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The Washington herald., 1921-05-17
Weather Man
Denies Sun Spots
Are His Concern

1--WE are now appreachIpE =
tine Of ninimun sun-rpstted-
ness," says the Z. >. weather
Bareas In . formal statement
designed to caln the fear. Of
those who may have been led
to, believe that terrestrial
weather disturbanees Of the last
few days have been due TO new
and large sun ,sPots.
~The pubiic.- ssys the wealth
er Bureau, .need have mo- con-.
cern, ss, In spite of persistent
efforts Of the most enthusiastic
studentn. Il has been impossibie
10 demonstrate more than the
minutesf connection, and that
quite uncertain, between sun
spots and weather.
The sun-spsts may have had
something to do, however, with
recent earth currents which
have disturbed teIegrsphic. tele-
phonic and signal services. The.
spots are more or less related
TO nuroras and terrestrial mag
netism, but the nature of these
relations In complex and more
or less unknown.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-17
Unprecedented Coercion
Threatened by British
Especial Gable 20 Ths wskhinrten Herald
and chiosee TribuneO

Especial Cable 10 Ths wskhinftou Her.k
and Chicago Tribunel
DUBLIN, May I6.-The dead body
Of an unknown man was found on
Kilkenny golf links in County Dub
lin last night with three bullet
wounds.
Farm houses are blazing over a
wide area in South Galway and also
in the Spiddal- district of North
Galway as reprisal for recent at
tacks. Many families are home
less.
Capt Henry Harrison. secretary
of the Irish Dominion League. de-
clared today that he was in pos-
session Of information that unless a
settlement between ireland aud
Great Britain was effected within
the next two months England
would begin an intensified coercion
on a scale hitherto unthourht Of.
Crown officials here believe that
tf they were given a free hand they
could paeify ireland within a few
weeks
(Couwrirhs 1881
The Washington herald., 1921-05-17
Court Rules Hotels Can
Keep Tips of Hat Stands

+ CHICAGO. May 1s.-Hotels can
keep the tips they get from hat and
coat checking stands, Chief Justice
Holdom of the Appellate Court ruled
today.
A former checker at the hotel La
Sale, who had agreed to turn over
all tips TO the hotel. quit work. after
two years and sued for the money
he had paid over in tips. claiming
that the contract was in violation. of
the Illinois anti-tippins law. The
20 the offense he could not take ad-
vantage Of the law.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-17
British Reported Sending
Artillery 10 Ireland

LONDON. May is.-DubIin advices
state that the entire West aud
South of Ireland is one gixsatic
thester of guerrilla warfare.
IL is learned on high authority
that the war office Is making vast
increases in the armament Ter the
crown forces In ireland II Ia re-
ported that 5000 aftillery1nen with
tventy-four batteries of light artil-
iery. eight guns and 10000 infan-
trymen hsye been sent 10 the BRIT
tsh concentration camps In lrclana
In the past ten daxp.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-17
Officials Trail Wreckers
OF Fast C.. and A. Train

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, May 1s.-In-
vestigation into the identity of the
men who caused the wreck of the
Hummer" Chicago and Alton crack
train. started today.
The Hummer" going fifty miles
an hour, plunged into an omen
switch at Shirley, ILL.,. seven miles
from here. late last night, George
Scuttles,. fireman. who was pinned
under the wreckage of the cab, was
fatally injured. Twenty others were
hurt.
1T was the most deliberate at
tempt to wreck train I have ever
seem" said H. L. Wood. special
counsel for the State Public tilities
Commission. Wood was on the train.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-17
COn,nal lists Will Buy
Nelr Offices in Paris

PARIS, May 16.-At the congress
of the Socialist Communist Party,
which is being held irf Paris, the
secretary announced that a lcan Of
100000 francs NORMALLY about $780,
0o0) having been negotiated. the
Communist Party will purchase the
building at 120 Rue La Fsyette.
where the central offices of the Com
munist party will be installed
shortly.
1t was claimed at the meeting tina.
the Communist party has over 10o.-
900 members in France. The con-
Sress appointed delegates TO repre-
sent the French Communists at the
coming international congress in
Moscow on June 5.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-17
OAK TREE HONORS
SEEGER, POET HERO
Greenwich Village Pays
Tribute to Spirit of
A C0n1rade.

