Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 306, 23 December 1922 — Page 1

RIG UM H AND SCSr-TEtEGRAM VOL. XCII., No. 306 Palladium, Est 1831. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram. 1907. RICHMOND, IND SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 23, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS j

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EUROPE NEAR END OF ROPE ' III FINANCES

Must Take Step Restoration to By MARK SULMVAV WASHINGTON, D. C Dec. 23. Those who look forward to the coming year from the point of view of the world outside of the United States, must be compelled to believe that in Europe one of two things I3 bound to happen: Either definite steps must be made toward restoration, or else we 6hall have certainly in Central Europe and perhaps throughout all of it, the worst economic crisis since the war. This cryptic way of stating the alternatives may not seem to amount to .much, it is but little more than saying

that things must either grow better or grow worse. That happens, however, to be the complete statement of all the alternatives. Europe can not continue to drag along another year without beginning either a definite ascent or a calamitous descent. Europe today is much nearer ex- ' haustion than it wasimmdiately after "the war ended. During the past year It has been tiding over the final reaches of improvement by devices which take three forms It has sold bonds abroad, largely to America, at interest rates higher than had ever before been paid by nations in good standing. Charge on Future These bonds are a charge on each nation's future. But the proceeds of them have been used, not in betterments and not in additions to the productive capacity of the. nations but have been .spent immediately as part of current expenses. In addition to this, Europe has been doing what a very able American business man" calls "selling its wedding rings." Europe has actually and' literally been selling its heirlooms and its art treasures. It has been selling its great paintings and its almost priceless antiques for the mere purpose of petting bread and butter for consumption from day to day. The final thing that Europe has been doing to tide over the last edge of emergency has been the taking away of the wealth of those of its own people who had any accumulations, distributing it among ell the people, and using it up for current expenses. Currency Dilated This has been accomplished in a variety of ways, the most drastic of which is the dilation of the currency. Ity ihis means every owner of accumulated capital in the shape of bonjls, mortgages, insurance policies, annuities and the like, has seen his savings tnVn away from him and used up. These three have been the devices practiced by most of the countries of Enron during the past year. They are i - expedients which in their nature can not be repealed. From now on Europe must find some means or other of accepting enoueh production to support its people. Either that, or its people must, starve or emigrate. As to some .sections of Europe, literal, starvation seems not far distant. Austria, for ex

ample, has reached a condition of "dog pat dog" of individuals and groups preying upon other individuals and Croups in a process of which the end must be the practical elimination of some portion of the population unless something is done in the way of restorat ion. Curative Step Near. The greater probability is that Europe is close to the end of the road to destruction, and that within the coming year the first great curative step will be taken through the fixing of the German reparations. The. fact that the German reparations are now in the shane of an undetermined sum makes this a fluid facto.in precisely the spot which ought to bo the fixed and solid keystone of Europe's economic structure. Not. all the reasons for the hope that, the German reparations will be fixed during the corning year can be ftated. Bv the nature of the case, t the steps: that must lead up to this acrnmli'hment touch closely the passions and conflicting interests of different groups of statesmen. For this reason the progress that has been .made has been chiefly in the nature of diplomatic negotiation. But there are persons in the best position to have dependable judgment, who bv Vee that the turn of the tragic roud is now in sight. Tied Up with Europe. Here, at home, our own fortunes for the coming year are inevitably tied up with those of Europe. The clearly ; .outstanding aspect of our economic sMviation is the contrast between tl-o diufi-pss c.n our farms, and, on Uk' '"other hand, in our cities, a state ot business so active that the principal r-mbarrassment is lack of labor. The "ack of balance between our agricullural industry and our manufactures is had enough in itself. If it should 'ontinue it would result next sprint; in a further and a very large addition to that movement of population from the farms to the cities which has been recognized for a generation as one of the least cheering aspects of American life. Cut in addition to this it is mot doubtful whether our cities can continue to be prosperous while our farm steadily go backwards in their capacity to buy what the cities produce, and at the same time the capacity of Europe to buy our goods also goes backward. Cause of Stagnation It is this lack of capacity to buy on the part of Europe that is chiefly responsible for the stagnation and low ; . prices which are aheady present on our farms and are apprehended n our manufacturing communities. The farmer lias exceptional need for seasonal borrowings. He needs

