Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 36, 24 December 1917 — Page 1

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BIRTHPLACE OF JESUS IS TAKEN FROM UNHOLY TURK British Present Significant Christmas Gift to Christian World, Announcing Bethlehem's Capture. OPERATION IS BRILLIANT

LONDON. Dec. 24. The London papers announce that an "unique and historic" Christmas message will be sent from Great Britain to the United States on Tuesday. LONDON. Dec. 24. The Christian people of the world today received a Christmas greeting from the soldiers of Gen. Allenby. It was the first detailed account of how the British troops wrested from the dominion of the Turks the -city of Bethlehem, where 1,900 years ago was born the Savior. The news comes in a dispatch from Reuter's correspondent at Jerusalem. It says: "One of the most brilliant pieces of work during the recent operations was the capture of Bethlehem. The Turks had strong fortifications here with numerous field guns on the outskirts of the town. "The troops which had been ordered to take the town deployed by night far to the left, threatening the Turkish line of retreat and compelling the Turks to withdraw. Welsh troops then entered Bethlehem at daybreak." Rout Out Turk Snipers. The correspondent adds that since the Turks were driven out of Jerusalem they have been conducting guerrilla warfare to the north and east of the city, splitting up into numerous small bodies to attack British outposts and to snipe patrols, says Reuter's correspondent at Jerusalem, telegraphing tinder date of Dec. 15. "Such tactics,", the correspondent continues, "are greatly facilitated by the fact that the conntry is eo hilly and Intersected by so many ravines and small rivers. "To Improve the British positions, the taking of certain ridges has been ordered so that there may be a wider range of defense. All these moves have been successfully carried out. View From Mount of Olives. "A remarkable opportunity to view this fighting is afforded by the Mount Continued On Page Ten. THE PALLADIUM will not be printed Tuesday as this is a holiday observed by the publication. The Palladium extends a "Merry Christmas" to the whole community. TROOPS QUELL ANTI-HUN MOBS BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 23. (Delayed.) Only the utmost vigilance of patrols and mounted troops prevented an . outbreak of anti-German rioting this afternoon and tonight. The streets were crowded with Christmas shoppers and several attempts were made to organize demonstrations. Students and others marched to La Union building chanting "Ten thousand pesos," which was the amount of the monthly subsidy said to have been obtained from Berlin by Count Von Luxburg, the deposed German minister. The crowds dispersed when charged by troops, but patrols trotted through the downtown section all night, preventing marching crowds from joining each other. The publication of the additional Luxburg dispatches has caused a new outbreak of bitterness against Germany and it is expected it will be voiced in congress next week. THE WEATHER

For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Partly cloudy. Much colder toight and Tuesday wits snow flurries in north portion tonight. Cold wave Tuesday. Today's Temperature. Noon 50 Yesterday. Maximum 46 Minimum 27 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Cold wave Monday afternoon or night Snow flurries followed by fair. General Conditions The lake storm which has been causing light rains over the state and much warmer weather is moving away and is being followed by a cold wave which will reach here not later than tonight and continue "cold Tuesday. It is not probable there will be much snow excepting for occasional flurries or possible squalls. The temperature will develop decidedly below zero. I : ;

"Yellow, Crying; Drafted Coward" Clog on War's Wheel, Says Warf el In a Tent, on the sunny side of Texas, with a basin for a desk and a candle on a can for a light. Dec. 20. To the Gang: With almost a month in the army completed, I am writing this from the standpoint of a "seasoned" rookie. In Kelly field, with 40,000 men, one can find almost every kind of human being, of the male sex, from the daredevil of the type that would try to stop a torpedo with his hands, to the yellow, crying drafted coward, who does his best to breed discontent and kicks on everything that happens. Included in the regular army recruits, are several thousand men who entered the military service of this country under the Selective Service law, and it is from these that the greatest diversion of types may be picked. Among the enlisted men, who volunteered, one finds a kicker very rarely, for most of these mem figured on what they were getting into before they entered the service, and take the bumps with a smile. The National Army men, however, include men who fought with every possible weapon to keep out of the army, and who, after they are in, do all in their power to spoil the system that has been adopted by the government. Willfully Disobey. Among the 150 men or so, with whom I come in daily contact, are several of this type. These men are mostly from New York City, and they are against anything. Orders are willfully disobeyed in some instances, and the officers in charge are given a hard fight in an effort to make things go. It is this class that is doing more than any other to delay the success of our arms, and it is this class that must be made, into

