Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 324, 27 November 1918 — Page 1

MOM) FAI VOL. XLIII..NO. 324Palladium and Sun-Telegram 'Consolidated 1907 RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 27, 1918 SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS

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'RED' LEADERS LOSING HOLD OVER GERMAN GOVERNMENT

Moderation Urged in Order to Gain Preliminary Peace With Greatest Speed Spartacus Party is Denounced. - SOLF APPEALS AGAIN (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Nov. 26. Via . Copenhagen. The German federal conference has adopted the following resolutions: There is absolute necessity for all German tribes to act in unison for the maintenance of Germany's unity and to fight all the separatist movements. The proposal for a speedy summoning of the national assembly meets general approbation. Until the meeting of the national nssembly, the Soldiers and Workmen's councils will represent the peoples will. The administration of tho empire Is requested to work for the securing of a preliminary peace with the utmost spged Dr. August Mueller minister of economy gave warning against unauthorized encroachments on the money and credit system? by complicated, governmental machinery. The following resolution was then unanimously adopted: "It is absolutely necessary that banks and other credit Institutions work on the same basis and in the same form as hitherto to Maintain Germany's economic affairs, secure for tho country supplies of provisions and raw materials and obtain credit abroad for the German republic. Socialist State Impossible. Among the various speakers wa3 Kurt Flsner Socialist leader of the revolution in Munich, who warned the conference against any attempt to establish a pure Socialistic, state while disorder was reigning. He said the department of foreign affairs must have a staff of men of unimpeachable conduct and that a president must be elected so that Germany, as a whole, might bo able to negotiate with the entente powers. Fhillpp Scheldemann, who resigned as minister of finance recently, insistfMl inai It nan uuyunaiiio tt- ticaij a. Socialistic state at a time of disorder like the present. He opposed a class parliament such as the soldiers' and workmen's council must be for a long time. Ir. Mueller said that if the present lawless situation continued, the German state would break financially. Herr Sehaffer, minister of finance, outlined an extensive financial propram, including sharp measures Rrnlnst taxation, frauds and excessive war profits. FAVOR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. . COPENHAGEN, Nov. 26 Keenest Interest is felt throughout the German empire in the result in the conference of representatives of the federal states at Berlin. The questions of summoning the national assembly and insuring the unity of the empire Hre being discussed everywhere. It is general'y expected that a decision will be reached to call the national nssembly at the earliest possible moment, otherwise Bavaria. Wurttemburg and Baden are reported to be considering the formation of a separate republic. Hesse, Hanover and German-Austria are alr-o credited with demanding a meeting of the national asfembly. It is stated that feeMng at Bremen and Kiel is against the Knartaeiis I At Bremen the soldiers' and j party workmen's council voted 81 to 20 in favor of the national nssembly The sai'ors' council at Kiel has do-i I onncf'd the fict ion of the Spartacus . sulhorents. Philipp Scheidemann, ! writirg for the Vorwaorts, ascribes ! I he cinnKf in the situation to Dr. Karl Iiicbkneclit's attempted coup d'etat. Solf May Resign. Dr. W. S Solf. tho German foreign 'minister. m:iy resign very soon, it is indicated by developments during debates at the conference of the Ger man states now bring held at Berlin, j according to Berne advices to the Petit Parisian. I Dr. Solf las asked the a'lies once more for a mitigation of the armistice conditions and has requested permission to delay tho delivery of railroad rolling Ktock, under tho terms of the rgrecmont between Germany and Iho pllirs. until February 1 on the ground or difficulties caused by bad conditions and the Tack of lubricating oils. General von der Marwitz. former aide de camp to Emperor William and later commander of German forces on the Verdun front, has arrived at Treves with a big army and appears to be preparing for a counter revolution, recording to a sensational dispatch from Berlin filed there on Nov. 21. Romanian Transylvania Declares Independence B'" A l.i tort Pre" l PARIS. Nov. 27. Rumanian Tran-

