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VOL. XCIL, No. 300
Palladium. Est 1831. Consolidated
With Sun-Telegram. 1907.
RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 16, 1922.
SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS
THE
RICMMOW
WORLD FAILS
TO MAKE BIG
GAIN II! YEAR
European Mess Far
From Solution
By MARK SlIiLIVAV
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 16.
As the year comes to a close, anyone
surveying th eevents and tendencies of
the past 12 months, whether from the
point of view of our own country or
of the world as a whole, must be fore
ed to find such consolation as an op
timist may in the hope that the next
year will be better. x
The writer recalls vividly an expe
rience here in Washington almost ex
actly a year ago. While the confer
ence for the Limitation of Armaments
was in session, the leisure of one
heavy, rainy Saturday afternoon ' wa
Epent in conversation with a delegate
to the conference who, both in the
range of his information and the
reach of his thought, rank' with the
great men of his generation.-
In the course of the conversation
the writer suggested that if the state
of the world be considered by analo
gy to an automobile, then that sudden
and furious wrench with which the
Kaiser, in July, 1914, threw the ma
chine into 'reverse gear, had not yet
been changed that civilization was
still going backward and that the only
qualification, was that the backward
momentum had slowed down a little
from what it was while the fighting
of the great war was still on.
World Stuck in Mud.
To this, the response of the other
party to the conversation was that
civilization looked to him like an au
tomobile which was stuck in the mud
at the foot of a steep hill, with many
well-meaning persons making , unco
ordinated efforts to get it going for
ward, with the engin whirling furious
ly, but the machine itself making no
progress; while at the same time, the
jil and fuel were being used up and
:he mechanism was in every way de
leriorating. By a different analogy he described
civilization as being like a compara
Jvely small island, surrounded by seas
jf actual chaos in many sections of the
world, and impending chaos in others.
No Material Change
If this was a reasonably accurate
picture of the world a year ago, not
even the most optimistic can claim
that things have changed materially
for the better in the intervening 12 j
months. The return of the Turk to
Europe has visualized in terms grave
ly alarming to us a'l the actual anl
complete undoing of the expulsion o?
the Turk from Europe three years be
fore, which expulsion had been held
to be one of the principal compensa
tions of the great war a compensa
tion weighing, in the eyes of many,
even more than the overthrow of au
tocracy in Germans'.
Aside from this sombre Turkish in
cident, in a broader way, we are com
pelled to admit that those causes of
delayed restoration a-hich hang about
the relations between France and Ger
many are no nearer removal than they
were a year ago. On this point, some
of the wisest person within the ac
quaintance of the writer state the sic-
uation in a series of sentences which
may be summarized roughly as
follows:
Guaranty Is Needed
lae t rencn people, Deing in a
state of terror about Germany, wheth
er that terror is justified or not, will
not themselves take, nor permit others
to take, the steps necessary for a re-
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is removed. The only way to remove
that fear is by a sufficient number of
other nations giving to France a guar
anty to come to her help if at any
time in the future a recovered Ger
many should repeat the assaults it has
made on France twice during the past
fifty years. It may not be essential
for the United States to join in this
specific guaranty. It ia possible that
if a sufficient number of nations, like
Great Britain and Italy, omitting the
United States, should give the guar
anty, France's fear would be removed
But that the removal of this fear is
an indispensable condition of the re
covery of the world is indisputable."
Very Little Nearer
If this is true, if the removal of the
state of fear from the French people
.by adequate guarantees is an essential
prerequisite to a peaceful, normal world,
who can say that we are much nearer
to that consummation today than we
were a year ago? A little nearer we
may be. The elimination of Lloyd
George, who without meaning to lie,
was always a stumbling block, and the
negotiations at London this week may
have given us some slight start toward
better things in Europe. It is too early
yet to be sure. In any event, certainly,
the consummation is much more clear
ly within the field of hope for the com
ing year than accomplishment for the
past one.
Some other thoughtful persons, ap
proaching the same situation from the
economic point of view, say substan
tially the same thing in terms some
what like, the following:
Must Fix Sum
"The indispensable prerequisite to
economic recovery the one thing upon
which all others hang the indispensa
ble action which must be taken before
the world can make the first step to
war deconomic health, lies in the Ger
man reparations. So long as the repa
rations remain as they now are, an
undetermined sum greater than Ger
many can possibly pay, there can be no
progress toward cure. Germany is in
ihe position of a renter, the amount
of whose rent is not a fixed sum a
renter whose landlord comes around at
the end of the year, takes a look at
what his tenant, has made, and seizes
for himself as much as pleases him of
. the product. Lnder a burden of this
' kind no individual and no nation can
or will go to work effectively. The
first essential to world recovery is
to let Germany know the determined
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Heads Farm Bureau
- I - I - -r
Oscar E. Bradfute
Oscar E. Bradfute, Xenia, Ohio, was
unanimously elected president of the
a onerican. Farm Bureau Federation, at
the annual convention in Chicago,
succeed James R. Howard. '
to
FQULKE THREATENED
IN NAME OF KLAN;
FLOGGING PROMISED
William Dudley Foulke is in receipt
of a letter, mailed from Indianapolis
at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, in which
he is threatened with a flogging be
cause of his utterances against the Ku
Klux Klan.
The text of the communication fol
lows: -
W. D. Fulke, Richmond, Ind.
"Why is it that you feel on account
of your wealth you have the power to
antagonize the progress of 'the K. K. K.
"You are absolutely of no service
to the citizens of Richmond or the wel
fare of the community. You do not
employ any help except Japs and
Chinese. You do not spend any of
your money in Richmond.
"Now unless, you cease your activ
ity you will receive a good flogging.
"The fiery cross is here to stay."
Mr. Fouike said Saturday that he
had no statement to make. Reason
for the charge (hat Mr. Foulke employ
ed only. Japanese and Chinese help is
not known as Mr. Foulke does not em
ploy persons of either nationality.
KANSAS SEEKS WRIT
TO FORBID KU KLUX
BUSINESS IN STATE
(Bv Associated Tress)
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,. W.
Va., Dec. 16. Kansas will not anve
the Ku Klux Klan from the state Dy
force but will expel it by refusing to
permit it to do business within tne
state's boundaries, Governor Henry J.
Allen declared In an address prepared
for delivery today before the gover
nors' conference.
A writ being sought in the Kansas
supreme court he said, would make
disappear "the blazing cross and the
pasture parties where the men mask
themselves and put on a fantastic cere
mony in the open field and terrorize
an entire neighborhood."
To Expel Order.
"In Kansas we are seeking to expel
the klan from the state," Governor
Allen said. "I note by the press of the
country that some misapprehension ex
ists as to just what we mean "by ex
pelling the rider, and the thought has
been expressed that it is the intention
of the state to drive out of the state
the members of the klan.
"This ia not at all what the action
before the supreme court presupposes.
Under the law of Kansas every organ
ization doing business within the state
must be chartered. The Ku Klux Klan
has a charter under the laws of Geor
gia, and the action now pending In
the supreme court of the state is for
the purpose of securing a writ forbid
ding the klan to do business hereafter
in Kansas.
"The essence of ouT opposition to the
organization is not in the fact that it
fights the Catholic church, or express
es it antipathy to the Jew or to the
negro, but in the fact that it does this
under the protection of a mask and
through the process of terrorism and
violence.
To Lunch With Harding
The chief executives of 15 states
were preparing to leave for Washing
ton alter the final session today for
luncheon conference with President;
Harding at the White House Monday,
presumably on the subject of prohibi
tion amendment.
Governors Sproul of Penn. and Pre
us of Minnesota, through whom the
President personally extended .his in
vitation for the conference to the
other Governors over the telephone
last night said Mr. Harding had not
indicated to them the questions to be
discussed. As the chief executive,
however, had previously announced
his intention of calling the Governors
to Washington to discuss the liquor
question next month the opinion
seem to prevail among those here to
day that either the date of that con
ference had been advanced or the
meeting Monday had been called as a
possibly preliminary to the January
session.
Governor Preus, .who was due in
Washington today to have luncheon
with the President was expected to
take with him a list of the Governors
who will follow him from White Sul
phur. Hanlhara Is Appointed
Jap Envoy to Washington
fBy Associated Press)
TOKIO, Dec. 15. Appointment of
Vice Foreign Minister Masanao Han
ihara as Ambassador to Washington,
was confirmed today by the cabinet.
Tokie-Chi Tanaka, succeeds Hanihara
in the foreign ministry.
Wife No. 2 Fights
For Hubby's Liberty;
Held For Bigamy
(By United Press)
CHICAGO. Dec. 16 Wife No. 2, to
day fought for the release of Captain
C. H. Pike, United States medical
corps, who was Weld in an Indiana jail
on charges of bigamy sworn to by a
woman claiming to be wife No. 1.
While Mrs. Francis Heile Pike,
daughter of a Chic? go attorney, de
clared she would stick to Pike, "no
matter what Papa does," Mrs. Marjory
Pike, alleged first wife, consulted with
attorneys preliminary to the arraign
ment of the captain.
Pike was spirited away Wednesday
from wife No. 2, and rushed to Crown
Point, where he was held under $3,000
bond on the bigamy charge.
He asserted today that he met Mar
jory Bedos while a student at Swarth
more college. He said they tried to
find happiness together but failing, he
said they signed an agreement to part
and not interfere with each other.
Produces Letter
Pike produced a letter alleged to!
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hae been wntten by his first wife, in
Colorado Springs, Colo., a few days
after his marriage to wife No. 2. The
letter expressed her wishes that. Pike
would find happines3 in his second
marriage.
Mrs. Pike No. 1, who came from Col
orado to press the .-harges, told the
court that a child was born as a result
of her companionship with Pike and
had been adopted by a wealthy family.
Pike asserted that he parted from
"Mrs. Pike No. 1" in 1906.
No date has yet, been set for the
arraignment.
ALL EUROPE HAILS
U. S, INTERVENTION
AS ONLY SOLUTION
By LLOYD ALLEN
LONDON, Dec. 16. All Europe to
day hailed the possibility of American
intervention as the only means of
solving the tangled reparations prob
lem. The British press was especially en
thusiastic over impending action by
the United States.
Typical of newspaper criticism
everywhere is the editorial of the Man
chester Guardian, which declares:
"It is the biggest thing that has
happened since the armistice."
-"If this is true," the Guardian con-1
tinues, "it means that the whole mor
al weight of the most powerful na
tion in the world is to be thrown
into the scales which have been so
violently rocked by the fears and ani
mosities and jealousies of Europe."
The paper argues that the United
States' attitude of aloofness gives it a
position of arbiter.
Curiosity Aroused.
Tremendous curiosity has been
aroused here and on the continent as
to the form American aid for Europe
will take. It was stated here that
even Ambassador Harvey was entirely
ignorant as to what the White House
intended to do.
- The enthusiastic reception given an
nouncement of the step proposed by
President Harding by the British
press, was echoed somewhat less
warmly across the channel. The
French conservative press has reports
of determined American opposition to
France s Ruhr plans to offset the news
that the United States may come to
Europe's assistance financially.
In London, It is felt that France can
prevent American intervention by
adopting a recalcitrant attitude to
wards Germany. For that reason, the
strong vote of confidence won by Poin
care is considered significant of dan
ger to the whole scheme.
43 BIG BUSINESS MEN
FACE FEDERAL CHARGE
OF DEFRAUDING PUBLIC
(By Assciatd Press)
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 16. Forty
three persons, among them prominent
New York, Chicago and Omaha busi
ness men, including 26 well known Ne
braska bankers, were indicted here
late yesterday by a federal grand jury
for alleged misuse of the mails and
conspiracy to use the mails to de
fraud. The Indictments came after
investigations by federal and state au
thorities In connection with transac
tions which are alleged to have
wrecked the Lion Bonding and Surety
company of Omaha.
Among the indicted is Joseph Trog
gatt, head of the Joseph Troggatt
Auditing firm of New Y'ork City, and
J. Clarence Leonard, also of New
York, former secretary of the Lion
Bonding and Surety company. Others
indicted Include Edwin H. Guerney,
Fremont, Neb., former president of the
defunct company; three former vice
presidents, the former treasurer and
former assistant secretary.
Misrepresent Companies.
It is' charged that those indicted
had misrepresented the status of the
company in various ways and fraudu
lently induced the sale, subscription
and approval of stocks and bonds of
the company.
All the defendants are accused, un
der the various counts, some ?s offi
cials of the company, some as friends
of the company, who gave accommo
dation certificates of deposit, and oth
ers as stock salesmen.
Bond was fixed for each of the de
fendants at $5,000.
J. C. Kinsler, United States district
attorney in Omaha, said last nigl'r
that there were two distinct charges
one with 16 of the counts being
misuse of the mails, and the other,
with which the last count dealt, be
ing conspiracy to use the mails o
defraud, in violation of section 215,
of the peral code.
PRESIDENT OF
POLAND SLAIN
BYASSASSINS
Killed While Visiting
Art Exhibition
(By Associated Press)
WARSAW, Dec. 16 Gabriel Naru
towicz, president of Poland, was assas
sinated today. M. Narutowicz was
killed while visiting an art exhibition.
The assassination occurred exactly
at noon. The president was shot, dy
ing a few moments later. M. Maro
tuwica, wa3 killed by an artist named
Niewadmoski, who fired three shots.
Every shot took effect.
Niewadomski tne assassin, has long
been regarded by his associates as
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e,? uP?n as due to the motivation o
disordered mind, rather than as th
sult of a definite plot against the
of his f
e re
e me
ot the newly elected president
News of the tragedy spread like
wildfire throughout the capital, evok
ing expression of horror, from all in
cluding the political enemies of the
martyred executive.
Gabriel Narutowicz was born in 186.
in Telaze, which is now within the bor-
bers of Lithuania, and was educated at
Libau, the technical institute of Pet
rcgrad. and the polytechnic institute
at Zurich.
From thg Zurich institute he receiv
ed a diploma of engineer of water
power. In this profession he prac
tired in France, Spain and Switzer
land. He was recognized as an expert
in this line and after the World war.
was appointed a member of the inter
national commission for the utiliza-
tion of the Polish government, in June '
lyju, when he was given the port
folio of minister of public works un
der Premier Grabski and was re-appointed
to this Office by the succeed
ing premier, M. Ponikowski.
FRANCE IS WARNED
BY HARDING, REPORT
LONDON. Dec. 16. President Hard
ing has sent a warning to France that
invasion cf. the Ruhr valley would
gravely endanger an international loan
to Germany, according to the Daily
Sketch. Other London papers today
did not carry dispatches to this effect.
Victim of Assassins
Gabriel Narutowicz
Gabriel Narutowicz, president of
Poland, was slain today while he was
visiting an art exhibition.
Weather Forecast
For
RICHMOND AND VICINITY
By W. E. Moore
Snow'or sleet changing to rain to
night and Sunday Warmer Sunday;
colder Sunday night; much colder
Monday.
The storm over the southwest is
moving northeastward and it will
cause southerly winds, rising tempera
tures with snow and 'deet. followed by
rains and in turn tollowed by cold
weather. A general fog will cover th
city due to the warm winds- blowing
over the frozen ground.
Temperatures Yesterday at the Pump
ing Station
Maximum ; , 30
Minimum n
Today
Noon 32
Weather Conditions The cold wave
is breaking up over the Ohio valley
and the southwesterr storm is mov
ing northeastward towards the Great
Lakes, while another storm is moving
southward. It is snowing over a por
tion of the plain states and it is rain-
irg over the southern states, west of
the Mississippi river. It also contin
ues unsettled over the Atlantic coast.
The temperatures are falling in the far
northwest. It is reported to be IS
degrees below zero at Charles City,
Iowa.
For Indiana by the United State".
Weather Bureau Snow northern anl
snow or rain southern portions tonight
and Sunday. Warmer tonight. Colder
Sunday night.
Paid Circulation
Yesterday, was
12,193
ft- t ' v
"Get College Women
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Left to right, Mrs. Frances King; Mrs.
Farm and Garden Association; Mrs.
the Chicago convention.
"The hope of the country lies in
farm," Mrs. Newton B. Ashley, sister
told the delegates at the meeting of the
tion in Chicago. "The women with
i drudgery of the farm women of yesterday and will, consequently, turn their
efforts to running the farms on scientific lines."
Farmers Advocate
Legislation For
9 Months' Loans
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. Legisla
tion making it possible for the farmer
to borrow from the farm loan banks
for nine months, and in individual
sums up to $25,000 was advocated to
day in a legislative policy adopted by
the National Council of Farmers Co
operative Marketing associations at a
meeting in convention here. Agree
ment on a program of specific needs
in rigid credits legislation to nave
the support of the organization was
sought in throwing' open to general
discussion a report on the subject
from the committee on co-operative
financing and rural credits.
The council's recommendations
wei'e expected not to take the shape
of a definite drawn bill but rather to
embrace what it conceives to be the
essentially Constructive features in
the mine measure - now pending in
Congress. ' Discussion and adoption
of a report on the committee on or
ganization also was on the final sess
ion program.
PERMANENT RECEIVER
FOR LORRAINE REALTY
COMPANY IS SOUGHT
Hearing of evidence intcduced to
crove charees of mismanagement of
the officials of the Lorraine Realty
company, defendants In the suit
brought by certain of the preferred
stockholders in the corporation, and
other evidence Intended to show that
the defendant corporation is insolvent
and that it should be liquidated
through the appointment of a perman
ent receiver, was drawing to a close
in Wayne circuit court Saturday after.
noon. The case was nearing Its third
dav of hearing before Judge William
A. Bond. .
The American Trust and Savings
bank was appointed receiver without
notice by the court during the month
of March, 1922. The court must de
cide whether to discontinue the tem
porary receivership arrangement or
establish a permanent receiver with
orders to liquidate the assets or the
company.
Charges Ars Made
The stockholders charge non-pay
ment of the taxes on the property of
the company, failure to collect the
debts of th? compary and failure to
collect rental from the assets of the
defunct Lorraine Car company to the
amount of $3,400.
In the effort to establish the fact
of the insolvency of the defendant cor
poration, the attorneys for the plaintiff
have introduced evidence showing that
the present assets of the company are
approximately $30,000, but that their
liabilities, including both preferred and
common stock obligations, as well as
first prior claim debts, ainont to more
than $40,000.
Another point brought out in the evi
dence introduced on the point of insolv
ency is that the company tas failed to
pay its dividends for the past 18
months and that it has not retired the
the regular installment of preferred
stock as agreed. The amount of this
installment remaining unpaid is $3,500.
Evidence for the defense intending
to show that the company can go ahead
and operate without the restrictions of
the receivership and pay off its obli
gations will be introduced ,for the first
time late Saturday afternoon, say at
torneys for the Lorraine Realty com-
Pany.
The plaintiffs bringing the acMon for
the liouidation of the corporation are
the principal preferred stockholders in
the company and are as follows:
James E. Fry. Roy C. Fry, Charles Fry,
William G. Fry. Amos F. Fry, William
R. Crawford, Jesse Carr, Atwood
L. Jenkins and Alfrec W. Ji'Mns,
partners under the firm name of Dug
an, Jenkins and company. The de
fendants are: C. A. Culbertson, Wil
liam E. Kriedeler and C. O. Rose, all of
Cincinnati, Ohio, and the principal com
mon stockholders in the company.
