Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 343, 19 December 1918 — Page 1

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GOVERNMENT HEADED BY EDERT OUT IN GERMANY Soldiers and Workmen's

Council to Resign, Report Says Three Directors of Krupp Works Are Arrested. ELECTION IS GALLED (By Associated Press) COPENHAGEN, Dec. 19. The Ger man government has decided to convoke a conference of representatives of all the states of the former empire on December 29 to elect a president of the German republic, according to a Berlin report This step Is said to have been taken in order to avoid any fresh outbreaks. The German government headed by Frlederlch Ebert has resigned as a result of events on Tuesday, according to a dispatch received at Zurich from Stuttgart, says the Journal's corres pondent there. Frlederlch Ebert, who was named as Minister of the Interior in the cabinet of Prince Maximilian of Baden, on Nov. 3, and became imperial chancellor on Nov. 8, took command of the situation in Berlin following the revolutionary uprising there. On Nov. 13 it was announced that he had become . premier and had chosen his cabinet, naming Hugo Haase, Philip Scheidemann, Wllhelm Dittman, Herr Landsberg and Richard Barth as the secretaries in charge of the departments created by the revolutionary government. Disorders Reported. The central congress of the delegates from soldiers' and workmen's councils met at Berlin on Monday. The first session resulted In disorderly scenes in which there were many personal encounters. On Tuesday turbulent scenes continued, George Ledebour, a leader of the Independent Socialists, making a bitter attack on Premier Ebert. The second day's session of the congress of the soldiers' and workmen's councils of Germany was marked by stormy sounds. Herr Landsburg, one of the majority socialist members of the government, denounced the business methods and dictatorial attitude of the soldiers' and workmen's council of Berlin. v--, " Serious disorders have broken out at Danzig, west Prussia, according to dispatches received here. Civil and military prisons have been opened and the inmates set at liberty, it is said, and street fighting la reported. Three of the principal directors of the Krupp munition works at Essen, including Dr. Bransenberger, Inventor of the "big Berthas" have been arrested by the revolutionary committee in that city, according to advices received here. The executive committee of the soldiers' and workmen's council, for Ber- ' lin and its suburbs intended to resign, according to messages received from the German capital." It la said that it will be replaced by an executive committee elected by the general as sembly and the soldiers' and work men's councils of the empire. SENATE TO CONDUCT RAILROAD HEARING WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Inauguration of hearing on railroad legislation , January 2 to be concluded as soon as possible and distinct from house or Joint congressional Inquiry was decided upon today by the senate Interstate commerce committee. Director-General McAdoo is expected to be the first witness. niieen fimea in me r i t r explosion of utimui Mine on Gaise Bridge (By Associated Press) PARIS. Dec. 19 A German mine which had been planted in a bridge at Guise lias exploded killing fifteen persons and Injuring twenty-five, according to a Guise dispatch to the Matin. The date of the explosion is not given but the dispatch says that it occurred more than a month after the armistice went Into effect. Demand Intentions Toward Han Property (By yffsoclated Press) WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. A resolution asking the state department to Inform the senate whether the American peace commissioners are advocating destruction of German war ships or other enemy property, and if so, by what authority, was introduced today by mlurity leader Lodge, and without discussion, referred to the foreign relations committee. All You Need Is a Heart and A Dollar

