Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 122, 3 April 1918 — Page 1

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DR. KRUEGER ACCUSED IN DISLOYALTY AFFIDAVITS

Charges Placed Before Department of Justice Officials Resigns as Selective Service Board Physician. DENIES STATEMENTS Dr. F. W. Krueger. physician on the Richmond selective service board, has forwarded his resignation to Governor Goodrich. Charges have been preferred against him, alleging disloyal statements and citing unpatriotic remarks he Is said to have made. Two affidavits have been filed against him with the department of justice. Dr. Krueger's removal from the selective service board was unanimously recommended by the Wayne county council of defense when the affidavits were filed with the department. Substance of Affidavits. In one of the affidavits Bworn out It Is declared that Dr. Krueger said America could never whip Germany, and that our investments were no good. He la further alleged to have said that German submarines would destroy our ships faster that we could build them, and that they would keep on coming through because Germany could get plenty of food from Russia. He declared, according to the affidavit, that the American people were too cosmopolitan to get an army coming right and that the military forces of Germany's power could never be broken. Sees German Victory. On one occasion in the office of the selective service board, according to the second affidavit. Dr. Krueger said: "It does not make any difference how. questions are decided concerning registrants of this local board, as the German army will be In Paris within a week." Later the same day. Dr. Krueger is alleged to have said that Secretary Baker was a liar if he claimed there were 600,000 American soldiers In Europe, as there were less than 200.000. And that the secretary had said we bad a lot of airplanes in France, when as a matter of fact we did not have any there. . Other Statements. Continuing its allegations the affidavit further states that Dr. Krueger said that our turn was next, and that we would need all our men at home. That our men are not being trained and that he had talked with a soldier from Hattie8burg, Miss., who claimed that the men were not working and it was only play for them. That he, Dr. Krueger, had told some people he would have to be careful or they would think he was pro-German. Dr. Krueger, in his own defense, declared that he does not remember making any of the alleged statements. He said that his patriotism has been so Intense that he was afraid we would not accomplish what we should over there. He claimed that he has invested money In liberty bonds and thrift stamps, and says that he would certainly never have done so unless he considered the investment a good one. Krueger's Statement. Following is a letter received by the Palladium from Dr. Krueger Wednesday: "I am aware that affidavits have been presented to the State Council of Defense through the Wayne County Council of Defense quoting statements attributed to me which are considered as disloyal to the United States. I ask space in your paper to deny these charges of disloyalty without qualification, and to assert absolutely my devotion and fidelity to my nation and Its Interests. "The statements which are quoted were not my full sentences, but arguments leading up to the conclusion ihared by many of our best stateraen. writers and speakers that our government should make greater haste to overthrow the German menace. These arguments rise out of purest loyalty and adherence to the country's interests. Denounces Germany. "I am an American and only an American. When Germany violated Its treaty rights with Belgium I denounced It utterly, and when It instituted such awful atrocities among Its opponents, I took open Issue and declared that the nation must be conquered. I have since aided In every way uncompromisingly to that end. "I have had only one view as to America's position in eutering the war which is that of absolute right and Justice, and I have believed that we, with our allies, must win, and for this view which I have always expressed freely, I have no doubt been opposed by some of my friends, and have suffered in my practice as a physician. "I have spent my life In this city for I am a native-born American. I have Continued On Page Four. THE WEATHER For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Generally fair tonight and Thursday, preceded by rain tonight in extreme south portion. , Colder tonight. Today' Temperature. Noon ...42 ...74 ..42 Yesterday.

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Lenroot Leads in Race for Wisconsin Senator