soldiers against their will, only with work on the part of everyone and delay to the military machine. One instance of the above class was shown several days ago in the case of a young drafted Jew. Men come here at the rate of more than 2,000 a day and it is a hard job to feed all newcomers with the regular equipment. On one day, our line was the unexpected "host" to about 200 men, who arrived from some other camp about noon. In order to feed these men, it was necessary to cut the rations of our line. Everyone was willing to go just a little hungry until the next meal to give the newcomers a little feed except this one Jew, who not only refused to eat what was given him, but also refused to do any of the required work around the camp, declaring that he was too hungry to eat. He was given punishment for failure to obey or

ders, but his howling continued for several days. Majority Are Satisfied. Not all of the drafted men are of this type, however, or are the majority. In the same camp with the kickers may be found men who, although they are. not volunteers, are apparently satisfied with the soldier's life, and readily become a cog in the big machine. There are drafted men to whom the word draft is seldom applied, for they are respected with the words National Army men, on account of their willingness to do their bit without continual kicking. ' This field is comparatively new, and all of the men here must be put at hardships on account of this fact and the fact that it is growing larger every day, but aside from the "kickers" mentioned before, the entire field of men, are standing ready, and anxious to get into their squadrons and to begin the actual work of war.

GOLD COSSACKS, PETROGRAD, Saturday, Dec. 23. (Delayed) Leon Trotzky, the Bolshe vik! foreign minister, at a meeting of the revolutionary organizations assem bled in congress today read documents i and telegrams which he declared con tained evidence that Americans were helping Gen. Kaledines, leader of the Don Cossacks. "Last night," Trotzky said, "we found that American agents in Russia were participating in the Kaledines movement. We arrested Col. Kolpashnikoff, attached to the American mission to Roumania, who was trying to get a train load of automobiles, clothing, and supplies to Restov. Among the documeuts was a letter from David P. Francis (American ambassador to Russia), requesting that the train be given free passage, as it was bound for the mission at Jassy. "One letter from Col. Anderson (head of the American Red Cross mission to Roumania) o Kolpashnikoff, M'GUIRE GIVES MONEY FOR FUEL The Civilian Relief Committee of the Red Cross has a fund of $100, established by Elwood McGuire, which will be used to provide fuel for families of soldiers, unable to buy their own. The money also will be used in cases of extreme and proved destitution where the families are not those of soldiers or sailors. Mr. McGuire sent the money to The Palladium after reading of distress caused in Richmond during the recent cold wave by the coal shortage.

AMERICAN

Baker Under Fire as

By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. As a result of the revelations of bureaucratic inefficiency in the senate's investigation of the conduct of the war thre3 officials are now conspicuously under fiire. They are: Secretary of War Baker, who has accepted responsibility for the conditions in the war department chiefly criticised by members of the senate investigating committee. Maj. Gen. Crozier, titular chief cf the bureau-of ordnance, but detached from duty to serve on the hurridly formed departmental war council. Maj. Gen. Sharpe, titular quartermaster general, but detached to serve on the war council. Baker On Trial That Mr. Baker is on triai is admitted by administration officials,

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SAYS TROTZKY said that if money were needed, Ambassador Francis was ready to advance 100,000 rubles on the account of the Red Cross.' We think that the American ambassador must break his silence now. "Francis Must Explain." "Since the revolution he has been the most silent diplomat in Petrograd. Evidently he belongs to the Bismarck school, in which it was taught kthat silence is golden. He must explain his connection with this conspiracy. "We will tell all the ambassadors: If you think you can, with the help of American gold, under the guise of the holy mission of the iced Cross, support and bribe Kaledines, you are mistaken. If you think that you are no longer the representatives of America, but private adverturers, and the heavy hand of the revolution will reach out after you." The audience cheered these utterances wildly. Robins' Explanation Refused. Raymond Robins, head of the permanent American Red Cross mission to Russia, on learning of the arrest of Kolpashnikoff prior to Thotzky's speech, offered to explain the matter to the Bolshevik! leader, but Trotzky refused to hear him unless he came as the representative of the embassy. Ambassador Francis, in a statement to the Russian press, declares that the embassy and the Red Cross are in no way involved in the counter revolution. He says that Kolpashnikoff received no funds from the embassy. KOLPASHNIKOFF HELD IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT LONDON. Dec.' 24 Col. Kolpashnikoff, the American embassy at Petrograd, has been assured, is alive Continued On Page Two. most of whom, however, express confidence that he will justify his acts when he testifies before the senate committee and demonstrates that the preparation for the American army has not been retarded by delays in arms and equipment. The early retirement of Mr. Baker from the cabinet, however, would occasion no surprise to those who consider him temperamentally unfitted for the post of secretary of war. Mr. Baker came to his present position a pronounced pacifist, with all of the pacifist fears of the establishment of militarism on American soil. That he has not changed his views is demonstrated by his recent annual report. There are those who maintain that a pacifist is not constitutionally qualified to conduct a war and -that when