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Wilson ot lreatment (By Associated Press) PARIS, Dec. 19. Civilians seized by the Germans in occupied French territory and sent to a hostage camp at Holsainden, Germany, will appoint a delegation to call upon President Wilson to tell him something of what they suffered morally and physically while detained by the Germans, it is announced. The plan was formed at the suggestion of Dr. Henry Van Dyke of Princeton university, who met some of the people In the association at a reunion held recently. He was so struck by their accounts of the treatment given hostages by the Germans that he advised that a deputation be sent to wait upon Mr. Wilson. ENGLISH CITIES GIVE RECEPTION TO ARMY CHIEFS Informal Welcome is Given Marshal Haig on Arrival in London. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 19 London hung out its flags and the old seaport of Dover flung Its gates wide open today to greet Field Marshal Haig and the commanders of the five British armies which fought in Belgium and France, Generals PJumer, Rawlinson, Birdwood,, Byng and Home. It was merely an informal welcome on the part of London but Dover made of It a great celebration. The news that the field marshal was coming home to spend Christmas with his family at Kingston became public and his fellow countrymen would not be denied a chance to see and cheer the leader of their armies. The real celebration in London comes later late in January or early in February. The field marshal will then according to time honored precedents be raised to a high rank in the peerage, how high is a point of speculation and given a money grant by parliament for his services to the nation. This is the procedure which has been followed from the days of Wellington and Nelson down to Kitchener and Roberts and the occasion will be celebrated with civic and military formalities such as no other nation, except possibly France, can carry out as impressively as Great Britain. The welcome given the home com ing generals today was similar to that given Marshal Foch and Premier Clemencean of France, and Premier Orlando of Italy-ajittle 'over a week ago, but there was less' display. Premier Lloyd George, . the Duke of Connaught, members of the cabinet, generals and lesser functionaries from the war office made up the receiving party at Charing Cross station. After first greetings, the civilian officials disappeared from the scene and the small procession proceeded through the principal streets to Buckingham palace where the king entertained Field Marshal Haig at luncheon. A small escort of the life guard, in steel cuirasses, preceded the carriages in which the army commanders rode. Field Marshal Haig was in the first carriage; Generals Plumer and Rawlinson in the second; Generals Birdwood and Byng in the third and General Horne in the fourth. The mothers of the officers and members of the reception committee filled the1 remainder of the seats. Airplanes hovering overhead escorted Field Marshal Haig's ship across the channel and followed his train to London. All business places at Dover were closed and a holiday was declared. Admiral Keyes, commander of the port, all the naval and military officers of the city, the mayormembers of the city council and Lord Beauchamp, warden of the Cinque ports, received the returning commanders in the marine station which was swathed in bunting and decorated with mottoes. The arms of Dover and those of Field Marshal Haig were everywhere displayed. Sentiment such as "Welcome home,' "We are all Scots in our welcome of thee," and "Nemo, me impune lacessit." were seen on transparencies, while the largest bore the words, "Welcome from the Dover patrol." This contingent guarded the channel throughout the war. After Field Marshal Haig had been presented an illuminated address by the mayor, the generals proceeded to the station beneath rows of triumphal arches. BOATMEN'S STRIKE POSTPONED NEW YORK. Dec. 19. -The strike committee decided to postpone the harbor boatmen's strike which had been fixed for Thursday morning, pending hearing of the War Labor Board. The Weather For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight. Friday rain in south and rain .or snow in north portion." Today's Temperature. Noon 51 Yesterday Maximum 52 Minimum 28 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore. Partly cloudy tonight. Rain Friday or Friday night. General Conditions The . Texas storm is moving very slowly eastward, rain ,is now falling throughout the southwest, except for snow in Texas, Nebraska and Kansas. No cold weather In any portion of the United States except in certain localities of the Rocky mountains where the temperature is below zero. Snow is nine Inches deep In the level at Duluth, Minn. Temperatures a year ago today were mild, being above zero all day.

U. S. Officers Find Seized Liner Bringing U. S. Boys Home Was Constructed by Germans for Ready Use as Transport

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Former German liner Leviathan pulling

passengers with German trophies showing how foe yel led "Kammerad" at The giant American transport Leviathan, formerly the Hamburg-American

helping to keep a stream of soldiers 8.000 or 9,000 men and oiricers. it wa3 although during the period of America's 000 fighting men, together with vast

transformed the Leviathan from a German passenger vessel into an American

German builders, in constructing the ship, had designed her so that she could be readily converted into a transport. It was found that her cabins were so arranged that they co uld be readily removed without destruction. Launched at Hamburg on April 1, 1913, the Leviathan arrived in New York on her maiden voyage on July 29, 1914. She made only one round trip under the German flag and her original name before she was self-interned here at the outbreak of the war. ..' 1 v . ' .:f i--"- " " '" s

American Women in France Cooked, Scrubbed, Danced and Washed Dishes to Help Keep Up Fighting Morale of U.S. Soldiers and Sailors

