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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12

NEW YORK, Dec. 12-Experts an
ticipate little trouble in raising the S.
4S, the submarine which sank sudden
ly at Bridgeport harbor, endangering
the lives of 81 men.
The S-4S was the last word in sub
marine construction, the accident re-
sulting from an unsecured manhOle
when the SIS was making what is
called a crash dive" to fulfill govern
ment specifications which required
her to submerge in 80 seconds.
In addition to a four-inch gun. which
is mounted forward of the coming
tower, equipped for action even when
the submarine is submerged, there are
five 21-inch torpedo tubes, four for
ward and one in the stern.
Just behind the gun in the wall of
the coming tower is a hatchw2y.
through this the gun crew can leap to
their firing poses as the ship rises
from the waves, jumping into position
while the deck is still awash. Am
munition lockers in the wall of the
coming tower can be thrown open to
supply charges for the gun up to the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
REPORT LLOYD GEORGE
is UNYIELDING MAKES
.ULSTERITES INDIGNANT
CBy Associated Press1

BELFAST, Dec. 12-Sir James
Craig presided over a meeting OF the
Ulster party here today, informing
his supporters of his recent conversa-
ton with Premier Lloyd George in
London. 1t is unofficially reported
the proceedings grew stormy when
Sir James informed the meeting that
Lloyd George had maintained an un-
yielding attitude toward Ulster.
LONDON, Dec 12-Sir James
Craig, the premier of Ulster, was back
in Belfast today after his conference
with Premier Lloyd George and other
government officials relative to the
settlement of the Irish question
reached by the British government
and representative of the Dali Eir
eann here last week.
Sir James showed reticence before
he left London last night, and there
was no authoritative outline of the
subjects under discussion between
him and floyd George. The latter Il
understood to have prepared his ad
dress before the house of commons or
Wednesday. and it is forecast he will
make a plea for ratification of the
/ treaty with Ireland.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
SENATE RATIFICATION
OF FOUR power PACT
ASSURED, SAYS LONDON
(Rv Associated Pressl

LONDON, Dec. Identification Of
the four-power treaty relative to in
sular possessions in the Pacific, which
was announced on Saturday, is believ
ed to be assured when the convention
is submitted to the United States SEN
ate. is the view of newspapers here.
Today's journals, which have been
commenting favorably upon the pro
posed treaty, today greeted the terms
of the convention with enthusiasm,
and based their forecast of ratifica-
ton upon the fact that Senator Lodge
presented the treaty at Saturdays pie
nary session of the conference on liml-
tation of ornaments.
| THE apparently impossible, is in
! effect, an accomplished fact" said the
| Telegraph. Our alliance with Japan
| has passed out of existence upon the
| only terms which Japan could regard
as satisfactory, and which we could
| feel to be honorable. By this achieve
ment alone, President Harding's ad-
ministration has fully justified the
| bold and magnanimous stroke OF
| craftsmanship by which it amazed the
world few months ago.
| The newspaper concluded by paying
a tribute to Japan's generous ano
far-sighted policy throughout the pro
ceedings."
In the opinion of the Westminster
Gazette. the one weakness of the
treaty line in the fact that it does no
guarantee the integrity of China, but
with that exception, he newspaper de
clared oday it regarded it as the idea
solution" 1t remarked that the pro
vision of the convention that a threa
by one power should be the business
of all contained the spirit of th'
league of nations, adding: I'VE have
emerged from a nightmare of misun
derstandings about secret motives, ant
Mr. Harding has earned the goodwill
of the world by his initiative
Land Peace Guarantee.
= Under the caption: The real thin
| at last" the Morning Post eXpressa
hope that optimism regarding the az
: ton of the United States senate on tn
treaty was we'll founded. 1t reiterate
its opposition to the League of M
; ions. saying: Article II of the ney
r treaty is much surer guarante
r against a breach of the peace than a
the debates and the edicts of the ms
chinery of the league at Geneva. Th
world, at last, is returning to commo
) sense
I Great Britain will be immensely bel
Gifted by the treaty, while Holland ais
8 will gain through it declared the Dali
+ | Chronicle. which especially rejoice
9 that the bond between Great Britai
:. and Japan has not been severed, bl
n only enlarged so as to bring in otht
/. friends" 1t expressed gratificatio
t over the prospect of close and definit
:. cooperation with America, saying
n would correspond with the dominal
Il political instinct of all British dem
!. cracy'
r Rep rts that world economic CO
J. ference will probably follow the pa
p leys at Washington were referred
v by the Daily Express. which salt
s This is the best news the world h;
had in many years"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
YAP TREATY
SETTLES Old
CONTROVERSY
Hughes Tells Far Eastern
Committee United States
and japan Are Agreed
Upon Island Question.
CHINA POINT CONCEDED
CBv Associated Press1


WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.-The con-
trovery between Japan and the Unit
ed States over the Island of Yap has
been settled and the terms of the SET
tlement will be announced later in the
afternoon, Secretary Hughes today
told the Far Eastern committee OF
the Washington conference.
The agreement is in the form of
a treaty which includes all the islands
over which Japan has mandate, in aG.
dition to Yap.
The pact has been approved by the
government heads, but announcement
as to whether it was actually signed.
was withheld, although the terms OF
the treaty were held for an Official
announcement in the daily commu-
nlque of the Far Eastern committee.
1t was understood the convention
gives the United States certain defi-
mite rights as to the island of Yap.
including cable rights.
Withdraws Postoffices.
Japan. through her arms conference
delegation, announced to the powers
represented in the Far Eastern com
mittee of the Washington conference
today, her willingness to withdraw
Japaneses postoffices in China, Jan. /,
1928.
The japanese and Chinese dele
gates also were meeting for another
session of their separate Shantung
conference, the important question of
control of the railway in the japanese
leasehold there being up for discus
sion again.
Although the Japanese delegates, it
was known today. have received in
structions from their government re-
garding its decision of the naval ratio
question, the nature of these was not
revealed and it remained doubtful just
how far Japan was disposed TO go at
this stage toward final commitment
on the American 5-5-3 ratio proposal.
Awaits Pacific Disposal
While there are indications that she
| is about ready to accept it. it was the
| belief today in we'll informed circles
that Japan desired first to definitely
! dispose of the question of Pacific
| bases, which she regards as insepa-
| rately linked with that of naval re-
| duction.
! There have been general indications
| that all the powers were willing to
| settle this question on status quo
/ basis, but so far it has not been
! brought to the stage of formal eA.
! changes.
! All of the British delegates to the
! armament conference with the excep-
| ton of Sir Auckland Geddes, British
! ambassador here, have arranged to
| sail for home, Dec. 81, on the steamel
! Olympic, feeling that the main issue
! of the conference will have been dis
| posed of at that time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
OFFICIALS SUBMIT
RESERVATIONS PRIOR
TO SPECIAL SESSION
CBy Associated Press)

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 12-Approach
of the special session of the legislature
was heralded today by the start of
designations of various officials, who
received their appointments after SER
vice as members of the last legisla-
ture. All expect to be re-appointed as
soon as the special session ends.
Roy V. Gibbons, of Anderson, was
the first of the state health employees
to make ready for taking his seat in
the house, but sending in his resigna-
tion as railroad inspector for the
public service commission.
Maurice Douglas. who submitted his
resignation as state senator, on ap-
pointment to members of the public
service commission is not expected to
resign from the commission.
Estes Duncan chairman of teachers
retirement board will resign to go
back to the senate, and similar an
nouncement was made by Chester
Davis, that he would quit as attor-
ney in the fire marshals office to go
back to the house. Various other Off
cials are expected to follow suit.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
SLAUGHTER'S LOOT,
S102,5OO, IS BURIED
IN AUTO TIRE, REPORT

PINE BLUFFS, Ark, Dec. 12-Bur-
led somewhere in an automobile tire
in northern Texas is S1O2,500 worth of
securities, Tom Slaughter's share of
loot obtained by his band in numerous
bank robberies, according to A. w.
Mills, agent for an insurance company.
Mr.. Mills said he had had an ap-
pointment to meet Slaughter, slain
following a sensational jail break, at
the penitentiary tomorrow, and at that
time the bandit was to have told him
the hiding place of the money so that
II could be returned to the banks be-
fore Slaughter went to the electric
chair.
Mr.. Mills said that following Slaugh-
ter's conviction on a murder charge
Slaughter professed religion to a
Little Rock preacher and that the lat
ter told him he would have to return
the money before he could be for
given Slaughter'a death, however
| left the hiding place of the loot mys
| terry which may never be solved.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
CRy Associated PresS)


WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-The begin
ming of the second month of the inter
national. conference on limitation of
armaments-to give it the official
title-finds the conference so far ad-
yanced toward achievement of it's an
nounced objectives that in practically
every visiting delegation discussion
of homeward reservations has become
a matter of immediate Importance.
Outstanding in any tabulation of
accomplishments is the four power
agreement, reached in plenary ses-
sion Saturday. By this covenant the
United States, Great Britain and
Japan agreed "as between themselves
to respect their rights in relation to
their insular possessions and dOmin
ions in the region of the Pacific
ocean" for the next ten years.
Upon ratification of this agreement
the Anglo-Japanese alliance, long re
garded with disquiet in the United
States and several British dominions
will be abrogated.
Limitation of naval armaments. the
first subject on the conference agenda
remains practically in the status ir
which it was found after Secretary
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
BEGINNING OF SECOND MONTH OF CONFERENCE
FINDS ENJOYS THINKING ABOUT GOING HOME

Hughes had declared the American
proposal for a reduction of capital
ships to 5-5-3 ratio basis between
the United States, Great Britain and
Japan. Great Britain and Japan both
accepted the proposal in principle i'm
mediately, the former making reserva-
tions as to the submarine and regard
ing some details of the 10 year naval
construction holiday which was an
issue, and Japan filing demand for a
slightly larger proportionate tonnage.
interviewer with the negotiations has
been questions of Pacific bases and
Notifications upon which no formal
action has been taken, but it is under
stood Japan has received assurances
of a continuation of the status quo.
Land Armaments
Land ornaments have not yet been
taken up beyond the general discus
sion which followed the address to
the conference of Premier BRAND 0i
France outlining the position of that
country toward any proposal for re
duction. 1t is the general impression
that the land forces in themselves
! will not be taken up for any definite
action at the present meeting. Ger
] lhll1 plldSSo VI tllc SubJtCt, llO" Sl
will necessarily be taken up by tbs
committee to which was referred the
task of drawing up rules of warfare
The conference on Pacific and fal
eastern questions, comprising China
, Belgium, Portugual and Holland, il
addition to the five powers in the ma
| jor conference, have taken action a!
! follows:
Adopted in plenary session the fou
| Root points binding the nine par
ticipating powers to respect the indie
pendence. territorial and administra
tive integrity of China; to provide un
! embarrassed opportunity for Chin;
to develop and maintain an effectiv'
government; to maintain equal oppor
tunities for all in China; to refrail
from taking advantage of eXistini
conditions to obtain special right
which would abridge the rights 0
friendly states.
Chinese Action
Adopted in plenarv session resolr
tions on extra territoriality proVidin
, for the sending of a commission q
: jurists to investigate conditions i
Continued OF Page Tweiye.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
REPORT MEAT union
OFFICIAL HAS TAKEN
QUESTION TO CAPITAL
(By Associate. Press)

CHICAGO, Dec. 12:-Packing house
officials of Chicago reiterated today
that the strike declared one week ago
by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmen has not inter
ferred materially with their normal
operations, and they also stood firm
in their refusal to meet arbitration
overtures of union leaders.
The union officials were continuing
efforts to arrange arbitration of the
recent wage cuts and Secretary Den
mis- Lane was reported to have gone to
Washington to lay the strike and the
wage question before President Hard
ing and the department of labor, with
a view of having the president ask the
packers TO meet officials of the organ
ization.
No reports of violence have been
made to the stockyards police within
the past "a hours, and on account OF
the man hunt for Tommy O'Connor
an escaped condemned murderer, the
force in the packing house district was
to be curtailed today.
In FIT. Worth, Fred Rouse, negro
packing-house employe, who was beat.
en- by strike sympathizers a few days
ago, after he had shot and wounded
two brothers who were acting as
pickets, was taken from a hospital
and lynched. In Kansas City, kas
strike sympathiZers are also said to
have called a workman to the door of
his home and fired several shots al
him.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-Two thous-
and employees of slaughter houses in
New York, members of the Amalga-
mated Meat Cutters and Butcher
/ Workers of North America, quit work
suddenly today and left wagon loads
of perishable beef in front of the
company plants.
A report that a reduction in wages
was imminent caused the walkout ir
the opinion of Leo Joseph, vice presi.
! dent of one of the meat companies
| He asserted there was no foundation
! for such a report and declared the
employers had an agreement with the
union that did not expire until May
| 16. Officials of the union could moi
! be reached.
The strike affected only the big fiv'
! packers. Independent butchers re
manned at work.
! Mr.. Joseph said he did not thinl
! the strike had any connection witt
! the strikes in Chicago and elsewhere
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
(Bv Associated Pressl


