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TB fflGHMOlB VOL. XLVL, No. 220 Palladium. Est 1831. Consolidated with Sun-Telegram. 1907. RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1921. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS TAX REVISION COMES FIRST; TARIFF WAITS Denies Bergdoll Bribe DEMAND RUSS Mount Assiniboine, From Which Purdue Head Started Dl-Fated Tour RELEASE ALL U.S. CAPTIVES STONE KILLED BY FALL, WIFE IS RECOVERING Alpine Club Message States Purdue President Met His Death Sunday' To Bring Remains to Lafayette. BODY FOUND" SUNDAY r Virtual Agreement Reached at White House Dinner for Revenue Legislation to Pre cede Norris Bill Dead. RAIL AID IS UNCERTAIN (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. July 27. Virtual agreement was said today to have been reached at a dinner conference at the White House last night for sen ate consideration' of tax revision leg islation before the permanent tariff act is taken up by that body. A number of senators were Presi dent Harding's guests, and the legis lative situation was said to have been discussed extensively. President Harding's special mess age to congress on rail- ad and farm financing was regarded today by many Republican leaders in the senate as having dealt a final death blow to the Norris bill to create a $100,000,000 farm export corporation. The president in his message sug gested that the powers of the war fi nance corporation be extended to cover all phases of farm credits and the bill containing such a provision, introduced yesterday by Senator Kell ogg, Republican, Minnesota, was said to have the approval of the adminis tration. , Hoover-Meyer Draft. It was drafted by Secretary Hoover and Director Meyer of the Finance corporation and will in the opinion of many Republican senators as ex pressed today be substituted for the Norris bill, which Secretary Hoover condemned and Secretary Wallace failed to endorse before the senate agriculture committee. Champions of the Norris bill said todav that hev would relent not one whit in the fight in behalf of. their' measure. They had ready to be voted on today a series of amendments de signed to eliminate provisions severe ly criticised during debate. The Kell ogg measure also will be voted on as an amendment to the Norris bill. Rail Aid Uncertain. Just when congress would be able to take up the second request em bodied in the president's message the extension of the war finance cor poration's powers to permit it to fund about five hundred million dollars of railroad indebtedness to the govern ment still was uncertain today. Leaders said there probably would be action within a fortnight. . V' f fx Major Bruce R. Campbell. Major Bruce R. Campbell, officer whom Grocer Cleveland Bergdoll's mother said received $5,000 to help frea Bergdoll from trial before a courtmartial, has denied receiving the money. 1 TN 1 1 'ormal Uemand made on Soviet Government by Sec retary Hughes More than Score of Arriencans Held. BASIS IS NOT FOUND FOR IRISH PARLEY; SEEK COMMON VIEW STREET CAR-AUTO CRASH KILLS FIVE (By Associated Press) CLEVELAND, July 27. Five per sons who were killed, four of them al most instantly, when a shuttle car on the Abbey avenue viaduct and an auto mobile crashed head-on shortly after midnight, were identified this morn ing. One family was wiped out when John M. Francyk, 40, a garage owner; his wife, 27, and their two children, Edna Mary, aged 10 years and Theo dore, aged 9 months, were killed. The fifth person killed was Mrs. Anna Branloff, 39. Max Branloff, 40, her husband, was seriously injured. Each of the dead sustained a frac tured skull. The cause of the accident, accord ing to police, was the operation of a shuttle car eastbound on a westbound track, .the eastbound track being under repair. The motorists were westbound and when they saw the street car on the westbound track they apparently thought it was travel ling in the same direction as their automobile. The automobile in which the two families were .riding had been left in Francyk's garage for repairs, police taid. (By Associated Press) DUBLIN, July 27. Eamonn De Va lera, the Irish Republican leader, and his colleagues have not yet found a basis for the proposed conference with the British government on the Irish question in London, but are continu ing to search for a common ground on which the contending parties may meet, it was stated in a well informed quarter today. LONDON, July 27. The possibility that four legislatures may be estab lished in Ireland one each in the provinces of Ulster, Munster, Con naught, and Leinster under a cen tral national parliament ' is hinted at this morning by the Sketch, which says : "It need not be assumed, as is done in some quarters, that under unifica tion there would be only two govern ing authorities under a federal Irish parliament. It has been almost over looked that there are four great prov inces .in . Ireland, each with an histor ical individuality." In relation to Sketch's Information which incidentally reiterates some earlier reports the statement is made, somewhat disconnectedly, that sub ject to a satisfactory solution of the Irish unification problem Eamonn De Valera has intimated that he will not renew the campaign for an independ ent Irish republic