(Associated Press.) MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 3 Unofficial returns on yesterday's special election for United States senator, from 66 out of 71 counties in Wisconsin, including 17 counties with complete returns, and all of Milwaukee county and city except four precincts gave: Lenroot, Republican, 128,028; Davies, Democrat, 120,286; Berger, Socialist, 87,096. The Milwaukee, both city and county figures, were Lenroot, 15,442; Davies, 29,997; Berger, 31,907. Delayed returns assure Lenroot victory. His plurality at noon was 8,575. CHICAGO VOTES FOR PATRIOTS (Associated Press.) CHICAGO, April 3. Socialist candi dates and those Republicans endorsed by Mayor William Hale Thompson were defeated In every ward In which they appeared on the ticket at the aldermanic election yesterday. There were socialist candidates In thirty-three of the thirty-five wards, but In only six were there contests and in these the fights were waged by the Socialist candidates on the "continuous and active opposition to the war" voiced in the national platform of the party adopted at St. Louis. One socialist member of the council was up for re-election, William E. Rodriguez, of the Fifteenth ward, and he was beaten by the votes of women. The total vote of the Socialists was 64.216, almost 8,000 less than their leading candidate received In the Judi clal election of last fall. In the wards where the German vote Is heavy, how ever, the Socialists made gains In comparison with the vote at the last election. The city total was 389,126, out of a registered vote of 781,360, approximately 50 percent. The total Democratic vote 146,906, and the Republican, 152,013. British Well Pleased With U.S. Offer of Aid (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. April 3. Ambassador Pase reported to the state department that General Pershin's offer of immediate co-operation had produced a very gratifying effect on the people of England. The prospect of immediate help from the American army, he said had aroused much satisfaction. ELECTRIC P!ANO SAVES LIVES OF 6 PERSONS (Associated Press.) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 3. Six persons, awakened by an electric piano, escaped from flames which destroyed the Owashtanong club and the Ross pavilion at Reeds Lake early today. The loss was estimated at $135,000. The club house was mentioned some time ago as a possible site for a hospital for wounded soldiers. NEW YORK DEMOCRATS FORBID USE OF GERMAN. NEW YORK, April 3. The national Democratic club has joined other clubs in this city in an attack on proGermanism by adopting resolutions which forbid the use of the German language or the presence of enemy aliens in the clubhouse and provide for the destruction of any pro-German literature found in the club library. Members ignoring the new rule will be expelled, it was announced today.

ROPER MEETING, THURSDAY AFTERNOON

At 2:30 o'clock tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon in the high school auditorium, patriotic addresses are to be delivered by Daniel G. Roper, United States commissioner of Internal Revenue; MI.-ss Linna Bresette, of the National Women's Committee and Mr. Julian Bryan, British ambulance driver. The address of the latter will be illustrated by stereopticon views of the battlefields of France. The meeting primarily Is for the various township soliciting committees in the Liberty Loan drive, but the public will be welcome and all persons, women especially, are urged to take advantage of this opportunity to listen to an exceptionally fine patriotic program. The high school orchestra will play.

Austria s Foreign Minister Says His Country Was on Point of Asking Peace Few Months Ago

(By Associated Press) LONDON, April 3. Austria-Hungary was recently "almost on the point" of beginning peace negotiations with the Entente, Count Czernin, the AustroHungarian foreign minister, declared yesterday in an address to the Vienna municipal council. The wind "suddenly veered," he added, the entente deciding to await developments in his (Czernin's )country, which caused it to hope the dual monarchy "would soon be defenseless." WASHINGTON. April 3. Count Czernin's declaration that AustriaHungary almost was on the point of beginning peace negotiations was branded by officials as false. It was said that no suggestion of such a discussion had reached Washington and that if they had been made the government would have been informed. Officials characterized the minister's speech as a "feeler" which probably will be followed by some declaration or announcement in Germany. LONDON, April 3. Count Czernin, the Austro Hungarian foreign minis

U. S. TO CALL ON SELECTS WITH SPEED THIS YEAR War Department Expected to Enroll 800,000 Men for Training in Cantonments Within a Short Time.

MACHINERY IS READY (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 3. Measures to speed up the draft program are in conten.plation and an official announcement is expected soon. The intention is to meet the emergency in France. For that reason 800,000 to be called this year will be called more rapidly than was previously planned. Reports that the draft would be raised from 800,000 men to 1,500.000 were denied. Official do not regard as possible that more men will be 6ent abroad this year than the department already has arranged. 1,500,000 are Under Arms. There are now under arms here and in Eurone more than 1.500,000 Amer ican soldiers. The number will have h.n raisprl to about 2.500.000 by the end of the year, counting drafted men, voluntters and special technical forces to be enlisted. Tf it is nossible to eet a total of 1.500.000 men to France by January 1 next, the best previous hopes of the war deDartment will have been real ized and there still will be a force of almost equal size in training here. The present effort is directed more toward 2ttine the men to France early in tne year to meet the emergencies there than toward Increasing the number to be sent during the year. Manv factors, it was said, enter into any proposal to increase the number of men under training here. Tiiey must be drawn largely from American aericultural fields, and the allies sup ply lines, as well as the Americans, are largely dependent upon American food and supplies. War department officials said no arrangements were in sight looking to call out moro than the 300,000, it was planned to take into the service. Senator Wants Government to Operate Packing Houses (Associated Press.) TfiSHIVfiTON Anril 3. A resolu tion providing for the taking over and onprntlnn hv the eovernment of pack ing hmisps was introduced today by Senator Thompson of Kansas, and re ferred to the agriculture committee. unLD UP CASUALTY LIST FOR BAKER'S INTERPRETATION (Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. ADril 3. Major rcpneral March, acting chief of staff. today directed that the issue of the dally casualty list here be suspended. pending definite interpretation irom fiocrtrv Raker as to whether it is forbidden by his order providing that General Pershing s neaaquarters snan Icikiip all news relatlne to the troons in France. The war department does not believe the order is intended to pre clude issuing tnese lists in wasnington and exnects to resume them, as soon as Secretary Baker confirms this understanding of the order. ter. In an address to the Vienna municipal council Tuesday, declared that Premier Glemenceau of France had asked Austria-Hungary on what basis she would negotiate peace, according to a dispatch from The Hague to the Daily Mail. Austria replied that the only obstacle to peace with France was AlsaceLorraine and Premier Clemenceau said that it was impossible to negotiate on that basis. "Sometime before the western offensive began," Count Czernin said, Premier Clemenceau addressed to me an inquiry whether and whereupon what basis, I was prepared to negotiate. In agreement with Berlin, I immediately replied that I was prepared to negotiate and that as far as France was concerned the only obstacle I could see in the way of peace was the French desire for AlsaceLorraine. The reply from Paris was that it was impossible to negotiate on this basis. Thereupon, there was ao choice left. "The colossal struggle .in the west has already begun. Austro-Hunga-I Continued On Page Four.

