for his release are being carried on by friends and the ransom is being paid on the order of Richmond Levering and company, New York of which Mr. Bielaski is the head. Travelers returning from Cuernavaca said an unsuccessful attempt was made to obtain Mr. Bielaski's freedom by the payment of $1,000 in cash, camouflaged to represent 10 times that amount. The effort was thwarted however,- when spectators Jn automobiles approached too closely and the bandits became suspicious. - INJUNCTION AGAINST MINE UNION IS MOST SWEEPING RESTRAINT (By Associated Press) FAIRMOUNT, W. Va., June 27 The enjoining order issued by Judge W. S. Meredith, of Marion county court here yesterday against the United Mine Workers, is regarded as the most sweeping restraining order thus far handed down in West Virginia coal fields-since the strike started in April. It was granted on petition of the Shamrock Fuel company, against whose mines a miners' march was directed late last week. The order names John L. Lewis, international president of the United Mine Workers, other union officials, ordinary mine workers, and even unnamed persons, all of whom are enjoined from taking any steps that would in any way interfere with the operation of the company's mines near Hoult. Officials, successors, agents and representatives of 11 union locals are under the restraining order. MORGANTOWN, W. Va., June 27. A large numberof full time special deputies and 200 other special officers are available for protective duty here on short notice, Sheriff W. M. Yost, and Prosecuting Attorney R. P. Posten disclosed late yesterday at a meeting of business and professional men of the city who had called upon the authorities to take special precautions to guard against any outbreaks in connection with the coal strike in Monongahela county. Arms and ammunition have been procured for convenient use. An effort will be made it was announced to have the local detachment of state police increased and the county court will hold a special session on Wednesday to take such further precautionary measures as it may deem advisable. SOVIET HAVE FIRST TUSSLE AT PARLEY (By Associated Press) THE HAGUE, June 27. Soviet Russia will have its first tussle with the representatives of western Europe at The Hague conference today, when M. Litvincff and his associates meet with the subeommission on credits. Later in the day the Russians will confer with M. Patyn, president of the Central commission and the chairmen of the three sub-commissions to agree on the procedure of the conference, plans for which were upset by the fact that the Russians are only represented by three delegates, and are thus unable to form sub-commissions similar to those organized by the non-Russian conferees. 26 Killed, Many Injured In Berlin Rail Accident (By Associated Press) BERLIN, June 27 Twenty-six persons wer killed and a number injured, 30 seriously, in a railroad accident just outsde Berlin today.

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Miss Evelyn Wadsworth. Miss Evelyn Wadsworth, beautiful daughter of U. S. Senator and Mrs. James W. Wadsworth, Jr., will make her debut in capital society next winter. Miss Wadsworth, who has just returned from Europe, i3 one of the most popular members of the younger congressional set in Washington. GERMAN AUTHORITIES SCOUR COUNTRY FOR RATHENAU ASSASSIN (By Associated Press) BERLIN, June 27. Four departmental chiefs and two hundred inspectors are devoting their energies to following clues to the whereabouts of the assassins of Foreign Minister Rathneau, while flying squads are scouring the whole country. The government has requested the authorities at Helsingfors, Finland, to detain three men who sailed on the steamship Eugen, at Stettin, representing themselves to be English sailors. This was an avenue of escape open to the assassins, one theory being that they reached Staaken, near Spandau, west of Berlin, a half hour after the murder, and ther found an airplane which took them to the Baltic port. It is announced that the direction of the foreign office under Chancellor Wirth will be in the hands of Dr. Haniel Von Haimhausen, under secretary. BERLIN, June 27. One man is reported to have been killed and 10 others wounded in disturbances which followed a big demonstration in Hamburg last night over the assassination of Foreign Minister Rathenau. While the crowds were dispersing they found fully armed police standing at strategic points and understood to be orders to shoot any one who loitered. The disturbances followed and at one point where the demonstrators refused to move the police fired. BERLIN, June 27. The government of Saxony b.is called on the imperial government for the resignation of Dr. Gessler as minister of defense, according to a Dresden dispatch to the Berliner Tageblatt quoting socialist newspapers in Saxony. Dr. Gessler as minister of defense has charge of the Reichswehr, or defense troops, members of which recently engaged in monarchist demonstrations. Senate Concurs With House For Work on Wilson Dam (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 27. The senate today concurred in the house amendment to the army bill authorizing an appropriation of $7,500,000 for new work on the Wilson dam at Musscle Shoals, Ala., set for Oct. 1. American Kidnapped Bruce Bielaski A. Bruce Bielaski, former chief of the department of justice's investiga tion bureau,' who was kidnapped by Mexican bandits and held for ransom, is safe, according to late advices. Negotiations for his release are being carried on and news of his freedom is momentarily expected.