Fylvania has proclaimed its independ- j Fair tonight. Thursday fair, prob- f renCtl LODOr AppTOVeS once and has sent an ultimatum to the! ably followed by increasing coMness. ! Wilenn'e Fnnrtoot Pwn Hungarian government asking that all I General Conditions A .storm .overi rrlloOII r OUTieen 1 011115 political, administrative and judicial the southwest has been forced into departments In territories inhabited the Guif of Mexico by an extensive' PARIS, Sunday. Nov. 24. At a meet- ,.. n.....innD in t inner i.i iml Trgn.kui. nracenrn ti-Viiiti oir.'lnE' nf thp general fpdpratinn nf lnhnr

Vi"v liuiiiuutuii . . . . i i.pi.i v . . . ...... , Fvlvanln be handed over. Hungary has refused and the national Rumanian government has broken off negotiations, declining all responsibility for the consequences, blame for which, it nays, will be placed on the national Hungarian council, according to adm the Matin

British Will Entertain U. S. Naval Units on Thanksgiving Day (By Associated Press ' LONDON. Tuesday. Nov. 26. The British admiralty has sent Instructions to all base directing that United States naval units be entertained on Thanksgiving day. Crews of the five ships in the American battle squadron will be the guests of the men of the five British squadrons. In London Thanksgiving services will be held at St. Martin's church. Trafalgar square and in Westminster cathedral. Four hundred men from American units will have lunch at Albert hall, an equal number of British seamen acting as hosts.

ALLIES PREPARE FOR: RECEPTION OF PRESIDENT Wilson Will go on Board Steamer Next Tuesday Afternoon and Will Sail for France Dec. 3. (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Nov. 27 The saloons and cabins of the steamship George wasnington, wfctcn is to taKe tresi- j dent Wilson and his party to the peace Hoboken by workmen from the navy yard, and it is expected that she will be ready to move into the Hudson river on December third. The camou flage paint on the ships has been cov ered over with the regulation steel gray paint used by the American navy. President Wilson and his party are expected to go on board the steamer j next Tuesday afternoon. The automo biles of the party were placed in the hold yesterday. Navy officials expect that she will be escorted by the U. S. Battleship Pennsylvania and two new destroyers. The George Washington will carry a crew of 1,000 naval officers and men and should arrive at her port of destination on Dec. 10. WILL LAND AT BREST PARIS, Nov. 26 It seems decided that President Wilson will land at. Brest, according to the Matin. He will be met there by Stephen Pichon, foreign minister, and Georges Leygues, minister of marine, who will welcome him in the name of the French government. They will accompany him to Paris, where President Poincare will await the distinguished visitor, surrounded by all the other ! members of the government and the chief of the allied -armies. ROME, Nov. 27 The Italian government has chosen the delegation which will go to Paris to take part in the reception of President Wilson. The delegation consists of Premier Vittorio Orlando, Leonida BissolatiBergavaschi, leader of the reform Socialists; Fiancesco Saverio-Nitti. minister of the treasury; Eugenio Chiesa, member of the chamber of deputies; General Armando Diaz, commander of the Italian armies; General Badoglio, chief of staff to General Diaz and second in command of the Italian armies; and several senators and members of the chamber of deputies. FREED AMERICAN PRISONERS FOUND IN FAIR CONDITION ("Ry Associated Press.) AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Nov. 27. The examination of American prisoners released from German prison camps and reaching identification camps, virtually has haa hen rnnrliiripH nnrlpr the diraction of army surgeons. The examinations Indicate that the physical conditions of the men In general is as good as could be expected. although some cases are reported where the men complained of bad treatment, bad shelter and poor and insufflcient food. Of several thousand man v a m i o r? nn oviHonro Vl r a hpon I found of reported cases of inoculation with malignant and contagious dis - eases. Warm Weather Promised for Thanksgiving A pleasant Thanksgiving with nothing to do. According to weather and influenza reports, that will be the condition in Richmond tomorrow. Weatherman Moore predicts a fair and warm day, but health officers still keep the ban on all amusements or gatherings. The Weather For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Fair and warmer tonight and Thursday. Today's Temperature. Noon 42 Yesterday. Maximum 39 Minimum 18 For Wayne county by W. E. Moore ' ii . i. nui vit.v i. "v- , v - u ....ivy.. vv tends from the Pacific to Atlantic coast. The. weather continues generally fair north of the 35th parallel and cold weather over Wyoming,' 12 below zero at Lender. Also abnormally ! cold over Texas and Arizona, El Paso, 1 Tex., 12 above zero. Heavy rains on I the gu'f coast. . j

