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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
ROTARY DELEGATION
EXPECTED TO PUT ON
CAMP CLEANUP

That large number of Rotarians
will attend the cleanup" meeting to
be held at Camp ki-Ro Tuesday was
indicated by the report of the camp
committee al the meeting of the board
of directors of the Rotary club Mon
day noon.
The plan at present Is that ali mem
bers of the Rotary club will meet at
the First Presbyterian church Tuesday
morning at o'clock. They will then
go in body in automobiles to Camp
kl:Ro to participate in the big clean
up work and in putting the camp in
condition to receive the boys who will
go to the camp on July 81.
To Do All Work
The Rotary club will be responsible
for all of the cleanup work with the
exception of the graveling of the road
which leads to the camp from the
main road. This work will be done
by the Kiwanis club at a later date.
Tools will be furnished by the mem
bers themselves, and it is important
that each member bring some kind of
implement used in this sort of work.
The men will work in six squads
anl the following men have been ap-
pointed to act as captains in charge
of the work: Harry c. Doan, Charles
Beck, Ray B. Mather, Asa Harwood,
Walter G. Reid, and E. NJ. Campfield.
Food has been arranged for by the
committee
The directors announce that the
cleanup will be held irrespective of
weather conditions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
Fall of Cave Roof Depriues
Lorain of the Counterparts
Of Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer
CBy United Press)

LORAIN, Ohio, June 26.-Lorain's s
Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are dead,
the victims of their boyish love for
out-of-door life.
Today the bodies of Peter Tuson,
seven, and Tommy Zenkus. nine, are
lying in the homes of their parents
after having been removed from a
cave In which the boys had been play
ing.
The roof had fallen in, burying them
so thoroughly that four-day search
had been conducted before they were
located
Peter, who was called "Huck' by
his playmates. and Tommy, who was
called Tom" left their homes last
Wednesday.
Fail to Appear
They failed to appear that night and
at midnight city-wide search was
instituted by police and their parents.
Fear was expressed that they had
been drowned and nearby ponds and
the lake front searched for their
clothes. On Saturday the parents
went to Cleveland. where aid of police
was asked
Late Sunday employees of the Lorain
Casting company noticed that a large
pile of sand in an old moulding shed
had caved in.
Probing about, they found the body
of Peter. Beside it they found that of
Tommy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
WIFE OF GOV. Small
DIES OF AP0PLEXY
tBv Associated Press)

KANKAKEE. H., June 26.-Mrs.
Len Small wife of Gov. Small of Illi-
nois, died about o'clock this morning
Mrs. Small was stricken with apo
plexy Saturday night during the ex-
citement incident to the celebration of
friends and fellow-townsmen of the
governor as a result of his acquittal
that afternoon after his trial at Wau-
kegan, Illinois. With her at the time
of her death was the governor and
their three children. Leslie and Budd
Small, and Mrs. A. E. Inglesh.
From the moment of Mrs. Small's
collapse physicians offered no encour-
agement. She had suffered for some
time with high blood pressure and her
condition was believed to have been
aggravated by the strain of the gov
ernor's trial
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
RAIL STRIKE
CERTAIN SAY
UNION CHIEFS
Labor Boards Action Against
Railroad Will Not Deter the
Calling of Walkout Set for
July |.
SIGNALMEN BALLOTINC
(By AssocIated Press,

