Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 273, 16 November 1922 — Page 1

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THIRD PARTY TO SPRING UP BEFORL 1924 Will be Manufactured If Not Demanded

By LAWRENCE MARTIN (Copyright, 1922. by United Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. A third party -will be manufactured for 1924, whether there is a public demand for it or not. Politicians of both great parties predict this, declaring the next two years will see determined effort to create a third party, and that whether it will finally appear as a spontaneous expresslos of dissatisfaction with existing factions depends upon three things: - 1. Taxation and the cost of living. 2. Industrial and economic policies of th& government. 3. How fast Europe gets back on its feet ' - But whether public sentiment de mands it or not, observers whose predictions seldom go wrong, see a third party presidential ticket in the field in 1924 drawing many votes. But the third s party . will be organized end mainly supported by people who are not now Republicans or Democrats. Kind That Concerns. The kind of third party the Repub licans and Democratic leaders are con cerned about is one made up of Republican or Democratic voters or both a third party that will ruin either one or both of the now dominant political groups. Republican leaders for instance, fear more greatly the farm bloc which will sit in the sixty-eighth congress as a third party nucleus than all the conferences of radicals, liberals and intellect uals that can be held. If the farm bloc develops into a third party, it , will do so on its record in the next two years, whereas the radicals will simply make a third party among themselves and try to win support for it on pledges and promise. It is the difference be tween promise and performance and between the two. political observers point out the people are more likely to be drawn to the group that has made a record fo actual achievement. Rebels May Bolt If taxes remain 'high and' lie heavy on the farmer and the small business man: if Industrial -legislation un pleasing to labor and economic laws unhelpful to the farmer are passed and if Europe does not come back, creating markets for AmeTican goods, and prosperity Jnrw American workers, there is very likely to be a strong third party demonstration by rebels within the ranks of the two parties. ' A third party, like any other, depends largely on its leadership for success and for that reason, tbe sponsors of existing new party movements are trying hard to line up Senators Borah, LaFollette, Johnson and other f progressives with thetr various political creeds. These senators are standing aloof. Not even LaFollette wishes Just yet to Join any hand-made third party. Borah refuses to be trapped into Jumping the party fence. Johnson grows more regular as the days go by. All of them want to watch developments during the coming two years, before they quit their present allegiances. STATE JOB HUNTERS BESIEGE VIC DONAHEY; MAKES NO PROMISES (By United Press) NEW PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 16. The pilgrimage of the Job hunters to the home of Vic Donahey, governor elect, is on. Every train brings new self-styled "possibilities," and hotels are crowded with men and women eeeking appointments to state offices from the newly elected executive. Donahey, at Ms home on a hill overlooking the city, has been meeting: them all until today. This morning, with his brother, he stole away for "a few day's rest" and incidentally to do a little hunting himself. The governor-elect would not admit that the siege of hungry applicants for state positions had anything to do with his decision to spendva few days hunting rabbits. "I -haven't decided upon a single appointment." he said. "There is plenty of time yet for that." Will Keep Promises. But there were two points about which the governor-elect was emphatic: That he will keep all his campaign promises. Including the one to fire all members of the state pub lie utilities commission and that there is to be no "fuss and feathers" to his inauguration. "Two years ago the state spent $5,0iX for an amplifier on the State House steps" said Donahey. "There will be rotbing of that sort at my inauguration." Tuscarawas county turned out in a body last night for the "Home Coming and reception in honor of the county's first governor. A parade headed by city and county officials moved through down-town streets and wound up at the Union Opera House. The Elks took part through a special dispensation. Donahey is a past exalted ruler of that order. Four Bands Play Four bands , played. Donahey and his family were in an automobile with an escort of horsemen. R. E. Haverman, banker offered congratulations on behalf of the county where four generations of Donahey's have lived smce the grandfather of the New Governor was born here in 1804. Donahey responded briefly. Mrs. Susan Alberpon headed a committee of women assisting in the reception. In his address, the governor-elect said he will call a special session of the legislature if it is humanly possible, to recodify the state laws. "The requisites of governor are comxqpn sense, common honesty and the courage of a grizzly bear" he said.

