Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 340, 16 December 1918 — Page 1
ElICHMOM VOL. XLHI.,NO. 340 Consolidated 1907 Palladium and Sun-Telegram RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 16, 1918 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS
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ACREAG IN HIST Record-B r caking Winter Wheat Crop Promised, According to Report, of Department of Agriculture. 98 PERCENT NORMAL WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. The largest winter wheat crop ever grown in the history of the United States is promised by the enormous acreage sown this fall. Winter wheat was sown this fall on 49,097,000 acres, or 13.9 per cent, more than the revised estimated areas sown in the fall of 1917, which was 42,301.C00 acres, the department of agriculture announced. Eighty Million Increase. The condition of the crop on December 1 was 9S.5 per cent of a normal compared with 79.3 a year ago, 85.7 per cent in 1916 and a ten year average of SS.2. A crop of 7C3 million bushels or f.O million bus-hels more than the best records i forecast by the department of arricuPure as next year's winter wheat yield, allowing for winter killing tnd spring abandonment. Ii?t year's crop was 555,725, OtiO bushels. A LOCAL WAR INCIDENT The funeral of Edward J. Brenran which was held this morning from St. Mary's church brings to light an unusual incident of the war. Three brothers, William, Joseph and Edward Breunan, were living at home supporting tneir widowed mother, when the first draft for soldiers was made. All three of these boys were in this first draft and they appeared before Clement V. Carr and the local board, and they were all willing and anxious to answer their country's call but they Mt that it would be ,too great a hardship on their rncther to take all of her boys at tnla time. William, the older boy, said that if it would be agreeable with the board that he and Joe would volunteer for Immediate service if their brother Edward would Le piivlleged to remain at home with their mother. William B'ennan entered the medical corps and' seived at the front and i3 now in Fiance. Joseph Brennan qualified as a:i ambulance driver and Went to France with the Ford Ambulance Unit and has been in the thickest of the fray and is now in France. Both of the brothers have been heard from since the armistice has been signed and are well and hearty. It would set ra from this incident that thote who were delegated to keep the home fires burnirg fiiecd a greater danger. Edward died of pneumonia following an attack cf influenza. At. the funeral tb.s morning delegations frcm the T. I. A. and the K lit).' lit s f t 'c luml u.i were in attendance iii'd the pallbearers were Frank Gci iv, J. P. O'tiri.n, Walter i:;. ee, James l it j.gibbons, James E. Go-Mr. ck and Jehu J. Harrington, Jr. FAILS TO EFFECT AGREEMENT AT LOUCK AND HILL W. H. Fairley of the American Federation cf I. nbor was in Richmond Monday endeavoring to bring about reconciliation between the employers nnd the employes of the Louck and Hill company. Sir. F;:!r! y said if was impossible to bring i.b'Uit tin agreement because the company ret'u-ed to take the men l:fck under their conditions. The company also mated that it did not hao any need for more men 1 linn are now employ d. When ask"d if the company could le forced to take the men when they weio not reeded, ho said Hat he did not wish to answer that question. The trouble at the Louck and Hill plant bige.n recently when nine men quit because of a cut In wages. The company has been picketed bince that tlnip. Minister of the British War Cabinet Resigns (Ily Af"soclute-'l Pre!:) LONDON. Dec. IV Lieut .-Gen. Jan Christian Smuts has resigned as member cf the war cabinet in the ground that the end of the war has terminated the need of his services, according to the Express. Jan Christian Smuts has long been a figure in the political life of Sputh Africa. During the Boer war ho was in command of the Republican forces in Cape Colony. In 1917 he became commander of British forces in East Africa fighting against the Germans, his success in that campaign being remarkable. ,In January, 1'J17 the Hrittsh government named him a member of the imperial war conference as representatives of the Union of South Africa, and in Juno. 1317, he entered the war cabinet. His services to the British government since that period has been distinguished in many ways.