CHICAGO, June ga strike is be-
Ing taken by railroad signalmen on ap-
prox1mately one-third of the railroads
OF the country, according to an an
nouncement of D. w. Helt, president
of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signal
men. The vote is being taken under
the supervision of the general commit
tee, which has rejected the cut set for
July 1.
CHICAGO, June 26-Saturday's de-
cisions by the United States railroad
labor board holding several roads in
violation of the transportation act by
farming out work to contractors, and
pending opinions in so more cases
which were posted for hearing today,
are expected in railroad circles to have
little influence on union leaders to-
wards averting the threatened rail
strike next month.
The board indicated it would follow
the same general principles in future
decisions in contract cases.
b. M. Jewell, head of the railway
employees department of the American
Federation of Labor, who is in charge
OF the canvass of the shopmen's strike
vote, said the result of the referendum
probably would not be announced until
Wednesday.
However, statements by various
unlonFleaders that the ballots indicate
an overwhelming sentiment favoring q
strike and announcements by union
chiefs last week that they would be
governed by the result of the referen-
DUN, made a suspension of work ap-
pear inevitable.
Peace Hope Fades
Hope of averting a strike faded with
statements by John Scott, secretary of
the Railway Employees department.
that the boards ruling in the contract
cases would put no check on a strike
call. Piece work and the farming out
system were made one of the issues
in the shopmens referendum. the
others being the wage cuts effective
July l and rules by the board govern.
ing overtime and other working con
ditions.
The issue upon which maintenance
OF way employees cast their strike hal
lots was the s6o,O0O.00O wage slash
they received.
Mr.. Jewell called a meeting of the
shop crafts policy COMMITTEES for TO-
night as preliminary war council
over the proposed strike.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
LOCAL METHODIST
PASTORS WOULD NOT
CHANGE DISCIPLINE

Pastors of Methodist churches in
Richmond are against lifting the
amusement ban" contained in the
Book of Discipline" of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Asked Monday what they thought of
such move, the local pastors indi-
Gated they believed the agitation for
removal of the ban was unwise.
Il am much in favor of leaving the
1872 ruling just as it is" said the Rev.
E. L. Gates, pastor of the Third NJ. E.
church. 81 am for rigid enforcement
of the amusement ban The heart of
Methodism is for social movements,
but rigidly against dancing, card play
ing, etc. 1 do not believe in fighting
the social work of the church, but l
do believe it should always be a sec
ondary matter"
The Rev. A. H. Backus. pastor of
Grace church, said that in his opinion
the lifting of the ban at this time
would be misunderstood.
Out of City
The Rev. R. w. Stoakes, pastor of
the First NJ. E. church, was out of the
city and could not be reached
A minority report submitted at the
last general assembly of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church asked for the
amendment of paragraph 2S0, the one
referring to amusementS hy strikino o
out from lines three, four and five.
the words dancing, playing at games
of chance. attending theatres, horse
races, circuses, dancing parties, or at
tending dancing schools"
1t is the elimination of this ruling
that is being discussed. The recon-
mendation that the quoted lines be
stricken from the Book of Discipline"
was defeated at the last assembly by
q vote of 469 to 212
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
VERDICT OF MURDER
RETURNED AGAINST
WILSON'S ASSASSINS
CBy Associated Press)

LONDON, June 26-A verdict of
wilful murder against James Connolly
and James O'Brien was returned this
afternoon by the coroners jury in the
inquest into the killing of Field Mar
shall Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, assas-
sinated last Thursday. The accused
men, who were arrested Immediately
after the crime, did not attend today's
hearing on advice of counsel.
Londoners by the hundreds of thou
sands today paid tribute to the late
Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Will
son. For hours they stood patiently
in line in drizzling rain to watch the
solemn funeral procession making its
way to the sound of muffled drums
from the field marshaPs late home in
Eaton Place to st. Pauls Cathedral.
The three-mile route was choked with
spectators and traffic was at a stand
STILL
Square Is Crowded
st. Pauls square had never held so
many people since the funeral of King
Edward in 1910, while outside Sir Hen
RS home as the procession started,
a great multitude had assembled, for
mer officers and soldiers being con-
spicuous amongst them The throng
stood with barred heads as the cortage
formed and passed on toward the
cathedral
Throughout the city flags we're half
masted and many offices and shops
were closed to permit employees to
witness the imDOsine ceremony.
Througout the empire the day was one
of national mourning, ever from far off
New Zealand coming word that minute
guns would be fired during the funeral
and all flags half-masted.
In northern Ireland, the home of the
slain soldier, there were special mani
festations of grief and memorial serv-
ices were held in most of the churches.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
ATTEMPT TO RESTORE
sun is FRUSTRATED
tRy Associated Press>

PEKING, June 26-While advices
from Annoy indicated that troops of
Sun Vat Sen, deposed president of
the Canton republic, were pushing to-
ward Canton in an effort to recapture
that city, other reports stated that
these forces were scattered about
Kiangsi province, disorganized and
looting the territory. Official opinion
in Peking today was that any attempt
to restore Suns regime would fail
The dispatches reaching Annoy were
dated Saturday and said the army
loyal to Sun Vat Sen had split into
two sections, turned southwark and
was bearing down on the headquarters
of Chang Chiung-Ming. whose army
captured Canton.
The latest reports reaching Peking
related that Sun was detained aboard
a gunboat at Canton, and that General
rounding territory
TEN TSIN, June 26.-Three hun
dred and fifty Japanese roops left
here Saturday for Chinangtao, on the
Manchurian border, to protect jap
anese military posts along the rail-
way. 1t had been reported that the
Chikn troops who recently invaded
Manchuria were interfering constant
ly with these Japanese posts. Orders
are said to have been issued from
Paotingfu, the headquarters of Cen
eral WI Pei-fu, commander of the
Chihil army. for the soldiers to ab-
stain from further interference with
the Japanese.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
100 BOOSTERS LEAVE
TO invite TOWNS TO
SERVICES ON FOURTH

Thirty cars with about 100 persons
left Richmond at ! o'clock Monday to
make a tour of neighboring towns to
boost the big Fourth of July celebra-
tion to be held here.
The American Legion band accom-
panied the expedition and will play a
short concert in each town.
All the automobiles were decorated
with American flags and the occup-
ants furnished with handbills, posters
and programs of the celebration for
distribution along the way. Fred
Bethard furnished rattlers to act as
noisemakers for the boosters.
Mayor In Party
Mayor L. A. Handley was in the
party and it is probable that he will
make some speeches of welcome to
the inhabitants of the towns visited.
Before leaving the city, the boosters
made tour of the business district
The tour is in charge of Fred Bethard
who will be assisted by other mem
bers of the celebration committee
The boosters assembled at the post
office and held short pep fest before
starting off. Ray Weisbrod, chairman
of the Fourth of July Celebration COM
mittee, spoke to the boosters as fol-
lows:
This is another example Of the
'get-together spirit which Richmond
Community Service is promoting in
our city. Without community service
we would be without a Fourth of July
celebration.
Organizes Recreation
Community service has consistent
ly organized wholesome recreation for
the whole community. Not only will
every child and adult in Richmond be
able to enjoy the big holiday program,
but the booster trip will acquaint the
neighboring towns with what we are
doing. A cordial invitation will be
extended to everyone to come to Rich
mond on the Fourth. Mayor Handley
is with us to represent the citizens Of
ficially. We are going to spread the
Community Spirit"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
FARM LEADERS
TO Dine WITH
PRES. HARDING
Members of Farm Bloc and
Representatives of Agricul-
flral Associations Invited to
Dinner. /
OBJECT IS KEPT SECRET
BY HERBERT w. WALKER

WASHINGTON, June 26.-A farm
ers dinner. rivaling the recent steel
and railroad dinners at the White
House will be given by President
Harding Thursday night, 1t was
learned here today.
Some Of the leading representatives
of farmers associations, members OF
the congressional farm bloc and those
in the executive departments charged
with the administration laws affect
ing the agricultural interests are ex-
pected to attend.
The exact object Of the dinner is
being kept a secret by the White
House. AS result, there were many
reports as to the exact purpose of the
summoning of the farm leaders to the
White House:
Among these were:
l. The president desires informa-
tion as to whether credit and trans
portation facilities and arm labor
are ample to harvest and market ad-
vantageously to the farmers the bump
er crops being raised this year.
To Explain Subsidy
2. The president desires to explain
to the farmer representative why he
considers the ship subsidy bill of such
vital importance to the nation and
particularly the agricultural interests.
The strongest opposition to the sub
stdy is from the middlewest farming
sections and, according to this report,
the president hopes to convince the
farm leaders of the imperative neces-
sity of the bill.
3. The president desires the views
of farmer Representatives on the pro-
posed transfer of the bureau of for
estry and the bureau of markets from
the department of agriculture to the
department of the interior and the de-
partment of commerce, respectively.
Senator Capper. Kansas, leader Of
the senate farm bloc, is among those
who have received invitation, but he
states he does not know the purpose
of the dinner.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
CHINCH BUGS APEAR
ON BUCKLAND FARM.
OIL BARRIER PLACED

This seasons first campaign against
chinch bugs began Saturday evening
when William Buckland, living on the
Wernle road southeast of Richmond,
obtained barrier oil for use against
the bugs on his farm
Mr.. Buckland found the bugs in a
rye field from which they were NOV
ing into a nearby corn field. Two
barrier lines were run Immediately,
and the corn which was already In
Tested was sprayed with kerosene,
which killed many, with the disadvan-
tage, however, that the plants also
were killed.
Directions for use of the barrier
oil Were issued by County Agent Do
Ian Monday After line or furrow is
prepared for application of the oil.
Continued on Page Seven)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
EXPECTING
CRICKMORE SLAYER
TO GIVE HIMSELF UP

Police were momentarily expecting
Charles Todd, alleged slayer of Sam
uel Crickmore, to give himself up on
plea of self defense, Monday, follow
ing Saturday night quarrel and en-
counter between the two men, after
which Crickmore's body was found
in an alley back of 806 North Twelfth
street. When Crfckmore was found,
he held an opened pocket knife in his
hand.
The origin of the quarrel between
the two men is not known. They had
been attending dance given at the
home of Crickmore's daughter, Mrs.
Edith O'Conner, 708 North Twelfth
street, Saturday evening and had left
there quarreling.
Witnesses agreed that Crickmore
followed Todd into the alley which
Continued on Page Ten)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
Ohio Governor Asked TO
Oust Youngstown Mavor

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 26.-Gov-
ernor Davis today received a request
from Thomas Falcone for the i'm
peachment of Mayor George Oles,
of Youngstown, Ohio. In his petition
to the governor, Falcone charged Oles
with graft and unfitness for office,
and that he was not citizen of
Youngstown. and that he was not le-
gally elected to office. Governor Da-
Wis has not indicated what action he
will take.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
kNSTED COMPANY GETS
TEETOR REAL ESTATE.

A deed. conveying all the real estate
owned by the Teetor-Hartley Morton
corporation in Hagerstown to the An
sted Engineering company of Corners
vile has been filed in the office of the
county recorder.
Consideration was not given in the
deed but revenue stamps to the value
of $50 indicates that the considera-
ton was 5000.
The deed states that its object is
to convey all the real estate in Wayne
county owned by the Teetor- Hartley
Motor corporation to the Ansted En-
gineering company The description
of the tract reads as follows: Bound
ed on the north by Water street, on
the right-of-way of the C. c. C. & ST.
Louis railway, on the west by the west
line of Plum street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
One DEAD, z MISSING,
RESULT OF EXPLOSION

ONEIDA. y. Y, June 26.-Mrs Ellis
Green is dead. her children missing
and her husband and several other per-
sons are suffering Of severe burns to-
day as the result of an explosion of a
powder laden barge. The explosion
started fire, which destroyed three
barges and almost half of the cottage
colony at Verona beach on the Barge
canal at Oneida Lake, north of here.
Mrs. Green was drowned when her
husband, engineer of the tug, seeing
her clothing in flames, pushed her into
the canal. He leaped in with her but
could not rescue her. Her two chill.
dren have been missing since the ex-
plosion. The explosion was caused by
a gasoline engine which backfired and
ignited case of powder on the deck.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
$4,000 ALREADY GIVEN
TO COMMUNITY CHEST

Pre-campaign subscriptions totaling
$4,000 have rolled into the Community
Chest to date, says E. NJ. Haas, di-
rector of the drive.
Almost every day these unsolicited
funds arrive at the headquarters Of
flee in the form of cash contributions
or pledges. These subscriptions have
come in entirely unsolicited and are
made, for the most part, by persons
who are leaving for their vacations
and do not want to be left out of the
drive.
The list of workers is now virtually
complete. The rating committee will
finish its work at a special meeting
to be held in the headquarters office
Monday night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
Holland Fears Kaiser
VIII Attempt to Escope
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, June 26-Apprehension
exists in Holland lest former Kaiser
William attempt to slip away from
Doom and re-enter Germany in the
event of a royalist uprising following
the assassination of Foreign Minister
Rathnau, according to the CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail, at The
Hague.
The writer, however, quotes ]. B.
Kan, secretary of the Dutch home of
flee as saying that such apprehension
is groundless.
eve have no evidence that the kai-
ser has any such intention" he said,
"and the surveillance maintained
around him is so close that 1t would
be impossible for him to get away"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
STATE PROBES
MASSACRE At
HERRIN MINES
Local Officials Make No
Arrests Following Report
of Coroner's Jury on Killing
of l9 Men.
STRIKE VICTIMS BURIED
(Ry AssocIated Press

HERRIN. Ills, June Williamson
county buried her dead in her latest
mine war yesterday, conducted an in
quest to determine the cause of their
death, and today faced the RESPONSE
bility of bringing the guilty to Justice.
With not single arrest made since
the massacre of last Thursday, when
at least 19 men were killed after strike
sympathizers stormed the Lester mine,
and with county officials making no
visible effort to place the blame, the
investigating is being done by state
and federal agents.
Representatives of the department
of justice, department of labor, the
states attorney generals office, and
the adjutant general are quietly delv-
ing into the cloak of secrecy which so
far has surrounded the identity of the
1000 men who marched from Herrin
on broad daylight, took more than so
unarmed men prisoner, marched them
back down the road into a wood, and
there killed 19 and wounded nearly as
many more
Men are Called
Yesterday six men of Williamson
county, three miners, a merchant. an
electrician and superintendent of the
Herrln waterworks, were solemnly i'm
paneled, listened to the evidence of
witnesses called by Coroner William
McCowen and returned their verdict.
They found, and so recorded. that
c. K. Mcdowell, murdered superin-
tendent of the Lester mine. killed
union miner on Wednesday, the day
before the massacre. OF the other
dead, 19 in all, including two other
strikers, the jury found they came to
the1r death by gunshot wounds inf1ict-
ed by unknown persons.
Yesterday morning Is unknown
dead, all nop-union workers and
guards at the Lester mine, were bur
led by the county in Potter's field
On a bleak hillside, beneath a broiling
sun, union miners, led by State Sen
ator William ]. Sneed, dug the 16
swallow graves--four rows of four
each.
SOHuuCL FunGF2i
The bodies of the massacre victims
In plain black caskets, were placed
side by side on the parched grass.
Four protestant ministers of Herrin
Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian
and a Christian, conducted the brief
burial service, while a hundred over
all-clad miners and a dozen newspa
per correspondents looked on. On a
distant hillside three women in
starched summer dresses furnished
the only touch of color.
The ministerial quartet sang "Near-
er My God to Thee" read a psalm
and delivered prayer, and in an alb,
breviated form of burial service COM
mitted the bodies to the earth.
Leave for Congregations
No mention of the dead, nor of the
manner of their death, was made at
the graveside.
The brief service over, the minis
ters hurried away to their waiting
flocks. The overall-clad miners shov.
eled the red clay over the rough pine
boxes. No flowers graced the graves,
but at the head of each the undertak-
er stuck little metal sign with a
card On each card was
a number and the date June %,
1922" For each numbered card the
undertaken preserved a description of
the man buried beneath, if relatives
should appear to claim him
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
SAYS ENGLAND WOULD
AID GERMANY To GET
into WORLD LEAGUE
fRv Associated Pressl

LONDON, June 26.-Asked by Lord
Cecil in the house of commons this
afternoon whether he could state the
governments attitude on the admis-
sion of Germany to membership in
the League of Nations, Prime Minis
ter Lloyd George replied that England
would be willing to support a propos-
al for Germanys admission.
In answer to Lord Roberts ques-
tion, the prime minister replied, This
is question which concerns Great
Britain alone. 1t primarily concerns
Germany herself. So far as his ma
1esty's government is concerned, we
would support a proposal to admit
Germany to the league.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-26
Fordney Says He Will
Not Run For Reelection
lRy Associated Pressl

SAGINAW. Mich. June 26.-Con-
gressman Joseph W. Fordney. chair
man of the house ways and means
committee and author of the Fordney
tariff bill. announced positively this
morning in telegram to the Saginaw
News Courier, that he will not be
candidate for reelection. He pIars
to retire at the end of his present
term after "a years of continuous
service in congress.