Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 248, 18 October 1922 — Page 1

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POLITICAL POT OF BRITAIN AT BOILINGPOINT Answer as to Turn of Crisis Unknown

(By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 18. The British political fever has now reached its height and there is every indication that the maximum temperature 'will be maintained for some days. Everybody is guessing aa to when the crisis will pass and what turn it will take, but the answer is as yet unrevealed and the future remains obscure pending to morrow's Unionist meeting at the Carl ton club which is expected to give the key to the problem. One anti-coalition newspaper, the Daily Mail, today attributes to Prime Minister Lloyd George, the definite statement that he will resign office if the Unionist meeting declares against

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Mr. Lloyd George's statement is said to have been made at a private meet ing last night of the Liberal ministers and under secretaries. None of the papers nearest the premier, nor any other, confirms this or professes to know exactly what passed at the meet ing, although all agree that Lloyd George received general cordial, sup port. Whether or not the premier made the declaration attributed to him, some of the best informed political correspondents believe he will resign if Mr, Chamberlain Is voted down at the Carlton club. It would then be up to the king, in accordance with political pre cedents in this country to invite the Conservative party to try its hand at forming a cabinet. May Make Appeal. If. on the contrary the meeting gives Mr. Chamberlain anything approaching strong support, the premier, it is re iterated will advise the king to dis solve parliament, and this being done. will appeal to the country on a coali tion ticket. Thus, if these prophets be correct the dissolution of parliament seems imminent in either case, as it is not supposed the conservatives could carry on without the prominent and tried leaders who would quit the govern ment with Chamberlain if he resigns. Among .the other reports published by the morning papers is one to the efect that the ministers started new eforts yesterday to ensnare postponement of the General . election until January, prompted it is said, by fear of a complete split in the Conservative party. Such a contingency how ever, eeems almost inevitable to the! distinterested observer, and one ofj the; surest prospects of the present! ferment seems to be a new alignment of parties, which will obliterate some of Britain's oldest political landmarks. Strange Feature ' To a foreigner suddenly taking his initial survey of the situation perhaps one of the strangest features of the British crisis would be the comparative absence from the columns, of the principle daily papers of reports on the activities of the labor party, notwithstanding the announced intention of that party to put more than 400 candidates into the electorial field. Labor is certainly mentioned, but the space given the labor movement is trifling compared to that devoted to the doings of the two other parties There '13 no reason to suppose, however, that this reflects the amount of importance attaching to the industrial attack on the various constituencies. The fact is that the "labor leaders thus far have been less vocal than their rivals but they are known to be conducting an energetic campaign Principles Known Some of the political principles for vhich labor is fighting are already well known. They are put succinctly by the moderate labor leader, Arthur Henderson, in a speech yesterday at Newport, Monainuthashire, where there is a bye-election today in which labor will have the opportunity of showing its strength. The seat in this constl tueney hitherto has been held by a coalition liberal, but the coalition is not contesting today and the fight will be between the Laborites and Conservative Liberal candidates. i In his address. Mr. Henderson saiJ labor seks national financial reform on the principle of ability to pay, and would lighten the national debt by a war' debt redemption fund through levy on acumulated wealth, beginning with all fortunes exceeding 5,000. Labors Stand Labor also declares war against pri vate industrial enterprises and advo- , cates greater extension of collective responsibility. This especially applies to such national services as the mines and railroads. The workers must have a measure of control over industry and there must be an elevation in their status, full employment or maintainanee, and the , humanizing of all working conditions. Democratization of political institutions placing of the foreign policy of the nation under the control of popularly elected asemblies and international arbitration were among the other aims set forth by the Labor spokesman. Judge George Winner tn Georgia Primary (By United Press) ATLANTA, Ga., Oct 18 Judge Walter F. George, of Vienna, won a sweeping victory in the Democratic primary yesterday for the senatorial nomination for the unexpired term of the late Thomas E. Watson. Judge George carrkd 125 counties with a total of 316 unit votes, while Governor Thomas W. Hardwick. his nearest competitor, carried 25 counties with a total of 75 unit votes. The Democratic nomination is equivalent to an election.

