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r AI AND SOT-TELEGRAM VOL. Xgill No. 6 Palladium, Est 1831. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram, 1907. RICHMOND, INO, SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 6, 1923. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS DEVICE USED FOR CRUSHING f.lflB VICTIMS Doctors Say Bodies Show Torture The Only Woman in Congress and Her Children LEADERS HOPE TO KEEP U. S. OUT OF FUSS Ambassador Discusses European Affairs with Harding FRENCH ARMY HEADS CALLED -1 TO CONFERENCE Fight Participation on Reparations WIT,

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(By Associated Press) BASTROP, La., Jan, 6. Dr. Charles

W. Duval and Dr. John A. Langford, pathologists, In a report submitted at today's session, of the opening of masked band depredations In Morehouse parish, which Governor Parker attributes to the Hu Klux Klan, ex pressed the opinion that the bodies Df Watt Daniels and Fletcher Rich' irds were subjected to some "specially constructed device designed for in Hicting punishment." The report was- based on the autopsy performed on the mutilated bodies of the two men after their discovery in Lake LaFourche, after a mysterious dynamite explosion on the night of Dec. 21, four months after they were kidnapped by a. masked band when en route from this city to their homes ft in Mer Rouge. Parts Cut Away The report in the case of Daniels Hated that the body showed that cer tain parts had been cut away. The re- ' port indicates that the body of Richards was similar to that of Daniels svith the exception that Richards had not been subjected to the cutting. critical operation noted in the case of the body described as that of Daniels. Dr. DuVall. called' to the witness stand at the opening session of the hearing, first presented the finding of the pathologists. "Hnw would vou account for the absence of the arms and legs," Dr Duvall was asked during his descrip tion of the body of Daniels. "Thev evidently had been shot or mashed or crushed off," Dr. Duvall said. The bones of the arms and legs were broken in three places," Dr. Du val! said. "The striking features of the fractures or breaks in the bones always three in number in the arms and legs, were that they were found equidistant. Indications were that the breaks were produced by some forces that came from different directions." Cut During Life. t "When would - you say the cutting operation performed on Daniels' body took place?" Dr. DuVall was asked. "During life," the physician replied. He testified that the head was crushed by forces coming in a different direction as though from some instrument such as a vice. "Could-. the injuries have been produced by beating?" "I don't think so," Dr. DuVall said. "Were the injuries inflicted before death?" Attorney Coco who conducted the questioning asked. "Yes." Dr. Duvall replied. He ex- . plained that any one of several inV iuries noted could have caused death. "My idea is that the body was most inhumanly tortured," Dr. DuVall said in answer to another question. Special Device Probable The report said in part: "The gross anatomical finding in this case perempts of the conclusion that some of these injuries were the primary and ;he others the contributing cause of death. The character of the injuries to the soft tissue and their proximities to the injury of the bones indicate that the lesions to the soft part and to the bones were dependant one on the other and produced simultaneously. The striking symmetry of the bone fractures and their relationship to injuries of the surrounding soft tissues suggest that the body was subjected to some specially constructed device designed for inflicting punishment." After describing ' the condition of the bodies at the time the autopsywas performed, of parts of clothing about the bodies, and of a watch (the crystal crushed and the hands indicating 10 o'clock) taken from one of the bodies, the report in the case of Daniels continues: Ligaments Ragged "The tendons and ligaments about (he stumps of the legs and forearms are ragged and uneven as though they had been torn or pulled from their attachments. "The bones of the body, particularly those of the extremities (legs and arms) are found fractured. These fractures are compound and comu muttnl. The striking features of the f fractures of the long bone legs are their character, similarity and symmetry. "The humerus of hot- arms, the radius and ulna cf both arms, the femur of both skies, and the tibia and fibula of both legs are fractured in three different places. These fractures regularly occur at the upper, middle and lower portions, respectively, in oath instance. As a rule, they are equidistant and approximately three ind one-half inches apart. The character of the fractures indicates that they were produced by a crushing forre, or one in which the force was applied simultaneously from more than one direction. This explains the great number of small bits and fragments of bone, varying in size and shape, which are found at the fractures sites. Ribs Fracured. "The most of the ribs together with the right clavicle and breast plate are fractured and dislocated. The first right ribs on the right side, present fractures, reeularly at the angles posteriorly, while the lirst six ribs of this side present in addition fractures anteriorly and near their costal junction. "On the left side the first seven ribs are broken from their costal junction and the seventh rib in addition is fractured at its posterior angle. The breast plate shows that tha manubritum is dislocated from its cost;l attachment and its union with its -iddle portion, y These fractures posteriory are of the 4 green sticks variety while those anteriorly are complete. The appearance and location of these fractures to th bones of these thoracic cavity would (Please Turn to Page Fourteen)