NEW YORK, May 16.-Alan
seeger. a young American, used
to look out of n dormer window
high mp In the roof of No. 81
Washington square and write
thing1 about life.
Then he went away to wnr-
before America west I'm, I'm fact
-because he loved France.
While he was awny at wnr.
he wrote things about life, and
death as well. They were the
finest poems that came out Of
the gigantic struggle.
Then he wrote. fatefuIly, 81
Have n Rendezvous with Death.1
ard went away to keep the rem
desvous "He ran along the
heid. sinEinE@o said his Egyp-
tian companion In the foreign
legion.
Today. directly in front of
No. 81 Washington square. ar
lists and actors and poets gath
cred and planted an osk tree
that will stnnd for future gene
erations ms the spirit Of Alan
seeger. An Inscription tells who
he was ana what Ne did.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-17
Co-0perofirc Urion
Meeting Thronged
Especial osbl. ;. tn. w.shis~top Herald
and Ckicaee Txituna.)

Especial Csble - Ths wsshis~ton Herald
and chicase rsituns.)
LONDON. May 1s. - More than
1.ioo deiesates attended the nfty-
third ennual congress nf tse Co.
operative Union at Scrrporo today
Many were not able to come be--
cause of the difHcrities in travel
due to the coal strike.
FraternsI d~iegstes from France,
R~ivinm. Finland. Georgia. Norway.
Poland. and Ukraine were intro
duced and LITTER Of regret from
Germany vas read amid apolsuse,
a resolution was passed eailin-
for the withdrawal of arm~d forces
from Jrrian@ and fhe nrctection OF
ne co-operstfve society.s rropertv
sfr Hcr~re plurtett stated -hst
sc~erfy-hvr -strctr haS heen rr.5-
On cp-ere-. tive cresmS-ies sn I---
ie-s. ara fb~ s@rn.~e ress-d w ~
~ais@ ssoossnseh ~ c.s-r fa5e. 600
tnornally atent s,.sA,eno).
The Washington herald., 1921-05-17
Police Say Church Fight
Led to Mans Murder

JACKSON. Miss. May 1s.-L. s.
McGraw is dead and L. ". Smith
is in jail at Collins. near here.
charged with murder as the out
come of quarrel on a church COM
mittee.
fight between the two men is
alleged to-have started after a meet
ing of one of the committees of the
Mount Horab Church. near Semi
nary. thirty miles south of here.
Following a meeting, a quarrel
between the two men developed into
a fist fight, which ended in McGraw
being shot. according to authorities.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-17
CEN TRIAL EUROPE
GROWS Big CROPS
TOFEED STARVING
Bumper Harvests Prom
ised in Many War
Torn Countries.
Especial csbis to wsshinstes Herald and
United Nev..)

Especial csbis to wsshinstes Herald and
United Hev..)
BERLIN. May Is. = Central Eu-
rop< half starved and dependent
upon outside countries for food
charity since the war. is emerging
from its agricultural depression.
Prospects for German crops this
year are. to put it copservatively.
favorable.
Hungary. practically a nonpro-
ducer for two years, is coming
through with a bumper production
of hay. potatoes. beets and other
standard crops.
Austria Fares Well.
Austria is in a similar position.
with every prospect of the most
successful farming year since 1914.
Only in Jugo-Siavis is there a
failing off in the optimistic crop
estimates. but reports from neigh
boring countries Aise the average
throughout the Southern and East
ern territory far above the average
for the last six years.
Oficial government statistics show
that winter wheat is in good con-
dition, but that hay, clover and the
better grades of fodder were some
what retarded by dry cold in early
April. This dificulty, however, will
be overcome. Spring grains are in
a favorable condition. A similar
situation exists in Austria. where
excessive" crops are reported in
some districts.
Fields Abandoned.
Many Serbian fields had TO be
abandoned because of dryness. Work
in the fields was retarded, and the
harvest will be later than usual.
The crops. however, are expected to
be larger than last year.
The International Agricultural
Institution predicts that England.
Germany. France, Belgium, Bull
garia. Spain and Italy will have ex-
celIcnt harvests, and notes that
Germany's sugar acreage has vastly
increased.
From a political standpoint, good
crops may save the situation. And
they may be considered, in a way.
an Indication of the fact that the
Central European peoples are get
ting back to the land and away
from war.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-17
Sinn Fein Homes Fired by
British Troops in
Revenge.
BOMBS AND RIFLES
TERRORIZE DUBLIN
Glare of Burning Houses
Makes Cork Skies Red
For Miles Around.