WAYNECOUNTY EXCEEDS GOAL IN BIG POSH

Totals Up to Monday in Red Cross Campaign Show J 0,530 Members. Wayne county "put one over on the Kaiser." Monday Mrs. Elbert Shirk, chairman of the Red Cross campaign, announced a total of 10,530 memberships, more than 7,000 members joined in Richmond. Mrs. Shirk, said Monday morning the drive would be continued until late this evening. ., Every resident of the county who has joined the Red Cross deserves to have a "Merry Christmas" and every resident who hasn't had better get busy, said one worker at headquarters Monday morning. Reports Were Made. At the mass meeting Saturday afternoon at First Presbyterian church reports were made by the chairman and lieutenants. The number of members gained since the luncheon Thursday were reported as follows: First ward Mrs. Joseph Conner, captain; 42. Second ward Miss Mary Peltz, captain; 35. Third ward Mrs. John H. Johnson, captain; 109. Fourth ward Mrs. Frank Druitt, captain; 81. Fifth ward Miss Olive Eliason, captain; 307. Sixth ward Mrs. Albert D. Gayle, captain; 43. Seventh ward (A) Mrs. W. O. Mendenhall, captain; 148. Seventh ward (B) Mrs. George Chrisman, captain; 75. Eighth ward Mrs. Oleeta Jessup, captain; 21. Complete report of booths: Westcott hotel and Second National bank, 76; Murray theatre, 38; Finney's, 22; Kresge's, 141; Knollenberg's 63; Jenkin's, 130; Postoffice, 240; City Restaurant and Crawford's, 12; Y. M. C. A. and Washington theatre, 64; Woolworth's. 64; Irvin Reed's, 22; schools, 140; Natco, 155; Pennsylvania Railroad employes, 141. Wayne townships, outside, of Richmond, 328; Milton, 380; Centerville, 200; Fountain City, 350; Webster, 205; Williamsburg, 284; Abington, 100; Jacksonburg, 131. Barnard Congratulates. District -Manager Barnard -of New. castle in a telegram to Mrs. Elbert Shirk, Sunday, said he wanted to congratulate Wayne county on its magnificient drive and wish every work a Merry Christmas. From present indications Indiana probably will lead all other states in memberships. In Indianapolis the campaign will run through Christmas day. Richmond workers will finish the campaign late tonight when Christmas carols will be sung at every home where a Red Cross service flag is displayed. At the beginning of the campaign there were only 2,160 members in the county. Hoover Limits Sugar Sold to Individuals Sugar and flour should be sold only In small quantities, says Food Administrator Hoover in his instructions to Ed. J. Weidner, food administrator for Wayne county, Monday. According to the instructions received by Weidner, sugar should be sold to consumers in towns and cities in not more than two and five pound quantities. Flour in towns and cities should be sold in 25 and 50 pound lots and in the rural districts in 50 to 100 pound lots, says Food Administrator Weidner. IT'S A GOOD IDEA! LET'S HAVE THE FLAG. Richmond should have a large service flag, suggests Secretary Albus of the Commercial club. America is at war, and every honor possible should be shown to the boys who enlist. If the suggestion of Secretary Albus is carried out, Richmond will have a flag representing each man who has gone. The flag would be raised at a certain hour each day. To show due honor to this occasion,. Secretary AlbUs suggests that each man uncover his head as he passes under the flag and that everyone stop his daily work for a few moments and bow his head.

Pacifist Trying to Conduct War

a country goes to war it needs a militarist at the head of the war department. Regulars in Trouble No militarist, it is contended, would have permitted the delays in furnishing ordnance and equipment. In defense of Mr. Baker it Is pointed out that such militarists as Gen. Crozier and Gen. Sharpe were unable to place their respective bureaus on a basis of war efficiency. The fate of Gen. Crozier is proT lematical. He has been reappointed titular chief of the bureau of ordnance, and the nomination has been reported favorably by1 the military affairs committee of the senate, but confirmation has been delayed pending the outcome of the senate investigation of his office.