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Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck, United States representative from Chicago, with her son Wallace and daughter Edith, in front of the House office building in Washington. i

Indiana Forester W ants Tree-Lined Highway in State (By United Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 6. A drive for 70,000 miles of tree-lined highways in Indiana was started today by Charles C. Deam, etate forester in the conservation department. Deam urged farmers and other persons living along public highways to plant trees along all roadsides, both as a means of reforestation and of beautifying the roads. Two million dollars worth of log wood would be produced in 50 years by this means and none of the roadside land would be wasted, Deam said. Governor McCray and Mate highway officials favor tre9s along state roads and frequently the commission has directed its engineers to curve roads slightly where it would not cause interference with traffic. Would Provide Lumber Eleven million trees could be planted along Indiana roads, Deam said. This is equivalent to 100,000 acres of forest timber. These trees in 50 years would produce about 2,500,000 feet of lumber which at present figures would be worth $2,000,000 on the stump. Deam said he favors walnut or hickory trees because of the quality of the wood and because they would yield a profit in nuts. Aside from the $2,000,000 worth of standing trees, there would be immense value in the branches and limbs which could be used for fence posts and put to other uses also. CONFERENCE ON GOAL FINDS NO SOLUTION CHICAGO, Jan. 6. The nation moved one step nearer to another coal strike today as delegates to the Joint coal conference dispersed following the adjournment of the parley in disagreement. At last effort to reach a settlement will be made In New York Jan. 18, when operators and miners will meet in conference again. In a telegram to John Hays Ham mond operators placed the blame for the failure of the conference in "the cumbersomeness of a nation-wide conference which made success impossible." The only proposal,' made at the parley acceptable to the mine chiefs was based on the terms which onded the coal strike last August. Operators, however, declared that they had no authority at this time to take any action on this question. Both miners and operators ex pressed belief that a settlement would'; be reached at the New York meeting based on the four state contract. Beer Pipe Line Found In Women's Bowling Club (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 6. Prohibition agents announced today they had found a real beer pipe line leading from a bar-room to the bowling alleys of the Yorkville Women's Bowling club yesterday and that when they raided both places they were threatened with pins and balls by 40 irate bowlers. The women according to the agents were having a good time bowling and quaffing beer. women postled the four agents and threatened dire things but the nearest approach to actual violence was when one bowler threw an agent's hat out of a window and stamped her foot. The owner of the hall and the bartender were arrested, charged with violating the Volstead act. OFFERS ESTATE FOR SUMMER WHITE HOUSE (By Associated Press) AUGUSTA, Me., Jan. 6. Sherman Douglas, of Lamoine, a member of the Maine legislature, announced today that he was willing to present his estate known as Shore Acres, six miles from Bar Harbor, as a summer home for the president of the United States.

