Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 26, 12 December 1917 — Page 1

PA VOL. XLIII.,' NO. 26 consolidated" 1907 Palladium and Sun-Telegram RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1917. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS

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COSSACKSWIN FIRST CLASH WITH FORCES OF BOLSHEVIK

Fighting Reported in Country North of Don Region Extremists Deny Tale of Defeat. UNREST IS GROWING LONDON, Dec. 12. Reports of fighting at Mobilev, Russian General headquarters, between troops newly arrived here and the Bolsheviki garrison were received in Petrograd Monday according to the correspondent of the Times in the Russian capitol. It Is also reported that shock battalions and Cossacks advancing on Mohilev clashed with the Bolsheviki, who were defeated. . . The fighting at Tamanovka, according to the Reuter dispatch from Petrograd, appears to have been between detachments of anti-Bolsheviki shock battalions and local troops assisted by sailors, red guards, infantry and armored cars sent from Petrograd and ! troops from Kharkov. j The Russo Slovo of Petrograd says! the fighting lasted all day and all night. It adds that it was very severe and that there were a great number of casualties. BOLSHIVIKPS DENY REPORT OF COSSACK'S VICTORY PETROGRAD. Monday, Dec. 10. Small detachments of Bolsheviki and Korniloff troops had a battle yesterday, 20 versta from Bielgorod, near Kharkov, south of Moscow. The Bolsheviki authorities report that the Korniloff force was defeated and that two Bolsheviki soldiers killed and three wounded. BURNS FATAL TO FOUR-YEAR-OLD WILLIAMSBURG. Jnd., Dec. 12. Willard Lane. 4-year-old son of . Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Lane, living one mile northwest of -Williamsburg, was burn ,ed to death Wednesday morning when playing with matches. His mother and father found the boy's body lying on the floor when they entered the house, after going Into Williamsburg. . It is believed he had died Just a short time before. The little boy, with his twin brother, Millard, was left at home by their parents. They started playing' with matches and Willard's clothes caught fire. The child tan outside and back Into the house again and fell exhausted on the floor, his body deeply burned. REFORM BILL UP AMSTERDAM, Dec. 12 A despatch from Berlin says the Prussian diet has passed the first reading of the electoral reform bill and referred it to a committee of 35. MAKE IT A REP CROSS CHRISTMAS THE WEATHER For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Probably nnow tonight and Thursday. Warmer tonight ,'u south portion. Colder Thursday. Today's Temperature Noon 17 Yesterday Maximum 11 Minimum 24 below For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Snow tonight or Thursday. Somewhat warmer tonight. Colder Thursday. Probably below zero again Thursday evening. General Conditions The storm is moving slowly and is now over the plain states. Severe cold weather continues over southern Canada and will move in behind the storm probably causing below" zero weather Thursday I night. It was 9 degrees below zero in J Ricnmond tnis morning a rise or 15 degrees in 24 hours. Severe cold weather in the south, 22 at cnsecola ria.. and frost throughout the Florida 1 eninsula.

Germany Made Peace

LONDON. Dec. 12. Foreign Secretary Balfour told the House of Commons toda that a communication had been received by Great Britain from Germany last September, through a neutral diplomatic channel, to the effect that Germany would be glad to get into communication with Great Britain in regard to peace. The British Government replied it was prepared to receive any communication the German Government might decide to make and to discuss ;t with Great Britain's allies. Germany returned no reply, Mr. Balfour added.

WEEPS OVER

CINCINNATI. O., Dec. 12. The movements of Dr.' Ernest Kunwald. director of the Cincinnati Symphony orchestra and a native of Austria, are being carefully watched by federal agents since his arrest and subsequent release a few days ago. Ho was arrested by U. S. Marshal Devanney of Cincinnati oa order of Attorney General Gregory. He was taken to the county jail at Dayton and after less than a day in prison was released on order from Washington. When his baggage was searched the first thing the officers found was a photograph of his wife "I always carry her picture witii me," the musician told tire officers, and he wept like a woman "I have regarded myself as a guest in this country," he said later, "and heve always conducted mysolf accordingly. My conscience is clear. I am an Austrian citizen and a loyal one, but I have always tried to be law-abiding here." He is said to be an Austrian reservist, but says he has had no connection with the Austrian army since in 1910. He was born in Vienna in 1868. His wife received the officers who went to his home to arrest him and accompanied them to ais office, where she helped arrange his affairs.