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UNITED STATES

MRS. JENNIE M. YARYAN CALLED DY DEATH IN ST. PETERSBURG

Mrs. Jennie M. Yaryan, 75 years old, a widely known resident of Richmond, died Sunday night in St. Petersburg, Fla. She had been in Florida only a little more than a week, having left Richmond a week ago last Thursday. She was with Mr. and Mrs. Homer Yaryan, of Toledo, O., relatives, at their home. Mrs. Yaryan had been in public life for years. She was a member of the board of the Margaret Smith Home and of the Reid Memorial Hospital association, a member of the Tourist club and a communicant of 8t Paul's Episcopal church, of which she was one of the most faithful members. She was prominent in the Daughters of the American Revolution and a past regent of the Richmond chapter. Widow of Lee Yaryan. She was the widow of John L. Yaryan, Jr., known familiarly as Lee Yaryan, a notable figure in Richmond after the civil war. He was a first lieutenant and adjutant of the Fifty-eighth Blanks Improperly Filled, Says Foulke William Dudley Foulke, government attorney In conscription cases, said Monday questionairres are being returned to the army board improperly filled out. He has asked Alonzo M. Gardner, who is head of the committee on lawyers' assistance, to address a communication to all attorneys in the county asking them to be careful In giving advice on all questions. "Every question must be answered in detail," says Foulke. Sheriff Carr, who is chairman of the Richmond board, said Monday many of the questionairres are being returned with questions unanswered. The question about the wife's property holdings often is left blank, he says. The questionairres are being return ed rapidly and the specified quota is being mailed each day. President Wilson Enjoying Old-Fashioned Yuletide WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. President Wilson will enjoy an old-fashioned Christmas with a tree for his grandchildren and surrounded by members of his family. 'The president and Mrs. Wi!son will attend church in the morning and later either he or some "member of the family will distribute gifts to about fifty children residing near the Country club where the president plays golf. More than 125 turkeys were distributed to White House employes today as gifts from the president. The inquiry into the supply shortages of the war department will be continued, with Gen. Sharpe on the stand telling of the efforts of his office to furnish uniforms and shoes. Tho question of food for the men entering the cantonments or camps as gone into last week. It was shown by Gen, Sharpe that no complaint had been made about the meals provided for the recruits. The committee was well pleased with the showing made on that subject. - When Gen. Sharpe resumes, Wednesday, he will clear up the report of the lack of proper shoes at Camp Custer, where, it Is said, more than 80,000 undersized shoes were sent and could not be used. He also will make clear the situation as to clothing for the new draft. He already has told the

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tJ. a. rood Adulalatratfcm. Indiana Infantry and served for more than three years. After the war he was a prominent criminal lawyer and was a notable figure in politics, although he held no office. He was a Republican. He died April 12, 1897. Mr. Yaryan's father was a state senator. Mrs. Yaryan had lived at 213 North Tenth street for many years. She was a native of Brookvllle. She was married twice, the first time to Abner Bennett, brother of General T. W. Bennett, former mayor of Richmond. , Her first husband also pre ceded her. -The Bennetts were also prominent in war times in Richmond. Mrs. Yaryan's only relative In Richmond is John Y. Poundstone, a nephew. Funeral arrangements have not been made. WHO SAID THIS? K. W. THAT'S ALL AMSTERDAM, Dec. 24. Emperor William visited the front north of Verdun on Friday, according to a Berlin dispatch, and in an address to the troops thanked them warmly for their efforts. "But for the calm ami heroic warriors on the western front," he said, "the enormous deployment of German forces In the east and in Italy never would have been possible. The fighter in the west has exposed heroically his body so that his brothers on the Dvina and the Isonzo might storm from victory to victory. The fearful battles on the bloody hills around Verdun were not in vain; they created new foundations for the conduct of the war." In a speech to the second army on Saturday, Emperor William said: "It has been a year full of events for the German army and the German fatherland. Powerful blows have been delivered and your comrades in the east have been able to bring about great decisions. "There has been no man, no officer i and no general on the whole eastern I front wherever I have spoken to them ! who has not frankly admitted that they could not have accomplished what they have if their comrades in the west had not stood to a .nan. "The practical and strategical, connections between the battle on the Aisne, in the Champaigne, Artois and Flanders and at Cambrai and the events in the east and in Italy is so manifest it is unnecessary to waste words on it." committee that he will have ample clothes for the last 15 per cent of the present draft and the enlisted men by the middle of January. Chance to Answer Lewis Gen. Crozier will be given an opportunity to answer the charges of Col. Isaac N. Lewis, inventor of the Lew's machine gun. He will tell the committee the story of the refusal of th.j army to adopt the Lewis gun. He will also deny the assertion of Col. Lewi that Gen. Pershing's forces are not well supplied with arms. It Is believed that one result of the Inquiry will be to cut some red tape and speed up war orders. Congress may be asked to enact legislation that will help the situation. There is much talk of providing for a minister of munitions to take charge of army supplies.

