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AKD 8 US-TELEGRAM VOL. XCIL, No. 283 Palladium. Est. 1131. Consolidated WHto bun-Tf legrara. 1907. RICHMOND, IND TUESDAY EVENING, NOV. 28, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS FRANCE WILL ACT ALONE ON REPARATIONS i Imperial Woodchopper Has Nothing on King of Swat CLOSER UNION OF FARM, CITY IS ADVOCATED Pittenger Stirs 'Rotary and Farmers Real Romance at Last for Chaplin?, FORMER GREEK CABINET HEADS f IW TS yf"f '-aw "g-'Ma- W srsy 13 ARE EXECUTED - : t , ,t-,: Convicted of Treason Seizure Plan Given Y :f.V r. t. is r to Cabinet For Defeat V St..

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PARIS, Nov. 28. A plan for direct action by France as a solution of the reparations question was submitted today to the full cabinet meeting In the Elysee palace with Dr. Millerand pre siding. The plan provides fqr seizure of the state coal mines and collection of the export taxes In the Ruhr district together with absolute control of that section of the Rhineland. now occu pied by the French military. Members of the cabinet after the meeting refused to discuss the action taken, but It Is generally believed the plan was approved without opposition as It was drawn .up yesterday at a meeting in which the foremost civil and military authorities participated in which President Millerand. Premier Poincare, Marshal FDch and the minis ter of finance and war and liberated re gions. Faith About Gone There no longer is much faith here in any inter-allied solution of the reparations question, even though the Brussels conference is held. Marshal Foch and Major General Buat, the French chief of staff are understood to have told President Millerand and Premier Poincare at yesterday's meeting that a plan for expand ing the military occupation of the right bank of the Rhine had been prepared with the utmost care and that it could be executed within 24 hours' notice. M. Tirard, the French high commissioner for the Rhineland, in discussing his part in any necessary action said that civil administration of the territory occupied by France on the left bank of the Rhine could be immediately taken over by competent French authorities. Have Until Jan. 15 This program would be applicable only after Jan. 15, for Germany now has a moratorium until-the end of December, and the first payment under the existing scheme of reparations now In suspension would be due in he middle of January. Germany's failure to meet this payment would, in the opinion of the French, automatically give them the right to act. Premier Poincare's purpose in his appeal to the nation last Sunday to submerged party feelings In "sacred! union" in support of the government now is seen. This drastic program of action naturally hinges on the outcome of the Brussels conference,, but there is such doubt that that meeting would reach a satisfactory decision on the reparations question or that it will even be held thai the French think it wise to prepare now for an eventuality which many think is reasonably certain of being faced at the end of the year. "To Go It Alone." France now is ready "to got it alone." acting on the theory that if she ever expects to get anything from Germany she must as the French newspapers say, hit Germany hard in the Ruhr, her most vulnerable spot. This is specifically stated in apparently inspired reports of yesterday's Elysee meeting, given only to French newspapers. In these articles it is explained that action in the Ruhr would be designed "to strike the hardest blow at the interests of the great heads of German mining and metal industries" as well as to obtain for France the full quota of reparation coal and coke which she needs for the development of the Lorrain iron Industries. Complete control of the French sector of the Rhineland would accomplish the much desired expulsion of German officials many of whom, the French believe are Prussians recently come into the region with the intention of strengthening resistance to the allied occupation. ..... Tremler Foineare saw Marquis Salvage Rasgi, Italian member of the reparations commission yesterday and it was taken lor granted that it was to supplement the outline M. Poincare already had given Premier fu3solinl at Iiusanne of the French intentions toward Germany. France in any case, it is said, will continue making it the rule to keep the allies informed of her reparations policy. THIEVES STEAL $300 WORTH OF CLOTHING AT ABE GROSS' STORE Approximately $300 worth of cloth ing was stolen from the show window of the Abe Gross clothing store, on Main Ftreet. about 4 o'clock Tuesday mornir.?:. The robbers broke the plate glass window, took what clothing was within easy reach Jumped into a road ster. standing near and drove east. Apparently they turned off Main Ftreet shortly after they started, as persona father east said they had not peen anv car traveling east. Mrs. Ross Robinson, living over the store, was awakened by the crash of falling glass. She looked out the win dow and saw the robbers just getting into their car. Clothing missed by Gross consisted of three overcoats, three suits, three or four velour hats and numerous pairs of gloves, caps and other articles of apparel. s The glass was valued at $175, but this loss was covered by insurance. St Luke's Hospital Incorporates Today (T!y United Press) INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Nov. 2S. St' i Luke's Hospital association of Richmond today filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state show ing a capital stock of $30,000.