"AMIENS SHALL NOT FALL," GEN. FOOTS VOW fpw, ?utf- 1

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"Amiens shall not fall," General Ferdinand Focb, allied generalissimo on the west trom, has promisea j ranee. He declares the big British base, which is one of the objectives of the present German drive, is safely covered. Amiens has long been famous as one of the most beautiful cities of northern France.

Members of the Cuban Red Cross at Havana. Havana snrietv cirls nleased so well as ushers at a recent Red Cross benefit performance and were so success

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MISSOURI SEED CORN COMING. MARTIN DALE ADVISES CAUTION

Whether seed corn raised in Missouri will mature on Wayne county soil, is a question that farmers of this locality will have to study carefully before they purchase it for seed purposes from the carload that is to be distributed by E. S. Martindale of Greensfork. The car is being shipped to Wayne county through the efforts of C. Henry, Purdue University, assistant county agricultural leader for Indiana. In a letter written to Martindale, Henry makes the claim that Missouri seed corn will grow in Indiana and produce the crop without trouble. Martindale, declares, however, that corn raised on Southern soil has been thoroughly tested by the farmers and it has been proven that it will not mature. Advises Caution. He therfore advises the farmers who purchase the corn, which is to be sold by him at $6 per bushel, and j without any profit, to bear this fact in mind. "The farmers themselves know that Missouri raised seed corn will not mature as far north as this," said Mr. Martindale, "and I don't want them to blame me if they purchase this corn and find that their crop this year is a failure." Owing to a mistake In the telegram sent him, Martindale did not know that Missouri corn was being shipped. Other Seed Corn. A car load of seed corn was recent ly sold at Centervllle by Joseph Deardorf, proprietor of tne elevator tnere, but this was grown in Sullivan county, Indiana, and is a very excellent brand for seeding purposes. This corn was sold at $6 per bushel. Mr. Deardorf told the Palladium over the long distance telephone that farmers could secure Indiana grown seed corn from C. C. Fisher, of Union City, president of the Atlas State bank there, who has arranged to sell two car loads. . This corn is being sold at $10 per bushel, but it Is Indiana grown and carefuly sorted. "The farmers must have seed corn. said Mr. Deardorf, "or we will not

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have a good crop this year. Corn is a vital necessity and I see no way but to pay the price demanded. It is worth it, if it will produce results, and I know that it will, for the corn is Indiana grown." Massachusetts Enters Column of Prohibition BOSTON, Mass., April 3 Massachusetts swung into line with the states supporting the Federal prohibition movement when the Senate yesterday ratified the prohibitory amendment by.a roll call vote of 27 to 12. Similar Indorsement was voted a week ago by the House, 145 to 91. By this action Massachusetts becomes the first of the Northeastern states to ratify the amendment and the eleventh In the entire country. The states that had previously ratified it are: Mississippi, Virginia, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Dakota, Maryland. Montana. Texas. Delaware. South Dakota. To carry the amendment twenty-five other states must vote in its favor. Pro-German Teacher Gets Coat of Tar and Feathers ASHLAND, Wis., April 3. Two automobile loads of men took E. A. Schimier, a teacher in Northland College, accused of pro-Germanism, into the woods Sunday midnight and tarred and feathered him. He walked back to his boarding house in his night clothes. Schimier was born in Germany. LINCOLN, Neb., April 3 Rudolph Schopke, said to be a wealthy banker of Emerson, Neb., was taken by a crowd of citizens to the edge of that town and given a coat of tar and feathers last Saturday night because he was said to have told Red Cross workers that he owed nothing to the United States, according to a report yesterday., Schopke is said to be an enemy alien.