;Al to borrow money on the crop he has

already raised in order to save himself from the calami'ou3 necessity of selling that crop Just as soon as it is marketable in order to enable him to (Please Turn to Page Nine)

Young Communists Give Cold Shoulder to Santa This Year

MOSCOW, Dec. 23 Santa Claus is apt to find Christmas little to his liking in the principal cities and towns of soviet Russia this year; in fact, to the young communists he will be "persona non grata." Members of that organization contending that Christmas and St Nicholas both are worn out myths, have announced that the celebration of the Russian Christmas, beginning January 8, will be marked by a series of elaborate carnivals in which Santa Claus will be assigned no part. They have further decided that the singing of Christmas carols shall be dispensed with and that the figure of an angel may not be displayed on a Christmas tree appearing in: public. 1 Instead, the celebration plans call for torchlight processions, masked balls, dinner parties and gay theatre performances day and night, together with various other forms of amusement designed to suppress and- offset any religious ceremonies. The Young Communists contend that Christmas legends have fooled children and their elders long enough and that every one should know better. PAUL VESSELS, 28, ENDS LIFE TODAY; WIFE ESCAPES DEATH Faul Fayette Vessels, 28 years old, Saturday morning, shot and killed himself with a revolver in the front yard of the home of his father-in-law, Carl Strieker, engineers at tlfe East ern Indiana Hospital for the Insane. It is believed that Vessels intended to kill his wife, Fern Vessels, , before taking his own life, but her prompt action probably saved her life. Vessels called his wife into the front yard and asked her if she were going to kiss him good-by. As she started to question him he drew a revolver from his hip pocket. Upon sight of . the weapon, his wife fled around the cor ner of the house. ,When safely around the corner she heard a multled report. Returning to the front yard, it was found that Vessels had shot himself. Appeared in Stupor. Vessels, who wras an inveterate cigarette smoker, seemed to be in a stu por-and this condition is thought to have saved his wife's life as she escaped before he could command himself well enough to open fire. Vessels had been acting queerly for some time and many signs of insanity had been noticed. A divorce suit filed by the wife, alleging cruelty and failure to provide, is pending at the present time in the Wayne circuit court. A baby born to the couple died last October. . . Vessels was insanely jealous of his wife and had threatenel several times to kill her and himself. He was jealous of any attention That she paid to their baby and attention paid to her by any member of her iamily. . BLOODY CHRISTMAS FEARED IN IRELAND; TAKE DRASTIC STEPS By GEORGE A. MacDONAGH DUBLIN, Dec. 23 Persons on railway property without authorization were ordered shot on sight by the Free State today as the result of fresh outbreak of incendiarism and bombing by republican insurgents. A bloody Christmas was feared as the rebels ignored an ultimatum that four of their number now in prison and condemned to death would be execut ed if outrages continue. Free state troops continued to storm Republican strongholds, casualties resulting. Eight civilians including a mother and daughter were wounded when in surgents in a motor lorry raced through Cork bombing the streets. One man was killed and two women and a Free State private were wounded when government troops attacked armed reb els in a Dorset street stronghold. In the face of these disorders the Free State took most drastic steps to protect, the railways. Rebels threat ened a Christmas offensive to demor alize traffic. Troops Assigned Blockhouses were established along the right of rvay at intervals of every two miles, and 200 troops were as signed to each. Rebels have raided trains at Four Corners in South Ireland in the last 24 hours. The Free States was today reported ready to offer amnesty to imprisoned insurgents, providing the latter take oath not to again bear arms against the government and accept the curfew order. Many rebel leaders predicted this would be met by definite defiance from the men in prison. Refusal to lift the curfew for the holiday celebration was strongly protested by Cardinal Logue. The re striction would prohibit midnight Christmas mass, but the cardinal de clared it would be celebrated regard less. 15 PASSENGERS HURT WHEN CARS DERAILED ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Dec. 23. Fifteen passengers were injured early today when eight cars, including eigh sleepers and the engine, Atlantic Coastline railway train. No. 82, enroute from Jacksonvi'le to New York, were derailed near Lacuma. NO EDITION XMAS DAY In conformity with an established custom not to print an issue on Christmas day, The Palladium will not be printed on Monday.