BOY CORN CHAMPION
GIVEN SPECIAL RECEPTION
SHELBYVILLE. Ind., Dec. 16
Glenn Phares, national boys' corn club
champion, was given a special re
ception by the Rotary cdub at its
regular noon meeting Thursday.
on Farms," Is Slogan
Russell K. Tyson, president National
Bertram W. Rosenstone, snapped at
getting women with education on the
of Secretary o Agriculture Wallace,
National Farm and Garden Associa
college degrees will not stand for the
METHODIST LEADER
VISITS HERE; URGES
SCHOOLS READ BIBLE
Reading of tho Bible, without com
ment, in schools, will be a regular
practice hereafter in Syracuse, N. Y.,
Dr. Edwin N. Mills, enthusiast and
world authority on rose culture and
general secretary of the Methodist
Episcopal caurch, 6aid Saturday. Dr.
Mills, whose home is In Syracuse, is
visiting his friend, E. Gurney Hill.
I see no reason why enough, in
which all sects believe in common,
cannot be selected from the Bible, to
furnish daily readings," said Dr. Mills.
In Syracse we think we have 6olved
the difficulty of the difference in
creeds and sects. After consultation
with the people and expression by
them of a desire for using the BiDie
in the schools, the mayor ' appointed
a committee or two t-roiesia-ut min
isters, two rabbis and two Catholic
priests, representing all religious De-
liefs of the city. Representatives' or
each sect were named by the mem
bers, j
"This committee has gone over the j
Bible and selected it from passages
which do not involve controversial
matters, and daily readings will be
given from those passages.
Favors Using Version
"The Catholic members of the com
mittee have not functioned as yet, pos
sibly because they believe the Douay
version should be used. I would be
in favor of its use to satisfy them if
the rabbis also are agreeable, for it
would furnish a source of as much as
we could get from any other ver
sion." Referring to recommendation of Ar
thur E. Hungerford, publicity agent of
the Federal council, in a speech before
the ecclesiastical gathering in Indian
apolis Friday that newspapers should
be used more by the churches. Dr.
Mills expressed emphatic approval.
Need to Use Papers.
"The Methodist church, . and this Is
probably true of others as well," he
said, "does not use the papers a quar
ter as much as it should. We have
fallen off deplorable In this matter
since the days of John Wesley. He
would revel in the use of the presses
if he were still living, and we are to
be blamed for not using them more.
J would . approve the appointment of
the best qualified man in each church
minister or layman, upon whom the
newspapers could depend to get the
news. Let him learn how . to know
what is news and to get what the
newspapers want.
"He must make all his contributions
newsy and in conformity to the stand
ard of the paper. If the church de
sires to get any propaganda published,
to do any preaching through the paper,
and the paper consents to let him still
do it by using news stories. The Ro
man Catholic .church has a very fine
publicity service and Protestant
churches could learn much from Cath
olics in this respect.
Urges Love of Roses.
Dr. Mills was far less reticent on
topics connected with his hobby of
rose culture than on matters of church
management. - Spreading of the love
for rose and the doctrine of rose cul
ture, until 50,000 people grow 10 bush
els apiece where five grow 500 bushels
now. was his prediction for the next
decade.
"Everyone can grow a few roses at
least," said the enthusiast. "And
wherever you find a number of rose
growers in . any . community, you in
variably will find most of the leaders
in that community among their num
ber. I hope to see rose growing spread
more and more among the people, in
stead of being confined to people or
wealth, as here-to-fore.
"Amateur rose growers should start
small, only 10 or 12, not more" than
24 varieties at first. There is hardly
a garden that cannot grow 10 va
rieties. Consult with others, and try
the : varieties best suited to the cli
mate. Many fail because they do
not consider the country and climate
and choose roses that will flourish.
I look to see Mr. Hill's new rose, the
American, become the most popular
outdoor rose of its kind within a few
years. To my mind it is unquestion
ably the greatest of the pink roses
now, as the Souvenir Claudius Pinet
is the greatest yellow rose. I would
choose the America as one of the 1C
best. Both are adapted to outdoor
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REP. KELLER
GIVES NOTICE
OF DEFIANCE
Action is Deferred on
Contempt
'51 IT
(Ey Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. Formal
notice was given the house judiciary
committee today by Representative
Keller, Republican, Minnesota, that he
would refuse to respond to its sub
poena to appear and testify under
oath as to the information on which
he based his impeachment charges
against Attorney General Daugherty.