INVASION OF RUHR WOULD DRAW U, S. INTO WAR, LOWDEN

(By- Associate! Press) CHICAGO, Jan. 6. French invasion of the Ruhr district in Germany would be a signal for war which the United States could not evade, Frank O. Lowden, former governor of Illinois said in an address here last night. The United States he said, should use moral influence, to halt the threatened invasion. "The United States," Mr. Lowden said, "sat idly by and watched, in pursuance of. its policy of isolation, all Europe steadily drifting toward conflict. "Now . it is imminent. If the French take over the German industrial cities it is a certainty. Ameri can troops are on the Rhine. In case of war they would be between the advancing armies or' France and Germany and would be forced into war. "We have been idle too long, I believe our infuence is still great enough to impress upon France her error, if our statesmen try." Mr. Lowden recently returned from Europe where he studied political economical .and social questions. POLICE TRY TO BREAK LIQUOR CONSPIRACY (By Unitel Press) CLARKSBURG. W. Va., Jan. 6. Police moved today to break open a political conspiracy which is blamed for wire tapping in the interest of bootleggers at the city hall. Police Chief Wolfe announced he had discovered telephone wires run ning into the police department were being tapped by persons on the top floor of the building, and that bootleggers were being "tipped off", when liquor raids - were contemplated. Wolfe ordered the investigation which resulted in the discovery of the extra wires when his. raids failed to produce evidence upon which the administration could be based. Authorities expressed the belief that some one within the administration was responsible. I am for bursting the conspiracy wide open, ihe sooner the better," Chief Wolfe said. DONAHEY PREPARES INAUGURAL ADDRESS COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 6. His cabinet appointments complete, Governor-elect Vic Donahey saw visitors . .... .Ullt J.1IL1I . H'll 1.1 V l.i. 1 1I1K lllj 1 1.1 augural address. The inauguration program allows Donahey only 20 minutes for his address which will be delivered from a platform in the state house grounds. The ceremonies attending the inaugural will be simple and inexpensive as the governor-elect requested they j be. Chief Justice Marshall of the Ohio supreme court will give the- incoming executive his. oath of office. Chief Justice Sowers of the Franklin county court will be master of ceremonies. The inauguration will be followed by a public reception in the rotunda of the capitol building Monday night '"inrtimmnr FrTi Qhnv will Pivi u nn ril!f reception for other newly elected state officers in the senate chamber of the state house. German Liners Begin To Use English Ports LONDON, Jan. 6. German liners soon will begin to" use English ports afeain, according to a dispatch to the Times from Southampton. The Hamburg-American line will resume its Southampton service in the spring and the Woermann line at the same time will also begin to send its south and east African steamers to that port. The latter line's West African service out of Southampton has already begun.