(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Dec. 19. How American women in France helped to lighten the cares of American soldiers, feeding them with sweets, cooking for them, dancing with them, meanwhile washing dishes and scrubbing floors, was told today by Mrs. Vincent Astor. After eighteen months service in canteen and welfare work, while her husband was serving with the overseas naval forces, Mrs. Astor has Just returned from Bordeaux, where she was in charge of a division of the Y. M. C. A. women. One of her fellow workers was Mrs. Henry Russel, formerly Ethel Borden Harriman, who was married in France. "American women have filled such an enormous place in the war that it would be difficult to imagine now what would have been done without their help," she said. "The thousands of women who got to the other side gave themselves up completely to working for the soldiers, both the 6ick and the well, and they never spared themselves in any way. They worked all the day and often danced long hours in the evening, sometimes, with a hundred partners. "In the canteen at Bordeaux, where I was stationed,' were eight American women and we never asked the President Is Invited to Pay Visit to Ireland (By Associated Press) BELFAST, Dec. 19 The lord mayor of Dublin has called a mass meeting in Dublin for Sunday to extend an invitation to President Wilson to visit Ireland. Ho has suggested that similar meetings be held in other centers throughout the island. Commenting on the action of the lord mayor, the Belfast Telegraph says that every one in Ulster will Join in the Invitation "with the important reservation that there must not be the slightest suggestion of politics."

Investigates Activity of Security League (By Associated Press) ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Investigation of the National Security league of New York, with respect to Its alleged reflections during the last campaign upon the loyalty of members of congress," was begun today by a special house of commons, headed by Representatiye Johnson of Kentucky. Officers of the league appeared for examination, bringing with them many of the league's papers and records. In the delegation were Col. Charles E. Lydecker, president; Dr. Robert M. McElroy, educational director; Henry L. West, executive secretary; Charles D. Orts, - chairman ' of the league's congressional committee; Lloyd Taylor, chairman of the Universal Military Training committee ; : E. L. Harvey, publicity director, and P. D. Calhoun, cashier. i

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into New York harbor recently with pouring back into the United States from

tne nrst arrival in mis naroor oi tne L,eviatnan since tne armistice was signed,

participation in the war she ferried

quantities or war supplies. It is understood that when American naval officials

French maids to do anything that we would not do ourselves; and not only did we do all this manual work at first, but later, when it was necessary, we would take a hand at a broom or a frying pan, or washing dishes. One time Mrs. Russel and I unloaded and stored a truck load of sugar into the basement. "The soldiers over there showed the most complete gratitude and courtesy to every American woman that it made it intensely pleasant to be doing for htem. Every few nights we gave a dance. We would send out a call for American women and all those who volunteered were brought in by army machines. They were usually about twenty and they would have to divide their time between several hundred men. Once we had eight women and 2,000 sailors. "To even things up I borrowed a 'bosun's' whistle and gave a signal every two minutes to change partners. The result was that every couple would have possibly twenty men following after them waiting for the next dance. No distinction was made between officers and men at such dances but at the ones given out at the camps part of the evening was devoted to the officers and part to the men. "In the cafeteria we began by servHOG ISLAND SHIP BUILDING PLANT COSTS 563,300,000 (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. The cost of the great ship building plant at Hog Island was estimated today at $63,300,000 by Charles Piez. general manager of the shipping board emergency fleet corporation. He said that the yard, which has delivered one ship and has 50 keels laid, should be completed in 60 days. The original estimate of cost for a plan on a smaller scale was $21,000,000 and this was increased later to $27,000,000. Upon a survey to be made about Jan. 1, to determine whether the American international corporation is reducing operating expenses, Mr. Piez said, will determine whether the government shall ' take over the shipyards. ' . Mr. Piez was testifying before the senate commerce committee at the reopening of its investigation of the Hog Island project. "Would you have th eovernment take over the yards. or continue their operations as now?" Senator Johnson,: of California had asked. "That question is being considered nnw renlied Mr. . Pier. "There are some grave disadvantages in taking them over," - - - - -