Cold Weather Made Telephones Work Overtime First of Week

Richmond folks made the telephone work overtime, Monday and Tuesday and even Wednesday the calls were above normal. Manager Bailey said Wednesday 35,000 calls a day are usually made but the number was doubled these last few days. "The calls ate up the current like pie," he 6aid. The severe weather of the last few davs made it impossible for many per sons to leave their homes and so the telephone' was used not only for-necessities but also for "chats" and "visits" with neighbors and "friends. .Manager Eailey saiL,raore current Was used" than , on Christmas VEve. Five Professors at Illinois University Cleared of Charges CHICAGO, Dec. 12. Accusations of disloyalty against five members of the faculty of the University of Illinois were found to be without grounds, by a sub-committee in a report to the board of trustees of the institution last night. The report of the sub-committee which investigated the changes, however, suggested that the attitude of the four men and one woman towards W. H. Kerrick, an agent of the department of justice was discourteous." Those accused were: Dr. A. C. Cole, assistant professor of history; Camillo Weiss, instructor in structural engineering; Dr. Richard Chase Tolman, professor of chemistry; Carl Hassler, instructor in philosophy, and Dr. Queen Lois Shepherd of the department of philosophy. The board of trustees agree with the report of the sub-committee and announc3d that in the future any talk of disloyalty will be dealt with summarily, and issued a warning to faculty members to guard their utterances. One of the charges against the instructors was that they derided libertv bond salesmen. Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. agents, although all lis-4. claimed any intention of disloyalty. Governor Calls Oat Sedentary Militia INDHNAPOLIS. Dec. 12. A proclamation calling into the service of the state "the sedentary militia" of Indiana was issued today by Governor Goodrich. The proclamation applies to every man in the state between the ages of 18 and 45 who is not in military service or called to federal service. The militia is to be known as the Liberty Guard and will be used in maintaining peace and order in the state. It will be under the command of the adjutant general. Move Reported in October Among the secret diplomatic documents made public by the Bolsheviki, as quoted in a Petrograd dispatch last week, was a telegram from the Russian Charge d'Affaires in London, dated October 6, which indicated that Germany had .made another peace move. The telegram said the charge had received information from Madrid that a highly placed personage in Berlin had expressed the wish to the Spanish Ambassador to Germany to enter into peace negotiations. This information was communicat

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Ernest Kunwald and wife. when many patrons use the telephone to wish their friends a "Merry Christmas." Long distance calls were about the average. Many wires were, down on account of the heavy snow. ENLISTED MEN MUST ANSWER .s.: . :""f ' -, v - ' j. : -. t .: ' ' All registered men who bave'enlisfc ed in some branch of Uncle Sam's service .will be compelled to answer the new questionnaires to be mailed to all registered men by the Richmond selective army board according to Sheriff Carr, chairman of the board. The questionnaires will be sent, to the address of each registered man, given when he registered, unless he has notified the board of his new address.Even though men have volunteered they will be sent questionnaires. The first percent of the questionnaires will be mailed Saturday morning. Five per cent will be mailed on each following day, with the exception of Sundays and holidays, until every man has received one. All Richmond and Wayne county attorneys will assist registered men in answering the questions set forth. However, they will only interpret the meaning of the questions to the men, and will not do any of the clerical work. The registrants will be given seven days to answer the guestions and return the questionnaire to the army board. Sundays and holidays are not included in counting the seven days from the mailing of the questionnaire. SHOOTS SPOUSE AND 3 OTHERS MILLVILLE, N J., Dec 12. After a auarrel with his wife over the love affairs of their daughter, James Borec- j ca last night shot and killed his wife, j Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Deluca and i the five-year-old daughter of the 'Delucas. Sylvia Borecca, the 19-year-old daughter whose romance led to the ; shooting, escaped by leaping through j an upstairs window. She was badly cut by glass. Borecca escaped and the police throughout southern New Jersey were conducting a search for him. The shooting occurred at the home of Deluca where Mrs. Borecca and her daughter boarded. Overtures ed to the allied Government, and the dispatch says. Great Britain replied it would receive any communication from Germany respecting peace and consider the measure in conjunction with its allies. Asquith Gives Views. At the same time Mr. Balfour was making his peace revelation in the House of Commons today former Premier Asquith delivered an important address at Birmingham. The ungruding sacrifices made by the British people Premier Asquith declared, proved that the ancient and in