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President Wilson May Spend Christmas Day With U.S. Soldiers (By Associated Press! FARIS, Dec. 16. The American president will not be present at the fetes in honor of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, who arrived Thursday, according to the Echo de I'ari3, but is is probable that he and the king will exchange calls. It is understood that Mr. Wilson may visit the American troops on Christmas and celebrate the day with them at Treves.
ynPnEjnni hum VOTERS DECIDED BRITISH ELECTION Millions of NTew Voters Form Unknown Factor Lloyd George is Winner. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 10. Saturday's elections were featured by the astonishing number of women, voting. The ncvelty of possessing the franchise seemed to appeal to them in all parts of the country, and women flocking to the booths in crowds and outnumbering the male voters in some districts. Many were accompanied by their husbands, but the majority went alone. In working class districts, mothers in many cases took their families along. Generally speaking, the women regarded their responsibilities very seriously and showed themselves to be fully acquainted with the procedure of voting. In some constituencies, competition among women to achieve the distinction of being the first to record their votes resulted in long queues lining tip before the booths opened. A remarkable number of aged, even infirm women voted, in spite of tha persistent rain which prevailed over virtually the whole country. Men often remarked that theif votes were nullified by their wives supporting opposing candidates. Reports go so far as to contend that the new house of commons has been mainly chosen by women. Little Interect Shewn. Considering the novel conditions under whieh yesterday's elections were held and the necessity of waiting for a fortnight before the ballots are counted, there is very little indulgence in speculation as to the result. It is universally admitted to be almost a foregone conclusion that the Lloyd George coalition has been victorious and will probably have some four hundred members of the new house of commons. Naturally, with many millions of new voters, women as well as men, there is ample room for surprises and ftftfr-TTvernment party will feel doubts as to its success, even if several mem- ! hers of the cabinet inc'uding Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the admiralty; j Sir Albert H. Stanley, president of ; the board of tra le, and Edwar Shortt, chief secretary for Ireland, have been elected. Greatest curiosity centers, however, on the strength of the labor vote, which under new conditions is :an unknown quantity, wnne it is nej lieved that the women cf south Engi land mainly supported coalition candidates, it would be no surprise if it is found that in the Midland and j northern industrial counties the woman vote largely supported labor, i It was because the labor party was I determined to test its strength that it j refused to compromise with libera! I candidates in three-eornered constijtueneies. although such a compromise I would have given the anti-coaltionists much greater strength in the new j parliament. The labor party hopes to win over lot) seats Dut it is Denevea that, had the elections been postponed until after the treaty of peace wa3 signed the party would have secured at least 200. Political speculation is chiefly concerned with the reconstruction of the cabinet after the election. One rumor credits Premier Lloyd George with favoring the appointment of the first woman minister. The name of Pankhurst is mentioned in this connection. Prcr.iiT.c7d Americans Arrive on Steamer (Bv- Associated Press) NEW YORK. Dec. t(. Passengers on the French steamship La Lorraine, which arrived here today, included Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. Mrs. Vincent Astor. Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt and Marv Garden. Other pnsengcrs were Commander W. S. Crcsley. American raval attach" at Madrid; "Ted" Ford, of Wash-
inton, I). C, an American aviator, according to the Popolo Romano. This who was formerly of the Lafayette es-' question, the paper states, will in no cadtil'e, nnd Van Duzer Burton, a ! case be brought before the peace conFrench aviator. I ference.
Richmond School Gardeners Still Without Supervision
The Richmond school garden plan has attracted national attention. Letters asking for details of the scheme, the method of operaticn, and its worth as an educational feature, arrive almost daily from all parts of the country. Educators believe the Richmond plan is the first working system that has met with success not only from
the standpoint of the schoolmen, but j mercial Club assumed the financial realso as to the practical results there j sponsibility for the work. Its success were obtained. was phenomenal, attracting the atE. F. M. , who supervisced theltention of the government and bring-
WOm ItltlL ,ell, 13 1JW lUUri iJJIlir-ULt-ti with th system. He is assistant regional director for the central states, and visits cities in' Indiana and Illinois. He works under the Bureau of Education with headquarters at Washington. , !..,. .,.!
GERM SAILORS WANT CONTROL OF MERCHANTiARINE Threaten to Sink All Ships if Demand is Not Complied With Want Owners to Pay. ' I (F!y Associated Press) COPENHAGEN, Dec. 16. Control of the merchant marine is demanded by a sailors council formed at Hamburg, according tfi a Berlin dispatch to the Berlingske Tidende of this city. The council threatens to sink all ships if its demand is not complied with. The council insists that the financing be borne by the ship owners.
GENEVA. Sunday, Dec. 15. Germany made a great blunder in entering the war and sheuld admit that she was in the wrong, declared the Grand Duchess Anastasie of MecklenburgSchwerin, mother of the former German crown princess, in an interviewtoday. The grand duchess, who is a Russian and a cousin of the late Russian Emperor, came to Geneva at the outbreak of the war and now is about to go to the Riviera for her health. She had many relatives fighting against one another on all fronts. The correspondent was the first newspaper man she had talked with since the beginning of the war. Replying to a question about the former emperor and the former crown prince, she said pathetically: "There i3 a splendid maxim in your language: 'Don't hit a man when he is down.' Let us observe this principle, this sporting principle, dining our conversation. " Asked why she had left Germany as soon as that country began military operations, the grand duchess replied: "I could not remain in a country which had declared war on ny own country Russia. This war came as a great surprise to me and my son (Frederick Franz IV, grand duke cf Metklenb;irg Schwerin. who abdicated several weeks ago), although we were in constant touch with the royal families of Germany, Russia and Denmark. It has been said that not more than twenty persons in Germany understood what a cruel mistake it was, going to be. I was one of them. However, as I never meddled in politics and never intend to, I was not able to I was not able to interfere. POLIGY IN RUSSI EAGERLY AWAITED (By Associated Press) ODESSA, Dec. 16. Wages are yery high in Odessa ar4 amount.' virtually a confiscation of capital. Industry is generally at a standstill and a satement of the allied-Russian policy is eagerly awaited by all classes. It is announced that two French divisions will arrive here to defend allied property next week, from Saloniki. BERLIN. Dec. 16. Adolph Joffe, Russian ambassador to Germany, who was expelled from Berlin in November because of his activities in ad vancing the interests of the Bolshev-1 ists. is reported,, in a ureslau dispatch, to have crossed the frontier after bribing members of the soldiers and workmen s congress in spue ot tne request of the Ebert cabinet that he keep away from the city. Adolph Joffe was one of the most prominent Bolshevist leaders in 1 sia before his appointment as amba; sador to Germany in April, 1918. Af tor hk; arrival at the German capital he made himself obnoxious to the government there by preaching the revolutionary doctrines. He was arrested at Berlin on November 6 and expelled frcm the city. Documentary evidence of his activities was made public later , at tsernn ana .lorre aamittea tnat lie had Planned with certain German leaders to nring anout a uoisiievist reign in Germany. The Ebert cabinet then canceled the invitation given to the Russian government to send a delega tion to the congress of soldiers' and ! workmen's councils. Joffe being one j cf the delegates named by the Ler.in3 regime in Russia. May Ask Wilson to filediate at Vatican (By Associated' Pres.-,) Ti,n , t r i . , . - itu.vir, i;ec. o. rope Benedict may request President Wilson to consent I 10 ai 1 as mn.iiHior 1 11 nri eiort to reach a recriprocal pact which wil solve the dissent which has existed between the quirinal and the Vatican, The school board so far has not namen a successor. Many, citizens whose children did garden work that produced sufficient vegetables to supply the table and provide for canning hope the board will soon appoint a supervisor so that process of organizing the work will begin before spring set in. Iast year the school board was handicapped for finances. The Coming representatives of the Bureau of Education to Richmond to study the system and apply its details in other cities. The proportion of home gardens to the school enrollment of Richmond was the largest of any city in I the United States.
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Drive For Red Cross Roll Call Membership of Over 50,000 Begins Today With Enthusiasm
Four hundred workers today took up the task of receiving Richmond and Wayne county's voluntary enrollments in the American Red Cross for 1919. The goal has been set for at least 30,000 members in the city of Richmond. The county goal outside of Richmond is 26,2:54. The headquarters on Main street opened at an early hour this morning and immediately became a busy place, j Workers said that-p. number, of. cn- j rolimentrt were made by strangers in ; the city, who feared they would not be reached by canvassers. j Splendid enthusiasm has been ' shown since the first worker started j this morning said the women who are in the campaign headquarters. The women stationed there are Frs. Frank Druitt, chapter roll call manager, Mrs. Sam Fred, cashier; the supply chairman, Mrs. W. O. Wisslor, and her assistant, Mrs. Arthur Gamby. ?Irs. Charles Bond, city chairman, reported that th? city workers had started their work, and that everythin (was moving' forward onhasiar-tically. Only workers wearing badges are nuthorizprl to take m-mhershlns. All (workers should also have their receipt i bocks with thorn, STANDARD TElEPHOf RATES ESTABLISHED (By Associated Fressi WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. Under an order 0f Postmaster General Burleson. ... , . , . , , i i-. Ped to; ay Bt ndf Ions d will he OKtnhhsheri throughout ins country next January 21. This will j I involve reductions in aooui u in about 'J per cent of the rates now charged and a slight increase in about 30 per cent. I Night service rates are made tnvrh I cheaper, being one-half of the day rate j from S:30 p. m. to midnight and onefourth of the day rate from midnight to 4:20 a. m. The I asic rate on day I calls w ill be 6Vi mills a mile figured i on an airJine mileage. j 'mm " SfMi'H if t S ? 4" mmm of
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Hy A"?nc inter! rrei.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 1C Expan: sicn of the government's facilities for prcmoiing foreign trade urged in the annual report of the chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, made public today. The report said it is inevitable that the United States will play a mpre important role in the international trade than ever before and that it is a mat-! I ter cf the greatest urgency that, the government increase its efforts to have the new trade built on sound ethical and economic foundations. Extension of the commercial attache and trade commissioner services was particularly urged, the repcrt Faying that the value of the promotive work done by these field representatives In . the past now was generally conceded, j
New- attaches were as,ed for a num-de Paris. Mr. Wilson was most :mhr cf new post.1;, s ich as Rome. Mad-j pressed with the premier's personality, rid, Ottawa, Mexico City, Santiago, i and is reported to have expressed him-
Chile and Athens. Employment of trade commissioners to travel from place to placf in a specified di-trict also was recommended. The countries now in view for such work are Columbia, and Venezuela, the Dutch East Indies, Egypt, South America and New Zealand.
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Join mi fcrtf All You Need Is a Heart and A Dollar Enrollment throughout the country is voluntary and memberships are $1, although $2 memberships which carry a Red Cross magazine subscription will be accepted. W. W, Whelfcr. director of the Christmas Roll Call in the Lake Division, has issued t'ae following final words to his workers as a "set off" for the drive: "Count each membership that slips frcm your grasp as a dollar lost for suffering humanity, and reckon each membership you secure, as another i I pviathan Docks After .Oil 2 Delay Because of Fog Refugees From Russia Arrive on Swedish Ship. (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Dec. 16. The giant; transport Leviathan, with 8,000 Amer-j ican soldiers abcard, is in port today j after a long delay due to a heavy fog' that hung over New York harbor for two days. The transport reached Hook Saturday night, but was. ! forced to anchor on account of the weather conditions. Among the notables cn beard was Major General! George Earnett, commander of the j U. S. marine corps abroad. j The' steamship Stockholm, of the Swedish-A.merican line which was forced to anchor off the Statue of Liberty last night on account of the fog, brought home a number of Amerj ican refugees who were badly treated J by the Bolsheviki in Petrograd. p. LltnenCCaU I leaSCS President Wilson (By Associated Press) PARIS, Dec. 16. President Wilson and Premier Clemenceau touched in oiIy the most general manner in the problems of the Deace conference in (the course of a conversation they had at the M 11 raft residence last evenine. accarding to Marcel Hutin of the Echo self in the most flattering terms, re marking: "He is a most preposessing man." Mr. Wilson accompanied the premier to the door, shook hands long and heartily with him and said: "Thank ycu; thank you. Goodby till tomorrow."
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dollar earned by you for the noblest cause in all the world." An appea1. was made in all the churches of the city at their Sunday services yesterday. All persons in the congregation were urged to remember the Roll Call, and do all in their means to help Richmond and Wayne county to go above its 30,000 membership quota. .
By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. Christmas enrollment week of the American Red Cross opened today w ith officials of the organization hopeful of a large increase overff the present membership of 22,000,000. Chapters in every city and town over the country have laid out their .campaigns and in many places house to house canvases are to be made for members between now and December . The money obtained through membership fees will be used to carry out the great peace-time program which the Red Cross has. set for itself not only in the United States, but in every land where a suffering people may need assistance. GEO. KHOLLENOERG IS SERIOUSLY ILL George II. Knollenberg, pioneer merchant of eastern Indiana, is critically ill of leakage of the heart at his home here. He has been suffering from this ailment for many months. Recently his condition became much worse. He attended a meeting of the various Lutheran church bodies in New York not long ago. Since then his health ha3 failed rapidly. His two sons, Walter and Bernhard have been summoned to the bedside. MILITIA ORDER Every member of Company K, Indiana State Militia, is ordered by Cant. Malsby to report at the armory ready to i'all in at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Col. C. A. Gaiard will inspect the company. E. Y, Teas, a Prominent Nurseryman Is Dead EATON, O., Dec. 16. E. Y. Teas. 90 years old, died today at his home here. Mr. Teas is known to- persons in this community in connection with the nursery business which he has been in practically his entire life. He has made several trips to England and France purchasing rare shrubs and trees. His father was one of the prominent pioneers of Nthe Friends church of Indiana. Mr. Teas is survived by his widow, two sons. Fred of Washington state and William of New York city, and two daughters, Mrs. Fred Parker of Eaton and Mrs. Ellen Hodgin of Pennsylvania. He is a brother-in-law of Mrs. Garney Hill of PJchrnond. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the residence here. The body will then be taken to Richmond where Mr. Teas formerly lived. Funeral services will be held at Doan's undertaking parlors there. Rev. A. F. Mitchell will assist the Eaton minister at these services. Burial will be In Earlham cemetery.
SYMPATHY OF II. S. CAUSED EMTRY IN WAR FRENCH TOLD Heart of America as Well as Sense of Right Moved Nation, Wilson Says at Ceremony in Paris.
SPEAKS AT CITY HALL (By Associated Preaa) PARIS, Dec. 16. President WHson delivered an address at the city hall where ceremonies had been arranged for. The president replied to the greetings extended him. "Your greeting has raised emotions within me," the president began. "It is with no ordinary sympathy that the people of the United States, for whom I have the privilege of speaking, have viewed the sufferings of the people of France. Many of our own people have been themselves the witnesses of those sufferings. We were the more deeply moved by the wrongs of the war because of the manner in which they were perpetrated. I beg that you will not suppose that because a wide ocean separated us in space we were not In fact eye witnesses of the ehameful ruin that was wrought and the cruel and unnecessary sufferings, that were brought upon you. These sufferings have filled our hearts with indignation. We know what they were, not only, but we know w hat they signified and our hearts were touched to the quick by them, our imaginations filled with the whole picture of what France and Belgium in particular had experienced. Hearts Were Moved. "When the United States entered the war, therefore, they entered it not only because they were moved by a conviction that the purposes of the centTal empire were wrong and must be resisted by men everywhere who loved liberty and right, but also because the illicit ambitions which they were entertaining and attempting to. realize had led to the practices which shocked our hearts as much as they offended our principles. Our resolution was formed because we know how profoundly great principles of right were effected, but our hearts moved also with our resolutions. "You hare been exceedingly generous in what you have been gracious enough to say about me, generous far beyond my personal deserts, but you have interpreted with real Insight the motives and resolutions of the people of the United States. Whatever In-, fluence I exercise, whatever authority I speak with, I derive from them. I known what they have thought; I know what they have desired, and when I have spoken what I know was in their mind, it has been delightful to see how the consciences and purposes of free men everywhere responded.' We have merely estabiifhed our right to the full fellowship of those peoples here and throughout tha world who reverence the right of genuine liberty and justice. Show Common Ideals. "You have made me feel very much at home here, not merely by the delightful warmth of your welcome, but also by the manner in which yen have made me realize to the utmost the intimate community of thought and ideal which characterizes your people and the great nation which I have the honor for the time to represent. "Your welcome to Paris I shall always remember as one of the unique and inspiring experiences of my life, and w hile I feel that you are. honoring the people of the United States in my person I shall nevertheless carry aw-ay with me a very keen personal gratification in looking back upon these memorable days. "Permit me to thank you from a full heart. Welcomed by Council. In addressing President Wilson at the city hall ceremonies. Adrien Mithouard, president of the municipal " council of Paris, said: "I have the honor, in the presence of the president of the republic to present to you the municipal council of Paris whose interpretor I am in welcoming the chief of the great nation whose aid. arriving so opportunely, brought us victory and the upright man whose conscience fashioned his policy and w hose diplomacy was made of loyalty." TROOP TRAIN THROUGH A troop train of soldiers went through Richmond Sunday. The men were direct from France. The Weather For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight", Tuesday overcast, probably becoming unsettled. Not much change in temperature. Today's Temperature. Noon 4j Yesterday. Maximum 44 Minimum CO For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair tonight. Tuesday increasingly cloudiness. Unsettled. General Conditions Weather continues abnormally mild for the season throughout the United States. Weather is also generally fair over east and central states but a storm over the northwest will cause considerabla cloudy, probably unsettled weather either Tuesday or Wednesday. A year ago today temperature was 15 below zero.