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o. 1 Palladium, Witix Sun - A CE PLAN llERfMNY M, BELIEF title Attempt is Qred by France r iV x) 1 BRADFORD VAf -Ui.NufON, Jan. 1. Germany today had bared one ol the most dra matic attempts in the history o diplomacy to secure the peace of the world. Chancellor Cuno, of the Berlin gov ernment, in a speech at Hamburg has revealed the vain proposal made by Germany for a peace pact in Europe The gist of the German proposal was an idea that has long been the dream of advocates of peace that there should, be no war in Europe un less decided by a referendum of the people in the countries concerned. France has summarily rejected the German plan, put forward to meet the French fears of further German aggression. The United Press has learned the full inside history of the negotiations here over the German plan, negotia tions which have been clouded in the deepest secrecy. Denied Proposal The state department and the Ger man embassy have consistently denied the proposal of Germany or dis claimed all knowledge of it The pro posal of Germany was as follows: 1. That Great Britain, France, Ger many and Italy enter into a peace pact for a duration of a generation at least 30 years. 2 That under this agreement the European powers solemnly undertake not to embark on a war unless a referendum of their people so decide. Ambassador Wiedfeldt here presented the proposal of Germany to the United States government. The government in effect approved the plan. It is known that Secretary of State Hughes talked the question ; over with Ambassador Jusserand to elicit the views of the French government regarding the plan. Rejected by France. Only recently, Mr. Jusserand informed Hughes that France rejected the German idea on the ground that the French constitution did not provide for any such referendum of the people contemplated by the proposal Owing to diplomatic denials here, it is not known exactly how far Hughes went in placing the support of the :Vr.ked States in the German proposition by actually proposing the plan id France and the other allied govrnmpnts. But it is believed here that Chancellor Cuno's reference to an tunamed power as having been the

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question was taiKea over in rwis Aother allied capitals. e negotiations have been kept ecret that the only persons in lington who have had a knowl'of the plan were President HardSecretary, Hughes. Under ..SecretPhillips, Ambassador Weidfeldt, rne other high official of the department and a high official i Germany embassey. ' Involved in Discussions, ft German proposal for a peace fwa.3 involved 'in the discussions en Huges and Wiedfeldt and Wither allied ambassadors as to 'American government's plans for ervention in the European crisis. The nronosal of the plan as syn chronized with the suggestion by President Harding in his message to congress that the four-power Pacific pact of the Washington conference might be used as a model for similar agreements to keep the peace in other parts of the world. The peace plan of Germany never got to the stage of its complete contemplated text being put on paper. The idea was embraced only in a brief sentence. German diplomats here now believe that the plan is dead, as the result of the French attitude, unless the United States lakes the idea up and endorses it, which, however, is highly doubtful. Urged Plan Revealed. Last week Chancello Cuno is understood to have been in communication with Ambassador Wiedfeldt, as to dhe advisability of revealing the German proposal to the world and the French reject Ion -of the plan. The ambassador is understood strongly to have urged this course, believing that the idea would receive the full support of world public opinion. Cuno's speech. at Hamburg yesterday followed. The German idea was that the proposed European peace pact would facil itate a settlement of the crisis existing over the reparations controversy ly meeting Fiances fear of another German invasion. RICHMOND FIRE LOSS DURING 1922 $29,744 Approximate fire loss in the city during 1922 was $29,774, according to the annual report submitted Monday by Fire Chief Ed. Miller. Of the total, $27.S:!6 was lost on buildings and $1,938 on the contents. The loss by fire, this year is a little higher than that of last year, according to the chief. The chief s report follows: Value of buildings, $437,470: insurance on buildings, $234,025; loss on buildings, $27,836: value of contents, $90,555; insurance on contents, $41,100; loss on contents, $1,938; box alarms, 73; telephone alarms, 173; sprinkler alarms, 5; verbal alarms, 1; false alarms. 6. . Alarms out of city, 19; extinguished with chemical. 108; extinguished with water, 31;out on arrival. 7; gallons of chemicals used, 1,780; feet of hose usd, 36.450; feet of ladders used, 3,520; brick buildings. 62; frame buildings, 130; other buildings, 62. ;