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CBy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 27. Indications were given at the White House today that the government soon would be able to give announcements on the coal strike situation, and that the FtCD contemplated was to brine the

! leaders and operators of mines to gether for a discussion of wage differences. Harding was said to feel that "the difficult" and "delicate" negotiations between individuals and the government necessary to bring about the meeting would not be aided by public discussion. Operators who have objected to meeting the miners in a national or semi-national wage conference and mine union spokesmen who have been objecting to district conferences cannot be Induced to yield if they are publicly forced into concession, in the opinion of the president. It was said today at the White House discussion, If the government found it possible to call a conference, a representative of the government would attend. Operators who face in some instances charges of conspiracy under indictments under the Anti-Trust law because of parti cipation in national wage nixing meetings, will not be invited to attend the shares the responsibility with them by participating in the joint meeting, it was added. Union Still Firm Although John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, who came here Sunday at the request of Secretary Davis expected to remain another day in Washington, he was said to have no further appointments with officials today. Announcement that the union had not altered its position that a new wage scale for the bituminous industry

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j or semi-national conferences with op erators, was maoe oy Mr. Lewis yesterday after a luncheon conference at the White House with the president and Secretary Davis. The meeting followed a protracted discussion of the strike situation between Mr. Davis and the miners' union president yesterday. In addition to a general discussion of problems of the bituminous industry Mr. Lewis- said he explained to the president at the White House conference what he believed to be the futility of attmpting settlements by joint conferences of operators and miners In individual mining districts, as pro posed by the operators, whose refusal before last April to meet in the wage scale negotiations of the central com petitive was the controversial point in the strike. REMOVAL OF INJURED PROBLEM AT HERRIN; TWELVE IN DANGER 'By Associated Press.) HERRIN, 111., June 27. Removal to safety from "bloody Williamson county and the southern Illinois coal fields of wounded non-union men now In the hospital is one of the problems in the wake of last Thursday's minej massacres. Twelve wounded survivors of the forty-seven guards and workers who were sent on .the death march out of the Lester strip mine, still are In danger according to information reaching state and federal investigators. Lying on their hospital cots, their

wounds swathed in bandages, some of! be avenged by the Irishmen themthe wounded say they sensed danger selves and it were well if they could and express fear of further violence if J begin to make amends straightway." they leave the hospital unprotected. Herrin'e law respecting citizens be- nillPUCDTV Tfl PUff lleves a body of state troops would! UAUUllLll I I IU UlYL

fu"c liht yiwDicui ctuu uiapci any iur-i ther danger to the imported guards! and workers from the wrath of striking miners. Fate Unknown Herrin was speculating today on the fate of 19 missing men who completed the gang of 66 in the bunk cars Wednesday night. Allen P. Findley of Chicago, time keeper, who is in the hospital with 40 buckshot in his side and a bullet in his foot, is authority for the statement that there were 66 men in the cars when the attack was made. hether the missing 19 escaped or were killed in the cars and burned)

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unKnown still today. Angered because their town has been blamed for the atrocities, Herrin citizens say other mining towns should bear part of the responsibility fnr having supplied rioters who joined the mob which stormed the Lester mine. Sheriff Melvin Thaxton said he had been unable to get any information leading to the identity of any member of the mob. . FILE $10,000 SUIT AGAINST RAILROAD Suit for $10,000 damages for personal injuries, was filed by La Monte Ligon against the Pennsylvania rail road in circuit court, Tuesday. The suit is the result of injuries received in an accident on the Twelfth street crossing, Dec. 17, 1921, when a Pennsylvania engine struck a car driven bv Andrew Bogan. The plaintiff claims injuries to the left side and back.