HOHEfJZOlLERN MAY BE ASKED TO GET OUT OF HOLLAND

When Presence Becomes Menace to Country He Will Have to Go, Says Dutch Premier. EXTRADITION IS URGED By Associated Prss LONDON, Nov. 27 William Hohenzollern will have to leave Holland if his presence there becomes perilous to that country. Premier Ruija de Beerenbrouck is quoted by the Amsterdam correspondent of the Daily Express as declaring in the second chamber of the Dutch parliament November 20. ' "The kaiser is in Holland as a private person," said the premier as quoted by the correspondent. The hospitality oi the country is extended him in accordance with a centuriestradition. R,jt it eaes without say lng tnat ihe moment his sojourn bei comes a danger to tne state ne win have to leave. We believe the kaiser and those with him understand the position and will act according to their interests." The foreign office confirms the report that British law officers of the crown, in co-operation with the French authorities are considering the questjon 0f the extradition of the former emperor. The foreign office says that the law officers have not yet made a report and consequently no action has qet been taken. "NOTHING TO SAY." AMERONGEN, Holland. Nov. 27. William Hohenzollern's entourage has been asked by the Associated Press if the former Emperor has any message to send to the American people. The following reply was received today: "His Majesty's suite regrets that it is unable to submit this demand to His Majesty." This forenoon the former Emperor accompanied by his host. Count, Von Bentinck and preceded and followed by a guard of police, walked to the Rhine which is a half hour's walk from the castle. Hs spent time viewing the Count's property, there. Herr Hohenzollern is in constant communication with the German legotion at The Hague."-" .--.-. PUT ON FOOD CARDS AMSTERDAM, Nov. 27 The tug bearing the former German Crown Prince to the island of Wieringen was unable to make the harbor there last night owing to the fog. It turned back and spent the night at Medamblik. When the fog lifted during this morning it started once more and arrived at Wieringen island this afternoon. The crown prince was given an icy reception by the stolid islanders. Burgomaster Deereboom, who is also the chief of the local police, and will exercise direct supervision over the person of the former crown prince, conducted him to an ancient cab in which he was driven to the Oosterland parsonage, his place of refuge. He will have the companionship of Majors Mailer and White. The officers have taken quarters at a -small hotel nearby at Hipolitshoef. ' Frederick William is not supposed to leave the island except by special permission by the home office at The Hague. He gets food cards the same as an ordinary citizen. In the bible class room adjoining the parsonage hangs the picture of the prodigal son. LOCATION OF U, S. ARMY COMMANDS fRv Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. The fortysecond (Rainbow) division was located at Mai-soncelle and St. Dizier. un,fr command of Major General Charles Rnodfs: the 84th (Indiana. Kenunder Major General H. C. Hale, and the 38th (Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia troops) division was at Le-I Mans, under command of Major Gen-

eral Robert L. Howze, on Nover per j ation for the fifth war loan the treas7 four days before the signing of the : Ury announced today the issuance of armistice according to announcement j $600,000,000 or more of certificates of made at the war department today, i indebtedness payable May 6, 1919, and

The location of the other combat divisions and six depot divisions of the American army in France was also made public. Ukraine Will Belong to New Federal State (By Associated Press) AMSTERDAM, Tuesday, Nov. 26 Premier Gerbel of Ukraine Has declared in an interview that Ukraine is alrrady in full accord with the entente whose representatives are expected at Kiev soon according to a Kiev dispatch to the Rhenish Westphalian Gazette of Essen. He added that Ukraine will belong to the new Russian federal state. - . . - 1 - -- - held today. President Leon Jouhaux read the federations peace program, It renewed the federation's approval of President Wilson's "fourteen points" and demanded for labor an official place at the peace conference, the deliberations of which should be public " , .