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1923 is Ushered In Quietly For Harding Family (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. It was a quiet Uew Year's day for the president and Mrs. Harding. The White House doorkeepers were kept busy receiving cards of diplomats and officials and many boxes of flowers were received from friends who recollected Mrs. Harding convalescing from her recent illness. The president remained at the residential part of the White House nearly all of the day. He met personally during the day Governor E. Mont Jleilly, of Porto Rico in his study. However, Governor Reilly said the visit was only - for the purpse of extending New Year's greetings. A complete holiday was granted to all the president's assistants of the executive office staff and the White House was left almost to itself. This was in marked contrast to New Year's day, 1922, when the president and Mrs. Harding received more than 6,000 at a revival of the customary White House reception. The function had to be called off this year, however, because of Mrs Harding's health. BROTHER AND SISTER KILLED, TWO INJURED; INTERURB AN HITS CAR A brother and sisler lost their lives another young man was seriously in jured and a young girl was painfully hurt when the automobile in which they were riding collided head-on with an interurban car at New Westville, Ohio, about 5:30 o'clock Sunday after noon. The dead: Herbert Fulle, 16 yearsold, driver. Helen Fulle, 19 years old. Injured: George Wickett, 17 years old, injur ies about the head and probably in jured internally. Beatrice Hall, 13 years old, cut3 and bruises. The Fulle boy and girl were killed instantly and their bodies were badly mangled. Nurses at'Reid Memorial hospital,where Wickett was taken, said Monday that he seemed to be recovering satisfactorily although it is feared that he may be injured internally. Miss Hall, who was badly cut and bruised, was taken to her home in another automobile. Miss Hall spent a very restless night but was improved Monday. ,. - - ; Herbert and Helen Fulle were the children of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Fulle, 515 South Eleventh street. George Wickett lives with his aunt, Mrs. F. Slade, 1106 Crosshall street. Miss Hall is the daughter of Mrs. Rosa C. Hall, 931 Main street. ' Drove on Car Tracks. Witnesses said that Fulle was driving the automobile, a sedan, west on the National highway, while an interurban of the Dayton and Western line was proceeding east. In attempting to pass an automobile which was parked at the side of the road, Fulle drove on to the car tracks. It is thought that (Please Turn to Page Fourteen) FREEMAN APPOINTED COUNTY ATTORNEY; OTHER JOBS FILLED Gath P. Freeman, local attorney, was given the appointment as county attorney Monday when the board of county commissioners met at the court house and organized for the new year. Albert Hindman of Hagerstown, who was elected commissioner from the western district at the fall election, took his seat on the board at the meeting. The commissioners organized by electing William K. Cheeseman as president and L. N. Hampton, vicepresident. Appointments to county positions were made at the first meeting of the new board en follows: County attorney, Gath P. Freeman; matron of the poor farm, Mrs. Etta May; physician for poor farm, Dr. O. P. Ford; superintendent for the Smithfield farm. Edgar Pollard; guard of the insane at the county Jail, Charles E. Morgan: matron of the Home for the Friendless, Mrs. Sue Gaylor; assistant matron for the Home for Friendless, Merrald Bright; -physician for the county jail and for the Home for the Friendless, Dr. Cullen Squier. Other Appointments. Courthouse engineer, Clark Miller; courthouse janitor and elevator operator, W. H. Truster; chief janitor for the courthouse. C. C. Durkle; janitor of the third floor of the courthouse, (Varies Thornburg. School fund appraisers for Wayne county were appointed by the, commissioners as follows: Easter" district, John F. Davenport, W. Eye. L. L. Harris; middle district, John D. Nixon, Lincoln H. Jones, JohnTyneg; western district, Charles T. I-aapp, M. T. Fox, B. F. Mason. The regular monthly claims wer allowed by the board. FAIL TO DIIVER BERGDili'ON SHIP (Kv sif Press. : PENSEC UV, F'' iJan. 1. The German st,ear - J y iler. on which it nn.. '.w i n . 1ai.0I.1 Darn. don, war ed as a morning searchf!and to re. ; Ththat iginat-a 'edge; s rived in.iort this lived in iort this ock. Ehaustlve I . s, naval sailors, . jtistlce ran, failed of Bergdcl. ' J he was nirprised ort should have orwas at Cardiff when Pensacola loa-ing. chartered