and also that he will not seek to raise an army or navy or the right to enter into rela tions with foreign powers, except to the same extent as these privileges are enjoyed by the self-governing do minions of the British empire. Diminish Doubts The Daily Mail, however, mentions "reports of a closer understanding be tween the north and the south," which it says diminished the doubts respecting the ability of the rival Irish leaders to meet and contrive a ground for common action. This newspaper adds: "It is understood that some Sinn Fein leaders agree to the govern ment's terms and it Is anticipated that an agreement for general accept ances will be reached. In any case Mr. De Valera is expected to return to England shortly and in the mean time he continues in harmonious touch with all concerned in Ireland." ACTION LONG PENDING (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. July 27. Formal demand for release of American pris oners in Russia, has been made on the Soviet government authorities by Sec retary Hughes. The state department was advised today that the communication had been handed to the Soviet representa- tive at Riga yesterday, by Colonel Al brecht. RIGA, Letvia, July 27. An official demand by Secretary Hughes for the release of the American prisoners in Russia was handed by Consul Al brecht to Leonid Stark, the Bolshevik minister here last night. More than a score of Americans still are being held prisoners in soviet Rus sia, according to the latest news re ceived bv the state department in Washington from that country. More than a score of Americans still are being held prisoner in soviet Russia, the latest advices received by the state department in Washington from that country say. Among them are Mrs. Marguerite E. Harrison, Bal timore, a newspaper .correspondent; Captain Emmet Kilpatrick, of Union town. Ala., Red Cross worker; Royal C. Keely, an engineer; William Flick, of Brooklyn, N. Yt, and Dr. Weston B. Estes, motion picture photographer, and X. B. Kalamatian, of Racine, Wis. Lasker Asks Millions F or Shipping Board Expenses WASHINGTON, July 27. Chairman Lasker, of the shipping board, today asked the house appropriations com mittee for an immediate $125,000,000 appropriation to meet expenses during the next five months. No action was taken. JEFFERIS SENTENCED FROM 1 T0 14 YEARS FOR THEFT OF AUTO Clarence Jefferis, 25 years old, living north of Richmond on the Middleboro pike, was sentenced to serve a term of from one to 14 years In the state re formatory by John L Rupe, special judge, in Wayne circuit court Wednes day afternoon. Jefferis pleaded guilty 4o a charge of grand larceny, the stealing of an automobile belonging to Guy Ander son. A fine of $10 and disfranchise ment for two years was also included in the sentence. Jefferis was taken in custody by Sheriff Carl Wadman and Chief-of-De-tectives Ed McNally about two weeks ago after an investigation that had been carried on for several weeks. Jefferis confessed to having stolen four automobiles. All but. one of these has been recovered and returned to the owners. The charge of petit larceny which was also filed against Jefferis for an alleged theft of chickens was nollied by Prosecutor Beckett. Friends of Jefferis crowded the court room expecting to hear evidence in the case. His plea of guilty made this unnecessary. Many of them ex pressed great surprise that Jefferis was guilty as charged. They stated that he was highly respected in his neighborhood and had never been in any kind of trouble previous to this time. Sentenced For Theft Frank Wilson, 25 years old, who gave his home as Atlanta, Ga., con fessed to having stolen a bicycle and some other articles from Richard Houseworth of near Pennville. He was charged with grand larceny and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to serve from one to 14 years at the state reformatory. Henry Edwards was arraigned on a charge of malicious mayhem in con nection with the biting off of the ear of Porter Hunt in a brawl Ust Satur day night. CLEM CARR EXPLAINS ACCOUNT BOARD CLAIM A bill for $179.40 against Clem V. Carr. ex-sheriff of Wayne county, is among the number certified to Gov ernor McCray by Jesse Eschbach, examiner of the state board of ac counts for collection by the attorney general. Mr. Carr states that the bill against him was for a mending and fixing ac count to which he certified while sheriff. He stated -that the account had been approved by the county coun cil and commissioners, and always had been paid on approval by the state board of accounts. It has been collect ed by sheriffs since 1SS9, Mr. Carr stated, as he has examined the booRs back to that date. Mr. Carr stated that he had been informed that the bill was held against him in accord with some new ruling by Mr. Eschbach and that he would pay it when a jury of 12 men decided that he should do so. Hammond Editors Meeting To Hear Governor Speak INDIANAPOLIS, July 27. Governor McCray will leav.e the capltol early tomorrow for Hammond, where in the evening he is scheduled to make an address at the annual outing of the Indiana Republican Editorial associa tion. The governor sld he expected to be back at his desk Friday. . Xkf'Cv ) - i y IS:-'. I 'b V w W L VST --ck jl i "ffsv'yVv -4 F5T7 ' - f 8tV ,t Z. ' lilt