Puts Across Bonus

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Reau S. Kemp. BLOOMINGTON, I1L, Nov. 16. The man who put over the 555,ooo,ooo bonus for soldiers of the late war from Illinois is Reau S. Kemp, of Bloomington, assistant state adjutant for the American Legion, when the agita tion for a bonus was first commenced in this state, the officers of the Legion debated concerning the leadership. Choice finally fell upon Kemp and he was given sole charge of the cam paign. . For three months . he has de voted his energies to this purpose. He built up an efficient organization in every county of the state: designed and placed in effect many unique pub licity ideas; took advantage of every possible opportunity to win support ers; saw that all arguments against the bonus were answered; and in a thousand ways overcame opposition and gained votes. On election day a very effective or ganization saw to it that the full vote was polled and the triumph of the Legion is largely credited to the cam paign so ably conducted by Kemp. Preble Hunter, 84, Retains "Fever" to "Tumble 'em Over EATON, Ohio, Nov. 16. Although 84 year's old, Robert Ewing, retired farmer, apparently has never recover ed from the hunting "fever," as he procured a hunting license Wednesday from Clerk of Courts V. O. Rookstool He is the oldest applicant in a list of several hnudred that have procured licenses. -Xrom , Clerk Rookstool within the year. The aged nimrod, with sigh of regret, admitted he could not tumble 'em over now like he once could. For many years the venerable sportsman invaded the -wilds of the northwest and in Maine in quest of .big game. SEARCH FOR FORMER EASTHAVEN INMATE BELIEVED MURDERER (By Associated Press) , HUNTINGTON, Ind.. Nov. 16. Posses today were searching Hunting ton and Wells county, for Thomas T. Clark, 52, years old, who is said to have killed his wife, Mrs. Lfllie V. Clark, and their youngest son. Homer, aged 8. The bodies of Mrs. Clark and her son were found in a chicken house which had been fired. Shortly after the fire was discovered the elder Clark wa3 seen running down the road with a suitcase. The bodies of Mrs. Clark and her son had been dragged from the base ment of their home wnere the mur ders were evidently committed to the chicken house which was then fired Both bodies, authorities said, appeared to have been beaten with a brunt in strument. After running from the house Clark came to this city and asked one of his children who lives here to drive him to Bluff ton in Wells county. After travelling a short distance the car ran out of gasoline and the elder Clark proceeded on foot. Two notes were found by Sheriff W. E. Payne, who is conducting the searching parties. One of them reads: "Notice Capt. Bell and H. B. Spencer responsible for my wife's death." Spencer acts as Mrs. Clark's attorney and Bell is a cattle buyer. Dale, another of the children, told authorities that his mother and father quarrelled because Mrs. Clark had been "running around too much." At one time the elder Clark was an inmate at the Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Richmond, Ind. VETERANS, AUXILIARY HOLD JOINT SESSION Denver Brown Camp and Ladies' Auxiliary. United Spanish War Veterans, Wednesday night . enjoyed an Armistice Day program at their rooms in the courthouse Wednesday night After the regular business of the. or ganizations was concluded, a Joint ses sion was held and the rouowlng program, arranged by the auxiliary, was given: Reading Miss Virginia Knapp. Vocal solo Miss Kutter, accompanied by Miss Puthoff. . Piano solo Miss Thelma Jones. Patriotism By Historian of Denver Brown camp. Piano solo, "Shades of Night" Miss Lona Weist . One Sixty-flrst Regiment Mrs. Clara Hennigar. Piano solo, "Boy Scout's Dream" -Miss Carolyn MugeL At the conclusion or the program the entertainment committee of the camp served a chicken luncheon to the 75 present. Mr3. George Horney pre sided at the meeting. At the next meeting of the auxiliary officers for 1923 will be elected and a class of five candidates initiated.