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it' Twilight Sleep 99 (By Associated Press) HOT SPRINGS, Ark-, Oct 18 Criminals can be forced to tell the truth regarding their offenses while under the influence of scopolamine anesthesia, or as it is better known, during "twilight sleep," acorfling to Dr. E. E. House, Ferris, Texas, physician who has asked the endorsement of the medical association of the South west for a proposed experiment on a thousand prisoners in the Leavenworth, Kansas prison to demonstrate his theory. - Mr. House has been experimenting with the anesthesia for five years ha told members of the association, and declared In that period during which he had tried the twilight sletp method of securing evidence on a number of alleged criminals in his state, he had never failed in any attempt to rob the mind of its Btored truths. Forced to Answer The anesthesia does not produce a voluble condition, he said, but at its most potent stage questions can be DroDounded and "without failure as yet answers have been forthcoming.' "If the "twilight anesthesia" were properly reoognized and used for the purpose suggested, Mr. House con tinued in his address "many injustices would become impossible." The convention was expected to take action on Mr. House's request for its endorsement of his plans for further experiments at its session. today Soon after reading his paper on the subject he was elected one of the vicepresidents of the asociation. JOHN MACY, WIDELY KNOWN FARMER, DIES IN DALTON TOWNSHIP John Macy, 81 years of age, one of the widely known citizens and farmers of Wayne county, died Wednesday morning, at his home in Dalton township, four miles north of Hagerstown. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Friends church in Economy, and bur ial will be at Hagerstown. The Rev Louis T. Jones, of Richmond will of ficiate. Mr. Macy was born on the farm where his death occurred and for more than half a century he had been prominent in the afairs of his commun ity, and was held 1n highest esteem by acquaintances throughout Wayne county. Tespite advanced age he had been in active management of his af fairs until stricken by illness less than two months ago. Mr. Macy was born May 8, 1841, the son of Issac and Eleanor( Thornburgh) Macy, kho were among the pioneers of western Wayne county and who settled on the farm where John" Macy lived his entire life, in 1825. Mr. Macy was educated in the district schools and in early man hood became a teacher. In 1862 h enlisted in Company D, Sixty-ninth Indiana volunteer infantry, serving with his regiment throughout its ca reer. He w-as promoted to first lientenant during his service and in the last year of the war was detailed as ordinance oficer on the staff of Gen eral Andrews. He was mustered out of service under a Captain commis sion at the conclusion of histilities. Resumed Teaching Following the war Mr. Macy en gaged for a short time in mercantile pursuits in Economy but later resumed teaching. On September 28, 1876 he was married to Miss Anna Luella Wig gins, of Richmond, who with five eons survive. The sons are Harry B. Macy, Byram R. Macy and Lawrence G. Macy, who are farmers m Dalton township; Forrest Macy, of Dublin and Frank W. Macy, of Pittsburgh, Pa, Two brothers also survive, Jesse W. Macy, who resides near Galveston Tex., and William T. Macy, of North Manchester, Ind. Mr. Macy was a Republican in poli tics and served one. term as commis sioner of Wayne county, having been elected in November, 1888. Of Quaker ancestry he always had been closely affiliated with the Friends society and was an active member of the Friends church at Economy. $300,000 DIAMOND ROBBERY IN CHICAGO BULLETIN (Bv Associated Press) CHICAGO, Oct. 18. Max Moser, New York jewelry salesman; who told the police last night that he had been robbed of $300,000 worth of unset dia monds, was questioned again today at the detective bureau, where he was held until morning while police inves tigated his story. (By United Pr"ss) CHTCAGO, Oct 18. Four bandits at midnight held up and robbed Max Moser, jewelry broker and salesman of New York, of $300,000 worth of unsfft diamonds. 5Ioser had just left the Congress hotel with Charles G. Morris, a friend who had volunteered to drive him to the railroad station, when a black automobile containing the four robbers swept up alongside. Scores of machines, carrying theatre crowds home sped along Michigan boulevard as three of the robbers boarded the Morris automobile and drove it north with the stream of traf fic. They turned off the boulevard on a street carrying litUe traffic and searched Morris and Moser, obtaining the wallets from the salesman. Just as the bandits sped away, police from the Chicago station, attract. ed by the screams of the two victims arrived. They have found no further trace of the bandits. The Moser robbery brlng3 the total obtained in robbery of jewelry sales men in Chicago this year to nearly $2,000,000.