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Ohio Fuel Control is Not Needed Now Says Administrator COLUMBUS, Ohlo, Nov. 28. Discontinuance of the state fuel administration Dec. 1. was recommended to Governor Davis today by State Fuel Administrator Neal. Davis is expected to issue a proclamation within the next two days officially ending the fuel administration as a result of the recommendation. Neal gave as his reason that the emergency which made the administration a necessity, is now past, and In his opinion, there is no further need for the administration. The state fuel adrainlstratidn served its purpose, says Neal's report to the governor, keeping down prices, stabilizing tire market and assuring Ohio consumers of sufficient supplies. Closing of lake shipments, he says, will make available for Ohio consumption hugh quantities of coal which at present are being diverted to the northwest. The law of supply and demand will operate to stabilize the situation, he thinks. "State fuel control has saved millions of dollars to Ohio fuel consumers by preventing excessive prices as well as by its influence in stabilizing the market," the report says. The cost of the administration ac tivities has thus far been $13,255, and will not exceed ?16,000, if discontinued Dec. 1, said Neal's report. An appropriation of $1,945,967 was made for use of the fuel administration, of which a million dollars was lor a possible state seizure of manes. TIGER WILL UNLEASH DIFFERENT TONE IN HIS THIRD ADDRESS (By Associated Press) CHICAGO. Nov. 28. Fresh from a night'B rest in the Potter Palmer mansion on Lake Shore drive, where the roar of Lake Michigan must have tinged his dreams with his cottage by the sea in. France., Georees Clemenceau was up before dawn" today, working on his third big message to America. ; ' The aged war premier had confided to members of his party that his Chicago address, scheduled for 4 o'clock this afternoon in the Auditorium, was to be a "message of peace". ; It was ail that it would be a wholly different address from those delivered in New York and' Boston, which roused Democratic and Republican senators alil e to attack him, and drew a formal statement from the British embassey at Washington. .Would Not Talk But whether it would be more pacific, nobody but the Tiger could say and he would not say. To his advisers in New York and to dozens of friends who have wired him, urging that he tone down his remarks so that they would not offend. Clemenceau has replied that he did not come to America to be "expedient," and that he must Irs left to deliver his message in his own way. It was noted as his car sped west yesterday, however, that he spent al most all-of the day alone In his compartment reading newspaper editorial? and apparently in deep thought. Whether he concluded that his advis ers were right, he did not disclose. He refused again -this morning to comment on the hot debate that was waged over him yesterday in the sen ate, declaring he felt he had fully answered in Boston the charges of militarism and imperialism and Improper use of black troops, hurled against him by Senators Hitchcock, Borah and others, and that he did not want anv more controversy with them. The Tiger planned to spend most if not all of today in seclusion, leaving the Potter Palmer house only to go to the Auditorium for his address. Members of his party were not sure, however, that he would stick to this plan. ' (Please Turn to Page Twelve)