Special Cable ts Tn wsshinrtsn Hsrzlk
and chieare Tribuns)
BELFAST. May ia district
inspector and eight police %
Crs.sIey sender. fnvestieattnE
wire-cutins operations. ran iste
nm ambush inst evening near
Pomeroy I'm County Tyrone
Thirty raiders opened fre frc-
behind q kist hedge.
sergt. sIoype was shot fn the
head. The police halted some
disturbance aIeas the road.
scaled the mountainsfde and CO.
gagged the sttackiag fore.
which retrested after sharp cd
changes, leaving guns ase
bombs behind
(Copyrifht, Is1l.)
The Washington herald., 1921-05-17

DUBLIN, May les-The skies to-
night were Iurid for miles around
Cork with the glare from burn
ing farmhouses. set on hre in re-
prisaI for the assassination OF Dts-
trict Inspector Blake. OF the Royal
Irish constabulary. Mrs Blake.
Capt. CornwaIks and Lieut. Nc
Creevey. who were shot from am
bush during the weekend out
breaks. as they motored into Port
Galway. Occupants were notined
to clear out and take their small
possessions with them. Then came
the torch
Police and soldiers swept through
the Middleton district OF Cork In
squads rsiding houses and making
arrests by groups in the hope q
rounding up the men who directed
and participated in the outrages
OF the worst weekend in Ireiand's
recent history. Three prisOnerrs-
Flynn. Ryan and Ahene-were shot
dead. They were trying to escape
Death Roll of II.
The total death relI for the week
end was thirty-three. No bloody
Sunday Of the past ever turned
in such a cost OF life. Yet the hEht-
ing did not stop. but continued
today in the form of Ambushes all
day long in Dublin and bomb ex-
plosions in the heart Of the city.
at high noon. Seven civilians we're
hurt by fragments
nine policemen are among the dead.
So many were wounded. in such
widely scattered outbreaks. that IL
is not yet feasible to give a deh-
mite total Mrs. Gregory was the
only occupant Of Inspector Blaks's
motor car who escaped death in
the ambush in which the four were
killed. When a police party set
out TO the rescue, the men were
hred on and one was seriously
wounded
ReprfsaIs Start.
The authorities today gave the
first instsllment of their answer
to the rebels. They burned six
houses in the Cahir district Of Cork.
The owners were charged with be
ing sympathetic with Sim Fein.
IN Ilpperary four buildings were
destroyed in reprisal after one
hours notice to the owners to re-
move their goods.
An ambush party fired upon a
group OF six unarmed soldiers
walking from Bantry to Castle
town Three soldiers fell dead.
One OF the most dramatic Incl
oents OF the outbreak was the exc
cution OF Daniel O'Brien. Sentences
to death before a firing squad for
carrying revolver. the condemned
man appealed to the executioners
as one soldier TO another. claiming
10 be a member Of the Irish repub-
lican army and. as such. entitled
to be treated as prisoner Of war.
as he would have treated a captive.
His appeal fell on deaf ears. The
Nolley rang out and O'Brien died.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-17
SUPREME COUNCIL
due TO MEET SOON
TO DISCUSS SILESIA
Danger of Serious Allied
Split Lessons as Tenn
pers Cool.

LILLE, May I6-It Us .emf-
omeisIIy announced that Pres
sdest Miiierand and King Al
bert have arranged for Fsnneo-
Belgian ee-eperatiob In the
event Germany invade, siIesIs
as a result Of Lloyd Georges
speech on the central Europeaa
situation
The Washington herald., 1921-05-17
JUSTICE WHITE IS
DANGEROUSLY ILL
AFTER OPERATION
Possibility of Retiring Re.
wives Speculation as
To Successor.