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Enforcd Old Larvs, Reduce New Ones Says Ohio ' Speaker fssajj pajBtDOssy .' COLUMBUS. Ohio, Jan. J -Legislation to be enacted by the present legislature should be reduce to a minimum," Representative H.H. Griswold, Geauga county, Republ:' tol.u tne house of representatives today following his election as speaker of that body. "I am convinced 1 5-need of the day is enforcement existing -statutes rather than enafment ot" a mass of new laws," Griswf'd said. "I believe we ov o the Interests of the state arl o ourselves to ask, with referent 10 anv Dil1 before we introduced whether it is an absolutely neeesO' piece of legislation," the new speaker "asserted. "I wish the 85th general assembly might be remembered fr the multitude of things it refuse0 ry to do and for the relatively (- things of importance that it acfttally accomplished." Griswold uea that the session be made as brief s possible. "If we can d three things: First, keep the st-'vie point of view; second, be aetfrale in the expression of our inteiiti?fl; anu third, reduce to an absolute inimum the volume of our legislation and the length of our leg islative tfssion, the 85th general assembly in be recognized, in history as a knamarK m legislative accom plishm jflt." Griswold concluded. . TWi STATE BUDGET OFFICIALS WORKING ON APPROPRIATIONS r (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 1. There was no New Year holiday today for Jesse Eschbach, state budget commissioner, and Ed Farmer, budget clerk. These two state officials remained on the job throughout the day, preparing a report for submission to Governor McCray on which the regular appropriation bill for submission to the legislature can be based. The recommendations of the budget commission have been determined for nearly all departments, but there is still to be decided the appropriation for the state highway commission and for the' continuation of the building program at the state reformatory. The highway commission appropriation is dependent upon several factors, including the amount that may be raised by the proposed gasoline tax and the disposition of revenues which may be derived from increased license fees. . Contest is Expected The reformatory appropriation is likely to develop a partisan fight witn Governor McCray urging a liberal appropriation and the Democrats standing for economy. It was estimated recently by state officials that $2,000,000 would be needed to carry out the building program: ' In preparation for the opening of the legislature next Thursday, Gov. Mc Cray spent a part of the holiday in working on his message. The governor has" spent several weeks in cbn-'j sideration of his recommendations to i the assembly. His keynote is expect-, ed to be economy in all expenditures j and a limitation of the session's activ-j ities to essential legislation. j

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AMtRIOANS NOT AFRAID TO SHOW 9 THEIR FACES, DECLARES REV. WOODMAN

In his sermon at the West Richmond Friends Church on Sunday morning Charles M. Woodmen preached on "Better Things". He made an appeal for a belter Americanism, a better cooperation between education and religion and a better manifestation of the socisl ideals of our Christian Faith. Rev. Woodman's sermon follows: "The word better is a good word to place over the poital of the New Yea. It has in it an elasticity, and a reaching out after the higher -thjing. It is in harmony with the human spirit which is always reaching and aspiring for the better thing. It harmonizes with the method of the Creator who during untold melleniums has been developing higher from lower forms cf life. It is in harmony with the work of God who Is still in the process of making and remaking his created universe until it shall continually show forth the better thing "The old year passes from us sombre, shrouded, sickly, pale and lea". The new year comes to us with joy and cheer, full of promise, hope-and unmeasured possibilities. We shall realize on these possibilities only as we apply the principles of making bet ter to all the life about us and within us. lie called special attention to three things that arc-necessary if wj are to see the really new day that the future holds in promise. . "I. We must re-emphasize in clearcut forceful language on the street, in the chuich and in. the school a strong, virule clear-eyed and openfaced Amer- j leanism. A so-caiicd Americanis.-n that cries aloud "America for Amer! cans only" is not Americanism. It is a narrow nationalism that will eventually schedule this nation to the scrap heap of the nations where, today lie;ihe glory of Greece, Rome; Spain and Imperialistic Germany. America has Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By. VV. E. Moore Fair tonight. Tuesday increasing cloudiness, foliowed by rain or snow. The storm center which is now over the west will cause unsettled, weather to develop by Tuesday, temperatures will be around freezing, which will be' followed by rain or snow and possibly both. It will be considerably below freezing tonight. Tempeatures Taken Yesterday at the Pumping Station. Maximum 47 Minimum .....2? Today. . Noon i ........ 'i, .34 . Weather Conditions A heavy rainstorm which prevailed during the last 36 hours over the central states ii now over the Atlantic coast. It is generally fair over the lake region and central states. The weather is becoming cloudy over the plain states. There is snow and rain In portions of the west. Paid Circulation 'Saturday, was 1 2235