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tration leaders in the senate began mustering their forces against, Sena tor Robinson's resolution for an Am erican representation on the repara tion commission today, after Chair man Lodge had a conference on the subject with Secretary Hughes. Returning to the capital after his talk with Mr. Hughes, Senator Lodge immediately said that he did not con sider the present time opportune for passage of the resolution. Previously he had withheld an opinion. Al though he insisted that the announce ment today represented his own views,, there were many indications that he spoke with a full knowledge of what the administration desired. Mr. Lodge had conferred with the secretary on express instructions from his committee on foreign relations, to ascertain whether the executive branch of the government wants the resolution adopted or pigeon-holed. The committee decided yesterday that it would not act until the advice had been secured. Administration Stand The administration's posiiion on the proposal, however, was regarded as having been clearly indicated in advance by the statement made at the White House yesterday that the question of representation on the reparations commission had ceased to be of pres.-ing importance in view of the position in which the commission apparently has been placed by the rupture at Paris over the reparations problem. The statement also was made at the White House that the administration had in contemplation no plan for calling an international conference, and officials apparently today still saw no means by. which American help could be offered to Europe beyond the suggestion already made by Secretary Hughes that, a committee of interna tional financial leaders be asked to propose a reparations solution. REPARATIONS BODY WILL HEAR GERMANY -BEFORE TAKING STEP (By Associated Press) TARIS. Jan. 6. Germany will be i given a hearing by the reparations commission before any action is taken on the French proposal to have her declared in default on coal deliveries, the commission decided today. When the question came before the commission it approved the German request for a hearing. Berlin immediately was notified and asked to send experts so they can be heard by the commission next Monday. Sir John Bradbury, the British memheard by the commission next Monday, ber, attended tne session. There was no discussion of the merits of the case. The Germans are entitled under the treaty of Versailles to present their arguments, and Louis Barthou of France, the proponent of the default measure offered no objection to granting the hearing. The German contention, it is known, will be based on German's declared inability to deliver more than 80 percent of the amount of coal provided for in the commission's program for 1922, as she had to import coal heavily in order to supply her own needs. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday; colder tonight. A severe cold wave covers southern Canada and is moving eastward across Lake Superior toward the St. Lawrence valley. Under its influence temperatures will be lower tonight than last night, but will be several degrees above zero. The weather will be fair and cloudy at intervals during the next 24 hours. Temperatures Yesterday at the Pumping Station Maximum 35 Minimum 35 Today Noon 27 Weather Conditions: The storm which caused snow and sleet throughout Wayne county last night is now over the middle Atlantic states. The Canadian cold wave is spreading eastward across the upper regions and the St. Lawrence valley. Abnormally cold weather occurred yesterday along the gulf coast, with killing frost at New Orleans and heavy frost in northern Florida, while it is very mild in the southwest. Snow is falling in j unnsT he ' owe t' t 1 J . northwest, due to a storm over the emperatures have been over Manitoba. Canada. It is 36 degrees below zero at Minnedosa and 32 below at Winnipeg. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau: Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday; somewhat colder tonight. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 12,216

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Col George Harvey Upon the report of Col. George

Great Britain, on European conditions hinges the future program of the Harding administration toward Europe according to reliable reports from Washington. President Harding recalled Harvey from London, so that he and Secretary Hughes might get first-hand information on conditions before formulating a European policy. '

Four Residents of Sixth District Get Federal Positions P A I.I. Aim : H NKWS Bl'ItEAU WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Four residents of the sixth Indiana congressional district are included in the list of recently announced appointments ' to various branches of the federal service, three of them being women. Miss Viola M. Bitter of Conneisville, until recently reporter for the Fayette circuit court, is appointed to a clerkship in the shipping board. She ar rived in Washington yesterday and will begin her duties next Monday. Mrs. Bertha Wilcox has been appointed acting postmaster at Kennard, Henry county, to succeed Frank Redick, resigned. The office is a fourthclass one. Miss Theat N. Stinson will be certified by the postoffice department as postmaster at Brownsville, Union county, being the highest on the list of eligibles for the position. James E. Houston, of Spiceland, Henry .county, has been appointed toy Representative R. N. Elliott as principal candidate for admission to the United States Naval Academy subject to the entrance examinations to be held next month. Three alternate candidates are to be named. This appointment is made to fill a vacancy in the district's quota of midshipmen which wil loccur next June with the graduation of H. D. Krick, of Richmond. . The question of whether President Harding will provide an important post in the government service for Harry S. New when he retires from the senate next March continues to provide an interesting topic for discussion in political circles in Washington.. Recently rumor has had it, first, that Senator New was to succeed Col. Forbes as director of the U. S. Veterans' bureau, and now, since the announcement of the resignation of Mr. Fall as secretary of the interior. Senator New's name is being mentioned as Fall's probable successor. Apparently there is not much foundation of fact for either of these rumors. There is, in the first place, no certainty that Col. Forbes is to retire as chief of the Veterans' bureau, and it is generally believed that in selecting a new chief of the interior department the president will follow prece dent and appoint some men from one of the states west of the Mississippi river. The reasons for the broad grins the secretaries and clerks of senators and congressmen are now wearing Is not hard to trace the house has just stricken from the agricultural appropriation bill a provision for the distribution of free garden and flower seeds for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. One of the several jobs which the assistants to senators and congressmen have had to perform is supervision over the distribution of their members' quota of free seeds, work which generally requires several weeks' time. In common with other congressional districts, the Sixth Indiana will receive before spring 15,000 packages of vegetable seed and 7,000 packages of flower seed. This deluge will not be repeated next year probably never will be again and an annual saving of approximately $300,000 will be acplished. , HIGH WINDS, STORMS . SWEEP NORTHERN OHIO (By United Press) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 6 High winds and snow storms were sweeping the lake coast and northern' Ohio today, reports to the United Press showed today. Two men were killed in a train-auto accident at Delphos when driving snow storms shut off their vision. Scores of workers went to work in a high gale and snow storm in Cleveland, and traffic t$ ups as a result of drifts were reporte&iJim Toledo. Reports of heavy snow drifts before a driving gale -came from. Sandusky, but there was no traffic delay. Communication lines in many parts of northern Ohio were down and telephone and telegraph companies were rushing out relief crews to make repairs. Snow was still falling in Lorain at 10 a. m. In spite of heavy drifts, Lake Shore electric cars were running on time.