KAISER WILL ATTEND PEACE CONFERENCE, 'TIS HINTED

Report Says He Will Call AH European Rulers Together at Brest Litovsk to Talk It Over. ALL FIRED, HE AVEBS (By Associated Preaa) Peace without annexations and with-: out Indemnities, the formula adopted) by the German reichstag in its peace tesolution last July, is the keynote of the Russian, peace terms now being: discussed at Brest-Lltovsk. The Russian terms have been submitted to the representatives of the central powers, who have taken them under consideration. No compulsory annexation of territory seized In the war and Immediate evacuation of it and not contributions to be required from belligerent countries are proposed by Russia. This is similar to the reichstag resolution which, however, was not accepted by Dr. Michaelis, who was then! German imperial chancellor. Russia suggests that countries deprived of their independence during the war b reinstated and that national groups not independent before the war shall decide their status by a referendum. Germary Score. Germany scored a point in the select tlon of Dr. Von Koehlmann here foreign secretary, as permanent chairmaa of the conference. Emperor William it is reported unofficially, intends to go to Brest-Litovsk, if the diplomats now there arrive at an agreement,' to attempt to assemble ail European rulers in a peace conference. The German ruler is said to have declared that everybody wants peace. The heavy fighting which has mark ed the situation on the Italian northera front for the last few weeks has almost subsided and only local encounters have taken place along; the line from Asiago to the Praive. Indications are, howew, -t&r tAe AustroGermans wfil again lnftiate a strong: offensive In an effort to reach the plains or the northern edge at least, before severe winter weather halta large scale operations. Raids and local attacks hare been, carried out in the Ypres and Verdun sectors on the western front. The Germans gained slightly in a local attack on the Ypres-Staden railway, but at all other points on both the British and French fronts, they were repulsed. The artillery has been extremely active in the Ypres and Verdun sectors. General Allenby has begun successfully an advance along the Mediterranean coast north of Jaffa, Palestine, after crossing the Nahr el Auja, hj troops on Saturday reached the plain of Sharon and captured four towns near the Nahr el Auja. General Sarrail, whe has been in command of the allied armies on the, Macedonian front for the last two years, has been recalled by the French government. He will be succeeded by General Guillaumat, who commanded, the French forces in their brilliant; stroke northeast of Verdun last sum-, mer. MUST BE DEMOCRATIC PEACE ASSERTS LEON TR0T2KY1 PARIS, Dec. 24. Leon Trorzky. th Bolsheviki minister, according to a cote issued by the Havas Agency, called on Joseph Noulens, the French ambassador to Russia, and explained that the Bolsheviki wished to keep to the principle of a "democratic peace." leaving to the peoples the right to dispose of themselves. The ambassador having asked him what he would do if Germany refused such a peace, Trotzky answered that then the peace would not be signed and that tie Maximalists might be led to "wage a revolutionary war." Trotzky added that "If public opinion was opposed to such a war, the question would then be carried before the constituent assembly." . He concluded by saying that if the Bolsheviki succumbed to th resistance they are meeting with in Russia, the country would be given over to anarchy. KAISER TO ISSUE PEACE PROPOSALS CHRISTMAS DAY ROME, Dec. 24 The report that a new German peace move is at hand is supported by apparently reliable Information which has reached high quarters here. It is said that on Christmas day Emperor William will issue a declaration containing peace proposals, but whether explis'.t conditions of peace may be expected or merely another maneuver intended to throw on the allies responsibilities for continuance of the war cannot be ascertained.

Gotham's War Christmas To Be Bounteous As Usual NEW YORK, Dec. 24. New York's "war Christmas" promises to be as bounteous as usual and preparations went forward today for Christmas Eve celebrations on an elaborate scale. Community "trees of light" In various sections of the city and the singing of carols will form picturesque features. - . Special efforts have been made to provide holiday cheer for thousands of soldiers and sailors here on furlough. k: