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Professor Achard OF Paris declares
that his physiological researches run
ming over period Of years show that
woman little. by little is growing a
beard, and that she will ultimately be.
come the equal of man in force, vlril-
'ity courage and mentality. Nonsense,
says the Houston Post. She hasn't
even the eyebrows she had in good old
jungle days.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-07

The ancient puzzle as to which ex-
listed first, the chicken or the egg. was
not less interesting than the modern
query as to whether a big volume of
business will secure reduction Of
rates or a reduction Of rates will Sc
cure big volume Of business.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-07

The loudest note OF pessimism we
have heard yet, remarks the Houston
Post, is the opinion Of New Yorker
who declares tenderloins will be SELL
ing at 10 cents a pound and eggs at
10 cents dozen before real good
scent cigar reappears in the United
States.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-07

II an ingenious Detroiter was able
to rig up his alarm clock so that at
certain hour 1t would stop the electric
fan he had started, why could not an
electric fan be rugged up so thut it
would shut off a fellows alarm clockY
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-07

In thinking over the discussion re-
garding Americas reasons for going
TO war, 1t is impossible to escape the
conclusion that this country could he
saved great deal il its public men
would eschew rhetoric.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-07

The Baltimore Sun says in Utopia,
where everything is perfect, they give
showers for the groom as wen as for
the bride. Showers Of what? Lawn.
mowers, stepladders, garden tools and
insect sprays?
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C. w. WRIGHT. M. ID.
EYE. EAR. NOSE AND THROAT.
GLASSES PROPERLY FITTED

oculist and Aurlst 10 North Adams
hospital Recently in charge OF eye.
ear, nose and throat services at Post
Hospital, Eastern Department Head
quarters.
Tel. 372-M. DonHn Block. No. Adams
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Colt Has Only Three Leas.

A colt was born recently In Sas-
katchewan, with only three legs. Two
hind legs and ore front. The animal
is progressing :e;.t57nbly.
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MILDLY Blouses, white and col
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
HARDING JOINS FORD,
FIRESTONE and EDISON
tBy Associated Press.p

WASHINGTON, July 23.-President
Harding left here by automobile to-
day to join the camping party of Har-
vey S. Firestones Henry Ford and
Thomas A. Edison on Licking Creek,
near Peckville, Md, II miles from
Hagerstown, Md. He expected to
spend the night under canvas and re-
turn to Washington late tomorrow
Mrs. Harding did not accompany the
president, having decided not to ac-
cept the invitation
The Presidents schedule called for
luncheon at the camp and an after
noon in the Maryland and West Vir-
ginia hills. Besides Mr.. Firestone, Mr..
Ford and Mr.. Edison and their wives
he will find Bishop William F. Ander-
son of the Methodist Episcopal church,
an old friend, and Mrs. Anderson at
the camp.
Bishop Anderson is understood to
have arranged for Mr.. Harding's spend
ing the weekend with the party.
There was something of memorial
TO the late John Burroughs about the
occasion as Messrs. Firestone. Ford
and Edison in past years frequently
were in company with the naturalist in
out of doors trips of the same kind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
WHISKY SCHOONER
SEIZED BY POLICE
(By Associated Press)

NEW HAVEN, Conn, July 23-
Acting upon information furnished
over the telephone by some unknown
person, the New Haven police today
surprised a band of Is men unloading
Scotch whisky from the small auxil-
iary sword fishing sloop Jennie T.,
captured them at the point of revolv-
ers, seized the vessel, and confiscated
about 800 cases of liquor, as well as
three motor trucks and three touring
cars.
The confiscated liquor is appraised
at about $4,000 Three well known
New Haven residents, j. H. Bronson,
Pearl p Sperry, Jr., and William
Beecher, were among the Is men
taken into custody.
All were held without bail pending
hearing before United States Com
missioner Lynch. Prohibition Enforce
ment Agent Thomas j. McCauliffe re-
ceived information yesterday that a
cargo of liquor was to be landed near
New Haven during the night, and just
before daybreak today telephone call
came into the police headquarters
nal ming the place of landing, which
was Lighthouse Point
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
PUBLIC SCHOOL TERM
SHORTENED, WILL NOT
CUT SALARIES, JORDAN

Despite the fact that the school
term in the Richmond public schools
will be two weeks shorter next year
than it was during the past school
year, teachers salaries will not be
cut Announcement of this decision
of the board was made by Charles w
Jordan, president of the school board,
Saturday.
Contracts for teachers have not yet
been signed, but according to Mr..
Jordan, they will be ready for the
teachers later in the summer. Vacan-
cies still existing in the teaching staff
number about II. Teachers for these
positions will be secured as soon as
possible and contracts will be ready.
Shortening of the school year was
decided upon by the board after num-
erous appeals were made by local citi-
zens that the children not be COM
PEELED to attend school into the hot
summer days of tn elast of June. One
of the reasons for extending tie school
year last year was to permit teachers
to work longer and realize a larger
salary. 1t is said that many educators
in the country advocate year around
school
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
BEAUMONT KLANSMEN
ADMIT LEADING PART
IN TEXAS BEATING
(By Associated Press)

BEAUMONT, Tex, July 23.-The
Beaumont local of the Knights OF the
ku Klux Klan today sent long letters
to both newspapers here in which they
assume full responsibility for the re-
cent beating. tarring and feathering
of j. S. Paul, local physician, and R.
F. Scott, marine corps veteran, of
Deweyville.
The communication bore the official
seal of the order and contai ined more
than 1000 words as an explanation
of the two attacks. They summed up
with the following quotations:
For while they rabble with their
thumb-worn creeds,
Their large professions and their little
deeds,
Mingles with the selfish strife, 10!
Freedom weeps;
Wrong rules the land and waiting JUS
tice sleeps"
Belief was expressed here that the
letter will be investigated by William
Joseph Simmons, grand wizard of the
order of Atlanta Ga, and the develop
ments may be expected in accordance
with the head officials declaration
of intention to submit to authorities
the roster of local branches violating
the law of the land"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
FRANCE ORDERS MORE
TROOPS TO SILESIA;
BRITISH OPPOSE MOVE
rBv Associated Press)

PARIS, July 23.-Premier BRAND.
following a meeting of the council Of
ministers at Rambouillet yesterday,
has dispatched a telegram to Berlin
requesting that the German govern
ment take all necessary steps to in
sure safe conduct through Germany
of a new division of French troops,
which, it is said in official circles,
will be ordered to Silesia within few
hours.
This mornings newspapers give con-
siderable prominence to the council
meeting, which was the second to be
held at Rambouillet since the election
of President Millerand 1t is under
stood that the Silesian question was
the chief subject under discussion,
and although the official communique
fails to say so, the newspapers de-
clared unqualified approval was given
the premier's position after he had
expla ined it in great detail.
Ministers Stand Firm
The ministers are reported to feel
that France should not retreat an
inch from the determination to send
reinforcements to Upper Silesia, de.
spite opposition to such a move by
David Lloyd George, the British prime
minister.
Instructions were sent late last
night to the French ambassador in
London requesting him to tell the
British government that France con
siders it useless for the allies to es.
tablish a Silesian boundary without
providing sufficient troops to enforce
the provisions and adding that France
intends to dispatch another division
without waiting for action by the 9th
er allies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23

"Readjustment of our taxes is the
most urgent question today" said Mrs.
j. B. Unthank, 315 Kinsey street, Sat
urday. Our tax system needs to be
gone over, and the taxes equalized so
that all shall bear proportionate
shares of government costs"
Agriculture has a heavier burden
of taxes than any other business in the
country" continued Mrs Unthank.
1T needs to be relieved of its unjustly
large share of expenses. We also
need more economy in expenditures.
We have too many government Off
cials with high salaries who are not
doing enough work.
81 do not know what Gen. Dawes
may do in cutting down expenses but
l am watching his work with great in
terest.
Disarmament will help immensely
in lessening the amount of taxes to be
raised. | am heartily in favor of dis
armament and hope to see it soon"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23

seen to be as startling as it really is.
Any reader who will cast thought
back just year will recall the Demo
cratic slogan to the effect that if Har-
ding were elected he would be the
creature of senatorial oligarchy."
This was not merely a campaign
slogan.
Some of the Republican senators
held the same theory. Their expecta-
ton was that the power and prestige
which had passed from the Capitol to
the White House under Wilson and
Roosevelt was to be restored to the
Capitol, and they relied upon their
fellow senator, Mr.. Harding, to be the
vehicle of that restoration
Fail to Foresee Change
They visualized the future manage
ment of the country as being largely
in the hands of the Republican SEN
ators, acting, so to speak, as a board
of directors, with the executive man
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
NORTHCL|FFE HOPEFUL
FOR IRISH PEACE
tBy Associated Press)

NEW YORK, July 23.-Lord North
cliffe, discussing the Irish question,
on his arrival today from England on
his way to the Far East, said:
I'VE are very hopeful, but it must
be remembered that a problem of 700
years cannot be settled in seven
days" He declared President Hard
ing's invitation to the great powers
to conference to discuss armaments
had been enthusiastically received in
Europe. He thought the presidents
move very wise one.
After visiting the United States. Wis
count Northcliffe will go to Canada,
Honolulu. the Fiji Islands, Australia.
the Philippines, Japan, China, Korea,
the Straits Settlement, Burma and In
dia
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
FRESH TROOPS AID
SPANISH FORCES TO
PUT DOWN REBELLION
(By Associated Press)

MADRID, July 23.-Spanish forces
which suffered a reverse at the hands
of rebellious tribesmen at the Melilla
zone of Morocco have received re-
Inducements and repulsed all subse-
quent attacks against them, according
to the latest news received here this
evening from Morocco.
The newspapers say the fighting con-
tinued yesterday, the enemy having re-
ceived reinforcements and that the
Spanish troops both peninsular- and
native, offered stubborn resistance.
Runbrs are current here that Gener.
al Silvestre, commander of the Spanish
forces at Melilla committed suicide on
finding himself cut off and surrounded
at the head of small detachment,
some distance from the main Spanish
position, but these rumors have not
been confirmed ....
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
FOUR BIG:STEAMERS
WILL BE ADDED TO
five SEIZED FRIDAY
fRv Associated Press,

NEW YORK, July 23-Agents of
the United States shipping board
waited today for the arrival of four
big steamers chartered to the United
States Mail Steamship company, in
order that they might add them to
five seized in series of harbor raids
last night.
The steamers seized last night were
among the finest in the United States
merchant marine and all were former
German liners. They are the George
Washington, which President Wilson
used on his trip to the Versailles
Peace conference; the America, Sus-
quehana, President Grant, and Aga
mamon. Their aggregate value is
said to be $25,00O,OO0.
The seizures resulted, according to
Elmer Schlesinger. counsel for the
shipping boad, from failure of the
United States Mail Steamship COM
pany to pay rentals aggragating about
100000 and because of certain other
alleged laxity by the company in car
rying out it's contract with the ship
ping board.
Custodians on Board.
Custodians were placed on board all
of the George Washington, which is
booked to sail for Europe on July 80
with a large passenger list, the ship
ping board proposes to operate her it.
self, unless another company can be
found in the meantime to operate her,
Mr.. Schlesinger said.
E. A. Quarles assistant to the pres
ident of the U. S. mail steamship D
company, declared the seizures would
be contested in the courts. He de-
clared the boards action came without
warning, and intimated a plot on the
part of certain forces, foreign in ma
ture," to take the ships away from
the company. The company, he said
had ignored reports concerning this
threat, because "it did not believe any
government official could be influenc-
ed by statements made against it. u
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
CALLED
LIAR, TRIES TO
FIGHT BRAUN
BergdoI Hearing Broken Up
When Brother of Draft
Evader Passes Lie to Rep.
Johnson, Kentucky.
AVERT FIST BRAWL
tBy Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, July 23.-The Berg
doll investigating committees session
broke up suddenly today after Charles
A. Braun, witness, had called Repre-
sentative Johnson, Democrat, Ken
lucky, of the committee liar, and
the latter made an attempt to reach
the witness.
Members of the committee and in
spectors seized Mr.. johnson before he
could reach Braun. The latter was
taken from the room by the sergeant
alarms of the house and Chairman
Peters announced an adjournment.
The trouble arose while Mr.. John
son was cross-examining Braun, alleg-
ing that he was refusing to answer
questions. Unsatisfied by answers he
received to numerous questions, MT.
Johnson finally looked the witness in
the eye and said:
Calls SoIon Liar
"You know you are not telling the
truth"
You are liar" Braun replied The
rest of his statement was lost in the
uproar that followed as the Kentuck-
ian plunged towards the witness who
was hustled out of the room
is this committee going to let that
hater of the American flag get away
from here without being punished ?"
Representative Johnson demanded,
paying no heed to efforts of Repre-.
sentative Flood, Democrat, Virginia, to
quiet him
The confusion was so great that
the chairman announced adjournment
without fixing a time for further
hearings.
Braun is brother of Grover Cleve-
land Bergdoll, escaped draft dodger,
and was called as a witness by Major
Bruce R. Campbell, against whom
Mrs. Emma c. Bergdoll, of Philadel-
phia, mother of the draft dodger, and
Braun, who changed his name on &C
count of the family trouble, has charg
ed that he has accepted $4,000 to aid
in her sons escape
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23

WASHINGTON, July 23-The inter-
national conference on disarmament,
to be held at Washington late this
fall. is the topic of overshadowing in
terest here.
Who is coming? Will Lloyd George
and BRAND be here? Is Balfour COM
ing back? Whom will Japan and Italy
send? How many small fry will the
big fellows bring with them? Where
will they stay? What will they do?
How long will it last? Is it going to
be another peace conference. with all
the pomp and display and formality
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23

Of the Paris affair? Those are ques-
tions asked in Washington.
For a month at least, probably
longer, Washington will be the seat of
world politics. The great allied and
associated powers of the world war,
through their eminent statesmen, will
be in conclave. World policies will be
discussed. Epoch-making decisions
may be reached Out of it all may
come agreement to lay aside much of
the armament under which the civil
ized world sweats. 1t will, in effect,
be second peace conference, for the
consideration Of unfinished business.
perhaps for the reconsideration of a
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
Party Leadership Taken Ouer
BY Harding Without Contest
Republican Senators, Expecting Executive To Follow Or
ders Awaken to New Situation President Develops
While Legislators Show Lack of leadership

agement in the hands of president
who had been one of their intimates,
and who, they expected. as president,
would continue to have toward them
the same deferentiaI relationship that
he had had when he was a compare
lively new and easy going senator,
and they were veterans with an appe-
tite for power such as Harding did not
have
That this picture, entertained both
by many of the Republicans and to
some extent by the public, is not now
Continued on Page Twelve)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
Pope Benedict Receives
New Apostolic Delegate
(By Associated PreSs)

ROME, July 23.-Pope Benedict to-
day received in private audience Mon
signor Pietro Benedetti, the new apos-
tolic delegate to Cuba and Porto Rico,
discussing with him several ecclesias-
tical questions pending in those
islands and giving him instructions
concerning the policy to be followed.
His holiness also received group
of 20 American Catholic students who
were presented by Monsignor Slattery,
assistant general of the Carmelites in
America. The pontiff expressed salts
faction at seeing the American
students and hoped their visit to Rome
would be advantageous to them in their
future careers. Afterwards he impart-
ed the apostolic benediction.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
Toy Manufacturers
Endorse Tariff Bill
(By Associated Press

WASHINGTON. July 23-Brigadier
General George NJ Morris. of the
allied commission in charge of pris-
oners of war in Germany after the
armistice, has been decorated with
the order of Leopold by the Belgian
ambassador, Baron de Cartier, in rec
ognition of his services in behalf of
Belgian prisoners. The ceremony took
place yesterday at the Belgian am
bassy in the presence of officers of
the American and Belgian armies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
BY MARK SULLIVAN

w nv "a ~
July %. - Hardly
anybody in Wash
ington doubts now
that President Har-
ding has the lead
ership of the Re
publican majority
in the house and
senate. If this had
come about sud
denly it would be
news in a sense
both startling and
important. Because
it has come about
gradually, it still
remains important
nauyc hY,f Sc not
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
Below: Wellington

lot of business that was supposed to
be finished at Paris
Most famous among these, it is be-
lieved, will be Premier Lloyd George
and Earl Curzon of Great Britain;
Premier BRAND of France; Premier
Bonomi of Italy; Baron Hayashi of
Japan, and Wellington Koo of China.
While the American delegation has
not yet been selected, it is accepted
as a foregone conclusion that it will
be headed by Secretary of State
Hughes Others considered as likely
members of the delegation are former
Senator Elihu Root and Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
Rebel Chief, Spaniard,
Hides, Fears Airplanes

MADRID, July pa dispatch from
Ell Araish, Spanish Morocco, reports
that the rebel chief, Raisuli has fled to
Tazarut He is taking refuge in a
subterranean shelter, fearing his
whereabouts will be learned by means
Of airplanes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
GREEK PAPERS TELL
OF ENEMY DISORDERS
CBv Associated Pressl

ATHENS, July 23-Details Of the
battle for and the occupation of Eski-
Shehr are given most of the space in
the Greek newspapers. They tell Of
the disorder which exists among the
soldiers of the Kemalist army, and
how the enemy, in his hurried flight,
was forced to abandon munitions and
food supplies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
Weather Forecast
MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST


Mostly fair, but with conditions
favorable for local thunder showers.
Although the weather will be fair
to partly cloudy tonight and Sunday,
the conditions are such that local
thunder showers may develop over
portions of Wayne county.
For Indiana by the United States
Weather Bureau.-Generally fair to-
night and Sunday; no change in tenn
perature.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Minimum ...e........... 81
Today
Weather Condtions.-The weather
continues fair and warm over the CEN
trail states and lake region, excepting
for thunder storms over Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Iowa. The storm is
moving eastward along the Canadian
border. Heavy rains in portions of
the southern states, New Orleans re-
porting 80 inches. 1t is cooler over
Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi
Warm weather covers several of the
western states. Bismark, North Da-
kota reports a maximum temperature
of 100
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23
Daily Interview

Every day n reporter will interview
person. picked mt random, ON
what he regards MS the most i'm
pOrtant action to bring back prO,-
perity to the whole country.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-23

DUBLIN, July 23.-The impression
is growing that the Irish peace offer
made by Lloyd George to De Valera
will work out settlement Terms OF
the offer still are being held in the
strictest confidence.