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tf V In an Informal pose. . Harvey, United States ambassador to MISS SKINNER WILL MANAGE OFFICE WHILE WILLIAMS UNDECIDED Miss Opal Skinner, deputy county superintendent of publio instruction, who has been employed in the office of C. O. Williams, county superintendent, for some time, will leave Monday to take charge of the new office of the Indiana State Teachers association in the Claypool hotel building at Indianapolis. Her place in the local office will be filled temporarily by Mrs. E. A. Kinley. County Superintendent Williams has been in Indianapolis during the week putting the office in shape to be occupied by the new full-time secretary-treasurer of the state association. Mr. Williams is still undecided as to whether or not he will, accept the new post, he said Saturday, but stated- that he had made arrange ments with the executive board to have the office opened up and placed in charge of Miss Skinner until somethieg more definite can" be determin ed. Mr. wiinams nas been for a num ber of years the part-time secretary treasurer of the Indiana State Teach ers' association. At the annual meeting of that body thi3 fall it was decided to establish state headquarters for the association which would be in charge of a permanent full-time sec retary-treasurer. The new office was offered to Mr. Williams and he has not fully decided as yet whether or not he will accept. SENATOR MOSES URGES U.S, KEEP OUT OF CRISIS MANCHESTER, N. H., Jan. 6. So called efforts to involve the United States In the German reparations con troversy were denounced by United States Senator Moses in an address before the University club last night, "If France insists upon marching into the Ruhr region, it is none of our business," he said. "It is also none of our business to enforce the collection of the German indemnity. "We have seen within a few days the unique spectacle of the spokesman of the administration trying, to outline before a private assembly the foreign policy of our government. Condi tions in Europe today are the direct outgrowth of the Versailles treaty and I believe that the reparations were planned from the beginning in such a way that a group of international bankers might profiteer." FIGHT ON DAUGHERTY INJUNCTION MAY 2 (By United Press) CHICAGO, Jan. 6 The final fight on the Daugherty injunction against railway shopmen will start May 2 in federal court here. Judge James E. Wilkerson refused to dissolve the writ and ordered shop men and the government to, be ready for the final hearing on May 2. Wilk erson refused to rule on whether the hearing should be held before a jury or not. "The demands for a jury trial should properly be made when the final hear ing begins," he said. In giving his decision the judge said ine Din certainly cnarges a com bination and conspiracy to do acts which are unlawful and prejudice the public interests by- unduly restricting competition or unduly obstructing the course ot trade. The injunction wa3 granted last September at the height of the rail road strike. Irish Agricultural Leader To Address Farm Editors (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON Jan. 6. Sir Horace Plunkett, leader of the Irish agricul tural co-operative-movement, has ac cepted an invitation to address the an nual meeting of the American agricul tural editors' association to be held here during the week of Feb. 26. It was announced today by the associa tion that representatives of the agri cultural departments of Russia, Den mark and Argentine also would attend and that President Ha: ding and Secre tary Wallace were on the program for addresses.

