Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 34, 21 December 1917 — Page 1

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. -Damning evidence that Germany planned aggressive action in South America after the war, and that German diplomats have intrigued to set Latin-America against the United States, is contained in seized German diplomatic correspondence published by Secretary of State Lansing Thursday: Thirty-four cablegrams passing between Count Luxburg, former German minister at Buenos Aires, and the German foreign office were given out by Secretary Lansing through an arrangement with the Argentine government for simultaneous publication in both countries. The medium of communication between Luxburg and Berlin was not stated by Mr. Lansing, but it is presumed these messages were sent to Berlin by the Swedish legation at Buenos Aires via Stockholm, as was the famous "spurlos versenkt" cablegram in which Luxburg advised sinking of Argentine steamers "without a trace." Compact Against United States. Luxburg in one of his messages dated Aug. 1 last,

ARMY STAFF IN SOUTHEAST JOINS FORCES TO COSSACKS Opposition to Bolsheviki Increasing and Solidifying Rumanians Join Ukrainians FOE OFFICERS HELPING (By Associated Press Opposition to the Bolshevik apparently is Increasing as reports of German support of the Maximalist government become more pronounced and the situation in Russia grows more chaotic while the Bolshevik endeavors to arrange a separate peace with the central powers. The Ukraine in Its hostility to the Bolshevik government has been joined by the Russian staff on the southwestern front and General Stcherbatcheff, the commander in Rumania, has been appointed head or the Ukrainian forces, reported to be marching against the Bolsheviki. Another report reaching London says that the Rumanians have joined the Ukrainians, while other dispatches declare that former Premier Kerensky is marching against Moscow and that Grand Duke Nicholas is raising a royalist army in the Caucasus. Foe Officers Help. German and Austrian officers released from Russian prisons are reported to have led the Bolsheviki in overpowering their opponents in Tashkent, the capital of Russian Turkestan, while other released enemy prisoners, said to be two army corps, are near Petrograd. Officers of the central powers are said to be active in Petrograd, although this is denied by the Bolsheviki, who claim that the constitutional democrats are trying to put Russia under German control. Meanwhile, diplomats of the central powers are hurrying to begin negotiations with the Bolsheviki. On leaving Berlin the German emissaries were urged by the populace to make "a strong peace." Premier Lloyd-George of Great nritain simultaneously with the publication of German peace feelers, declares that the allies must defeat militarism and that a league of nations including the Prussian autocracy would . be a farce. The Teutons must restore territory and repay losses. To Vindicate Honor. Great Britain entered the war to vindicate her honor and not to make annexations. The British premier sees trying months ahead but the antisubmarine campaign is becoming more (Continued on Page Twelve.) He Also Serves Who Joins the Great RED rCROSS THE WEATHER For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Fair and colder tonight. Saturday fair; continued cold. Today's. Temperature Noon 40 Yesterday . . Maximum 48 Minimum 23 For Wayne County by W. E Moore Probably clearing and colder tonight. Below freezing. Saturday colder and probably fair. General Conditions Light rains and mist have been general over the state in the last twenty-four hours but tha storm was weak and will be of short duration. Temperatures of zero m the north will cause cold weather here during the next twenty-four hours, probably going several degrees below freezing. Another storm over the fir northwest is moving slowly.