i ; feCs;- ill "U - The above shows Mount Assiniboine, in the Canadian Rockies, site of the camp from which Dr. W. E. Stone, president of Purdue University, La fayette, disappeared on his ill-fated walking tour. His body has been found at the bottom of a very deep precipice. An earlier report stated that Mrs. Stone had been found alive at the foot of a 17-foot crevice. The Stones had spent the last eight years in the mountains of the north west and they earned nation-wide reputations for their daring ability as mountain climbers, being members of both Canadian and American Alpine clubs. Dr. and Mrs. Stone left Lafayette July 5 for Banff and arrived there July 8. Dr. Stone had been president of Purdue since 1900. He was born June 12, 1862, in Chesterfield. Mass. He was a member of the: Indiana state board of education and was the author of several works on chemistry. GOV. SMALL AWAITS ARREST IN CHICAGO; READY FOR CONTEST (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, July 27.-i-Faced with thej refusal of Sheriff Henry Mester, of Sangamon county, to )me to Chicago and arrest Governor Small, the state! executive and his legal advisers went into conference today to plan the llext step In his fight against trial under Indictments charging embezzlement returned at Springfield last Wednes day. Neither the governor or Albert Fink, his chief attorney, appeared today at Mr. Fink's office, where the lawyers said in a telegram to the Sagamon sheriff last night that the governor would be ready to surrender today. It was reported, however, that Mr. Small and his attorneys and friena were in conference in another law office in the vicinity. May Surrender in Chicago One mmor which spread shortly af ter the conference opened was that the governor might surrender either to Charles Fitzmorris, general supr- tnienaent or tne cnicago ponce, or Sheriff Peters, . and permit them to telegraph Sheriff Mester at Spring field that the governor was in custody and to come and get him. If the Sangamon county authorities can be persuaded to make the arrest here, it is understood that all arrange ments have been made to apply to a Cook county court for a writ of habeas corpus. If the governor should stand trial, and In the event of a ruling in favor of Mr. Small, the indictment would then be rendered "void. TURKISH OPPOSITION BROKEN, IS REPORT Sheppard-Towner Infancy Bill Opposed by Oklahoma Woman Jeanette Rankin, Montana, Former Representative, Work- ing for Measure "Class Legislation" Is Basis of Opposition Argument. palladium sews BUREAU j has described it as potent with "pa- WASHINGTON. July 27 Although I ternalistic possibilities of incalculable the Shennard-Tnwnpr maternity and I danger." Army, Navy, Shipping Board Purchases are Co-Ordinated WASHINGTON, July 27. An execu tive order to co-ordinate purchasing for the army, navy, and shipping board and permitting transfer of surplus sup plies from one government agency to another, was signed today by President Harding. It was drafted under Director Dawes, of the budget bureau, and divides the country into zones corresponding to army corps areas for supply purchas ing with a generally purchasing agent, for each area, all working under a chasing supervisor ia Washington. Daily Interview KvrrT day a reporter will Interview peraon, picked at random, on what he rearardn an the moat Im portant action to hrloa; bark pros perity to the whole country. "Restoration of our foreign trade would have a more important effect in improving business conditions here than anything else," said L. S. Bow man, cashier of the American bank, Wednesday. "With an export trade, our domestic business would pick up, there would be a market for our farm products, and those three things would mean prosperity again." Mr. Bowman gave as an example of the effect of loss of export trade the present condition of a manufacturing company of Indianapolis. "This company had a good trade in South America," he said, "and had de veloped a broad market there for its product. Germany needed export trade after the war, her business men went in there, offered the commodity at nan tne American price, and as a result the Indinapolis firm is closed up tight now. The Germans probably paid lower wages, and may have kept other production costs lower. In the same way we are losing other foreign customers. SPRINGFIELD, 111., July 27 War rants for the arrest of Governor Small on charges of embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud the state were placed in the hands of Sheriff Mester of Sagamon county, this morning. The sheriff immediately sent a message to Attorney Albert Fink, Governor Small's counsel in Chicago, informing: him that it will not be ne- (By Associated Press) cessary for the governor to submit to ATHENS. July 27. Information arrest jn Chicago today, from all sources indicate that the re- Friends of Governor Small today sistance of the Turkish Nationalists promised "plenty of fireworks in the in Asia Minor Is completely broken, next 4g hours" after the governor's the Greek official news agency de-fcounsei telegraphed Sheriff Mester infancy aid bill was passed by the senate a few days ago there are in dications that a determined fight will be made against it in the house. ' Notwithstanding the fact