Military Action Seems Imminent ' . "7TY - (By Associated Press) PARIS, Jan. 6. Premier Poincare's consultation with Marshal Foch and the summoning from Lausanne of General Weygand has given new impetus to the report of imminent military operations, comprising occupation of the Ruhr valley by forces at least sufficient to protect the customs collectors, who would be sent there under the premier's reparations scheme. Inquiries at the foreign office today solicited the response that nothing could be said at this time of the nature and date of the French action to obtain productive guarantees from Ger

many. The opinion in political circles is, however, that military occupation of the Ruhr Is inevitable and that it will be accomplished shortly after Jan. 15, if not sooner, unless the reaction in Germany to tlie new situation gives M. Poincare reasonable hope, that something may be obtained in the way of reparations without resorting to force. . Germany May Weaken. The expectation in official circles is that Germany will wait a few days for signs of intervention from the United States, then, if that last hope is blasted she will show herself more tractable so that part of the coercive measures at least, may be avoided. It is stated that any intervention by the Washing ton government at the present moment would be a great surprise to the French government. France is proceedings quietly but firmly on a program of action which she herself is convinced and which she believes she will be able to persuade others is the only right course if the reparations question is to be settled once and for all. A person in governmental circles. particularly well placed to speak in authority, is quoted by the Echo de Paris as believing that the neutrality of Great Britain will be transformed to co-operation it the French plans prove successful. The same person age cherishes a hope ot converting American opinion. - Hopes For Change "There is no reason why the Ameri cans, ttus person is quotea as saying, "when we give them an impression of force and energy, and above all, show them that we are not engaged in a military maneuver, but in a reasonable and well thought out understanding, will not change their opinion." Premier Poincare is going ahead with his plans with a level-headed deliberateness befitting an experienced lawyer. The premier planned to see Premier Theunis of Belgium again today be fore going-to the cabinet meeting. M. Poincare has already discussed with Premier Barthou of the reparations commission the course to be followed by that body, which it is under stood will not be hurried. It is reported that the commission had decided to hear representatives of Germany before declaring a default on coal deliv eries, unis question win oe aisposeu of before the commission takes action on the German demand for a mora torium. Plan In Two Parts It is understood that the French premier favors a semi-military plan which is divided into two parts, the first comprising the occupation of Es sen, where the Krupp works are lo cated x the second the occupation of Bochum and the establishment of a customs cordon around the Ruhr, together With the posting of receivers for the mines and the transportation companies. However, nothing will be decided without the approval of parliament acting with a full knowledge of the facts. Premier Poincare will make a full statement of his plan to the chamber of deputies on Friday next. He will speak either spontaneously or in reply to interpellations which Col. Girod and Paul Aubriot have already signified their intention of presenting. After his statement the premier will ask parliament to give him a blank check to be filled out as he thinks best. The premier's presentation of the situation will be further discussed and definitely drafted at a cabinet meeting next Tuesday. FORMAL CONFERENCE WITH BRITISH MONDAY (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 The first formal meeting of the British debt commission with the American funding commission will be held Monday, it was announced today by Secretary Mellon. A call on Secretary Hughes at the state department and a visit to the capital to meet Vice President Coolidge were the formal engagements today for Chancellor Baldwin, of the British exchequer and Montagu C. Norman, governor of the Bank of England, heads of the British debt commission here to take up the funding of the British war time debt with the American commission. Secretary Mellon and Assistant Secretary Wadsworth, chairman and secretary respectively of the American group, received the two British commissioners on what was described as only a call of courtesy. The visitors went to the treasury department direct from a call on President Hirding, at which they explained they had "discussed everything in general and nothing in particular."