Thomas H. MacDonald. Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the bureau of public roads department of agriculture, has been assigned the job of giving away $200,000,000 worth of property in two years. This is surplus war material to be distributed among the states for road building purposes. SEE BRITISH VICTORY IN COMMONS VOTE; DEFEAT "DIE HARDS" (By Associated Press) LONDON, June 27. Prime Minister Lloyd George and Colonial Secretary Churchill apparently have turned the edge of the opposition's trust based on the Irish policy. A virtual vote of confidence was house of commons last night when it defeated. 342 to 75, a motion proposed by the "die hards for a reduction In the salary of the chief secretary for Ireland in disapproval of the government's policy and the failure properly to protect Field Marshal Wilson. The secretary for the colonies made it clear in his statement that southern Ireland would not be allowed to coerce Ulster and that the provisional government in Dublin now must as ment would resume complete freedom of action. Provisional Rule Backed. The prime minster again outlining the policy toward Ireland said the elections had shown that the provisional government had the Irish people behind it and that it now must prove whether it was fit to govern. Mr. Churchill's warning has met with wide-spread approval, most of the newspapers declaring the country will endorse the line the government has taken. The exceptions are the Daily News and the Westminster Gazette which regret the secretary's threats. The Gazette says no language could ! be less helpful to Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins in their formidable task of putting the free state government on a solid basis and continues: Can'st Suspect Faith. "It will be seized upon by the violent elements in Irish politics as justification of their suspicions of British integrity. . . . We have no right and no reason as yet to suspect the good faith of the new rulers of southern Ireland; they must be given a chance. The right policy is to leave Ireland alone, free from threats or suggestions that the new constitution can be snatched away." The Daily News finds it difficult to believe that Mr. Churchill's pronouncement can do anything but harm and takes the view that "bloody anarchy In Ulster" is the key to the situation. The Times on the other hand says that the secretary's solemn declaration will be reached throughout the length and breadth of Great Britain. "The moment has come for Collins to choose between two paths that of the treaty, and that of anarchy," the newspaper asserts. "If he follows the path of the treaty he may yet secure peace in Ireland and an honorable for her among the free nations of the emy M ,fo WBM.. A EARLY OPINION ON SHIP LIQUOR SALES (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. June 27. The question of the legality of the sale of liquor on board vessels outside the three mile limit will be determined in an early ruling by Attorney General Daugherty. Requests for 6uch a rulinsr had been made bv Secretary MelIon it was stated at the Treasury dehibition Commissioner Haynes, coun cil for the enforcement unit having held that the treasury regulations as now drawn do not prohibit such sales. A brief reviewing the new regulations excepting shipping board vessels 'along with foreign craft from the operatlon of the recent supreme' court. decision banning the transit liquor shipments and also the previous opinions of the department of justice which have held that the prohibition laws follow the flag at sea, was prepared by Solicitor Mapcs of the internal revenue to accompany the quest for a final ruling it wa3 said. VIENNA STRIKERS RESUME WIORK UNCONDITIONALLY (By Associated Press) VIENNA June 27. The striking railroad, telegraph, postal and telephone employes decided at midnight to resume work unconditionally in expectation that the government shortly will propose a remedy of the conditions against which they protest. The Vienna street car workers, however, declared a strike last night, and refused to join in the settlement.