Delegates Drafting Armistice Terms at Versailles lmm 118 iflMlt! iiMfe"'lH'

Armistice delegation at work at Versailles. Arrow 1 points to Col. E. M. House, President Wilson's representative. Arrow 2 points to Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, U. S. military representative.

Thls extraordinary French official photograph has just been received in this country showing the actual drafting of the armistice term3 by the allied plenipotentiaries at Versailles. While this conference was in progress the world waited with bated breath for the word that would seal the fate of German autocracy. These men spoke the

wora tor numanity and democracy.

ant; Italian i oreign .Minister sonnino, Italian Premier Orlando. Colonel Edward m. House, General Tasker H. Bliss, next man unknown, Greek Premier Venizelos, and Serbian Minister Vesnitch. Right side of table, from left to right: Admiral Wemyss (with back turned). General Sir Henry Wilson, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, General Sackville West, Andrew Bonar Law, British Premier Lloyd George, French Minister Georges Clemenceau, and French Foreign Minister Stephen Pichon.

GERMANY STILL FALSE, CLAIMS ENGLISH PRESS Guilt of Central Powers Proved by Bavarian Revelations, Allies Believe. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 27. Newspapers here devote much space to discussion of the revelations made by Bavaria in publishing official telegrams which passed between Berlin and Munich just before the war broke out in 1914. They agree that the guilt of Germany and Austria, persistently denied during the past four years, has been proved by the-. Bavarian gxvemment.- - i "Germany has been challenged again and again to produce the whole correspondence between Berlin and Vienna during July, 1914," says the Times. "She has never dared produce it. Will the new government dare just to show the gulf between it and its predecessors? Bavaria has proved she was an accomplice of Berlin and Vienna. She supported - them until they lost and now she shall not whiten her character in the eyes of the allies by blackening the records of her confederates." "Thejtaiser after taking every possible step to throw the allies off their guard, struck, expecting in a few weeks to have the world at his feet," says the Mail. "The revelations made by Bavaria will not surprise the allies nor dispassionate historians in neutral countries." "Thus was the blood bath prepared. Is the kaiser to be allowed to go without trial?' is the comment of the Express. The Morning Post says that Dr. Solf in appealing for modification of the. armistice terms, is following exactly the tactics disclosed in the published telegrams. It now appears that his representations of starving conditions in Germany are false, the newspaper continues. "No doubt there is hardship in Germany, but whose fault is that? So far as the associated governments are concerned domestic dissentions in Germany serve merely to put them on the alert against that treachery which is ingrained in Germany." GETTING READY FOR FIFTH LOAN CBy Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. In preparpaying AVs per ecnt Interest The subscription period will run from December 5 to December 10. The maturity date of the issue indicates that the fifth loan will be floated in April. Hoover Plans Distribution of Food Over Europe (By Associated Press PARIS, Nov. 27 Herbert C. Hoover, American food administrator, is here and is taking up with the allies the repartition of disposable foodstuffs. The plan under consideration would give food first to the allies, then to neutrals and then to enemies. Mr. Hoover desires that a ' commission meet at Brussels to examine'the mer its of German requests for food and i to decide upon them. means for. meeting French Forces Have Entered Budapest fBy Associated Press) COPENHAGEN, Nov. .27. French troops entered Budapest yesterday, according to advices reaching here from that city.