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Work of Richmond Artists to be Shown in Indiana Exhibit Richmond artists will exhibit pictures in connection with the Indiana Artists exhibit which opens early in February in the Public Art Gallery. Every artist of Richmond will be in vited to send canvases. In January there will be an exhibit of the work of high school students in connection with the art department of Indiana university. The Birge and Alexander Harrison pictures which have been hanging in the gallery for several weeks were removed Friday and prepared for shipment. RESFAORANT SERVES MEAT Two kinds of meat was served at one Richmond restaurant Friday, deonltA 4k taj tha It o a "mo9le" ! day, according to City Food. Director McKinley's report to the Wayne county Council of Defense. The restaurant was. that of Mrs. Dessie Boyer, 539 North " Twelfth street' Food Administrator McKinley entered the restaurant shortly after 11 o'clock Friday morning, and asked what was to be served for lunch. "Roast beef, roast port and rabbit," he was told. One of the cooks at the restaurant then informed him that the "beef roast was a rib roast." The food administrator reported the case to the county council of defense. The state federal food administrator will be notified. Mrs. Boyer, owner of the restaurant, had signed a pledge card to assist the government in food conservation. Another restaurant, in the same square, served no meat and the owner said she "wouldn't under any consideration serve meat on meatless days." a All other .restaurants in the city are observing two meatless days, Tuesdays and Fridays, of each week, according to the food director. Saloons, some of which have been serving meat on these days, will be reported to the state federal food administrator. McKinley is in favor of revoking the liquor license of every saloon keeper, caught violating the rules of the food administration. RANK DROPS GERMAN NAME The German-American Trust and Savings bank of Richmond is no more. It's the American Trust and Savings Bank of Richmond now. with emphasis on the "American," say the directors. The "German" has been c'ropped ty the bank in a resolution unanimously j adopted by the board of directors of 1 the bank. - j While a petition must be presented 1 to the circuit court and ratified and I later presented to the secretary of state, the bank will make the change ! immediately. Signs on the bank bear ing the old name were being taken down Friday afternoon. Charles V. Jordan is president of the bank. 1 50 PRO-GERMAN AGENTS NABBED ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 21. More than 130 pro-German propagandists have been arrested during the last two months in southern Illinois where they have been active among coal miners, according to government agents who reported to headquarters here today. According to the reports, rumors of the activity of German propagandists came to federal officials late in the summer and government agents were sent to the mining camp3, the result being the arrest and detention of scores of persons who are charged with inciting riots and strikes among the miners.

reported that President Irigoyen of Argentina at last had made up his mind to conclude a secret agreement with Chile and Bolivia for protection against North America "before the conference idea is taken up again." , The "conference idea" is assumed to have been the plan for a Latin-American neutrality conference strongly supported by President Carranza of Mexico and much discussed in some of the South American countries, while the proposed secret agreement may explain reports that have come from Buenos Aires recently of President Irigoyen'a activities. In the main the cablegrams outline the manner in which Germany by the familiar formula of "disavowal and reparation" satisfied Argentina for the Argentine government later break relations. Bares German Designs. But there is one message more damning than the rest which passed between Count Luxburg at Buenos Aires and the German legation at Santiago, Chile, which laid bare Germany's designs on South America. In this telegram Luxburg congratulated the

TOLL OF RAIL CRASH DEAD REACHES '47 Many Others Injured When Limited Train Crashes Into Local. SHEPHERDS VILLE, Ky., Dec. 21The death toll taken last night when Louisville & Nashville passenger train No. 7, from Cincinnati to New Orleans, crashed into the rear end of a Louisville, Bardstown & Springfield accommodation train, a few hundred feet south of the railroad station here had reached forty-seven today. The number killed was at first placed by W. F. Sheridan, superintendent of the Louisville division of the Louisville & Nashville, at thirty-eight. Revision of this figure caused by additional deaths-from among those badly injured increased the total to fortyseven. The wreck, which is said to be tho worst in the history of the Louisville & Nashville, occurred just after the local train had pulled out from the station here. It had gone only a short distance, when the other train came into sight travelling at a high rate of speed. Before it could be halted it had crashed into the slower moving train ahead and made kindling wood of the two wooden passenger coaches it carried. Engine Men Escape The locomotive pulling r.he fast train was badly damaged by the impact, but the engineer and flrejnan escaped with a few bruises. The heavy steel coaches it pulled were uninjured with the exception of one baggage car, and the train was able to proceed when a second locomotive had been secured from Louisville, and the wreckage of the local train cleared from the rails. Blame for the disaster seems to hinge upon whether the fast train had been given a clear block or not. Jesse Weatherford, operator at the station, said immediately after the collision that after the local train pulled away from the station, he had turned his board to show the track clear for the fast train and then left his post in response to orders to help unload baggage. As he left the office, he said he saw the train approaching, rushed back to his office, set the red danger signal, picked up a red lantern and rushed to the platform to flag it. Ha reached the platform just as the train passed, he said. Superintendent Sheridan closely questioned the crews of both trains as well as the station force, but de clined to attempt to fix blame, without further investigation. Citizens Rescue Victims Immediately after the crash, passengers from the New Orleans train and Shepherdsville citizens, rushed to the aid of those imprisoned beneath the wreckage of the local. Several of those killed were so badly disfigured that it was impossible to identify them last night. Two children whose identity had not been determined early today were found in snow drifts into which they had been thrown, and were ared for last night by Shepherdsville citizens. One, a girl of about 11 years, was apparently unhurt, but had suffered such a violent shock as to lose her memory at least temporarily. The other child, a little girl obout four years old, was asleep when picked up from the snow-drift into which she had been pitched by the impact of the collision. Her rescuers decided not to awaken her, after it was found sha was unhurt and the child slpt the night through. Many of the injured were so badly hurt that it is feared the death list will be increased even further. Allied Commanders Believe in Pershing WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Direct assurances of the confidence of both British and French commanders in General Pershing's ability and their satisfaction in the breadth and soundness of his preparations to make American arms, effective on the western front have reached Washington with the return from Europe of Major General Hugh L. Scott, former chief of staff, who was in conference with Secretary Baker and other war department officials.