DRYS RETAIN

THEIR POWER If! CONGRESS Harding Sees Liberal Shift, Report ; Bv PAUL R. MALLON WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. The dry hold a two-thirds majority in the new congress. Wets' hopes of amending the Volstead act must be deferred un til after the next election at least. Wayne B.-Wheeler, legislative chief of the Anti-Saloon league, torn tne United Press today a careful canvass of the new congressmen .has been made, and as a result, dry leaders are confident they lead. Regarding the dry program, wneei er said: 1. That congressional drys are now massing their forces to withstand the wet uprising which is expected as a result of the wet sentiment in tne re cent elections. 2. An effort will be made to "take prohibition enforcement out of poli tics" bj, passage of the bill placing all federal agents under civil service. 3. No new "teeth" measures are planned for introduction in congress drys being content with the present law. - f . Savs "Wet Era" Myth Wheeler declared the "wet era" her alded by the election was largely myth "Investigation has determined, he said, that many congressmen and senators who were claimed by the wets, are not wets at alL "If there was any successful candi date who did not proclaim himself dry some people Immediately reached the conclusion that he was wet" he added. "But wait until the new con gress comes into office and then you will find out who is wet and who is dry. . "We expect a determined fight from the wets to modify the Volstead law but I am confident we hold the ma Jority which will prevent any wet raid The only measure designed to perfect prohibition, enforcement will soon be fpassed by the senate, probably at the special session. Wheeler said, "lnis is the bill which forces all prohibition agents to undergo civil service exami nation. NEW YORK, ; Nov. " 16. President Harding, In a letter to Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, foresees a "lib eralizing of the prohibition enforce ment act" according to Mrs. Robin son's interpretation. She read the let ter to members of rthe Republican Neighborhood association, last even ing. but refused to show it to, report erg who were present She could not be reached at her home today . when an attempt was made to confirm her statement..,. Mrs. Robinson told members of the association that the president had writ ten her that he did not expect the amendment to be abolished, but that "undoubtedly the public mind was shifting somewhat In regard to prohibi tion enforcement and that while would never be removed from politics it would lose some of its importance as a political issue, after the enforce ment laws had been liberalized. VETERAN EMPLOYES OF PENNSY TO GIVE BANQUET SATURDAY Only members of the Veteran Em ployes' association of the Richmond division of the Pennsylvania system will be admitted to the annual banquet of that organization which will be held in the Community hall, northeast cor ner of Seventh and North A streets, at 7:30 o'clock Saturday evening and it is announced by those in charge that the banquet will be a "stag" af fair. Other Pennsy employes will be admitted to the progiam at the col iseum. folowlng the banquet An announcement of the affair states that wives and other members of the families of the members, al though not included in the banquet, are welcome to attend the big enter tainment whlcb will be staged by the association in the Coliseum at 9 o'clock following the banquet. It is also an nounced that the association will have a picnic next summer which will in clude the families and friends of mem bers. The entertainment at the Coliseum probably will last until about 10:30 o'clock, It is stated, 'and a cordial invitation is extended to all employes and their families to attend. The nature of the entertainment was not announced. ; ' The Coliseum will be open about 8:30 o'clock but certain sections of seats will be reserved for the Veterans. All seats outside those reserved will be available for all other employes and their families. There will be no charge for the entertainment. "BLUE SKY" OFFICIALS WILL DISCUSS LAW INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 16. "Blue Sky" commissioners of the central states group, comprising Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Iowa and Indiana, will meet here Nov. 22, 23 and 24 to discuss the administration of; the securities act in the various states, it was announced today by Maurice Mendenhall, of the Indiana Securities commussion. Adoption of a uniform plan of exemptions will be one of the principal matters for discussion, Mr. Mendenhall says. In addition to the securities commissioners ; invitations to the meeting have been extended to Investment bankers, to chambers of commerce and to better business bureaus. Eugene M. Stevens, of Chicago, legal representative of the Investment Bankers' association, will be one of the principal speakers'. '