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Foch's Manner "Coldly Businesslike9 Complain Hun Armistice Delegates

(By Associated Press) AMSTERDAM, Nov. 27. The armistice conferences between the German delegates and Marshal Foch and his associates early this month, were carried out in the most businesslike manner possible and apparently without notable incidents, according to long account of the conference given the Berlin Vossische Zeitung by a member of the German party. After the French met the German commissioners, they were driven for ten hours in automobiles to an appointed rendezvous. "It seemed to me," says the narrator, "that the drive was intentionally prolonged in order to carry us through the devastated provinces and prepare us for the hardestconditions whieh hatred and revenge might demand. One of the Frenchmen pointed to a heap of ruins, saying, 'Behold St, Quentin.' ' "We entered a train with blinds drawn in the evening and awoke in the morning in the midst of the forest of Compiegne, surrounded by soldiers. "There were two trains, occupied by Marshal Foch and his staff and the other by the Germans. In these we lived, worked and negotiated for, three days. We had everything in abundance. There was nothing to find fault with. The great enmity and hatred that apparently prevailed against us were shown, however, in the negotiations and in the terms imposed." The narrator remarks that French officers and Vice Admiral Wemyss, British representative, maintained a cold attitude, "never tempered by a friendly word." "Marshal Foch, whom we only saw twice, at the beginning and at the end of the conference, is a stern, plain NEW CABINET IS FORMED BY FINNS (By Associated Press) STOCKHOLM, Tuesday, Nov. 26. A new Finnish cabinet has been formed. It is headed by M. Ingman, while Senator Castren becomes minister of finance and M. Enckell, former state secretary, is foreign minister. This cabinet was appointed yesterday and marks a complete reversal of Fin land's policy. . The new government i3 that of Gen-, erai iviannerneim, tnougn ne is unaoie to succeed Judge Pehr Edwin Svinhufvud as head of the Finnish government because he is now visiting in England and France. The new ministry represents all the middle class par ties, with the exception of the agrar ians Its program is to bring about j recognition of Finland's independence j by all the powers, if possible, before the peace conference; stemming Bol shevist propaganda from Russia and solving food problems. CHARGE MINE OWNERS HELD BACK OUTPUT (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 Further ' inquiry was made today by the senate fuel investigating committee into charges that corporations controlling anthracite coal mines have refused to ' premit increased production and that the fuel administration has made no efforts to raise the output of the mines. Wm. Wilhelm. a Pottsville, Pa:, attorney, who made the charges at yesterday's hearing, was to be recalled today by the committee Other witnesses from Pottsville were pre pared to testily. The committee also planned today to investigate more fully the New York City fuel fituation. Dr. Jonathan C. Day, commissioner of markets of New York, in testimony before the committee has charged that the fuel administration refuse to approve establishment of a municipal coal yard by means of which he said the people of New York would have saved three million dollars in buying fuel.

Japan s representative. General dl Robil-

man. He did not speak a single word to us in the ..tone which formerly distinguished the chivalrous French nation. "It is not true that Foch told us there could not be any question of negotiations, only the imposition of conditions, and whatever coldness he displayed wa3 never ill mannered or rough. "'Really there was nothing to negotiate. We pointed out the technical impossibility of some conditions. Finally we were obliged to sign." During the discussion the French handed the Germans the Paris newspapers announcing, the abdication of Emperor William. " ' "We observed no smile of triumph on their faces," adds the writer, "but could discern their hatred.". BRITAIN MUST HOLD SUPREMACY OF SEAS, SAYS CHURCHILL (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 27. Speaking at Dundee tonight, Winston Spencer Churchill, minister of munitions, said that while he would do everything in his power to make a league of nations a practical and powerful reality, said that it would be no substitute for the supremacy of the British fleet. In reference to the freedom of the seas he said: "From the battle of Trafalgar to the end of the nineteenth century we were absolutely free at sea. We were the only nation whose ports were open to the world, whose markets were unrestrained by any tariff and whose coastwise trade was not held as a national monopoly. Even our kith and kin from the United States, whose affection and aid have been so dear to us never practiced that broad liberal policy which we for a century of unchallenged supremacy, have shown upon the sea. "Let us be careful not to catch the infection of German ideas at the moment we have defeated the German army. If other nations of the world are content to allow us to keep the supremacy of the sea without demur, it will be because we hold it as a trust for all." ; Plans Collection Of Next Year's Tax Under Old Revenue Law (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. Plana for collecting next year's tax under the old law have been made by Internal Kevenue Collector Roper, because of the fear that the new revenue bill mav not be enacted in time to allow the printing and distributing of reporting form under that measure by January 1, the opening of the period for filing of returns.