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4 si r 'f.S ?!' . s, Wllhelm't ax wielding record. perfect physical condition is necessary held as king of swat and the affec ENCOURAGING REPORTS ON FARMING INDUSTRY HEARD IN WASHINGTON PAltADIl'M KEW! BI REAU ' WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. Reports of the most encouraging nature on the agriculture situation throughout the country are being sent to Indiana manufacturers of agricultural implements by their Washington representatives. The farm implement manufacturing usiness is one of Indiana's most im portant industries. Representatives of farm machinery concerns in Richmond who have been in Washington lately predict their plants will operate at normal capacity nextyear, for' the American farmer is coming back into the nation's markets with cash to spend. The farmers of this country will realize more on their 1922 crops than on any other of the last three years, government reports indicate." The farmers are by no means out of the woods but their prospects are much brighter at this time than they were a " year ago. In a report which has just been made public by the Department of Agriculture indicate- the satisfactory advance the farmers have made this year. The government's figures show that cotton is 30 per cent higher than It was a year ago; corn more than 50 per cent higher; wheat,' 4 per cent higher, and oats approximately 27 per cent higher. Cattle Prices Higher. Cattle are bringing prices averaging about 15 per cent higher than the prices which prevailed a year ago, and the price of hogs has advanced about 10 per cent since inventory was taken of last year's harvest, a year ago. '.Although no. formal announcement has been made it Is understood that the figures which, the department of agriculture has compiled show the val ue of the four main crops for 1922 to be. in round numbers, a billion dol-

lars more than the value of the sameday evening, according to a letter re-

crops a year ago'. "Artdiner Increases In the nriees of

live stock the value of what the farm-!ist who accompanies the former preer has to sell this year is $1,250,000,- j mi(?r- The communication was sent 000 more than it was in 1922. If the in-1 from Chicago. The party goes from crease In the miscellaneous farm pro-Chicago to St. Louis from which point dncts. ineludine fruits and dairy pro-i the western trip wil be started. Fur-

ducts, is figured in the American farmers are better off by not less than $1,500,000,000 than they were twelve months ago. Believe Prosperity Near. The period of depression from which the farmers of this country are just emerging- hag been one . of the most critical and most extended in the history of the 'United' States, according to government authorities. They are satisfied, however, that the farmers now stand once more on the threshold of normal prosperity. The farmers have been in debt for three years and, in fact, are still heavily in debt, according to' government statistics. But thgv now have more money with which to apply to this indebtedness, but even with the proceeds of this year's higher crop3 they will not be able to square accounts, so heavily were they hit by the post war deflation of values. It can be reasonably expected, '--ernment experts say, that the far will . not apply all of his increased earnings of 1922 to his indebtedness. He is expected to expend considerably more money than he did last year, and farm Implement manufacturers are expecting a fair share of this money. CORK TO NOMINATE FOR IRISH SENATE (By Associated Press) " CORK. Nov. 28. By a vote of 20 to 10 the Cork corporation, decided today to make nominations to the Irish senate created by the free state constitution. Previous to the ballot a letter signed by the officer commanding tlie Cork brigade No. 1 Irish Republican army was read by the town clerk.

"We must have the vision, both in the country and the city, of what the larger good may be, of what real cooperation can accomplish," said L. A