Chief Justice White, of the United
States Supreme Court. has success
fully undergone an operation which
in the case Of a younger man would
be regarded as of minor impor-
tance; but which, because of his ad-
vanced years, is such as TO cause
some alarm. While the operation
was performed last Thursday. he is
not yet regarded as having reached
the crisis on the road to recovery.
He had a rather bad night Sunday.
but showed some Improvement late
yesterday. His condition. however.
will be regarded as dangerous until
the crisis is safely passed.
: ItdeveIops that Justice White has
known for some time that he would
have to undergo surgical treatment
for relief, but, because of the press
OF work. postponed the operation
until last week.
May Retire Soon.
Because of the vast political dis
eussion which for some weeks has
involved the reported likelihood of
Justice white having to retire. ef-
fort was made to keep secret his
illness. Now that it has become
generally known, however, and par
ticuiAriy because of his advanced
years--heis 75-there has again de-
velopcd the question of whom Presi-
dent Harding would name as his
successor should the venerable chief
justice find IT inadvisable to resume
his work after his recovery.
All discussion Of this subject in
variably reaches its climax in the
possibility of Charles Evans Hughes
being returned to the bench. In
connection with this possibility St
is pointed out by Hughes friends
that since leaving the bench in 1916
he always has cherished a desire
to get back.
Change Is Unlikely.
There is, however, one rather
strong indication that were a va
cancy to occur on the bench immed1-
ately. Mr.. Hughes might be held too
invaluable in his present work to
permit of Mr.. Harding sacrificing
him. much as either or both might
desire conferring of the honor. Mr..
Harding has placed virtually the
entire foreign policy in the hands
of Mr.. Hughes. 1t involves long. de-
liberate development along lines
carefully thought out previous to its
execution.
Justice Whites illness, of course.
does not constitute the only possi-
btlity of a Supreme Court vacancy.
Associate Justices Holmes, McKenna
and Day have all passed the age by
which they. might retire IL they
wished. All. however. have main
tanned good health.
Taft Il Mentioned
As the court stands now. Justices
McKenna. Holmes. Day, vandevan-
ter. and Pitney were named to the
Supreme Court by Republican Presi-
dents. while Chief Justice white and
Justices McReynolds. Brandeis. and
Clarke were appointed under Demo-
cratic administrations. Justice
white was elevated to the chiefs s.,r.
ticeship bylformer President Taft at
a time when Charles Evans Hughes
yas on the benh. and many of hts
friends believed Hughes would win
the honor. Tt is an odd circum-
stance therefore, that. should white
be forced to retire. the two fore
most names that would arise as
his possible successor would be
those of Hughes and TAFT.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-17

rc1 % tAt cNntrHl european
situation
SPECIAL Cable to w.shinetol Herald and
United Nevs.)
PARIS, May is-French rage at
Lloyd Georges Silesian pronounce
ment, after its first flare up. has
quieted to some extent, leaving
room for the hope that the sftua-
tion may eventually clear itself,
through conferences between Lloyd
George and Premier BRAND.
Indications now point to the call
ing of new meeting OF the entire
supreme council. probably for the
early part of next week. u prob
ably will be held at Ostend. al
though there is a possibility that
the leaders will gather at Boulogne.
Topics Considered.
Although SiIesia will be the prin-
cipal object for consideration by the
council at its coming meeting. IL
probably will make some decision
in regard to the details OF circulat-
ing the German obligations. Ger
manys progress in disarmament
also will receive consideration.
Premier BRAND has told Prince
Saplehs, foreign minister of Poland.
now in Paris, that France will not
permit Germany to invade Upper
Siiesia, and that she absolutely
sta-ds on the spirit and the letter
of the Versailles treaty. word for
word. At the same time he has
ms pnl.n6 =,
to provoke Germany to warfare.
Fiare Dies Down.
In the meantime, after the first
anti British outbursts in the news
papers have burned themselves out.
one section of the press is beginning
TO wonder whether IL is wise to cast
of an old and powerful ally such as
England in favor of the new ally
Poland.
The ultra Socialists. who have al
ways decried Poland's alleged mill
tarism. are spreading stories OF
pogroms. and in other ways at
tempting to discredit the child OF
France. Nevertheless. they have no
particular fondness for England.
Other newspapers are asking
openly that the Angio-French ties
be recemented. Thus the Intransi.
geant argues:
Certainly British friendship IL
still solid But being necessarily
jabbed with little knife strokes
does II not risk some day dying
from it's wounds7"
Dispatches from America. indicat-
ing that the Harding administra-
tion viii consider the Upper Siiesisn
question purely n European AFFAIR
were received here with little COM
ment, or at most very good"
Ready for Dtscsssisn-
LONDON. May 1s.-There are in.
dications that explanations" by
Great Britain and France thai
neither party to the Silesian, contro.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-17
Ready for Dtscsssisn.

LONDON. May 1s.-There are in
dications that explanations by
Great Britain and France that
neither party to the Silesian contro-
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-01
DIFFICULTIES FACE
SPANISH RAILWAY

BARCELONA, Spain, April PLANS
for railroad, crossing Spain from the
Pyrenees, on the east, to Algeciras,
near Gibralter, were discussed during
yesterdays session of the information
al communications conference. Manv
difficulties in the way of the project
were pointed out by speakers, who
said that the gauge of Spanish rail
way lines was &C inches, compared to
sc in other countries, and that chang
ing the gauge would be impossible
owing TO economic conditions. Span
ish delegates explained that the cost
of this work would be approximately
two billion pesetaS, and that it would
not yield a corresponding benefit. Dis
Cussion of the waterways convention
was completed and the pact was given
to committee for drafting. Brazil
ian representatives called the atten-
ton of the conference to questions rel
ative to fuel supplies and declared
that Brazil was appealing for inter
national assistance.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-01
PERU SPEEDS UP
.,0ITS POSTAL SYSTEM
CBy Associated Press)