V ICTORY WEEK PROCLAMATION Whereas with victory won and peace almost at hand, the principles of freedom and civilization vindicated against a mighty opposition, and Whereas the humanitarian purposes for which these United States entered into and participated in this momentous struggle cannot be fully accomplished until order has been restored and authority established amongThe confused and suffering populations of the old world, for which purpose food is the first essential. I, W. W. Zimmerman, mayor of Richmond, Ind., do herewith call upon the citizens of Richmond, Ind. and vicinity to Join in the effort now being made by the United States Food Administration to supply those who are weak from hunger and are threatened with a menace more potent than armies. I commend to your serious attention the importance of continuing unabated the policy of conservation as it applies to all things needed and necessary for the readjustment of an orderly social system, but more especially as pertains to Food, without which there is grave danger of disaster far outreaching anything we have yet witnessed. y In accordance with the program of the United States Food Administration promulgated during Victory week, December 1-6, and the appeal of the Honorable James P. Goodrich, governor of Indiana, therefore, I ask that every citizen solemnly resolve and dedicate himself to a strict conformity with the praiseworthy and humane effort now inaugurated to save millions who without our .help, are doomed to starvation, during the months to come. sSigned W. W. ZIMMERMAN, Mayor.

ADOO POST IS OFFERED TO B.T.1 BAROCH SAY REPORTS Chairman of War Industries Board May Be Next Secretary of Treasury Had Urged Against Appointment.

NOMINATION IN DOUBT (By Associated Pres) WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of the war industries board, it was understood today, has been offered the post of secretary of the treasury to succeed Secretary McAdoo. Whether he will be nominated is an open question. Without actually declining to serve it is said Mr. Baruch has urged upon the president strongly his belief that he should not enter the cabinet on the ground that his wealth largely in government and other securities would be seriously embarrassing. i TROUTY FOR RAILROAD HEAD. The ill health of Representative Carter Glass, chairman of the house banking and currency committee, who also has been mentioned for the office, is said to have been influential in determining the president to ask Mr. Baruch to put aside his known objection. For director general of railroads to succeed Mr. McAdoo, Charles A. Trouty, now director of the railroad administrations division of mi hi if ! service and accounts is believed to be one of the men under consideration. Cardinal Mercier Assists at American Thanksgiving ' Celebration in Paris (By Associated Press) PARIS. Nov. 27. Cardinal Mercier of Belgium will assist at the American Thanksgiving day service at the Church of the Madeleine, according to the Croix. The service was organized by the Knights of Columbus. Other church dignitariei mho will take part will be the Archbishops of Rheims and Cambrai and the Bishops of Amiens, Lille and Soissons. SIMS TO RECEIVE RANK OF ADMIRAL (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 Vice Admiral William S. Sims commander of the naval American forces in Europe since the United States went to war has been selected for promotion to the rank of admiral when a vacancy in the list occurs next month through the retirement of Austin M. Knight, commanding the Asiatic fleet. Rear admiral Albert Gleaves chief of the convoy service which has guarded transports going over seas without losing an eastbound ship will be made vice admiral to fill the vacancy caused by the advance of Admiral Sims. Navy Club to Entertain Sailors in New York (By Associated Press) . NEW YORK, Nov. 27 Christmas plans for entertaining navy men from all parts of the country were announced here today by the Navy club. Persons in every state are expected to forward, as they did last year, packages of gifts addressed to the Navy club Christmas Tree. 509 Fifth Ave., and with these packages the Navy club will play Santa Claus all day of Dec. 25. Many sailor boys who are in New York on that day will in this way each find a package awaiting him -which may be his only gift of the holiday. Accept U. 5. Offer to Buy Merchant Ships (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Nov. 27. The offer of the United States government to purchase the 720,000 gross tons of ships of the International mercantile company that fly the British flag is understood to have been accepted by the company.