Pittenger of Muncie, representative elect to the state legislature from De' aware county, in an address before the Rotary club and the 100 county far mers whom members had Invited, at the Arlington hotel Tuesday. Invited only two hours before the time set for the gathering, to make the address, after it had been found that Prof. Christie of Purdue, would be unable to keep a previous appoint ment as speaker, Mr. Pittenger, after a whirlwind trip to Richmond, made a stirring address which completely won his audience, and left in haste to keep another afternoon engagment in Muncie. Urges Understanding The speaker pleaded for better un derstanding between' city men and farmers, pointing out that there has been a lack on both sides. "Let us declare an armistice for all time," he said. "Specialization in colleges has driven us apart from one another and made it hard to be sympathetic to one another's problems. . . "City dwellers should realise that farmers want to follow all the more advanced methods, and to keep their farms up to the peak of efficiency, if they are able, and they should also realize that this is sometimes physic ally impossible, no matter how desirable, and should refrain from faultfinding on such a score. Hard Work in City 'On the other hand, don't any of you farmers let me hear you say that you have the only hard work; that no city man really works. I myself, while I lived in the city, exerted myself in ways that were far more fatiguing than physical effort would have been. - "City people must realize that all fundamental wealth comes from the earth, from mines, fisheries, chemicals of the air, and from the toil. They must know that 80 per cent of every fundamental dollar comes from the fertility of the soil and that anything that will hamper the ability of the producer of that dollar of wealth from making a profit trill in thne reflect onthe prosperity of all the rest. After that dollar leaves the hands -of the original producer, It becomes a treadmill dollar, passing from hand to hand, but not having anything added to it . Therefore, we should guarantee protection to Its producer and see that the man who starts the procession has a fair chance. Must Change Ideas. - "The farmer also, must Iobo his old idea that all that city people exist for is to get all they can from the farmer. Farmers need more of a civic intelligence so that they will not feel that the superstructure, built by civilization on agriculture as a base, is an oppression. "We must all get a clear cut vision of our relations. We have gone so pell-mell after education, wealth -or other advantages, that we have ' lost the power to catch the larger ' vision. Too few, even in our legislatures and congress, have such a vision; and they haven't it because we at, home, .have (Please Turn to Page Twelve) GEORGES CLEMENCEAU TO PASS THROUGH CITY Georges Clemenceau, "Tiger of France" will come through Richmond on his way east after his trip through tne west ana probably will arrive here between 7 and 7:30 o'clock next Moncenea luesaay by John Ackerman, I rom his Son Carl Ackerman, journal ther information was promised by Mr. AcKerman. Weather Forecast . By W. E. Moore. FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY Fair and cold tonight, but consider, ably below freezing. Wednesday, fair with rising temperature. Increasing barometric pressure over the lake - region and central states, indicates generally fair weather for the next 36 hours. Temperatures will be from 10 to 15 below freezing tonight, and possibly lower. Temperatures Taken Yesterday at tha Pumping Station. Maximum 37 Minimum 29 Today. No 31 Weather Conditions A Canadian Ptorni covers the eastern states and has caused snow flurries a3 far west as Illinois. Temperatures are below normal north of the Ohio river, and above normal over the western states. The storm is moving" into the' United States at Puget Sound. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and probably Wednesday. Warmer Wednesday, and north and west central portion tonight. ' Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 12,206

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or deny the rumor. Changes Proposed in Constitution of Welfare League Three amendments to the constitution of the . Welfare League will be acted upon by the council of the league when it meets , Friday evening, Dec. 1, at 7:30 o'clock in Room 305 of the Pythian Temple. ' . ' As provided for in the league's constitution the' three amendments pro posed have been mailed to council members for their study pending ac tion. The first amendment provides that "the- council shall not be limited to its own membership in the selection of directors but persons not members of the council shall become so by virtue of election as directors." This amendment is proposed because it was found during the campaign of the league this year that at times a director of, some of the league's greatest channels of activities may be handicapped by not being privileged to attend a meeting of the board of directors because he or she was not a member of the council. Another amendment provides "the chairmen of the committees named above," (budget, campaign and publicity) if not members of the board of directors and the council, shall become so by virtue of their appointment and this provision may be applied to other committee chairmen In the discretion of the board of directors." This amendment would make possible the-right of any committee chairman to sit at all meetings of the council or direc tors, thus making co-operative work more easily possible. The third proposed amendment reads: "The council shall meet on the third Friday in October, for the election of members of the board of . directors and the consideration of j such other business as may be appropriate. Other meetings may be held at the call of the president or at the request of 10 members, of the council. ; ! DEVALERA DEFIES M FREE STATE; NAMES OWN 'REBEL' CABINET (By United Press) ; ; DUBLIN, Nov. 28. Eamon De Vat era today from his hiding place defied the Free State by naming a new Irisb Republican government of his , own. The "rebel" cabinet, most . of whose members are in Jail, includes: I President and minister of foreign affairs, DeValera; minister of finance, Stack Home; secretary, - J. P. , Rutledge; minister of defense, Liam Mellow; minister of local government, Sen O'Kelly, and minister of iecon omics, Robert Barton. h With the announcement of the cabi net presaging in opinion from some quarters, a rebel offensive,, the Free State troops renewed their drastic ef: forts to "get" DeValera. The Irish republican "president" may be' executed if captured. i This was indicated in an interview by President Cosgrave of the Dail. j "Executions will not cease until the rebels have surrendered their arms," was Coegrave's ultimatum. ' "There can be no exceptions made in inflicting the death penalty for carrying arms." . . M'CRAY REFUSES AID TO DOOMED SLAYER (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 28. Governor McCray today refused to grant executive clemency to Ben Brooks, under sentence to be electrocuted at the state prison Friday for the murder of Amazona B. Montgomery.