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GEN. ALLENBY ENTERS HOLY CITYJJN FOOT British Commander Takes Formal Possession Austrians May Strike Again. LONDON, Dec. 12. Premier LloydGeorge today announced in the' House of Commons that General Allenby, the British commander in Palestine, ' entered Jerusalem on foot on Tuesday. Guards have been placed around the Holy places, the premier said. The mosque of Omar has been placed under Mohammedan control.

SIGNS OF RENEWAL OF FOE ASSAULTS IN NORTH ITALY (By Associated Press) Formal entry . was made into Jerusalem yesterday by General Allenby, commander of the British forces in Palestine, to whom the city surrendered on Monday after it had been surrounded by British troops. There are some signs of a renewal of the Austro-Gerraan efforts to break the Italian front between the Brenta and the Piave in northern . Italy, a heavy bombardment being reported in that sector of the mountain line. Snow has begun falling in ' the mountains however and this is counted upon to work against the Teutonic forces, making their communications more difficult to, keep up and helping to block their way into the passes. The artillery on both sides has been active along the greater part of the two fronts and on the western front, the allied and German airmen have engaged in lively combats. German reinforcements continue to be sent westward but there is no sign of when and where the expected blow will fall. Heavy bombardments by the big guns generally signify approaching fighting activity and the impression prevails in allied capitals that the Germans will make a supreme effort before very long. City Not Quarantined Richmond is not quarantined. Several towns within a radius f here have heard rumors to this effect which might discourage Christmas shoppers.. Dr. F. W. Krueger, county health commissioner, has prepared, the following statement refuting all such : rumors:.;, :, -.. .. '-. . , There is absolutely no truth to the statement,. that Rlcjmoai-aa..a .whole launder qTlkrafBcTafV result of the smallpox epidemic. The compulsory vaccination in the schools, the suggested vaccination in the factories and other precautionary measures are rapidly reducing the danger of contagin. I think it is safe to say that we will have the situation thoroughly under control within the next ten days. The visitor takes no more chances in Richmond of catching the smallpox than he does any other place where cases are known to exist. He takes no chances whatever on the streets here. Richmond Boy Now is First Lieutenant; One of First Across John E. Scott, Richmond boy, who went to France with the first American expeditionary forces has already seen active service, according to a letter received from him by his mother, Mrs. N. L. Green, 37 North Eighth street. Scott is a wireless telegraphy operator and helped establish the telehone and telegraph lines for the first Amer-! lean troops. When he sailed for France he was a corporal in his company. Shortly after he arived in France he was made a sergeant. Then he was made first sergeant. Now he has been promoid i to a first lieutenant. Scott was with General Pershing's troops on the Mexican border and has been in the army for the last throe years. He was formerly a telegraph operator at the Western Union and for the Pennsylvania railroad company here. MORE LATER! (Ey Associated Press) ITALIAN ARMY . HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN ITALY, Tuesday, Dec. 11. The first American shot against Austria was fired by Representative Pinkham of Boston on the lower Piave when Mr. Pinkham pulled a string firing a large 149 millimeter gun sending a shell hurtling across the Piave to the Austrian positions.

to England Last September, Says Balfour

grained spirit of the British people bad not been sapped by luxury or scaled and withered by rotage. "We look to the end," he said, "with the assured and ever-growing belief that both in the council -chamber of peace and in the ordering of our own households a new era of liberty and justice will be opened." War Worth While' . The former premier said that he had had a large part in Great Britain's entering into the war and he unhesitatingly believed it had been worth

"WILLFUL DOZEN" NOW IS TWO

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Of the little croim of willful men" who de feated the armed neutrality bill in the senate last Marcn, four are out oi that body. Senator . Works of California, Clapp of Minnesota and O'Gorman of New York were not re-elected, and Senator Lane of Oregon died. Those of the group of twelve still in the senate are Senators Stone of Missouri, La Follette of Wisconsin, Cummins of Iowa, Norris of Nebraska, Gronna of North Dakota, Vardaman of Mississippi, Kirby of Arkansas and Jones of Washington. La Follette alone of the twelve did