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J?y CAt in ! Sir! FEW PLACES DISOBEY ROLE Richmond went back to its early days Thursday night when the first "lightless" night was observed. The night, with only a few exceptions, was observed generally over the entire city. Every other arc light along Main street was out and most advertising signs were dark. Some merchants, however, failed to observe the night. After the holidays all of - the ornamental lights along Main street will be out after 10 o'clock. The Washington, Murrette and Murray theaters failed to observe the new rules of the fuel administration. The "Washington" sign was on as usual, and the lights at the Murray theater were as bright as ever. The "Knollenberg" electric sign, over the Knollenberg department store, was also lighted. Stores and theaters which failed to observe the night and keep their display signs dark were reported to the county fuel administrator. Every Sunday and Thursday night will be "lightless" in the future. - It is a coal conservation move on. the part of the fuel administration which has ruled that the only lights which should burn on these two nights are those "necessary for the, public safety or as required by law." At police station Thursday night's all electric lights were out. Night Sergeant Wenger made his reports by the light of a lantern and a candle. All street lighting intended for display or advertising purposes is under the ban. Residents are also urged to burn as few lishts br pnKsible,

German envoy to Chile on his success in holding Chile to neutrality. Then he added this significant discloure of Gsrmany's plans: As long as Chile is neutral Germany will be able after the war to carry out her South American policy just as well, if not more easily, in opposition to an infatuated and misguided Argentina as with Argentina on her side, ... . The situation here is by no means incapable of solution. The president . has the firm intention of setting the council of ministers against North America." Irigoyen Favored Germans. The "president" mentioned is presumed to refer to President Irigoyen of Argentina, who is mentioned frequently in the dispatches as being favorable to the, German plans. Irigoyen fought the action of the Argentine congress in breaking relations with Germany until he was forced to give way. The Argentine minister for foreign affairs explains in a foreword that the cablegrams were translated by the United States state department, which

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American Santa Clans in France to Fill Children s Stockings

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Tuesday, Dec. 18 By The Associated Press. The purchase of thousands of dollars' worth of Christmas toys and clothing for the children in this section of France was begun today by the army. One purchase consisted of 300 overcoats for the children of refugees. Everything has been bought, from drums to toy rifles and dolls, and all the gifts will be presented on Christmas day. One American air squadron will set up a Christmas tree in a hangar for the Captain of a nearby town. It will be lighted with regulation candles and there will be a present on it for every boy and girl. Make List of Gifts. Each child will get the gift most desired, the officers having made a list of the names and .written beside each what that particular child wished. All over the zone it will be a Christmas long remembered if the Americans can make it such. Some of the Three Foe Planes Downed by British LONDON, Thursday, Dec. 20. The British war office tonight issued the following statement on aviation activities in France: "Three hostile machines were brought down in air fighting Wednesday and two others were driven down out of control. One of our machines is missing."

had the key to the German code, and that three telegrams alluding to Chile and Uruguay were not published but were turned over to those governments. "The telegrams show a number of inaccuracies so surprising that no epithet will fit them," the Argentine minister says, adding that they were completely at variance with the terms in which the negotiations with Germany were carried on and concluded. Scoffed at South Americans. The telegrams cover a period from July 7 to Sept. 1, 1917. On the last date Luxburg expressed fear that the "secret wire may be compromised." These fears were realized later when Secretary Lansing published the first of the Luxburg cables. Two of the telegrams included in the list given out today were previously published. One referred to the Argentine foreign minister as an "ass." In today's text this is amended to read a "theatrical person" with an "insane cunning in preventing me from having an interview with the president." Continued On Page Thirteen.!