itV Chaplin on her gossip list, now says . ' DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF TIERNAN TANGLED; WATCHING NEXT MOVE (By Associated Press) SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. 28. With the threads of the domestic affairs of Professor and Mrs. John P. Tiernan becoming more tangled by many new developments since the start of the Tiernan-Poulln paternity case, the next inove o? the principals toward a res toration, of harmony in the household, was being watched with, interest to day;" . - t Despite the fact that Professor Tiernan announced last night that the reconciliation, with his first wife was moving along satisfactorily, a dispatch from Marshall town, la, quoted Mrs. Blanche , Brimmer Tiernan, the professor's "bride, of a day" as saying that she was the latter s wife and was going. to live with Mm. She said she expected Tiernan to arrive at Iowa uuy weanesaay. Whether the professor will carry out his announced intention of dismissing the divorce petition against the first Mrs. Tiernan and have the appeal of paternity case against Harry Poulin dismissed, or whether he win take action to have his marriage to the second Mrs. Tiernan pronounced legal, are steps that remain to be determined by future developments. HANSBLL, Iowa, Nor. 28. Mrs. OTiarles H. Hawn, mother of IQss Blanche Hawn-Puta-Bri m mer , back here today from Marsh ailtown, Jrwna. where she spent yesterday investigating the marital statu of Mm. Brimmer; announced that herdaughter legaRy was entilled to wed John P. Tiernan, in their Crown -Point, Ind, ceremony last Saturday. It is Mrs. Blanche Tiernan," definitely said Mrs. Hawn. and. Prof. Tiernan and Mrs.. .Augusta Tiernan must settle; their legal status in Indiana. : : , My daughter, nearer. Intended to marry , Tiernan when she went to Chicago last Thursday night," the mother said. "Tiernan wired her to come to Chicago that day and she went They had expected to be married at Christmas, but Tiernan, I believe got excited, and , the hasty marriage at Crown Point was the result. Never Calm Thinker. " "My daughter has never been a calm thinker, acting frequently on the impulse of the moment, and this, together with Tiernan's insistence, no doubt easily won her over. . "She did nothing wrong. She ia the only, legal wife of Tiernan, as the court records in MarshalHown have cleared her divorce record, which Mr. TtrjTian seems to worry, about," The daughter's main Idea 'now la to prove to the world that she . is the lefgal wife of Professor Tiernan, Mrs. Havm said. Looking toward that end. two motion picture offers have been refused, she said. She. may write books, Mrs. Hawn said for she "has such a fund of imagination that it is easy for her to produce great numbers of handwritten pages in a snort time." The daughter plans to spend several days at the home of her first husband, Flowd Rash, in Marshalltown. His parents live there : and her four year old son, Kenneth is with them. McAdoo Is Arrested On Charge Of Speeding (By Associated Press) FRESNO, Callt, Nov. 28. William G.' McAdoo of Los Angeles, former secretary of the. treasury, was arrested' in Tulare county yesterday afternoon and cited to appear before Judge J. S. Clack, Saturday, to answer a charge of speeding at the rate of 51 miles an hour. According to the traffic officer, who arrested Mr. McAdoo, he pursued the McAdoo car, containing Mr. and Mrs. McAdoo and their chanf f eur, three miles. ,