that this measure is the one piece of legisla tion upon which is concentrated the full strength of the women suffrage organizations, Miss Alice Robertson, of Oklahoma, the only woman mem ber of congress, is its most vigorous opponent. Oddly enough. Miss Jeanette Ran kin, who formerly represented a Mon tana district and was the first woman member of the house, has been devot ing her entire time working for the passage of the measure. It was Miss Rankin who introduced the original maternity and Infancy aid bill. Miss Robertson has referred to the bill as "class legislation of sex" and A few women's organizations In the sixth congressional district of In diana have endorsed the bill but the majority of them have ignored it al though ' the measure has been pend ing before congress for several years. (Continued on Page Four) 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF BETHEL CHURCH CELEBRATED SUNDAY Special to The Palladium) "BETHEL, "July 27. The hundredth anniversary of the first Christian church In Eastern Indiana, and prob ably in all the state , will be made the occasion of an all day celebration here next Sunday by the members of the Bethel Christian church. Members of the congregation are proud of the history of their church, and have arranged a program to com memorate Its hundredth birthday. An invitation has been sent to all Wayne county Christian churches ask- By Associated Pr.,9S) "at J be Present in force, if LONDON, July 27.-Japan's accept- fe?? ZZlTJt? congregation to attend, delegations are JAPAN ACCEPTANCE DEMANDS AGENDA BANFF. Alberta. July 27. A tale of heroism and tragedy was unfolded here last night when word from searching parties told of the finding of the body of Dr. W. E. Stone, presi dent of Purdue university, Lafayette, Ind., beneath the ice and snow of a deep crevice in Mt. Eanon, sou,th of Banff. Guides from the Assiniboine camp .found the body Sunday, but word of their discovery did not reach here until late last night. Dr. Stone's wife, who with Dr. Stone, had been missing since July 17 from their camp at the base of Mt. Assiniboine, south of Banff, is alive. She was found severely injured at the bottom of a 17-foot crevice by the same searching party, and was sent to an emergency hospital at Camp Assiniboine. A number of doc tors and nurses were sent from here to attend her. Word reaching Banff last "night from the searching party, telling of the finding of Mrs. Stone and her hus band's body, brought to an end a week's search of mountains surround ing Banff, in which several hundred men took part. The entire summer colony had been assisting in combing the countryside In an effort to find the couple. , . . Message From Guides The brief message from the guides told the story of the tragedy. Losing her footing on the precipitate slope of Mt. Eanon, Mrs. Stone was said to have fallen into the crevice, unknown to her husband. Summoned by her screams for assistance. Dr. Stone, Mrs. Stone said, attempted to pull her to tne suriace ry means of a rope. Falling in the effort, he lowered him self to her side and then attempted to climb back with her in his arms. It was in this attempt that Dr. Stone lost his footing and his grasp on the rope and fell into a deeper crevice. So great was the fall that it is thought death came instantly. Mrs. Stone was hurled back into the first crevice, where she lay until the searching party found her. Mrs. Stone was unable to give de tails of the tragedy. The heroism of her husband was the only topic she would discuss. Despite the severity of her injuries, the shock resultant from her husabnd's death and the ex posure, physicians say her chances for recovery are good. Wedged in Crevice. The body of Dr. Stone was jammed between the sides of the narrow icy crevice and its removal was extreme ly difficult, the efforts of a number of men and a day's labor being required in bringing it to the surface. LAFAYETTE, Ind.. July 27. A mes sage was received from Banff, Alberta, today, by Miss Helen Hand, secretary to Dr. W. E. Stone, late president of Purdue university, from R. S. Stonach, of the Alpine club. It reads as follows: "Following message received from Dr. F. C. Bell: 'Regret to inform you Dr. Stone killed by fall on mountain the 16th. Mrs. Stone is in fairly good shape in spite of her terrible experi ence and will remain here pending re moval of body.' " Bring Body Back. The message also indicated that the body of Dr. Stone probably would be brought to Lafayette, as Mrs. Stone gave instructions to . have the house keeper get the Stone residence in condition. The Purdue faculty held a meeting this morning and passed resolutions on the death of the noted educator and mountain climber. A meeting of the executive commit tee of the board of trustees, has been called for thi3 afternoon by Henry W. Marshall, chairman of the committee. ance of the invitation to. a conference pt which far eastern problems will be discussed is conditioned according to reliable information here upon the Agenda for the conference being de cided in advance. clared in a statement issued here to day. The Turkish losses in killed, wounded and prisoners today are 60,000. BANKER'S DAUGHTER IS HELD IN PROBE (By Associated Press) CHICAGO. July 27. Vivian Spur gin, daughter of Warren