such a power today that if she will rise and speak the word of peace to chaotic Europe' we shall sete the dawn of the new day of the world at the very opening of the year.. If she 13 (Please Turn to Page Two) TURKS CONCENTRATE TROOPS FOR ATTACK ON CONSTANTINOPLE ATHENS, Jan. 1. Angered by the firm demands of the allies, the Greek military reparations, and the latter country's refusal of a "dishonorable peace" Turkish Nationalists are concentrating troops In preparation for an attack on Constantinople, Mosul and other strategic points, according to reports here today. - ' Besides the menacing moves toward the Moslem "Holy City" and the great oil regions, the latter in principal dispute at Lausanne, the Kemalises plan a drive to converge toward the Bosphorus, unless the Greeks and allies back down, it was said. A Kemalist force has arrived at Djizimart, another is advancing toward Tigris and a third .column is reported mobilizing before Adabazar. WILLIAM JAMESON, PROMINENT CLOTHIER, DIES AT HOME HERE William E. Jameson, 67 years old, widely- known business man of this city, died Sunday morning of paralysis at his home, .1233 East Main street. Mr. Jameson was president of the Model Clothing company of this city., He was born in Greencastle, lnd Jan. 19, 1855. He started his business career as a clerk in the clothing store of James Starr at Hagerstown, Ind. Mr. Jameson then started business for himself in Wayne county and kept, this business up for about 10 years. He then moved to Richmond and was a resident of thi3 city( for 33 years, ile had been connected with the Model Clothing company for about 31'years. Mr. Jameson was, widely linown for his-business ability and his generosity throughout the county. He was a member of the Elks club of Richmond and the Odd Fellows' lodge of Hagerstown. t Relatives Surviving He is survived by his widow, Mary Emma Jameson; one son, Charles P. Jameson, of Cleveland; ope daughter, Mrs. R. S. Crain, of Dayton, Ohio; one brother, Cary Jameson, of this city; a half-sister, Mrs. Clara Harris, of Kokomo; two nephews, and four grandchildren. . . .- . Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 'at "the home. i The Rev. J. J. Rae will officiate. Bur- ! ial will be in Earl ham cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday afternoon and evening. - The Elks , lodge will meet at the club thouse Tuesday evening at 7:45 J o'clock to proceed to the home of Mr. j Jameson, where a service will be held lat 8 o'clock. '

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7VT.I irr 7 CHICAGO, Jan. 1. Father Time looked on unperturbably and the new baby of 1923 may have blinked perplexedly at what they saw as the nation welcomed the New Year. The view was one of the variety of prohibition aridity in . many places, oases in others, but generally with a few hilarious exceptions, a somewhat decorous but happy reception of the new accession. , - Some of the outstanding features of the New Year's celebration as reported from many a city were "Broadway," a proverbially torrential canyon was dried up by prohibilion agents, and the New' York police, who made more than 100 arrests where the White Lights were dimmed by fog. A squad of prohibition agents and police'" were chased -out of the Hotel Chase, a fashionable St. Louis hotel, by celebrators, one of whom a woman, clung to a policeman's collar as a riot call summoned police reserves. No arrests were made there although two men were slightly wounded and a woman injured, although a dozen arrests were made elsewhere in that city. Sane Celebration. Prohibition agents at San Francisco were arrested by a policeman and sum moned to court for violating a traffic ordinance, although' the city celebra tion wa3 characterized as one of the sanest in years Tut noisy. Chicago celebrated hilariously in time honored style although church services and family "and neighborhood parties outnumbered the noisier celebrations in which cafe and .hotel proprietors estimated at least a half billion dollars was tossed away. A few raids and. arrests were made by police and prohibition agents. It was generally agreed that the dusty New Year's predicted by dry agents had been a muddy, one. The reports (Please Turn to Page Fourteen) Mrs. Mahala Barnes, Lynn, Killed When Hit By Auto LYNN, ind., Jan. 1. Mrs. Mahala Barnes,' 75' years old, was almost instantly killed Sunday, morning when she was struck by an automobile driven by David Hodgin. Tlje accident occurred in front of the local Methodist church as Mr. Hodgin was driving to the Sunday school service. It is said that the accident was unavoidable as Mrs. Barnes stepped in front of the Hodgin car from the east as she was attempting to avoid a car coming from the west. Mrs: "Barnes lived alone. She Js survived by one daughter, Mrs. Fred- Chenoweth,' of Lynn. Funeral serv ices will.be held . Tuesday after noon. . Gov. Davis to Give Final Assembly Message Tuesday COLUMBUS, Ohio,, Jan. J. Governor Davis' final message to the legis lature, originally scheduled to be sent to the S5th general assembly today, will ;be held up until tomorrow,; the governor announced late last night. rine governor believes the shortness of today's session of the riew assembly. wnica opened at 10-a. m warrants postponing the message until tomorrow and that sending the" message to the assembly today would seriously hamper the amount of publicity given it ,as many Ohio papers are not printing today. -