30,000 VETS

FALL IN FOR HUGE PARADE ivery State of Union .Has Colors Flying (By Associated Press) NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 18. The American Lejrion. following a brisk business session, paraded today. More than 30,000 men, "fell in" for the pa rade, and the brisk autumn in con trast to the balmy autumn weather of the first two days of the convention added zest to the event. It was a day to make one throw out his chest and Btep forth proudly, and the "buddies" after a night's sleep, were apparently as full of "zip" as ever and "rarin' " to go. Through miles of narrow stone-paved streets down the broad concourse of Canal street, winding in and out along the tortuous courses of the "vieux barre," old town, established by the Spanish and French founders, of New Orleans, the veterans of 1918 marched today. Fluttering bravely in the autumn air, borne by the men, who carried them to victory four years ago, was the' national colors, flanked by the silk en colors of legion posts from every state in the union, from Alaska, Hawaii, the Panama canal zone, Porta Rico, the Philippine islands, Great Britain, Africa and China. Today's business session was slow in getting under way. Announces Candidacy Outstanding among the develop ments of today among the delegates to the American Legion was the an nouncement of Alvin M. Ousley, Dal las, Texas, a vice-commander of the organization, that he was an active candidate for national commander of the organization to succeed Hanford MacNider. Among those familiar witK"chances" it was generally believed today that the south would name the next com mander, and that, according to pres ent indications, the choice lay be tween Mr. Ousley and Matthew Murphy, attornery, of Birmingham, Ala, "Tomorrow comes the fireworks" were the closing words of Hanford MacNider, national commander, at yesterday's convention session. The reception accorded the commit tee reports was expected to have con siderable bearing on the contest for national officers. Many large and in fluential state delegations were de scribed as "on the fence," waiting to see what developed. Accorded Places The annual parade started at 2 p. m. Places were accorded state delega tions in the order determined by their membership increase during the past year. leading the parade was the "guard of honor" comprising four men each from the Navy, Army, Marine corps and National Guard. At the reviewing stand in front ot the city hall the parade will halt while the reviewing officers and distin guished guests of the legion take their places in the stand. Passing the centotaph in front of the custom house, m Canal street the marchers will honor their dead, commemorated by the mon ument Bands will be silenced and the dead saluted. Landis is Speaker Kenesaw M. Landis, baseball com missioner, was a speaker on the morning session's program as was General Eli K. Cole, representing Major-General John J. LeJeune, who has been unable to attend the convention because of 'illness in his family. Among the committee reports ex pected were those on military affairs, constitution, internal organization, na val affairs and finance. The American Legion Auxiliary planned a brief session to hear reports of departments and committees with adjournment at noon for the members to march In a body to a reserved grand stand to view the legion parade. Another business session will be held to night. JOHN HAYS HAMMOND IS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF COAL COMMISSION (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct 18. John Hays Hammond was elected chairman of the federal commission appointed by President Harding to investigate the coal industry and recommend govern mental or industrial policies which may be enforced in the future at its first meeting today. The policy and method of procedure of the commission also were taken up for preliminary discussion, but members said some time would be required to formulate their views on the point. Mr. Hammond called on President Harding before the meeting and made an engagement for the president to receive the full commission later in the day. Only six of the commissioners, George Otis Smith, director of the geological survey; Thomas R. Marshall, former vice-president; Clarke Howell, editor of the Atlanta constitution; Federal Judge Alschuler, of Chicago, and Charles K. Neill, were present The seventh member. Dr. Edward DeVine, of New York, is expected to come to Washington later. Under sections of the law creating it, the commission is required to make a partial report by Jan. 15, but Is empowered to continue its investigations for a year. Two Men Are Missing In Georgia Train Wreck SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 18.Two men are missing in the wreck of a Savannah and Atlanta passenger train at Springfield, 28 miles from here, early today. The train caught fire after the wreck. A relief train was sent from Savannah. The .wreck was said to have been caused by a washout. All lines of communication from Springfield are down.