C. Spurgir-, missing president of the closed Michi gan Avenue Trust company, who, wttlj her mother, returned to Chicago from Detroit, where tey fled following Spur gin's disappearance, has admitted that she had knowledge that her father had taken more than $500,000 of the bank's money before he fled, it was announced by James , E. McShane, as sistant state's attorney, and Ben New mark, chief investigator for the state's attorney's office, who questioned Miss Spurgin and her mother upon thrir arrival here. Miss Spurgin stated, according to the state authorities, that the informa tion was given to her by her mother following a conference with her father during which he bade them goodbye, and said he probably would never see them agaia. r of Sagamon county (Springfield) that the governor would accept service of the warrant charging him with em bezzlement of state funds while state treasurer. Governor Small arrived here late last night and the decision not to resist service of the warrant was an nounced after a conference with his counsel. Attorney General Brundage, active in the grand jury investiga tion which resulted in the indictment, came on the same train. $10,000 Jewelry Seized Allege Smuggling Attempt ' (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, July 27. Government agents yesterday confiscated jewelry valued at $10,000 which they said, was not declared by Mr. and Mrs. Max Fischer, passengers aboard the steam ship Oscar II, which arrived here from Denmark. Fischer, who said he was a New York merchant, was apprehended, agents said, when he attempted to pass the jewels to a boy over a fence at the end of the pier. He and b"-r tral states Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs day; showers and thunder storms, but not quite so warm. The weather will become unsettled during the next 24 hours with show ers and thunder storms over Wayne and adjacent counties, although tne rain -probably will be heavier in some places than in others. wife were detained three hours and then released after being informed they could regain their possessions if they made satisfactory explanation at the custom housetoday. For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Partly cloudy in south and thunder storms this after noon or tonight in north portion ; cool er in north portion tonight; Thursday partly cloudy; somewhat lower tem perature. Temperatures For Yesterday Maximum SI Minimum 64 Today Noon 90 Weather Conditions A trough shaped storm extends from Lake Su perior southward to the Gulf, and un der its influence brisk to strong south westerly winds prevail tver the Cen- It is cooler over the frest invited, to take part in the celebra tion. Music will be under the charge ol Mrs. William McVay, of Richmond. Roy L. Brown, the resident pastor, will have charge of the ceremonies, and he has secured Rev. J. Albert Brown, of Keokuk, O., as the peaker of the day. Rev. Brown was pastor cf the Bethel church 30 years ago. To Give Early History. A history of the early days of the church will be given by Charles Ander son, of Bethel, and the remainder of the time during the afternoon win bo given to testimonials and reminicen ces. The regular morning service will be held at the usual time, following which a dinner will be served in Cen tury Hall, the community building standing on the churcn grounds. RECORD -NUMBER OF JULY DIVORCE CASES An unprecedented number of di vorces are coming before Judge Wil liam A. Bond in Wayne circuit court. The past week has been featured by long, tedious hearings on numerous divorces. Six divorce hearings are on the docket for the remainder of this week. The court schedule for the remainder of this week is as follows: Thursday Francis M. Stikeleather vs. Roy Stikeleather divorce. Mary Stout vs. William Stout, divorce. Hen ry Niewoehner vs Estate, J. B. Aring. Friday Charles W. Turner vs. Peo ples' Coal and Ice company, hearing Rev. Brown will preach the evening! on restraining,, order. Gertrude Ed- behind - the storm. The following places had heavy rains yesterday af ternoon Fountain City and Eaton; light rain at Cambridge City, and mod erate rains at Hollansburg. sermon as well as m the morning. The congregation was organized July 27, 1821, in a log school house near Bethel, with 33 members. Ser vices were held in the schoolhouse un til a church could be built in the next year. John Foster was the first pastor. West Coast Cities Want - Far Eastern Conference (By Associated Press) . SAN FRANCISCO, July 27. Invita tions to hold the conference on Far Eastern affairs in San Francisco. Los Angeles, Pasadena, Portland, Seattle and Spokane were telegraphed today to President Harding by the mayors of six cities. wards Ws. Henry Edwards, divorce. Saturday Charles W. Roberts vs. Grace A. Roberts, divorce. Samuel W. Ketron vs. Minnie P. Ketron, divorce. Eliza Jane Van Etten vs. Edward C. Van Etten, divorce. Recommend Smith For Place on National Rifle Board (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. July 27. Harry B. Smith, adjutant general of Indiana, has been recommended to the secre tary of war for appointment as a mem ber of the national board for the pro motion of rifle practice, it was learned here today. The appointment has been passed to Governor McCray fox approval. p.