LONDON, April l. Sweeping
changes in the Peruvian postal system
will result from the contract negotiat-
ed with the Marconi company by the
government of that country according
to a statement to the London Times
by Godfrey Isaacs, managing director
of the Marconi wireless telegraph
agency limited. His statement con-
firms recent reports from Lima that
the Marconi company will administer
Peruvian posts, telegra phs and wire
less systems for a period of % years
beginning May 1, receiving five per-
cent of the gross receipts, and so per-
cent of the annual profits.
The agreement gives the Marconl
company the sole and exclusive use of
all international wireless stations
within the republic and possession of
all telephone services except a few
which are being operated on conces-
sions already granted by certain mu-
inequalities Many old postal customs,
Mr. Isaacs states will cease. For in
stance sra amps will be sold at lpostof-
fees instead of at lottery and tobacco
stores and the Peruvian governmental
departments will no longer be able to
use the postal and telegraph services
of the country gratis. go. ,.-. 3s..
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-01
BULLET HITS PLANK
IN WOMAN'S HAND

Mrs. M. H Birmingham, "a North
Seventeenth street, narrowly escaped
death by bullet Thursday afternoon
about $50 when a bullet from a As
calibre revolver imbedded itself in a
two by four plank which she was hold
ing in her hand.
Mrs. Birmingham had just stopped
to measure the board when the bullet
came singing through the air and hit
the board a few inches above her.
She stated that she did not hear any
shot and was unable to explain any
thing connected with her narrow es-
cape from death.
This is the second incident of this
kind to happen in this neighborhood
within year. Last summer bullet
came through the back door of the
home of Mrs. NJ. Ellen Lacey, % North
Seventeenth street. and Embedded
itself in stair casing. This was from
a 30 calibre revolver
Police are investigating the shoot
ing and will make every effort to pre-
vent further indscriminate shooting
of high calibre firearms in the city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-01
LOAN BODIES
WILL BE PERMANENT
CRv Associated PressD

WASHINGTON. April Permanent
organization of the National Union of
Farm Loan associations, appointment
of legislative committee, selection
of officers. and formulation of de-
mand for the restoration of the right
of the farm loan associations to a
voice in the management of the Fed
eral Land banks" will be undertaken
at a meeting here April 90, of loan
association delegates from various
states.
Resolutions asking for an increase
from $4,000 to $4,000 as the maxi
mum loan to a single borrower will be
considered. W. w. Flanagan, secre-
tary of the temporary organization. in
the call for the meeting, issued today.
declared the need of the associations
for a voice in the control of the fed
eral land banks takes on considerable
importance as a plain business propo-
sition when it is borne in mind that
the farm loan associations now own
II millions out of a total "a millions
of the capital stock of the land banks"
The program for the meeting in
cludes addresses by William G. Nc
Adoo. Senators Capper, Kansas, and
Fletcher, Florida.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-01
Elizabeth Lombard, IS,
Dies: Funeral Monday

Elizabeth Jane Lombard, 95 years
old, died at the home of her niece,
Mrs. c. L. Bourne, III South Ninth
street, at 4:3O o'clock Thursday after
noon
She is survived by six nieces. Mrs.
Bourne. Mrs. Gertrude Henley of this
city, Mrs. Mary Addington of Fort
Worth, Texas; Mrs. George Crane, of
Santa Monica, Cal, Mrs. Lille Dana
of Seattle Mrs. Ada Taylor of Wash
ington and one nephew. George Shu-
mard, of Kansas City, Mo, and a num-
Der of grand nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Lombard had lived in Rich
mond for about so years, coming here
from Cincinnati. She was the widow
of Franklin Lombard, who died %
years ago Although blind for the
past six years, Mrs. Lombard was
greatly interested in current affairs
and was a prominent member of the
Daughters of Temperance society in
Cincinnati, that started the movement
against alcohol.
She was a nurse at Camp Dennison
during the Civil war, and with the aid
of several other women made a union
flag that was carried by a relative
of hers. The flag was carried through
the battle of Lookout Mountain and
Mrs. Lombard still had it in her pos
session at the time of her death.
Funeral services will be held from
the home Of her niece, Mrs. Bourne,
at o'clock Monday afternoon. Bur
ial will be in the Earlham cemetery
and Rev. r. w. Stoakes will officiate.
Friends may call any time after Fri
day