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Top, left to right: Rev. Aaron Worth, 87; Rev. Luke Woodward, 91. days of Wayne county. Reminiscences of pioneer days are plentiful when Fountain City's five supporters of Fremont, presidential candidate before Lincoln, and warm advocates "of , the Great Emancipator, Lincoln, foregather. - , . Will Davis and Major M. M. Lacey, veterans of the Civil war, Aaron Worth and Luke Woodward, veteran ministers of the -church, and John Keever, who had a share in the "Great Emigration" that took so many westward after 1849, are Fountain City's most noted citizens. Rev. Worth is 87 years old, as is Major Lacey, also. Will Davis is 84, John Keever, S6, while Luke Woodward is 91 years old. All five were enthusiastic workers in Freemont's presidential campaign. There was some excitement in political campaigns in those days, they say, PASSIONATE LETTERS OF SINGER PUBLISHED; CHECK UP STATEMENTS (By United Press) NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J., Oct 18. Pitying references to "another woman" who had to content herself with "the crumbs" of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall's affection are contained in Mrs. Eleanor Mills' love letters to the rector, made public today, by Prosecutor Beekman. . , The passionate notes were found In the pockets of the minister after his murder and some of them were discovered, scattered around the ground at the scene of the tragedy. They are replete with such phrase3 as: "I am tired today want to live with you and rest for hours." "Oh. you sweet,, adorable babykins of mine. "Because you and I hunger for the (Please Turn to Page Fourteen) Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore Fair tonight and Thursday; frost tonight with moderating 'temperature Thursday. The immense area of high barome tric pressure central over the Rocky! mountain states will cause fair weather to continue for another 36 hours. Temperature Yesterday at Pumping Station. Maximum 57 Minimum .. 32 Today. Noon 52 Weather conditions The cool wave controls the weather over most of the United States. It is now generally fai over the central and western districts but it is cloudy and unsettled on the Atlantic coast with rain in the latter district and snow in southeastern Canada. Cheyenne, Wyo., reports 14 above zero which is the lowest temperature on record for that section up to Oct. 17. It is getting wanner in the northwest. - For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight with frost; Thursday fair; slowly rising temperature. . , , Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,845