SPEEDING UP OF WAR MACHINERY CAUSED CRACKS, SENATE IS TOLD

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Inquiry by Congress into the general conduct of the war was begun today with investigations by the senate military committee of the war department's work in arming and equipping, the American, forces. . - .:...--.-- Major General Crozier, chief of ordnance, said an obstacle in the early work was that the military policy defined in thfc national defense act of 1916 contemplated a force of one million men to be raised in five years. "It is apparent," he said, "that the original program for one million men did not contemplate out participation in the war. We compressed the five BLAST DEATH LIST IS 1,800 HALIFAX, Dec. 12. A revised estimate today of the explosion casualties reduced the death list to approximately 1,800. The known dead total 800, and it is believed not more than 1,000 and perhaps only 900 still lie under the debris of shattered and burned buildings. The list of victims is steadily becoming stronger as relatives are reunited and refugees who left the city returned. From 300 to 500 persons are totally or partly blind and 200 children have each lost lost both parents, according to the American and Canadian workers investigating the situation The Boston relief ship Calvin Austin entered the harbor today. liiriii i nil. BEING LIFTED The smallpox situation in -Richmond is daily improving Dr. S. G. Smelser, secretary of the city board of health said Wednesday. Each day cases are disappearing. The quarantine was lifted at eight houses Wednesday and other houses will be out of quarantine Thursday he said. The quarantine at several other houses was lifted Tuesday. Coal is being distributed to the families under quarantine who have exhausted their supply. The coal is being paid for by the city and is taken from the Richmond crematory. . while if the war ends in a peace of security and permanency. He endorsed President Wilson's latest words as expressing clearly the intentions and desires of the allies. Adverse criticism of the recent letter of the Marquis of Lansdowne he added, was caused by reading into it meanings and intentions which the letter did not intend to convey. Mr. Asquith said there was abundant evidence that, the enemy paoples aro misinformed of the allies' objects v tiirh a r nnt to annihilate the Ger

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Senators La Follette (left) and Gronna.

not support the resolution declaring war on Austria. Stone, Norris, Cummins, Vardaman, Kirby, Jones and even Gronna voted for war. Vardaman even made a speech for the resolution. La Follette did not vote against the resolution, absenting himself from the senate when the roll was called. He said he had not intended to miss the vote. Cummins, Norris, Stone and Jones have announced they will support the entire Wilson program. Statesmen who were more careless of their English than Wilson and who dubbed the willful twelve the "Kaiser's Dozen," are sure that La Follette and Gronna, intimate friends as well as like thinkers, will make trouble on other of the president's plans. The two were the only ones who kept their seats in silence at the opening of this session when the president was reading his stirring message. year program Into one year when it immediately became apparent that the one million program would not do. Cong' ess Delayed Farther Preparations of estimates and actual appropriation by-Congress, the general said, cause further delay. "We dii everything we could," he continued." Soldiers Rash For Letters From Home Harrison Declares Soldiers in training at Camp Taylor make a grand rush for letters from home, says Lawrence Harrison, Fountain City boy, in a letter to Lester B. Harrison. There are seven Y. M. C. A. buildings in the camp and all are very popular and "a great benefit to the boys," he writes. Nearly a barrel of ink and thousands of sheets of letter paper are used daily. The men had a "real" Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and all the trimmings he says. It had been raining in the camp for three days. Harrison is a member of D company, 309th engineers. The company is in quarantine because of measles. Mrs. August Belmont Addresses Soldiers in "Hut" in France WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Monday Dec. 10. By The Associated Press). Mrs. August Belmont, of New York, won the applause of several hundred soldiers who crowded the Y. M. C. A. building in the American field headquarters town to hear her relate her experiences while visiting the soldiers near the British and French fronts. She urged the soldiers to carry the American fighting spirit throughout the war. The automobile in which Mrs. Belmont was travelling was several hours behind its schedule in arriving at headquarters. Instead of stopping for dinner, Mrs. Belmont s'ent directly to the building where the soldiers had been waiting patiently. She was given a rousing cheer when she quoted this line from a play in which she appeared when she was Eleanor Robson: 'If things are not cheerful, folks must be." ' Mrs. Belmont later returned to Paris. tary domination of Prussia. He saldi tnat uermany must ieamj.net the enthronement of force is bad business.Say Allies Seek Destruction "An enemy misconception," he continued, "is that the . allies, especially Great Britain, are aiming at the deetruction for their own political aid economic objects of what vaguely Is called the fredom of the seas. "This formula, if it possesses any revelance can only be used to indicate some new limitation In war time upor. belligerent rights of the power which happens to have command of the jea