Turkey is Striving

to Emulate U. S. by Passing Dry Law (By Associated Press) CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 16. Nationalist Turkey is striving to emulate the United States in regard to prohibition. , Rear Admiral Bristol, American high commissioner, has re ceived a request Trom the Green Crescent, Turkey's national anli-alcholic league, for copies of the American dry laws and an account of the measures taken for their enforcement. The United States has taken tbe eadership in this high moral cause, says the secretary's letter, "and we are anxious to follow. We are now giving - free lectures to the working men and in the schools, and are making good progress toward banishing the drink evil, but are seeking guid ance and instruction from your excel lent laws." r The Koran forbids use of spirituous beverages, but the Instruction is in nowise observed by all Turks, some ot whom are fond of champagne and similar exhilaients. The Sultan, as religious head of Islam, is a total ab stainer, but his example is not follow ed by some of the Europeanized Turks who find it easier to quench their thirst since the allies have been in occupation of Constantinople. BIG PACKING MERGER AWAITS APPROVAL OF FEDERAL AUTHORITIES (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. J. Ogden Armour, head of Armour & Co., re mained in Washington today presum ably for further conferences concerning a nroDOsal for merging his own company with that of another ot the "big five" Chicago meat packers. Mr. Armour's proposal for a merger was laid before Attorney General Daugherty and Secretary Wallace ot the department of Justice yesterday for the purpose it was assumed, ox oo taining government approval. All details of the plan were with held except those made known by Sec retary Wallace who in a former state ment regarding Mr, Armour's. proposal to the department said that the mer ger contemplated- -purchase of- the physicals assets of another packing plant. The secretary" said he had ex pressed no opinion but "will of course give it fullest consideration. . -Decline to Talk Unofficial advices reaching govern ment circles- mentioned -as possible merger either with Wilson and com pany or Morris "and cdmp&ny. - In-the case of the latter concern, a statement Dy .awaru adorns, lis preBiueiii, ia Chicago last. nlgh.t .Indicated that the company was not participating in the . . - , . T - i . conrerences nere. &everai associates of Mr. Armour were with him when he visited the " two government de partments yesterday -but all declined to talk. Thfe merger proposal put forward by Mr. Armour recalled somewhat similar proposals laid "before the government departments, recently by the heads of the Independent steel corporations Mr. Wallace') . statement indicated however, that because of special legis lation, namely the packer control act, which is administered by the department of Justice, the packing industry stood in a different position. MILLIONAIRE RADICAL MUST GO TO PRISON (By Associated Press) CHICAGO. Nov. 16. William Broas Lloyd, miilionaire "reddest of the reds' lost his last chance today to defer serv ing from one to five years in state prison for" violation of the Illinois espionage law. His appeal, with that of Is other members of the commun iat party for a stay of execution, was den'ed by Chief Justice Floyd Thompson and the clerk of the supreme court issued an order for the committment of the group. : Lloyd's family i? one of the wealth iest in the mid-west. His wife is Madge Bierd, another communist lead er. His own characterization of himr self is that he is the "reddest of the reds." "We. have exhausted every legal means to save. Mr. Lloyd and there is nothing else that we can do." Attorney Bon Baehrach, attorney for the com munists declared. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore Somewhat unsettled, but generally fair tonight and Friday; warmer Friday. . r .-' - High barometric pressure over the Central states and Mississippi valley indicates generally fair weather the next 36 hours, although there may be increasing .cloudiness. Teraoerature'3 will rise during Friday, although it will be rather cool tonight Temperatures yesterday at pumping station:.. ....... Maximum 43 Minimum 33 Today Noon 4f Weather Conditions: The storm enter which caused general rains on Wednesday over the Eastern states is moving out to sea. Temperatures are rising throughout the plain states. Hpavy frosts and temperatures below freezing this morning throughout Indiana. A storm is developing over the west, with rain on the Pacific coat. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau: Fair tonight and Friday; rising temperatures. k Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 12,112

GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE AGREED ON TURK PEACE Danger of a Break is

Removed (By Associated Press) PARIS, Nov. 16. Great Britain and France now are in complete agree ment on the fundamental conditions of Turkish peace, it was definitely stated in authoritative quarters today. Premier Poincare has replied to the recent British memorandum and has accepted the British points of view, it was asserted in official circles. This action removes all danger of a FrancoBritish break in the Near East nego tiations. ; CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 16. The flagship Pittsburgh, bearing Vice-Ad miral Andrew T. Long, commander of United States naval forces in European waters, was expected to arrive here to day. The vessel received a noisy wel come from the flotilla of British dread noughts, battle cruisers and destroyers at Chanak on its entrance into the Dardanelles yesterday. At tne special request or .near aomiral Bristol American high commissioner, the allied warships here will withhold their customary gun salutes on the arrival of the Pittsburgh In order to avoid exciting the population, who might mistake the cannonading for the outbreak of hostilities. Visits Exchanged Admiral Bristol yesterday exchanged courtesy visits with Rafet Pasha, the Turkish governor who said he would take up with, his government at Angora the question of security for American business men in the interior of Asia Minor. Turkey was anx ious, he said, to further her trade re lations with the United States and would accord American commercial representatives every reasonable privilege. Rafet inquired it an American fleet was being sent here to which Admiral Bristol replied: "No, only the cruiser Pittsburgh." He added that if there was any American invasion of Tur key it would be only a peaceful, com mercial one. GEN, LUKE E. WRIGHT, FORMER SECRETARY OF WAR, SUCCUMBS (By Associated Press) MEMPHIS. Tenn., Not. 16. Funeral arrangements for General Luke E. Wright former . secretary of war. whose death was announced early to day at his home here, were expected to be completed this afternoon. Gen eral Wright's end followed a week of semi-consciousness after he had been in declining health for several months Mrs. Wright, who was a daughter of Admiral Raphael Semmes of the Con federate navy, his son, Semmes, and two daughters, Mrs. John H. Watkins and Mrs. M. R. Palmer, of New York, were with him when he breathed his last Members of his family said today that General Wright who had been prominent in the professional and business life of Memphis, for half a century, suffered a fall several months ago from which he never recovered. He was 76 years of age. Confederate Vet.General Wright was a Confederate veteran, a member of the 64th Tennessee infantry and an artillery unit known as Wright's battery. In the latter he served as a commissioned Officer until the war was ended. In politics he was a Democrat an-1 was first appointed to federal office by President , McKinley, who named him a member of the Philippine commission In 1900. He later served as vicegovernor and governor-general of the Islands. He resigned from the Philippine post in 1906 to accept an appointment by President Roosevelt as am bassador to Japan. Following a year in Toklo, during which he was called upon to act on the California" protest against the "open door" and other Important diplomatic situations. General Wright re turned to the United States to accept the post of secretary of war In President Roosevelt's cabinet, resigning from this office in 1909. He returned to Memphis and resumed his law practice. Born In Tennessee General Wright was born in Tennessee, August 29, 1846, and was the son of Judge Archibald Wright, for many years Chief justice of the Tennessee supreme court.. He was a graduate of law at the University of Mississippi. Prior to his appointment to federal office General Wright served as attorney general of Tennessee. JOHN LEE, 10, HURT WHEN HIT BY AUTO John Lee, 10 years old. son of Mr. jand Mrs. Walter Lee, of 842 North Twelfth street Thursday received a snrained right -ankle and many bruises about the body and head when he was struck by an automobile. The accident occurred on Sailor street between Ninth and Tenth. The car was driven by Howard Shields, colored, who was turning east foirto Sailor street when he struck the boy who was walking west on Sailor street. After striking the boy. Shields evidently lost control of his car for It plunged ahead crashing into the rear of Thistleihwaite's drug store. Following the accident the boy was taken to a rear room of the Home Telephone company where he was given medical examination and it was found that he was not fatally injured. Witnesses of the accident say that Shields was driving at an unusual rate of speed. 1 . f