Ardently Supported Union Cause in Civil War Days

87 years old; Will Davis, .84; John Five Fountain City pioneers whose lives and a few years later they either fought on the battlefield or worked at home to support the principles for which they had voted. " Major Lacey's Career. Major Lacey was the first to fro when war broke out. He enlisted in April of 1861, with Company D. of the Eighth Indiana Infantry, and was made captain of the unit At the expiration of his three months term, luring which he fought in the battle of Ridgemont, he was stricken with typhoid fever and forced to remain at home after being mustered out until he recovered. After recovery he re-lnllsted in Company A of the Sixty-ninth, which was organized at Richmond., This unit In Major Lacey's words; went south to Richmond, Ky., "hunted up a good fight and got a rattling good licking." Credence of Judge in "Phantom Twin 99 Story Tested Today HAMMOND, Ind., Oct 18. The "phantom twins" case in which Mrs. Hazel McNally, 25-year-old blonde Is accused of murdering her two children, was called In Judge Henry Cleveland's court room toi ay. The" judge, after preliminary examination of 10 state witnesses, was to decide whether- the, prosecution had sufficient evidence to warrant holding the woman on a charge of killing the twins, ' for the grand Jury. In case the court releases the girl, he will have expressed credence in her story that an operation had made her incapable of being a mother and that the twins which she is accused of having killed, were dolls which she cared for as children to satisfy the craving of her 55 year old husband for a baby of his own. , ; All Hammond ia wrought up over the case. Extra benches were constructed in the court room to care for the curious. "I have done no wrong and I am not afraid," Mrs. McNally said as she ! prepared for the ordeal. POOR FABRIC BLAMED FOR C-2 EXPLOSION (By Associated Press) ', SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Oct. IS A board of Inquiry today began an inquiry to determine, causes for the explosions which destroyed the army dirigible C-2 yesterday just as it was starting witn 11 passengers on an exhibition flight over the city. The 192 foot dirigible which had completed a cross country flight from Langley field, Va., to San Francisco, and was on Its homeward voyage, is a complete wreck with no salvage. Eight of the passengers were injured when they Jumped 15 to 20 feet Just before the C-2's hydrogen ignited. Major H. A. Strauss commaBder of the C-2 was expected to testify he believed the accident was caused by fabric pulling out of the envelope as I the big dirigible started from the I Brooks field hangar. This is the oplnjion of some officers implies that the fabric used in constructing the dirigible was not up to standard. Major Strauss' estimate of the value of the C-2 was $70,000. It originally cost the government $270,000.

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are closely associated with the pioneer After parole, and later exchange, the unit was used against Memphis and Vicksburg. From there, these troops were Bent into Louisiana and Texas and fought in the capture of Mobile, the last en gagement of the war. Davis Enlists. The other soldier of the quintet. Will Davis, enlisted after Major La cey's return, in the Fifty-seventh in fantry. This unit was attached to General Buell's army of the Ohio, then to the army of the Cumberland under General Rosencrans. After the battle of Chickamauga, it was attached 'to Sherman's troops . under General Thomas and marched with, him to Atlanta. It was on this march, during an en gagement at Marietta Ga that Mr. (Please Turn to Page Two) POLICE SEEK WOMAN IN CONNECTION WITH DEATH OF "HEALER' Francis Schlatter, alleged divine healer, who was in Richmond eary this year, maintaining rooms on Nor .A Ninth street,- is dead in St Louis, under, circumstances leading to a police investigation. St Louis authorities are looking for a young woman who was with him until shortly before his death. While he was in Richmond Schlatter had a long list of clients who went to him for treatments. ' , (By Associated Press) ST. LOUIS, Oct 18. A woman said to . have been in attendance at the death of Francis Schlatter, who be came nationally known a quarter of a century ago through his claim of the power to heal, was sought today bv police, and a coroner's inquest was or dered to determine whether a mystery was Involved or a hemorrhage In duced by pneumonia was responsible for death. Schlatter died in a room Ing house here Monday night The woman told a physician she was the aged healer's nurse, and that she was leaving to visit a spiritualist in St Louis county. Mrs. Agnes Schlatter, a lecturer for a church publication, came here from Kansas City. Mo., last night, and declared 'she believed her husband had met with foul play. She said he had a following of spiritualists who opposed his contemplated confirmation into the Episcopal church, of which she is a member. Waited For Him. Mrs. Schlatter said she had been waiting several days for him, in Kansas City whence they planned to go to Salt Lae City Utah, where Schlatter was to enter the church. The landlady at the rooming house told police that the woman with Schlatter gave her name as Mrs. Madeleine Black and on another ocovsion said she wa3 Mrs. Schlatter. A death certificate was withheld until the coroner's jury could determine the cause of death. Schlatter Is said to have attracted wid-e attention by "cures" at Denver, Colo., in 1895, and became known as a "miracle man" and "King of Healers." Once he was given national publicity as the man who cured Mrs. McKinley, mother of President McKinley. He was reported to have been a cobbler and told his audiences he had been born blind, that his sight was re stored by the prayers of his mother and that one day in 1893 Christ appearea to mm m a ball of flame as he sat at his last in the cobbler's shop. (Please Turn to Page Four)

NEW ERA TO

HELP FARMER SAYS HARDIMG President Sees Trend Toward Prosperity (By Associated Pretrt" WASHINGTON, ' Oct 18. Beliel that the farmer will be among the first to get substantial recognition in a new era of activities and prosperity now on the way" was expressed by President Harding in a letter written to Secretary "Wallace, of the agricul tural department and made public today at the. White House. It was for warded to the secretary to be read late today at a meeting of Republicans at Washington, Court House, O. Agricultural production is very nearly restored, taking the world as a . whole, but agricultural prices are so low that it Is apparent to all of us that the farmer is not being compen sated, the president - said. "The Washington administration has recognized this condition and has done everything in its power to restore a normal balance between prices and costs of production." Much Accomplished The executive further declared "n great deal already has been accomplished toward that end, and added that the trend was "strongly toward better conditions for the farmer." The farmer was described by tho president as a captain of industry, the letter adding that elimination of competition among farmers would be imposible without sacrifice of th individualism "that still keeps the farm the real reservoir from which the nation draws bo many of the finest elements of its citizenship.' The president took occoslon also to deplore any movements by the farm ers, looking toward decrease of pro duction and said the natural result of such a movement would be famine prices. He commended Mr, Walaca for the administration of the department of agriculture, and said that the department In the last two years, has rendered a particularly notable service along a somewhat new line. New Direction "There was a time," the letter continued "when the department of agriculture was looked on as an instrumentality for inducing constantly larger and larger product on from the farmer, rather regardlless of questions of marketing of transportation, of fi nancing, and other things of, that sort. Jjatteriy, we nave come upon a time when these other questions demand attention and I think the country owes a great deal to the fact that we have had a new direction given to important activities of the department. I mean that these broader questions have been given a consideration and attention which formerly was not al ways recognized as due to them. "The other day a farmer said to me that the farmers could themselves rehabilitate agriculture very promptly if they would Just unite on a program of reduced production I replied that th farmers would never unite on such a program because of the peculiar economic circumstances of their inrustry. Every farm Is an economical entity by itself. Every farmer is a captain of industry. The elimination of competition among them would be impossible without sacrificing that fine individualism that still keeps the. farm the real reservoir from which the nation draws so many of the finest elements of its citizenship. Need arm Products. "Moreover,' It would be a calamity if the farmers should unite in such a dimunition of production a would force famine prices, or something abproximate to them. The world can get along without a good many other things, but It cannot get along without the products of the farm.' It is rather a striking fact that among the world's industries, that of agriculture has been most rapidly rehabilitated since the war. The crop statistics of the world for the past two seasons are proof of this. We may attribute it to that very individualism and self-sufficiency. "Our own country has evidence by every index of business and commercial condition is on the way to a new era of activity and prosperity. In that new era, we can be very sure that the farmer will be among the first to get the substantial recognition which he needs and must have for what he has done to make these improved Condi tions possible. . .L .. ' -. - CITIZENS REMINDED OF WASTE CAMPAIGN The Day Nursery began its waste campaign collections on the south sid of Main street, Wednesday and reports at noon were that very little had been received. It is thought that this may have been due to some misunderstandings and persons are urged to put their bundles on their porches. It is not necessary to put waste material in bags but paper, rags, and magazines should each be tied in separate bundles. . Persons living south of "Main street, who have been missed by collectors are asked to call Mrs. W. P. Robinson, phone 2362, Thursday between 12 and 2 o'clock and notify her so that someone may be sent there for their bundles. Persons mised on the north side are to call between 8 and 10 o'clock, Friday morning and those on the Wes; Side between 8 and 10 o'clock, Saturday morning. KOREAN SMUGGLER FINED - (By Associated Press) HONGKONG, Oct. 18 The Korean smuggler arrested Thursday on a Japanese steamer from London- on th charge of importing more than $100. 000 narcotics, today pleaded guilty and was fined $25,000 with the alternative of -one year's imprisonment : In addition he was sentenced to six months In jail at bard labor. f