FUEL STATUS OF RICHMOND BETTER THAN MOST CITIES

Administrator Bates Praises Dealers Who Advised Consumers To Lay In Supplies Last hall. MERCURY IS GOING UP Richmond Is better prepared to meet the cold weather than most cities of its size In Indiana, according to P. S, Bates, Wayne county fuel administrator. "Credit for this situation must bo given the coal dealers of Richmond," Administrator Bates said. "The deal ers had the foresight last fall to ad vise the consumers to lay In as large a supply as possible and also from the fact that the dealers themselves bought a large quantity for storage la their yards. This coal was contracted for at a higher rate than the government price." Snow Is again predicted for Wednesday night or Thursday by Weather Forecaster Moore. General Winter will move away from Richmond for a slight distance Wednesday night but will return to camp In the city Thursday according to the prediction. Nine Below Wednesday The mercury dropped to nine below zero Wednesday morning, a rise of fifteen degrees in twenty-four hours, according to the government thermometer. The temperature had risen to fifteen above zero at noon and indications were that It would rise atEl higher. Colder weather Is scheduled to return Thursday afternoon night, however, and temperature will sgaln fall below zero, according to the forecast. Many temperatures registered twenty above zero at noon Wednesday while others registered fifteen above. The same thermometers registered eleven above at noon Tuesday. The gas supply In Richmond was still far below normal Wednesday morning. Seventy-five percent of the people in Richmond who have been using gas for heating purposes have been compelled to U6e coal, It was 6aid at the office of the gas company. ' Must Rise to SO Above. --X. H. Johnson, manager of the Richmond Light, Heat and Power company said Wednesday the gas supply in Richmond would rise with the temperature. The temperature must rise to thirty above zero and remain there for twelve hours however, before the gas supply here returns to normal. Manager Johnson said. Richmond Is very fortunate, he said. In having any gas at all, as Richmond and Munde are the enly towns in this part of the state which are being served any gas at alL According to information received by the county fuel administrator the Dayton gas company has been "very particular to cut off the supply for industrial use except when It was absolutely necessary." More gas is being used for domestic purposes also than has been in the past, according to the information received by Administrator Bates. The gas company in Dayton has sold between 1300 and 1400 gas heaters since October as coal is not available. COX TAKES FUEL SITUATION IN OHIO INTO OWN HANDS COLUMBUS, O.. Dec. 12. Governor James M. Cox went over the heads of the federal fuel administration today and has taken the Ohio coal shortage problem in his own hands. The first move today was to order solid train loads of coal assembled and sent immediately to points in the state most seriously in need of coal. The order is directly contrary to Instructions of F. C. Balrd, federal fuel administrator in charge of the Lakes Coal Pool, Cleveland, who refused by long distance telephone today to sanction such action. 1 00 DEFENDANTS IN TITLE SUIT More than 100 defendants are named ir a suit to quiet title to real estate filed in circuit court Wednesday by Orville H. Hinesley. All of the defendants are claiming ownership of one piece of property, Hinesley states in the complaint, while he is the rightful owner. The claim of ownership by the others is unfounded, he says, he asks the court to settle the question of title to the property for all time. "No corresponding limitation has been suggested for land warfare where existing conventions have been In this conflict systematically violated by the enemy. I do not think we are likely to hear vary much from enemy lips of freedom of tbejeeas. . "The allies are still unflinching- ia their purpose to use all legitimate methods, economic and military to secure a lasting and fruitful peace which the world needs. The allied position is stated with perfect lucidity by President Wilson In his recent address f.nd I especially subscribe to and ; corse the -language he used." '

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