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towns will have theirs in the City Hall. The presents for the children are all being paid for out of the soldiers' pockets and one division has raised so far nearly $7,000 for the purpose. For the army itself there will be football games in the morning and a dinner at midday that will surpass even the one served Thanksgiving day. Thousands of pounds of mincemeat, turkey and trimmings already have arrived and are awaiting the cooks and thousands more are expected. SAYS ARMOUR OWNS YARDS WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Flat admission that J. Ogden Armour and F. H. Prince own the Chicago Stock Yards company, controlling the stock yards and terminal railroads, was made by W: M. Wadden, of Chicago. Although the stock appears in the name of Frank R. Pegram, secretary of the company, Wadden said he knew who the real owners were. Swift and Co., of Chicago, have refused to deliver to the Federal trade commission records desired by the commission in its investigation of the packing industry and drastic action will be taken In court to force their production. Francis J. Heney, announced today at the resumption of commission's inquiry.

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CITY PASSES ITS QUOTA IN BIG CANVASS OF RED CROSS Mrs. Shirk Says Goal of 7,000 Members Set for Campaign: in Richmond Was Reached Friday. . , . MASS RALLY SATURDAY Richmond passed Its goal in the Red Cross campaign Friday, Mrs. Elbert W. Shirk, campaign director, estimated. Unofficial returns received during the day from workers in all parte ot the city indicated the quota has been reached. The number of members reported officially at the luncheon Thursday was 6,341. The workers are not content with reaching the goal, however. They have delivered themselves of an ultimatum. It is: "Every person In Richmond who is able to join the Red Cross must do so." Will Be Back. Unless Red Cross tserviee flags are displayed in homes and buttons are worn the chairmen announce their workers will return and insist oa memberships. Workers in the county are expected to reach their quota of 3,000 by Saturday afternoon. Reports will be made from the county at the mass rally to be held at First Presbyterian church. The campaign closes Christmas eve when a band of serenaders will sln"1 carols in Richmond streets. CONTRIBUTED The following statement wa issued Friday. "This incident appears to be the climax of a series of reports regarding me. Some have gone so far as t" 6ay that I have been arrested and placed under bond. I never have been even interviewed by a federal agent or other representatives of the government. I considered the reports of my arrest as too ridiculous for consideration. And then there have been sev. eral other reports, but all these I have ignored as unworthy of attention. "Why should I disvow any sympathy with Prusslanlsm any more than any other citizen? It' is a foregone conclusion that I am an American citizen. In fact, I am pro-American. We are In the war and we'll have to fight It through. I have no sympathy with German militarism. That's the very thing my forebears came to America to escape. "I have no desire to prosecute this man. I heard his name is Frank Ray, but that is all I know. Certainly I do not know who is responsible for his conduct, or do I know why they single me out for their attention. "For the benefit of my accusers I can call their attention to the part I have taken in the campaigns having to do with the prosecution of the war. I assisted in the Young Men's Christian Association drive and donated $500 to the movement I contributed $200 and assisted in the Red Cross campaign last spring, as well. Such subscriptions have been supplemented by smaller ones to various causes. I J subscribed to $1,000 worth of Liberty bonds and borrowed the money to pay for them. Furthermore. I encouraged the employes of my store to buy Liberty bonds and agreed to purchase them any time they desired to sell them. "Bernhard Knollenberg, my son. enlisted in the army last September at Camp Schofield, Honolulu. - "I am gratified to Lnow that the Impression given by the presence of this man in front of my store is not held generally. A great many persons have visited me today to express their disapproval of such a procedure." For the benefit of those who wish to know about my ancestry, my mother came to this country when she was 13 years old and my father came when he was 18. My father took out his naturalization papers at that time and are now in my hands.' I was born In 1847 at my present residence 122 South 4th street. GEO. H. KNOLLENBERG.