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WITNESS IN KLAM PROBE IS KIDNAPPED Whisked Away in Auto Bv 16 Men (By Associated Press) MONROE, La., Jan. 1. Victor Teegeston, Monroe, former manager of the Monroe Gas company, this morning confirmed the reported dis-. appearance of his son, Harold Teegeston, 19, from Spyker, Friday night. Teegeston left this morning for Bastrop where he said he would confer with department of justice agents and Sheriff Carpenter. Teegeston said he saw no reason why his son should disappear or be kidnapped. "As far as I know he knows nothing whatever about the Morehouse kidnapping case," he said. "He is a hard working reliable young man and has never been in trouble and has vu enemies bo far as I know." BASTROP, La., Jan. 1. Depart ment of justice agents working on the Morehouse kidnapping case, and at taches from Sheriff Fred Carpenter's office, today were investigating the alleged kidnapping Friday night by a party of 16 men of Harold L. Teegeston, timkeeper for a carbon plant at. Spyker, La., near here, reports of which were received by the secret service men and the sheriff yesterday. Sheriff Carpenter, who went to Spyker and investigated the report, said . he was told that Teegeston was called from his sleeping quarters at the plant at midnight Friday and was whisked away in the darkness by men who occupied six automobiles, the license plates of which had either been covered or removed. Federal investigators are reported to have questioned Teegeston Friday night a few hours before the reported kidnapping. It is believed that tliey called the timekeeper as a state witness at the public hearings here, beginning next Friday. Promises Alibi T. J. Burnett, former deputy Eheriff. and an employe at the carbon plant at Spyker, who is in jail here on murder charge growing out of the h napping and killing of Watt DanirJ and. Thomas Richards last August, coroin.0 m?. autnonties, nas nen . ... . i that pir" he' 4 plo I It tnf ; tacv arly .tneii ! er ine-baenc-nor toe -. iv;runent o I justice investigators had'repprU as tc the whereabouts of the reported missing carbon employe. With the public hearing only about three days off, state officials who will have charge of presenting the state's case, still labored over the mass of evidence gathered by state and federal investigators duiing the last four months into shape. It was said that testimony concerning depredations of organized and masked bands for more than a year past had been reviewed by the attorney general's office. To Probe Crimes. It' was ' declared that the hearing would not only reveal evidence as applying to the kidnapping and killing of Daniels and Richards but would result in a rigid investigation of other alleged crimes laid at the ' door of masked bands, not only in Morehouse Parish but in other Louisiana parishes. Mayor A. J. Goodwin of Bastrop, issued a statement today in behalf of the citizens of his town "to correct the false impression the public has obtained of our home county because of the outrage last August, which I. together with the people of Bastrop, most vigorously condemn." He added'that "We are not a gun-tot-ing, wild, savage people. We are lawabiding like the people in the rest of the United States. Other communities throughout the country have had similar tragedies in their midst but they have not been condemned as a unit." He declared that he "can assure everyone that life and limb are safe and that order prevails." INDIANAPOLIS WOMAN IS SERIOUSLY INJURED NEAR HISER'S STATION HISER'S STATION. Ind.. Jan. 1. Serious internal injuries were sufferel by Mrs. Henry Willoby, of Indianapolis, Sunday afternoon when the automobile in which she was riding was side-swiped by an automobile driven by a Newcastle man. The accident occurred in the covered bridge west of here. A daughter of Mrs. Willoby and two grand children were slightly Injured. The Willoby car was driven by Mrs. Willoby's son-in-law. It is reported that . the J Newcastle man whose identity could not.be learned, apparently did not observe the Willoby machine." The bridge Is too narrow for two machines to oass In .safety. . r . - Wright's ambulance, of Cambridge City, .was called Sunday night at 8 o'clock to take Mrs. Willoby to Cambridge City, from where she was put on a train and taken' back to Indianapolis. She was given first aid treatment :at a home near the scene of the accident and her condition was not at first considered serious. The party was ea route to Cincinnati for a rleit. British Pilot, Observer Killed By Plane Bomb " LONDON, v Jan. 1. A British airplane pilot and his observer were killed when a bomb, dropped from a plane attacking hostile natives In the Massud country of India, accidentally hit "a similar-explosive on another flying machine in midair, according to a dispatch from Peshawur today

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