Freshman at 71

, Robt J. Jessup. Robert J. Jessup, Yale graduate of 1876 and now 71 years old, has entered the University of California to study language, while recuperating his health. He has three daughters attending the same university. He is a veteran newspaperman. Legion Sets Aside One Day to Boost Physical Training INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 16. The na tion needs more physical training, In the opinion of Garland W. PoweR, di rector of. the American Legion's na tional Americanism commission. With this In mind, the Legion, which wiil conduct an American Education Week, Dec 3 to 9, has set aside one day to De known as National Physical Edu cation Day. That day will be observed Dec. 9. The National Physical Education S ciety will co-operate with the Legion in oDservmg the day, it has been announced. State, county and city offi cials ?.n all states win assist the Leeion by holding special athletic exhibitions. The Legion, it was said, will endeavor to stimulate public Interest in the building of playgrounds and other Tecreation centers designated to keep me children oft the streets. America needs the assistance of all patriots in raising the physical Bianaara or our people," Mr. : Powell said. "The results of the army draf based on a report made by the provost marshal general, showed that 22.4 per cent- or L34 0,623 men were re jected ror general military service on account of physical disabilities. It is tne verdict of medical men that most or the defects listed as the causes forejection could have been m-evented by adequate physical education programs. STRONG EARTH SHOCKS ARE FELT IN REGIONS VISITED BY QUAKES (By Associated Press) SANTIAGO. Chile, Nov. 16. Strong earth shocks were fell at 12:25 o'clock tnis morning in the Copiapo and LaSarena districts, where great loss of life was suffered in Saturday's quake, according to National Telegraph dispatches. The inhabitants of Santiago were much alarmed this morning when a slight earth shock was- felt here, the motion apparently being vertical. The tremor began at 1:43 o'clock. The director of a private meteorological institute had forecasted an earth movement at 2 o'clock, due to the conjunction of the moon and Saturn. Dispatches from Copiapo report the arrival there of a medical and relief party bringing a large stock of food and medicines. The medical officers of the party found a number of the injured lying in the open air in the vineyards as the hospital which had been built in 1848, had been com pletely ruined. In Need of Essentials. Other victims to the number of 50, mostly aged persons were huddled in a motion picture theatre, lacking in proper ventilating facilities. The patients were in need of most of the essentials. These conditions, however, are stat ed to be surpassed by those in Val lenar, where bodies still remain be neath the rums, their decomposition constituting a serious menace to the public health. The inhabitants with out food are living in a continual state of terror, sleeping on the nearby hills breakmg of the pipes has left the town without water. Grateful For Help. The news that President Harding is sending warships to Hnasco with sup plies was received here with expressions of gratitude on all sides. While the vessels cannot arrive for another week it is considered certain, judging from continued reports of the serious conditions and appeals for relief from the district, that the aid will be timely. Fine Murray Cigar Store . Proprietor $100 And Costs Joseph Peters, proprietor of the Murray Cigar store, corner North Tenth and Main streets, was fined $100 and costs and given a 60 day sentence to the penal farm Thursday. The sentence was suspended. Peters was found guilty of having possession of intoxicating liquor. Officers raided the Peters place about a week ago, and took from it a bottle partly filled with white mule. The bottle was found on a counter, but Peters disclaimed all knowledge of the liquor. In passing sentence. Mayor Handley said:: "As -proprietor of that placi you are responsible for having this liquor. We have had numerous complaints from citizens concerning your place, and we will fine you flOO and costs." ...

BONAR LAW

HOLDS LEAD EN ELECTION Has Majority of 12 in Returns (By Associated PressT LONDON. Nov. 16. Prime Minis ter Bonar Law had secured a majority of 12 over all the other parties in the new House of Commons when the returns from 545 of the 615 divisions had been received late this afternoon. There are three non-voting members. Including the speaker thereby making the number necessary for a bare majority 307. The Conservatives up to late this afternoon had captured 319 seats.. , This did not mean, however, that the prime minister already had obtain ed a so-called majority as the report of some of the Conservatives will be limited on many questions, but the Conservatives were looking to the remaining 70 seats to swell their numbers and increase their lead over the combined opposition. Thus far, three members of Mr. Bonar Law's govern ment have been defeated namely. Sir Arthur Griffith Boscawen, minister of health; W. A. Watson, lord advocate; and Lieut CoL George S. Stanley, under secretary of the home office. Unionists Whip Loses. The chief Unionist whip, CoL Leslie Orme Wilson, is also among the losers. In the case of Lieut CoL Wilson) it is announced that he will retain his office and another seat be found for him and it is assured St will be true of the others. A feature of the election was the number of seats gained by the Labor party, which enters the bouse with by far the largest number of members in the party's history. With 70 seats yet to be heard from the Laborites had rolled up the big total of 120 members against the 78 they had in the last house. Their gains were mainly at the expense of the Conser vatives and Georgian Liberals. The opponents of labor, claimed that the hitter's successes were due to the fsplit in the vote, the situation being comparable with that created with the Theodore Roosevelt candidacy in the United States in 1912. On the other hand the labor leaders assert that labor is coming into its own as the re sult of its policy of working for the poverty stricken population and for the peace of the world. WILL FORM NEUTRAL IRISH ASSOCIATION IN UNITED STATES (By Associated Press) ST. LOUIS, Nov. 16 Plans for the formation of an organization with a neutral policy toward the situaion in Ireland were underway here today fo'lowlng the withdrawal of the St. Louis Council of the American Association for the recognition of the Irish republic from the national association which is said to be supporting Eamon De Valera in his campaign for an Irisii republic . The local branch which has a membership of four thousand, is "out of harmony" with the national organization, according to M. J. Cullinanft, president of the St Louis council, and on November 24 will reorganize under the name of "The American Friends of Ireland." President Cullinane said that tin majority of the members of the local branch are in favor of the Irish free state and are not in sympathy wifi the actions in America of Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney, widow of Terence ManSwiney, former lord mayor of Cork, and other Irish figures demanding a republic in Ireland, Predicts Plebiscite He declared that the movement lo repudiate the treaty creating the frae state in Ireland "is calculated to weak-; en the Irish cause in the eyes of thi world," and that he considered the free state a step toward the establishment of a republic later. He added that his advices indicate a majority o! the people of Ireland favor the Irish free state and that the treaty wouM be ratified by a plebiscite befon Christmas. , WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Releasor! from charges brought against herself and eight other women for picketing the British embassy here. Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney. widow of Terence MacSwiney, the late lord mayor of Corit' who died in prison on a hunger strike In 1920, was planning today to tak? a brief rest in Virginia before resuu ing her speaking tour in this country on behalf of the Irish republican movement ;.. . ; FASCISTI MOVEMENT : SPREADS IN MEXICO (By Associated Press) " MEXICO CITY, Nov., 16 Indications point to the spread of the "Faseisti movement" from Jalapa to Mexico City, and all other important centers throughout the republic in tlm near future. The organization which' is modeled after the Italian society of the same name is designed to stamp out communism. Advices from Jalapa say the Facisi ti there have merely formed a tenta-; tive organization but that within few days they will start an active campaign against the radical etement3 not only in that city, but n the entire state of Vera Cruz, which is recog nized as a communistic stronghold. Badges bearing the federal tri-color of green, red and white already are available to members of the organi' zatlon who are reported to be increasing in numbers daily. '