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BULLETIN ATHENS, Nov. 28. The six former

cabinet officers and armv officials. convicted of high treason in connection with the Greek military disaster in Asia Minor were executed today. BULLETIN LONDON. Nov. 28. There is the strongest possibility that Great Brit ain will break off diplomatic relations with Greece if the death sentences im posed on former Greek cabinet officers are carried out, it was stated in official circles today. ATHENS, Nov. 28-All but two of the former cabinet officers and army officials accused of high treason in connection with the Greek debacle in Asia Minor, have been sentenced o death by the illtary court martial that heard toe charges. A sentence of life imprisonment and degradation was Imposed upon Admiral Good as and General Stratigos. LONDON, Nov. 28. A Central News dispatch from Athens says that the court-martial which has been hearing treason charges against several former cabinet members has imposed the death sentence on M. Gounaris, M. Protopapadakls and M. Stratos, former premiers; M. Theotokis, formerminister of war; M. Baltazzis, who hal held portfolios in several cabinets, and General Hadjanestls. who was commander of the Greek forces in the recent debacle In Asia Minor. The dispatch adds that Gen. Stratigos and Admiral Goudas were sentenced to life Imprisonment. The precedent of such b$- the British, it was suggested, probably would be the break in diplomatic relations with Serbia In 1903 as a result 'of the murder of the Serbian majesties by revolutionaries. It was pointed ont, nowever, that the sentences given by the former Greek ministers have not yet been carried out and that there still was hope that th Greeks would not take such extreme action. Fines ranging from 200,000 to 1,000,000 drachms were Imposed on the prisoners.- In addition General Stratigos and Hadjanestls and Admiral Goudas were sentenced to military degradation. The trial of several former Greek ministers and military officers who were eharged with high treason as the result of the army's recent defeat by the Turks, began on November 13. The courtmartial was instituted by a decree of the revolutionary committee after an investigation by a special committee of inquiry had resulted in a report charging treason. Former King Constantine was declared exempt from the charges on the ground that he was not responsible for any acts that led to the triu-nph of the Turkish armies. It was decided that his ministers must bear the full responsibility. The accused men were permitted to testify in their defense. Early In the trial the British government made representations against possible Imposition of the death sentence. Lon don despatches said the British action had been generally resented in Athens and that the recent fall of the Zamais ministry could be traced directly to the British stand. LOCAL WRECK CREW SENT TO AID NO. 30 ' THROWN JIFF TRACK Richmond wrecking trams were hurriedly dispatched to a point about 10 miles east of Indianapolis, Monday evening to take care of a wreck of train No. 30, a fast passenger running between St- Louis and New York. Although four of the 10 Pullmans were thrown crisscross on the tracks, tone of the passengers suffered injury beyond a severe shaking up. The train, due out of Indianapolis at 5:45 was traveling about 30 miles an hour when it struck a switch, which had been opened to detour the train around a stretch of defective track; officials said. Apparently the leading lo- -comotive of the two pulling the train took the switch all right, and broke loose. The second was derailed. Reduces Speed Engineer J. P. Moran of Cincinnati was in charge of the first engine. He had reduced the speed when he entered the switch, he said. He knew the tender of his engine had left the ,traek he said, after they had gone about six car lengtns Deyond the switch. i The second engine left the track completely, Engineer B. A. Green, of Columbus, Ohio, and Fireman W. A. Shaw, of Columbus, escaped injury. A broken rail was the cause of the wreck, according to General Superintendent V. C. Downing. FIRE IN CLEVELAND CAUSES HEAVY LOSS CLEVELAND, Ohio. Nov. 28. Flames breaking out early today in the Thoms-Yaoder Manufacturing company, almost completely destroyed the structre, did , damage -of $100,000, drove several neighboring families from their homes into the snowy streets and endangered the lives of IS firemen When the front walls caved tn. The building was a one-story brick structure. Flames spread through the plant of the Claus Manufacturing company next door. More, than 100 windows in the side of the plant facta; the burning building were blown oni. .. (