PAYMASTER IS SHOT; BANDITS SECURE$20,000

Rob Party on Way to Pay Miners (By Associated Press) PITTSBURGH, Dec. 23. Ross Dennis, a paymaster for the Pittsburgh Coal company, was mortally wounded and $20,000 stolen by masked bandits on a lonely road 10 miles south of this city today. The robbers escaped. Dennis died while being taken to a hospital. Dennis was riding on a motorcycle in front of an automobile which carried the Christmas payroll for the Harrison mine at Beadling, and wa3 guarded by company clerks. As they drove through a hollow in a hill, two masked men stepped into the road, and without warning- emp tied their shotguns at Dennis, who was knocked off his machine. They were quickly joined by four other masked men who opened fi:e on the automo bile, damaging the steering wheel. Shoots Man in Back They dtove the clerks from the car, and while one seized the money others were busy wrecking the mechanism of the car and the motorcycle. At that moment one of them noticed that Dennis, who was bleeding from a doz en buckshot wounds, was trying to draw his pistol. The bandit ran ot him, rolled him over and fired his shotgun into Dennis's back. Almost immediately a big automobile came tearing down the road, and stopping picked up the bandits and the money and drove rapidly away. The sheriffs of Allegheny and Wash ington counties sent posses to the scene of the robbery while Pittsburgh policemen were stationed on all roads leading into the city. Isadora Duncan is Barred From Talk in New York Church (By Associated Press) NEW. YORK, Dec. 23. Bishop WilIian T. Manning intervened recently to prevent Isadora Duncan, classic dancer, from appearing at the Epis copal Church of St. Marks on the Bowerie, a notice to Episcopal publications from the bishop's office .today revealed. Announcement that Miss Duncan, who was scheduled to address tne forum on "The Moralizing Effect of Dancing in the Human Soul," would not appear Christmas eve was ma'de in a brief statement by Rev. William N. Norman Guthrie, rector of the church, after his orginal statement had created a storm of opposition. Bishop Manning's statement read: "The bishop of New York has received letters of earnest protest from many parts of the country in regard to an announcement widely published in the newspapers that a dancer whose exhibitions have aroused great criticism in many of our cities would appear and speak at St. Mark's in the Bowerie, New York. "In answer to these letters of pro test Bishop Manning wishes to state that the dancer referred to will not speak at St Mark's cburch nor appear professionally in any connection with the church or its services." BIG STRIDES TAKEN IN ENFORCEMENT OF PROHIBITION, HAYNES fBv Associ-ited Prrss) WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 "Be of good cheer" was Prohibtion Commissioner Haynes Christmas message to day to friends of the 18th amendment, in which be declared the success attained in prohibition enforcement gave every reason for "hopefulness, gratification and congratulations." j "Do not be deceived nor dismayed," said Mr. Haynes, "by a nation-wide program of1 misrepresentation, constituting as it does the most pretentious, mos't pernicious propaganda to undermine enforcement since the en actment of the amendment. "Admitting, of course, that ,there are violations of the Volstead act unfortunately by some who hold themselves above the law the fact cannot and will not be conscientiously denied that the past year has been marked with rapid strides toward the same degree of enforcement of this law as obtains in respect to all other laws, none of which is enforced 100 per cent." Cites Other Reasons Citing the abolishment of the open saloon as sufficient reason in itself for "good cheer," other reasons Mr. Haynes said were an "awakening on the part of high officials federal, state, county and municipal" resulting in "more impartial observance of the law and greater respect for the constitution by all classes;" greater activity of state and other enforcement agencies; reduction in the available beverage supply of bonded liquor and in liquor smuggling, and the fact that the "home brew fad is taking final gasps." "Furthermore, the fact is self-evident," said Commissioner Haynes, that real liquor is almost impossible to obtain at any price, and when drinkers fully realize that the average bootleg product is dangerous to life and health the law will, to an increased extent, enforce itself."

