Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 252, 23 October 1922 — Page 1

TED A ,AJ3IUM 9 AJfD Sl'..TELEGB-4M VOL. XCII., No. 252 Palladium, Esjt. 1531. Consolidated With Sun -Telegram. 1307. RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY EVENING, OCT. 23, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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PROBE BLAZE COSTING LIVES OF 15 PERSONS See Work of Maniac -Houses Guarded

Photo Shows Giant Army Dirigible After it Crashed to Earth at San Antonio

LIQUOR RULING BARRING SHIP SALESUPHELO Companies to Appeal -Order in Effect

Maude Adams, Inventor A. BDNAR LAW CHOSEN HEAD OF UNIONISTS

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were guarded today against a "torch maniac" believed responsible for the fire which cost the lives of 15 persons injured 17 and made 150 persons homeless4 in an upper East Side apartment house Sunday morning. Authorities have no doubt that the fire was of incendiary origin. The finding of the charred iron skeleton of a baby carriage on the first floor led to this conclusion.' It was believed the maniac placed oil paper in the carriage and then threw a match in it. The ianiac is held responsible for loss of 21 lives in the last month in fires started in the identical manner as this one. Two separate inquiries were launched today into the origin of the fire. Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy was in charge of one investigation, and Assistant District Attorney John R. Hennis of the homicide bureau of the other. The fire was thought to have started under the main stairway in the ha'l of a five story double tenement structure at 110th street and Lexington avenue. Six baby carriages bad been parked there the evening before. In many respects the fire was similar to one tn the same street but on the west side a month ago in which seven lives were lost. Many Lose Lives. Six iwmbers of the family of Abraham Sugarman were burned to death and five or six members of the Silver family; lost their lives in the flames. Several of the dead wpre killed in jumping from the burning structure. Two bodies those of a man and a woman, were charred so badly as to render identification difficult, if not impossible. The fire mad rapid headway, sheets of flame roaring through wooden airshafts and hallways up five floors in 15 minutes. Many thrilling rescues were made. Frederich Strokacch was credited by police with saving IS lives. He was taken to the hospital severely burned. Neighbors gave shelter to the homeless families. : PAGE CARRIED LIQUOR ON NIGHT OF ARREST, TESTIMONY OF JORDAN Testimony of . Robert-Jordan in -regard to conversation and occurrences on . the evening of Sept. 29 featured the trial Monday in circuit court of James F. Pace, Democratic candidate for prosecuting attorney, accused of .violation of the liquor law. The defendant is accused of having had possession of a bottle of liquor on the night in question. According to the testimony given by Jordan, Pace and Russell Gears vis ited the place where Jordan was em ployed, and the Jrio went to the base ment "where" theyjfook a drink from a pop Dome partly iiuea wnn wnite mule. Iter. he testified. Pace left the establishment with the liquor in his possession. Claims $150 Offer. ' Jordan also made the claim that Pace had visited him at Connersville, where he is now employed and asked him to sign an affidavit, to the effect that one of the trio had made the statement that the Richmond polic? were bootlegging. Jordan testified Pace onVred him $50 to do this, and he refu-d. "Isn't it a fact that when he was talking with you. you told him that you had left a check outstanding in Richmond and that you needed $150 to cover it?" he was asked. "You're a damn liar!' said Jordan. The court rapped fw order and h? subsided. More Witnesses Court adjourned at the noon hou:. Approximately 25 witnesses remain 1o be examined, but Jordan is believe.', to be the one on whose testimony tho case rests. Jurors are: Benjamin f'rook. Howard Smith. Samuel Benham. Jack Harper. Eldo Cain, William Abbott, John Spahr. William K. Austin. E. W. Carlos. John Flat ley, Lawrence Hiatt. O. W. Hartrup. Officers Testify Officers Cussins and Seymorc. who arrested Pace on the night of Sept. 29. testified Monday afternoon. Offi cer Cussins said that he and Officer Seymore had followed Pace as the de fendant was walking south on South Eleventh street and that Pace seemed to be hiding something under his toat. Cussins walked up to Pace, he testified, and asked him if he were trying to hide something. , Face tried to break away, the officer said, where upon they seized him and discovered a bottle of liquor. Pace offered to lake them up the alley and give them a drink if they would let him go, Cussins said. They put in a call for the police patrol and held Pace until it arrived, he declared. The testimony of Officer Seymore followed closely that of his brother officer. SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ARE UNDER SENTENCE (Br Associated Press) CHICAGO. Oct. 23. Ten members of the Chicago school board today faced prison terms or fines as a result of tho graft inquiry made by a special grand jury. Seven men and three women were- under- sentence. Authorities continued the search for Fred Lundin. number of the school board who has evaded arrest for nearly a

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The C-2. the army's biggest and best dirigible, exploded and burst into flames, injuring seven persons. The photo shows the dirigible after it had crashed to earth while being taken from the hangar, at Brooks Field, San Antonio. ...

COLLEGE OF SURGEONS PUTS LOCAL HOSPITAL ON ACCREDITED LIST " Reid Memorial hospital, of this city, was placed officially on the list of accredited hospitals of the United States at a meeting of the American College of Surgeons in Boston, Mass., Monday. Adoption of the plan of standardiza-. tion recommended by College of Surgeons and strict compliance with its program, are required before any hospital may be placed on this list. Last year when the list was published, Reid Memorial hospital had complied with all the requirements except two, which were cared for later in the year. Minimum Standard The minimum - standard, recommended for adoption by the college of surgeons, contains many features which go to insure the patient at one of these hospitals the best possible treatment. The standard requires: That physicians and surgeons pivileged to practice in the hospital be organized as a definite group or staff. That membership upon the staff be restricted to physicians who are (a) competent in their respective fields -1 V. . nnt I. In fh,arldr U Tl H in

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of division of fees, under any guise. whatever, be prohibited. Must Adoot Rules That the staff initiate and with the approval of the governing board of the hospital, adopt rules,- regulations. and policies governing the professional work, of the hospital, these rules t3 provide: , (a) That staff meetings be held at least once each month. (b) That the staff review and analyze at regular intervals the clinical experience of the staff in the various departments of the hospital, such as medicine and surgery, obstetrics, etc. .... That accurate and complete cae re cords be kept for all patients, a complete record being one which carries the personal history of the patient, the physical examination, the working diagnosis, treatment, etc. J That clinical laboratory facilities be available for the study, diagnosis and treatment of patients. Two of these provisions were recently adopted by Reid Memorial hospital requiring laboratory facilities and that regarding the division of fees. The others had been put in some time be fore. , Continuation of Work Standardization of hospital is merely the second step of a movement which started years ago when" minimum standards of practice were set among surgeons. These Ftandard were set by the American College of Surgeons and contained provisions for a minimum standard of training and experience and the- fighting of commercialism in surgery. Hospital standardization started about six years ago and spread among the larger hospitals. Later, as others became acquainted with the plan, the smaller hospitals began to come into line, with the result that all the institutions of standing in this country now are on the list of approved hospitals. PONZI GOES ON TRIAL IN SUPERIOR COURT r.y Associated, Press) BOSTON". Oct. 23. Charles Tonzi went on trial in superior court today on' charges of larceny and conspiracy preferred against him by the commonwealth as a result of his scheme of 50 percent return to investors in 45 days, through trading in international postal reply coupons. Ponzi is now serving a federal sentence for using the mails to defraud, but tire United States supreme court ruled that he could be tried at this time on the state indictments. Mrs. Lloyd George Seeks House For Three Months (Bv Associated Press) LONDON Oct 23. Mrs. Lloyd George went house hunting today as her husband was racking up at 10 Downing street, where they have lived for the past six years. It was announced the former premier will lease a furnished town house for three months. This is taken to indicate that Lloyd George expects to be back "home" in Downing street by that time. Large crates of records and per sonal effects of the premier have been packed and are awaiting the arrival of the Pantechincon, or the moving van, as they sav in America.

Tuberculosis Needs Not to be Decided by Vote of People . Acting on the advice of Denver C. Harlan, county attorney, county commissioners have decided not to submit the question of building a tuberculosis hospital to the voters at the fall election. Such action would, if the vote were favorable, really work against the speedy carrying out of the project, it is said. At present, the commissioners have full authority to go ahead with the project. If the people were to vote in favor of the project, the commissioners

would be authorized to spend only a r a ti o i r t-t'iiarl citm Annthni alonttnn and another vote by the people would be required before this sum could be exceeded. . Thus if the cost of the building went above the amount appropriated, construction could not be fin ished until the question had again been acted upon by the people. Seek Public Sentiment It will be recalled that the object of placing the question on the ballot this fall ' was to determine it the people were in favor, of going -ahead with the could be-presented in such away that it would not interfere with future action, ft. would be a valuable indication of public sentiment. . But pre sented in any other way, it is worse than useless. The opinion of Denver Harlan, county attorney, follows: "A special statute covering, this proposition provides that if a petition, specifying the amount to be expended is presented to the county commissioners signed by at lea.st 200 resident freeholders they shall cause the question to be voted on at the next regular election, the question to be whether or not a hospital shall be erected at the cost specified." . . ' The county commissioners already have authority to go ahead with construction of a hospital, and in . fact have proceeded upon this theory, expending some" $40,000 in preliminary improvements. So, if the question were put to the voters in the manner provided by this law, it would jeopardize the $40,000 investment already made. - . . ... HALL-MILLS MURDER EVIDENCE EXPECTED BEFORE JURY TODAY (By Associated Press) ' NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J., Oct. 23. Prosecutor Azariah Bekkman of Somerset county was expected to lay the evidence in the Hall-Mills murder case before the grand jury late today. At the same time detectives on his staff were busy rounding up new and old witnesses for examination at a secret headquarters, where roost witnesses have been taken recently in an effort to avoid the many newspaper men working on the case. Great Interest was manifested by authorities In a report that the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, slain rector of the Episcopal church of St. John the Evangelist, once employed a private detective to curb the activities of a man who Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills choir leader, killed with the clergyman, had complained was annoying her. An inquiry was begun today also of the report that another woman was involved in the love complication of Dr. Hall and that he visited her alone in a Manhattan apartment. Authorities have learned that Dr. Hall sent a tele gram to this woman early in August. It read. "Will be at your apartment late 'this' evening.' Western Union officials have declined to turn a copy of the message over to the authorities without a court order. Both reports were said . to be supported by documentary evidence and left little doubt that both Dr. Hall and Mrs. Mills had other admirers, who might be able to throw light on the mystery. West Manchester Home ' Is Damaged By Blaze WEST MANCHESTER. Oct. 23 Slight damage was done to the home of Elva Vance here Monday when the iiouse caught on fire. Origin of the blaze is unknown. Insurance covers 1 part of the loss, which was largelv j caused b water used to extinguish i the fire. 1

TRACTION HITS AUTO STALLED AT GROSSING; NO ONE IS INJURED

CENTERVILLE, Oct. 23. An automobile driven by Benjamin Arbogast, of Richmond was completely demolished when it was struck by an inbound traction car at Harvey's crossing near Centerville Sunday afternoon. Mr. Arbogast's car had stalled on the tracks with the engine trouble and he was unable to move it because of the grade at that poi.t. He made an enort to warn the approaching car and thought the motorman had rejsponded.- No one was in the car when j the impact came. It is said that the 1". . us uxUIC . ----- ..-. v,. BUDGET BUREAU TRIES TO CUT EXPENSES TO THREE BILLION FIGURE Ms being made by the federal budget bureau to cut governmental expenditures for the next fiscal. year dlwn to three, billion dollar mark. If the federal expenses can lie cut to this figure, it will represent a reduction of about $750,000,000 below the expenditures for the current fiscal year. This saving ..with receipts of about $200,000,000 expected from interest on the foreign debt, will make possible a further large reduction in taxes during the next year. The Budget for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 1923 will be submitted to congress when it meets in regular session early in December. General H. M. Lord, successor to 'Hell and Maria" Dawes, the first federal budget director, is forcing heads )f many governmental bureaus to cut their financial requests. Local Company Offers Plot Of Ground For Use As Playground Report of the completion of the cement roadway in the alley south of North A street between North Seventh and Eighth at. a. cost. of. $926.86 -was given the board of works by the city engineer Monday. i .That the Jenkins-Vulcan Spring company has offered the city a plot of ground to use as a playground was the statement embodied in a recommenda tion by Dell B. Davis, secretary of the city plan commission made to the board of works' Monday. The state ment recommended that grading of the lot be commenced at once. The hoard received the recommendation and turned over the matter to the city attorney who will .draw up an agreement with the company. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY W. E. Moore Cool and fair tonight and Tuesday; frost and probably freezing temperature tonight. , . The passing, away of the storm which was over western Colorado on Saturday is. being followed by rising baromeiric .pressuic which will result in fair weather for the next 24 hours, probably for 48 hours. Rather low temperatures will prevail tonight. Temperature Yesterday at Pumping Station Maximum ; , 69 Minimum 40 Today' . Noon' 51 Weather Conditions The rainstorm is now over'the middle Atlantic states and the St. Lawrence valley. Fair weather covers the western plain states. It is rather cool over the Mississippi valley states. . Temperatures are nearly freezing or slightly below, but no severe cold is reported from any part of the United States. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Tuesday; - colder tonight, probably frost; slowly rising temperature Tuesday. Paid Circulation Saturday, was 11,924

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NEW YORK, Oct 23. Judge Learned Hand today upheld the Daugherty ruling forbidding ships bringing liquor into American ports in his decision on the application of steamship companies for injunction against enforcement of the decree. Everett Masten, consul for the White Star line, announced that his firm and representatives of 12 other foreign and domestic lines, represent ed in the proceedings, would bring an appeal as soon as possible. The original action against the Daugherty ruling was brought by the Cunard and Anchor lines, which were later joined by 10 other companies, including most of the important for eign and American lines in the transAtlantic trade. All brought bills in equity, mentioning Secretary Mellon, H. B. Stuart, collector of this port, and federal prohibition agents. Claim Rights Invaded The companies, in their arguments to the court, claimed the Daugherty ruling was not only in violation of the constitution of the United States, bui an invasion of the reights of foreign countries. v The Santa Luisa, which went dry on the way from Valparaiso and other South American ports, arrived today with only 20 passengers, the smallest number officials of the Grace line could recall. Capt. Williamson received orders by radio to land all liquor at Cristobel. Promptly three Englishmen left the ship to finish the trip under a British flag vessel. Other passengers with a promptness, stowed away a private stock and the night before the ship's bar was cleaned out they stayed awake for John Barleycorn. WASHINGTON, Oct 23. The liquor statutes in all their broadened scope, outlined by Aitorney General Daugherty, are. now in effect and will be rigidly enforced. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes declared today when informed of the decision of .Judge Hand in New York, refusing to issue a permanent injunction to complaining ship companies. " . Activities of enforcement agents, Mr. Haynes said, naturally would be made to conform to any legal Umitali6'ns""1mposed by the tentative stay from the New York courts, but the commission emphasized that no gen eral extension of time would be made in enforcement of the legal require ments of prohibition on American vessels everywhere at sea and on for eign ships in American waters, s JOHN RIDENBAUGH, 23, IS DEAD AFTER BEING STRUCK BY MACHINE John Ridenbaugh, 23 years old, who has been making his home with Mr. and Mrs. Claude Smelser at 1210 Sheridan street, died about 1:15 o'clock Sunday afternoon at .Reid Memorial hospital as a result of an accident in which he was struck by ah automobile. The accident occurred about 11:15 o'clock Sunday morning when Mr. Ridenbaugh was playing baseball in the street on Sheridan between School and Grant streets. Two automobiles were approaching the Bcene from opposite directions both drivers endeavoring to avoid striking a.ny of th hoys and to avert a collision. Mr. Ridenbaugh, stepping out of the path of the automobile which was coming south, was struck by the truck driven by Harvey Forbes, which was going north. The impact threw Mr. Ridenbaugh onto the fender of the truck and then to the street, his head striking the cement pavement and the car passing over his body. Dies at Hospital He was first taken to his home and then to Reid hospital where he died on the operating table less than two hours after the accident. Death was caused by a fracture of the skull when the head struck the concrete pave ment. There were no other bones broken in the accident. The body was removed to the funeral parlors of Pohlmeyer, Downing, Stegall and company, and funeral arrangements will be made later upon the arrival of the "mother from Connersville. Authorities do not hold Mr. Forbes in any way responsible for the accident, their statement being that the accident was unavoidable. GOV. ALLEN TO SPEAK HERE TUESDAY NIGHT Governor Henry J. Allen of Kansas, will delive an address in the Morton high school auditorium Tuesday night under the auspices of the Wayne county Republican central committee.. Will Reller will be in charge of the meeting and all arrangements will be made through the headquarters office. Governor Allen is famous for having introduced the industrial court idea into Kansas labor disputes. He will arrive Tuesday morning.Four Free Staters Killed In Bomb Attack ' By. Asociatd Press) BELFAST, Oct 23. Four Free Staters were killed and three wounded in a bomb attack on a motor car at Fer Carrig, county Wexford,, yesterday.

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Maude Adams, idol of theater-goers the world over, has quit drama for science. She has perfected a lighting system for movies which eliminates the need of dark theatres to make the screen play visible. GARD MAY WIN RACE IN 3RD OHIO DISTRICT: LIQUOR ISSUE FACTOR CAMDEN. Ohio, Oct. 23. The sixth Indiana district's Buckeye neighbor, the third Ohio district, comprising the counties of Montgomery, Butler and Preble, is one of the important poli tical battlegrounds in Ohio this cam paign. The third district has been represented in congress by a Republican, Roy G. Fitzgerald, of Dayton, since March 4, 1921. Prior to that time it was for many years Democratic territory. The eight years preceding Fitz gerald s election Warren Gard, Demo crat, of Hamilton, was the congressman. He is the Democratic candidate again this year. Fitzgerald is the Republican nominee. Both are exper ienced, resourceful campaigners and they have succeeded in putting con siderable pep into an otherwise dull campaign. . Gard did not make the race for con gress in 1920. He could have had the Democratic; nomination that year, but he was not a candidate, so it went to William G. Pickerel, whom Fitzger aid defeated by a plurality of 7,130. May Be Re-elected It is charged by Gard's political op ponents - that he foresaw the Repub lican landslide of 1920 and for that reason side-stepped the Democratic nomination. Be that as it may, Gard entered the campaign this year with out the stigma of defeat attached to his record and if he develops his for mer strength he probably will be re elected. . This is, of course, not ad mitted by the Republican managers Admitting that the district is normally Democratic they are banking heavily on the good record made by Fitzgerald in congress, on his military record and on his personal popularity to hold the district in the Republican column They do not dispute the fact, how ever, that if Fitzgerald is re-elected it will be by a plurality under the 1920 figure. The "wet" and "dry" issue has again been injected into the Ohio campaign by the submission of an amendment to the state constitution to permit the manufacture and sale of light wines and beer. It has crowded nearly all other issues into obscurity. This situation, apparently, adds much strength to the Gard candidacy. . The third Ohio district not only 13 nomally Democratic but it it also wet And Gard is as much a wet as be is a Democrat It has been said of Fitz(Please Turn to Page Twelve) CHICACO MEN FACE CONSPIRACY CHARGE (By United Press) V CHICAGO, Oct. 23. John P. .Morton and Martin Byrnes were held incommunicado today following their al leged confessions that they conspired to bring about the acquittal of Thomas Walsh, labor leader, at his trial for the murder of Adolph Georg, cafe propri etor. Walsh was freed on the charge i The two men implicated declared they were promised $10,000 each. They implicated a third man, who police were searching for. An attempt will be made today to have Walsh's bond of $15,000 cancelled and have him returned to jail. Walsh must stand trial for the murder of Georbe Cast, waiter, who wa3 killed by the same fusillade of bullets that slew Georg. " ' Army Officer,- Mechamc: : Held For Ram Running (By United Press ) LAREDO, Texas. Oct 21. 'An army officer, his mechanic and an army air plane were reported held here early today following frustration by authorities of an alleged attempt to smuggle a cargo of booze from Mexico over the border. Fifteen sacks of whisky were confiscated. Authorities refused to make known the name of the alleged army officer. Pack Of Wolves Driven . From Marsh In Indiana : (By Cpited Press) ' WARSAW, Wd., Oct. 23. A pack of wolves was driven from a marsh 12 miles northeast of Warsaw today They killed a hound belonging to Ray Teeple, a farmer, who was helpin run them down. Farmers and resi dents of small towns have been terror. ized by reports of depredations by tho wolves. .

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Forming Cabinet LONDON, Oct. 23. England today had its first Conservative prime minis ter in 17 years in the person of Andrew Bonar Law, who although asked by the king last week to form a cab inet, deferred his final acceptance of the premiership until today when the unionist party went through the formality of electing him its leader. The Conservative meeting held at the Hotel Cecil, was attended ty 439 members of the party including manv of those whose names are famous in British statesmanship. The new prime minister was elected unanimously. Absent from the meeting were prominent Unionists such as Austin Chamberlain, Lord Birkenhead and the Earl of Balfour. All three of them last week revolted from the decision ot their party to return to party independence and to quit Mr. Lloyd George. To the revolting members Mr. Bonar Law held out the olive branch, expressing the hope that they would return to the fold. Great Brain Needed The rise to power of Mr. Bonar Law, the retiring Scotchman, with tendencies bordering on those of a recluse brings to the forefront a man who remained in the background contentedly until the hour came and his great brain was called to the service of hicountry. The force of circumstances involved in the collapse of the oca'.ttion government has finally driven him from his beloved pipe and arm chair to assume the highest office in tha power of the people in the British commonwealth to award. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 23 Andrew Bonar Law on leaving the Unionist meeting today at which he was unanimously elected leader of the party, told the newspapers he would accept the task of forming a ministry. . LONDON, Oct. 23. Andrew Bonar Law was unanimously elected leader of the Unionist party at the party meeting held this afternoon. The meeting an enthusiastic gathering, was held at the Hotel Cecil, attended by 439 members of. the party, including 152 peers. Mr. Bonar Law was proposed for the leadership by Lord Curzon, secretary for foreign affairs in the Lloyd George cabinet The nomination was seconded by Stanley Baldwin, president of the Board of Trades. Mr. Bonar Law's election enables him to accept" the task of forming a cabinet, thereby giving England her first Conservative prime minister since 1905. It is understood Mr. Bonar Law's ministry is virtually complete. To Define Policy. The premier designate did not define his policy before the meeting, according to reports obtained from the gathering, but intimated that he would do so at his speech in Glasgow next Saturday. Others present?" at the meeting included: Viscount Cave, Lord Derby, Lord Carson, Viscount Teel, the Duke of Devonshire; Earl Grey, Sir Samuel Hoane, Admiral Sueter and William Armsby-Gore. The presence of Lord Carson created considerable comment, adding strength to the recent rumors that the former Ulster Unionist leader intended to re-enter politics. This would necessitate his resignation as Lord of Appeals because holders of judiciary lordship cannot participate in politics. To Announce Ministry. Announcement of the composition of the new ministry and declaration of the govemment'3 program may. ac cording- to late information, be de ferred until Thursday when, also the dissolution of parliament is likely to be announced. , There Is much perturbation In sev eral quarters over the report that tha elections are to be held on the four teenth or fifteenth of November, in stead of the eighteenth, w hich falls upon a Saturday. ' This week will be crowded with party conventions and public meetings There was what is described as an "emergency" meeting of the Asquithian Liberals (often called free liberals) last evening at which Mr. Asquith. Viscount Grey, the Marquis ot Crewe, Viscount Gladstone, Lord Cowdray and other leaders were present. Expect Announcement It is believed this meeting was call ed to frame a manifesto which will be issued shortly. Viscount Grey speaks at Bradford tomorrow whn an Important pronouncement is expected. The executive committee of the Labor party meets in London tomorrow to arrange its program, which will be issued as a manifesto immediately afterward. The announcement that, Reginald McKenna will appear on the conservative platform has stirred remarkable interest everywhere. The possibility of his appointment as chancellar oi the exchequer is generally discussed but some well informed conservative newspapers say this, is altogether improbable and opinion is fairly general that this post will go to Stanley Baldwin, one of the leaders in the fight against Lloyd George. Results Are Hazy . Attempts to analyze the electoral prospects yield no results and no one aside from tjie party propagandist seems to hold a distinct opinion as to how the twenty million voters will line up. The position of the women electors constitutes one of the chief enigmas. One international effect of the pending election Is reported from Pari.--, where Premier Poincare is said to hara received a note from Lord Curzon aik. ing. in view of the political situation in Great Britain that France assent to indefinite postponement of the near east peace conference which was to open at Lausanne, Switzerland, fba Nov. 13.