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U. S. Marine in Battle trim. With gas mask in place and bayonet fixed, this "soldier of the sea" somewhere in Lorraine, is ready for a gas attack, a trench raid or anything the foe cares to start. With this equipment and little more the Americans recently marched to join their allies in the battle of Picardy. RU88IAN CHILDREN REJOICE PETROGRAD, April 3. Russian school children are rejoicing. Not only have the school teachers gone on a tttrikp.. but the Bolshevik! eovern ment has adopted phonetic spelling. which ..will, enmlnata some, or tne ail Acuities of Russian orthography.

RESERVES OF ALLIES ARE READY FOR RIGJATTLE Germans Nervous as FrancoBritish Reserves Hold Line Intact Ayette Taken by British. STRAIGHTEN OUT LINE

(By Associated Press) Local attacks on several points of the battle front in northern France yesterday and last night kept both sides fairly busy in the outpost areas while back of the lines the preparation went on for the renewal of th engagement on a vast scale to which the logic of the situation points. Fortified by the news that the pow erful allied reserves are as yet virtually intact by apparent evidences of Teutonic nervousness as the crisii approaches. Entente opinion views the outlook hopefully. The report from the field shows the allied line as established after the first German push had spent its force holding firmly against newly launched tentative thrusts here and there while at two or three points the Franco-British forces were able to posh back the hostile lines for short distances in opperations to improve the tactical position. Take Back Ayetts. This later process resulted notably on the British side of the re-occupation of the town of Ayette op the front below Arras which the Germans a few days ago declared have been cleared of British forces and in attempting to hold which they had made heavy sacrifices. On the French side, the notable gain was on the southern side of the Montdidier salient, where the French positions was appreciably extended. Discuss Speech. The speech delivered by Count Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, in which he again took up the subject of peace, has already excited much comment. The address, it is noted, comes at the moment when the great Teutonic drive on the westr era front widely advertised to the people of the central powers as a "peace offensive" lost its Impetus and has been forced to halt before any thing more definite than the occupa tion of considerable amount of terri tory had been accomplished. . Military operations are almost at 4 standstill on the more than 60 mile front from Arras to Chauny, but It ii an ominous calm. At any hour the storm of battle, quiescent for two days, may again beat madly over the plain of Picardy. , Their great attack stemmed and their countless efforts to find a weak point in the allied line repulsed witli heavy losses, the German leaders probably are preparing for another plunge toward Amiens. . . Where the next stroke will come is uncertain, but the Albert-Montdidiei section of the battle line may be selected unless the Germans, convinced thai it is impossible to look for victory oa either side of the Somme, attempt to break through at some other point oa the line, where, until now, it has beea comparatively quiet. Prepare for Attacks. The cessation of the German onslaughts is welcomed by the Britisli and French, who are busy preparing for the next great efforts after their victorious defense against the stupendous enemy drive. Both armies are confident that the German efforts to separate the Britsh and French fronts will continue to prove fruitless. There is much significance in the an nouncement that the alied reserve army is still intact. This is the army of maneuvre of which General Foch had immediate command and which it was thought might be used in a conn-ter-offensive. Meanwhile, more than 100,000 American soldiers, eager for the fray, are marching forward to the front. It rt announced that American aviation mechanics have been assisting the British airmen on the battle front. British aviators were very active on the battle front in France, dropping seventeen tons of bombs and bringing down sixteen German airplanes and two baloons. The official statement on aviation Issued tonight says that the night bombing squadrons dropped bombs on railway stations in the area behind the German lines. Secretary Baker Visits Italian Cabinet Members ROME, Thursday. April 2. After his arrival from the Italian front today. Newton D. Baker, the American secretary of war, called upon Premier Orlando. In greeting the secretary, the pre mier said that he spoke In the name, of the Italian government and people who were so closely connected wttb, the United States in the past through emigration and now were linked tot diasolubly In a sacred alliance. Later. Secretary Baker visited GexH era! Zupelli. the minister of war, and discussed the military situation with him at length. . WILL HELP SWITZERLAND j

WASHINGTON, April 3. In endea! orlng to protect neutral European n4 tions from the consequence of the Gen man ruthless submarine warfare, thai United States is preparing to go even farther than Its original promises tq keep Switzerland supplied with food and if necessary will allow that ooon try to take grain through France. i