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..u waning yeany journey Trom ine wonaeriana workshop In the north, and once when Santa was caught. The most talked of man in the world right now isn't an American or a European statesman, diplomat or soldier. He's our old friend, Santa Ciaus. And why shouldn't he be? For he' s the one man in ih( lrnrM w ran'f

get along without at Christmas time. STATE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO PETITION FOR APPROPRIATIONS fBv-Aswtrtated Press) -INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 23. Representatives of various state - depart ments and institutions will appear be

fore the state budget commission ani Cotter released William Pearson, servthe legislative advisory committee, ins 90 days for robbery, so he might

Wednesday and 'lnursnay oi nex week to support t;ie requests they have made for appropriations for the next two years. The budget commission, assisted bv the advisory committee, have been looking over the estimates submitted by the institutions pnd department heads, and it is understood has made some substantial reductions. The commission will draft the cppropriatio.i bill which will be presented to the general assembly. A visit will be made to the new reformatory at Pendleton Tuesday by the advisory committee. Invitations, have been sent to the institution to appear he following two days. SIX MEN ARE HELD AS ROBBERY SUSPECTS (By Associated Press) SANTA FE, N. M Dec. 23. Six men with heavy, suit -cases who arrived from Eas Vegas in an automobile early this morning are in the county jail pending investigation in connection with the robbery of the United States federal reserve bank truck. The United States marshal's office had received a tip from Las Vegas, and Deputy Groutchy and Assistant superintendent Dugan, or the penitentiary, after observing the suspects during breakfast in a restaurant, took them into custodv. TWO MEN VMS OF POISON BOOZE CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 23. Two men were in hospitals today and one dead from effects of drinking poison booze, as police rounded up 20 alleged liquor law violators and 10 for Intoxication. Harry Karoglain was dead in the county morgue. Coroner Hamhond declared he was a victim of wood alcohol. , Physicians at Huron Road hospital were attempting to save the life el Thomas Starkey, picked up unconscious and physicians at city hospital said there was little hope for John Duray, also found unconscious on the street. . NEW YORK SHOPPERS SPEND $250,000,000 (Bv Associated Press) NEW YORK, Dec. 23. Holiday buying in New York has broken all. records and $250,000,000 has been spent by shoppers here, it was estimated today in business quarters. This sum represents an increase of from 15 to 20 percent over last year. Nearly every line of Christmas trade has reported an increase in sales and more persons than ever have been required to handle the business. In the 5,000 dry goods stores alone nearly 200,000 people have been employed.

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Santa Opens Prison Gates To 10 Michigan Offenders (By United Presa) DETROIT, Dec. 23 Santa Claus today visited the house of correction and swung open the heavy steel doors for 10 prisoners who received yule season pardons from judges in recorder's courts. Judge Charles I Bartlett gave the most pardon presents, freeing seven prisoners who were serving time frr cnffit riftTntmnc Tiilo-a T rm i - I.-" spena tne noiidays with nts wife and child. The court also informed Pear son he had an honest job for him. The other two pardons were granted by Judge lleston. COUNTY INSTITUTIONS ARRANGE TO OBSERVE VISIT OF OLD SANTA Entertainments and special Christmas day dinners will be holiday features at the various public institutions in Wayne county during the Christmas season. The Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane, the Margaret Smith Home for Aged Women, the Wayne - county infirmary,' the Day Nursery and the W'ernle Orphans' Home will give special programs in keeping with the season and a special Christmas dinner will be served to the inmates of the county jail. Special Christmas exercises for the inmates of the Home for the Friendless were held at the home Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The program for the week at the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane includes special Christmas programs Sunday and on Christmas day and winds up with a New Year's day program. The Sunday program for the inmates of the institution includes religious services in the afternoon with the Rev. II. S. James in charge, and motion pictures in the evening. On Christmas day, prents will be distributed at 9 o'clock and there will be a fine Christmas dinner served at noon. The day will close with the employes' social in the evening. Special Exercises Sunday. The family at the Margaret Smith home will be entertained Sunday aft ernoon at 4 o'clock with special Christmas exercises which will inclu(U special musical offerings and readftigs. Miss Florence Falck will give a reading and Biblical Christmas story will be told by the Rev. W. McClean Work, pastor of Reid Memorial United Presbyterian - church. Mrs. Aaron Conley, matron of the home, will distribute the gifts to the family on Christmas morning and the board has provided a turkey dinner which will be served at noon. At 4

o'clock in the afternoon, the Rev. and ; storms i3 crossing the northern porMrs. A. H. Backus will close the ! ,ion -Pf tne United States while mostly Christmas festivities at the home with I fair weather prevails over the south a short program. 1 anc' west- ' There were heavy rains

The inmatPS of Ihe roiintv infirmarv will be served a special Christmas din-' ner in the large dining room at noon on Christmas day. A large Christmas tree will be placed there for the enjoyment of all and presents will be distributed after the dinner. Authorities at the infirmary will welcome all visitors during the day. A Christmas party for all children of the Day Nursery will be held on th" afternoon" of Tuesday, Dec. 20, at thi nursery on North Twelfth street. . Santa Claus will distribute gifts to all of the children and there will be a special entertainment of dancing, singing and recitations by the pupils of Miss Elizabeth Kolp. Special religious Christmas services for the Wernle home family will be (Continued on Page Twertfy-Sevenl,

JOHN W. WORTHINGTON, CHICAGO "WOLF", IN

CLUTCHES OF POLICE CHICAGO, Dec. 2S. John W. Worthmgton, "the wolf of Lasalle street; was in the clutches of the police today. W orthington was arrested on a war rant charging him with connection with the $80,000 robbery of the Union Pacific railroad office at Omaha, Neb., last March. It was charged that Worthington had received an disposed of certain bonds which were part of the loot. "It's a mistake." Worthineton said "I handle hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bonds. I may have handled some of these but I did not know it" Two other cases charging disposing of stolen bonds are pending against Worthington. In the Omaha robbery the combination of the safe was worked out by a Jimmy Valentine who left no clews. A few days ago some of the bonds were discovered In the possession of Julius Lowitz. ticket dealer. He said he bought them from Worthington. War Veteran Escapes From U. S. Hospital NEW YORK, Dec. 23. Police today were directed to search for Sidney Collet, a war veteran who had escaped from Bellevue hospital where he was under observation for having annoyed Mrs. Raymond T. Baker, formerly Mrs. Alfred Guynne Vanderbilt, Collet was taken into custody last Tuesday by hotel detectives who said Mrs. Baker had complained that a man had annoyed her and had telephoned to her at 1 o'clock in the morning. A court order issued - yesterJay soon before Collet's escape, had directed that he be returned to a government hospital for veterans. Collet is said to have escaped from government hospitals twice before. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonirjht and Sunday. Continued mild Sunday. The barometric pressure continues 'high over the Rocky mountains and , low over the Canadian provinces which ; indicates fair and cloudy weather at j intervals during the next 36 hours and probably 48 with temperatures above freezing Sunday. . Temperatures Taken Yesterday at Pumping Station. Maximum 38 Minimum 18 Today Noon 36 Weather conditions A series of r 1,ua "'e -viiiuui; suulu of New Jersey due to a storm off Cape Hatteras. Temperatures decidedly above normal continue over most of the western state3, ranging from 50 to 64 in the shade in Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana and Colorado. For Indiana by the United States Weather bureau Generally fair tonight and Sunday; moderate temperatures. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 12,212

1 VICTIM OF HOODED MOB IS IDENTIFIED

Guards Will Prevent Theft of Bodies (By Associated Press) MER ROUGE, La., Dec 23. The wire-bound and mutilated bodies of two men recovered yesterday in Lake LaFourche by state troops, believed to be those of Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards, who disappeared after be ing kidnapped by masked and white robed men last August, were today viewed by Richards' widow, J. L. Daniels, aged father of Watt, and a score of relatives and friends. . Identification of Watt Daniels is complete, according to authorities, be cause of initials, "F. W. D." found on a belt buckle and a buckle Daniels is said to have worn at the time he was spirited away. The bodies are lying in the Masonic temple, where they are guarded by a detachment of the Monroe National guard. The guards are armed with automatic rifles and were instructed by Captain Cooper to shoot persons who may attempt to spirit away the bodies. The inquest probably will be held late this afternoon, according to advices received here from Fred Patterson, Morehouse parish coroner, who returned today to Bastron. Guards Reinforced. Company A., Louisiana National Guard of Alexandria, and a machine gun company from New Orleans ordered to proceed to Morehouse Parish were due to arrive here or at Bastrop early today. Attorney General Coco, who will take charge of any legal proceedings growing out of the kidnapping accompanied the New Orleans militia men. The attorney general Is said to have stated that the additional troops would be used to protect those investigating the kidnapping and to prevent a possible clash between opposing elements. The pathologists from New Orleans today will hold an autopsy on tho bodies to determine if they were killed before being thrown into the Lake, Dr. Fred Patterson, coroner, viewed the bodies late yesterday but deferred the inquest. It was stated it probably would be held today. A troop guard will be maintained over the bodies until completion of the autopsy and inquest Arrests to Follow. It generally was believed arrest:! of at least 20 persons In Morehouse parish and the Mer Rouge neighbor-) hood, alleged members of the hooded band, whose names are said to have been obtained by department of justice agents would follow positive identification of the bodies as those of Daniels and Richards. Prominent citizens of the parish are said to have been involved in the investigation. The arrest of several others in Arkansas and Mississippi is anticipated. It was officially stated that no one officially connected with the search for the missing men was Involved in the dynamiting of the lake. Another attempt probably will be made today by a diver to locate the heads and other missing portions of the victims. An effort was made yesterday to find them and the weight i that had held the bodies on the bed of the lake, but conditions were found to be too dangerous to complete thj work. M'CRAY IS NEUTRAL IN SPEAKERS' RACE FOR NEXT ASSEMBLY INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 23. Governor McCray today reiterated that he is observing strict neutrality in the contest for the speaker of the next house of representatives. The governor sai.d reports had reached him that some candidates for the office had gained the impression that he was giving the support of the executive office to a certain candidate. The governor declared very positively that he has given no encouragement to any candidate. The speakership contest is still holding the interest of the legislators. There are nearly a dozen more or less active candidates, with no one holding any particular advantage. The Republicans, with 52 of the 100 house seats, are expected to elect the speaker. The selection of the Republican probably will be determined at the caucus, which is to be held Jan. 1, the night before the opening of the legislature. FREIGHT RATES CUT MENACE PROSPERITY, SAY WESTERN ROADS (By United Press) CHICAGO, Dec. 23. Further reductions in freight rates would be "a menace to the reviving prosperity of the country," a statement issued by the western railroads' committee on public relations declared today. The statement pointed out the last reduction in freight rates averaged 12 per cent and cost the railroads $417,000,000 annually in earnings. Farmers qt the western territory were blamed for the recent agitation for further rate reductions. . The statement said "the cut on grain products and hay has been relatively larger than on other commodities." "The railways have been unable to furnish the public with the transportation needed since the coal strike. The shortage has been acute in the western states. Further rate reductions would cripnle the railroads."