CHICAGO. Dec. 12-"Lucky Tom
my" O'Connor, gunman and killer. who
was to have been led today to the
death cell in the Cook county Jail. to
await hanging Thursday morning for
the killing of policeman, instead was
leading the combined force of 5000
police and deputies a merry chase. af-
ter sensational escape from the
county Jail.
-Four jail guards were overpowered
by O'Connor and four other prisoners.
but O'Connors reputation as a killer
suffered when he failed TO use a re-
volver which had been smugsIed to
him
Police received reports at $50 a. M,
that O'Connor had been surrounded in
house on the south side Rifle SQUADS
and tear gas bombers. equipped with
bullet proof steel shields, mounted on
wheels, were dispatched to the scene.
but the report proved false.
The Jail break was characterized bv
Chief of Police Fftzmorris as frame
up between O'Connor and jail Off
c1als," and the chief ordered his men
TO bring in O'Connor, dead or alive !"
o'NA O'iiAA7 1iiduilI ICS dlSO were SIdIJ6Q
Dy States Attorney Robert Grove and
Sherlf Peters. The sheriff suspended
three guards and also offered a re-
ward OF $500 for the apprehension Of
Connor.
Question Guard.
Jail guard Davis Straus. Darling
Dave O'Connor, the gunman's brother
and several prisoners were to be uues-
toned again today. Straus was quiz
zed at length but was unable to add
anything of importance and was held
in a police cell. All Jail rules were
violated in handling the prisoners, ac-
cording to member of the state at.
torney's office.
Hundreds of reports were received
by the police of "O'Connors hiding
place" but no direct trace of the
fugitive or his two companions, Edwin
Barrow, his cell mate, and James La
Porte, convicted Tobber, had been OBJ
tanned early today.
In Investigating reports of plans to
assist the escape of O'Connor, jail of
ficials say they learned that on Sat
urday night a man drove an automo
bile to the side of the Jail and paced
up and down the street for three
hours.
Accepted Theory
The most generally accepted theory
to explain O'Connor's possession oi
! the revolver is that, at the last min
ute, he obtained it from some Other
| prisoner in the bull pen" who would
/ be less carefully watched.
! The prisoners had been released
| from their individual cells to minglt
in the morning exercise period. wheT
! the rush for liberty was started.
The series of accidents that befel
drivers of automobiles commandeereC
j by O'Connor in his flight also ha:
| helped to conceal his flight, police
said The first car, halted in the rea
of the Jail, went dead" within ;
block through over-eagerness of th'
driver to obtain speed. The next twt
crashed into the curb in rounding COZ
ners too rapidly, and the fourth, con
tanning a man and two women, van
ished entirely.
O'Connor's companions left hin
after the disaster to the second auto
mobile, making their escape on foot
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 12.-Chief o
Police J. G. Laubenheimer today Is
Continued on Page Twenty-One)
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time the vessel is riding free on the
surface.
An undersea wireless enables the
S-4S to send and receive messages
while submerged. She has three peri
scopes connecting with the coming
tower, and two with the control room.
Two electric motors drive the S-4S
when submerged and on the surface
she is propelled by two Busch-Sulzel-
Diesel engines, rated at $50 brake
horsepower each.
The S-4S is a development in the di-
rection of the great fleet submarine,
with it's wide radius of independent
action and its heavy armament. The
new submarine embodies many of the
features developed through the exper-
ience gained in the World war. Rest
ing in seventy feet Of water, little diff
ficulty will be experienced in raising
the S-4S.
Peter Dunno, a civilian member
of the crew, nineteen years old, was
the hero of the mishap. He squeezed
his slight frame through torpedo
tube and swan up through the icy
water to summon help.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
1000 WOMEN STORM
KANSAS COAL MINE