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Against Deposed Head of Trust Company, Charge Embezzlement, Perjury. OTHERS ARE NAMED Thirteen indictments were returned against Edgar F. Hlatt, deposed president of the Dickinson Trust company, by the grand jury, It was learned Tuesday. . A warrant for Hiatt's arrest was placed In the sheriff's hands Tuesday morning. ' Ten of the Indictments charge embezzlement of the funds of the bank, which was closed by State Bank Commissioner Charles W. Camp after undesirable securities had been discovered In the assets of the trust company, placed there, he eaid, by Mr. Hiatt without the knowledge and consent of the directors. Two indictments charge overdrawing of his personal account In the sums of $164.14 and $242.96. One Indictment charges perjury In that Mr. Hiatt overestimated the assets of the trust company in a sworn statement to Lowell W. Cox, etate bank examiner. Herman Olsen, C. L. Peck and company of Chicago, Martin Moehn, Jesso Vermillion, Frederick Hollingsworth, Thomas. Reynolds, and others, are named In. one of the indictments as the persons to whose use Mr. Hiatt appropriated $722,626.04 on March 6, 1922, or within two years prior to that date. Charge Embezzlement - The first Indictment for embezzle ment follows: , "The grand jurors for the said state of Indiana, impaneled, charged and sworn in Wayne circuit court to inquire within and for the body of the same special county of Wayne upon their oath do charge and present that : "Edgar F. Hiatt being then and there an officer and employe of the Dickinson Trust company, a corporation then and there engaged in tbe city of Richmond in a general banking business, and having access to and control and possession of the monies, deposits, and assets of said corporation, did then and there by virtue of his said office and said employment, and while so .employed as aforesaid, unlawfully, feloniously, and fraudulently take, purloin and secrete and appropriate to his own use certain monies, notes and credits, choses in action and other property, the exact nature of which is not known to th grand jurors aforesaid of the aggregate value of $48,000, then and there belonging to and deposited with and held by said Dickinson Trust company." Second Count. The second count of the first indictment charges that Hiatt converted money to the use of C. L. Peck and company, a Chicago firm. It read substantially the same as the first count, with the exception that it charges that Hiatt "did appropriate to the use of certain others, to-wit : C. L. Peck and company, a corporation, certain notes, credits and chose3 in action, to the value of $48,000." Beginning with the second indictment, the others follow. . March 7, 1922 Eight thousand dollars appropriated to the use of Frederick Hollingsworth. January, 1922 $225,000 appropriated to his own use. September, 1921 $70,000 appropriated to his own use. January, 1922 $135,000 to the use of C. L. Peck and company. January, 1922 $50,000 to the use of C. L. Peck and company. March 7, 1922 $85,475.85 to the use of C. L. Peck and company. January, 1922--$7,120 to the use of Martin Moehn. September, 1921 $100,000 to hla own use. March 6. 1922 $722,526.04 appropriated to the use of Herman Olsen, C. L. Peck and company, Martin Moehn, Jesse Vermillion, Frederick Hollingsworth, Thomas Reyonll3 ana others. Perjury Charge The perjury charge in the eleventh Indictment is based on a statement made March 10, 1922, when In a statement of the bank's resources before Lowell W. Cox, bank examiner, Hiatt declared the resources to be $5,453,608.12, when they were under that amount. Two charges of overdraft are made in the twelfth and thirteenth indictments: . One in May, 1921, when he overdrew his personal account of $26.76 in the amount of $242.96 by cashing checks for $8,166.32. and $95.40. The other in February, 1922, when he overdrew a personal account of $56.25 to the amount of $164.14. Speculations Involved The indictments for embezzlement are mainly connected with Mr. HIatt's speculations in improved real state in Chicago and in plantations In Mississippi. The men mentioned as being the persons to whose use Mr. Hiatt appropriated the funds of the trust company are some of the agents with whom he was associated in the deals. Clyde L. Peck of Chicago repre Eented him in deals there and also In plantation deals in the south. Frederick Hollingsworth, of Grand Rapids, also was connected with Hiatt la a southern plantation deal. Peck's name appeared as early a the Starke county, Indiana, deal, which is believed to have been, the first speculation of Hiatt's which culminated in the final disclosure of tha, substitution of undesirable securities' in the assets of the trust company. Claim Securities Good Peck Baid several times after Mr. Hiatt had been replaced a president of the trust company that the swuritles - which - were questioned by the (Continued on Page Sereaj v