Decision as to what action the com
mittee should take was deferred until
Monday. Representative Graham, Re
publican, Pennsylvania, and several
other members wanted an immediate
report made to the house, with a view
to contempt proceedings, but Chair
man Volstead advised that the com
mittee go slowly, and a motion to de
fer action finally prevailed.
To Resume Hearings
At the same time, the committee
voted to resume public hearings on
the impeachment charges Tuesday,
with Representatives Woodruff, Re
publican, Michigan, and Johnson, Re
publican, South Dakota, as probable
witnesses. It was explained that they
would be asked to testify regarding
their charges, that the attorney gen
eral had failed to prosecute vigorous
ly war fraud cases.
Since Mr. Keller's failure to re
spond when the sergeant at arms of
the House attempted service of the
subponena in the committee room
yesterday the committee had deferred
a decision as to what course it would
pursue. As the only explanation of
Mr. Keller's failure to respond yester
day, Mr. Jackson H. Ralston, his coun
sel, in a letter to the committee in
regard to the subpoena said he would
be prepared today "to take such po
sition before the committee with re
gard to the subject as then may seem
appropriate."
May Report Refusal
Mr. Keller conferred with his coun
sel late yesterday as to his future po
sition with no announcement concern
ing the conference, although some o!
his friends had previously stated that
he would not submit himself to the
jurisdiction of the committee. Wbile
members of the committee said it was
without power to compel his attend
ance, it could take the course in event
of Mr. Keller's final refuse to re
spond to report such refusal to the
house, which they said, had all the
power of a court to hold a member
in contempt and enforce its rulings.
TREATY OF LAUSANNE
IS BEING PREPARED;
TO BE SIGNED JAN. 24
(Bv Associated Press'
LAUSANNE, Dec. 16. Drafting of
the treaty of Lausanne now is in pro
gress. The experts are working, how
ever, on clauses that involve no dis
puted points and although the sub
commissions are making rapid pro
gress it seems impossible that any
complete document can even be ini
tiated before Christmas.
Rumors now are in circulation that
January 24 has been fixed as the ten
tative date for signing the pact.
Any considerable vacation over
Christmas seems unlikely, largely be
cause of Turkey's determination that
there shall be no lull in the confer
ence until definite terms of peace are
agreed upon at least, in principle, or
until it is clear that there can be no ,
agreement. The Turks have insisted
so vigorously upon continuing work
throughout the approaching holidays
that the other delegations virtuallv
have abandoned plans for an extended
recess.
Ismet Fasha has been instructed by
his government not to permit any
break in the conference until some
definite decision is reached. Turkey
has 250.000 men under arms and prac
tically in the trenches. She does not
propose to keep them in suspense un
necessarily in order to allow Europe
an diplomats to spend Christmas and
New Year with their families.
"Our soldiers are needed at home
and on the farms and villages which
must be reconstructed and restored,"
said Ismet. "We want to know as soon
as possible whether we can release
them for the reconstruction Turkey
so badly needs.".
SHIP FIRE CAUSES
DAMAGE OF $10,000
fBv A?3f(,ired Press)
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 A f.re dis
covered early today -n a cargo of cor
ton in the after-hole' of the Japanese
freight and passenger steamer Chi
cago Maru. lying at a dock in the
outer harboi- was extinguished after
doing damage estimated at $10,000. At
one time, the flames were beyocd con
trol and threatened to destroy the
vessel. One hundred passenger; were
taken ashore soon after the fire was
discovered. The ver-sel arrived yes
terday from New Orieans.
It was believed the fire had been
burring several hours when It was
discovered in holds 4 and 5, on the
starboard side.
The Japanese crew of 300 fought the
flames with difficulty as the declt
were so hot they butned the sailors'
feet. A number were overcome by
smoke.
The steamer is the around the world
service of the Osaka Shosen Kasba
line and between the Orient and Soutli
America. Its masttr is Captain S.
Zamiaga. . ,
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