PITTSBURGH. Kas., Dec. II. - A
mob of women estimated at 1000, the
wives and relatives of striking Kansas
coal miners, adherents of Alexander
Howat, stormed mine No. II of the
Jackson Walker company, shortly
after 5 O'Clock this morning and pre-
vented the miners employed at the
mine from returning to work.
The women appeared to have no
leader and principally were foreigners.
The mob formed in Franklin about a
mile from the mine Men estimated at
5000 assembled in Franklin but did not
march on the mine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
RAIL HEADS OPPOSE
REPEATING PROVISIONS
OF CARRIER MEASURE
(RN Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.-Daniel
Willard. president of the Baltimore
and Ohio railr Nad, and Alfred T.
Thome, counsel + the National Asso-
citation of Railway Executives, ap-
peared today before the senate inter
state commerce committee in opposi
ton to the pending legislation de-
signed to repeal provisions of the
transportation act. which are said to
curtail rates-making authority of state
commissions.
The proposed legislation. Mr.. Will
lard said, would lead to absolute fail
ure of the transportation act, which
he commended as important construc-
tive legislation which has not yet been
given a fair trial.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
THREE ARE INJURED
when AUTO ROLLS
DOWN EMbkNKMEkT

Howard Russell, Orion l. Rose and
George Peters, all of this city, fig
ured in an automobile accident few
miles west of Dayton, early Sunday
morning, it became known Monday.
Rose escaped with a broken arm.
Peters was bruised and it is believed
that Russell sustained a broken back.
Friends of the young men say they
were driving toward Richmond be-
tween 2 and o'clock Sunday morning.
They came to turn in the road,
missed the road, and the car ran down
an embankment. Russell was taken
TO a Dayton hospital. The full extent
of his injuries had not been learned
in Richmond late Monday afternoon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
Weather Forecast
MooRE,s LOCAL FORECAST


Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday;
occasional snow or rain; probably
both.
The weather will be rather unsettled
during the next Sc hours, due to Sc
ries of storms crossing the northern
states. There will be snow or rain,
and temperatures will be around the
freezing point, but mostly above.
For Indiana, by the United States
Weather Bureau - Unsettled weather
tonight and Tuesday; probably rain or
snow in the central portions tonight;
not much change in temperature.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Maximum 45
Minimum ................,. 81
Today
Noon ....-... ....'''. %
Weather Conditions-The baromet
ric pressure continues low over the
northern part of the United States
and unsettled weather prevails from
the Pacific coast eastward to the st
Lawrence valley, including the Grea
Lake region and the Central states
1t is colder in Minnesota, Wisconsin
and Michigan, but continues very milt
for the season in the west and north
west. Medicine Hat reports temper
| ature of 4S above zero; Calgary, Al
! berta, so above; Denver, Colo, 6
above; Rapid City, S. D., 56. Heav
| rainfall at Seattle, Wash, 2.92 inches
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
Bandits Rob Bank, Stage
Holdup, and Wound One
(By Associated Press)

GREENVILLE, H.. Dec. 12-Four
bandits entered Panama near here
today, robbed the bank of Panama, OF
between $25,000 and $4,000, held up
seven men in pool room next to
the bank, wounded an automobiles,
whom the bandits apparently as
sumed was pursuing them, and es.
capped.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
Harding Receives Party
of Legion Officials Today

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-Hanford
MacNider, commander of the Ameri-
can legion and a party of legion Off
cials, were received today by President
Harding. No discussion took place
upon the legion's bonus proposals or
on other legislative matters. 1t was
said.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
Boiler Blast at Mine
Causes Dynamite RunoY

PITTSBURGH. Kans., Dec. 12.-The
explosion of boiler at the Victory
mine near Chicopee this morning gave
rise to report that the mine had
been dynamited
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
Weeks, DENLY, HcoUer Urge
Cape Cod Canal Purchase
~ Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Purchase
by the federal government of Cape
Cod canal. was recommended today
by Secretaries Weeks, DENLY and
Hoover, who informed congress that
s11, 100000 would be a reasonable
price for the property.