load of V. S. soldiers and group of hero-

Chateau-Thierry and the Marne. liner Vaterland, i3 one of the boats overseas. It arrived here recently with across the Atlantic approximately 100,transport they discovered that the ' ing about fifty men a day and soon it was thousands. They all wanted eggs and doughnuts and ice cream. We had one person frying eggs all the time and one making Ice cream. "We had a canteen which means strictly a tobacco and candy store where the men bought at cost and three nights a week we gave pictures and entertainments. There would often be as many as five or six thousand men trying to get into the entertainment hall. "When the convoys of wounded first commenced arriving at Bordeaux the stretchers bearing the wounded men would be put out on the sation platform and we would go among them distributing coffee and cigarettes. Later this work was taken over by the Red Cross. "Mrs. Henry Russell and I were near St. Mihiel when the Americans made their drive last September and we appealed so hard that they sent us up to the front for emergency work. We went past the captured German lines up to within two miles of the actual fighting and helped distribute candy and cigarettes to the Fifth and Sixth marines when they were relieved. They came out of the battle laughing and happy and with no more looks of wear and tear than if they had been in a football game." Allies to Round Up Prisoners in France (By Associated Press) PARIS, Dec. 19. Austro-German soldiers who have been rounded up in European and Asiatic Turkey by the allies, will be transported to France for internment until peace is declared. Admiral J. F. C. Amet, French high commissioner at Constantinople, has requisitioned all German vessels in Turkish ports and will use them in transporting the Austro-German prisoners to France. Paris Declares Holiday to Greet King of Italy (By Associated Press) PARIS. Dec. 19. King Victor Emmanuel of Italy will arrive here today. The city is bung with flags and a general holiday has been declared. Rain is falling this morning but there la promise of the . weather improving. The newspapers hail the king as "a man of honor who has been a real leader of his country, both on and off the battlefield." Eastman Made Member of Commerce Commission (P.y Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Joseph B. Eastman, of Massachusetts, has been chosen by President Wilson to succeed George W. Anderson as a member of the interstate commerce commission. ,

Deny Mobilization of Huge Bolshevik Army ' (By Associated Press LONDON, Dec. 19. Reports that the Russian Bolshevists have raised an army of 3,000,000 men are dls; credited by special correspondence to the Daily Chronicle. It is said that the most reliable information puts the number of Bolshevist troops at about 180,000, scattered over most of the former Russian empire. It is pointed out however, that it is probable an effort will be made to increase this force for the purpose of marching westward toward Germany where the Bolshevists have carried on an extensive propaganda campaign for the last year. .

YANKEE TROOPS ARE COMING ON WILSON'S SHIP Two Transports With Wound ed Dock Today More Designated to Return. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Returning home on the transport George Washington which sailed from France Dec. 15, the war department announced to day are the 139th field artillery; bat teries A, B, D and E and headquarter company of the 137th field artillery, 35 officers of the 138th field artillery, and a number of casuals. Casuals also are returning on the steamer Saxonia, which sailed December 14, Moccasin, which sailed December 15, and Heredia, Carthago Sixaola and Bellatrix, December 16. Two army transports, the Martha Washington, with the 118th field artillery and the Mercury with 800 sick and wounded aboard, were expected to reach Newport News today. The military authorities have granted permission for the artillery unit to participate in a parade arranged by civic organizations at Newport News. ALL KIDDIES TO HAVE CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE SERVICE BUREAU All little children in Richmond are going to- have a Christmas. The Social Service Bureau is helping to make this possible. Names of families, and the number of children in these families who are, needy, have been collected and the Bureau is seeing to it that, they are looked 'After. . Persons all over the city have been telephoning in to the Bureau to get families that they might make their Christmas this year a happy one. Many persons are taking more than one family and one Richmond woman took five families. INDUSTRY CHANGES PEND IN ENGLAND (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 19. (British wireless service) Important industrial developments are impending in England, according to the Daily Chronicle, which says that enterprises already in hand involve an expenditure of 5,000, 000. Chief among these is the building of a large refinery at Swansea by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. This company is preparing to spend 2.000,000 on wharves, railroad tracks and equipment. Many mining enterprises also are projected, according to the newspaper. Efforts are being made to make London the chief grain imparting and distribution point in the United Klngrom, according to London correspond-1 ence to the Scotsman, a leading Scot- J tish newspaper. It is said that there is a marked tendency in the dominions, particularly Australia and South Africa, in favor of the plan. The adoption of the elevator system for handling grain, which has been in operation for many years in the United States and Argentina, is favored, it is said. HOHENZOLLERN ILL WITH SEVERE HILL (By Associated Press) AMERONGEN. Holland. Dec. 19 Former emperor William has been confined to his bed since Sunday with a severe chill. His indisposition has brought about a renewal of his old ear trouble necessitating the calling of a specialist, a professor from Utrecht, to assist the local doctor. Peace Increases Need for Red Cross Service Says Provost Marshal (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. The coming of peace has served to increase rather than diminish the work of the American Red Cross, said Provost Marshal General Crowder in a statement issued today in connection with the Red Cross Christmas membership campaign. : "The need for the Red Cross," said General Crowder, "does not terminate with the cessation of hostilities rather are its usefulness and Its scope increased. With the war at an end, the Red Cross must turn its hand to the rehabilitation of, devastated Europe, not only in the late theaters of operation, but in all those fields Just delivered from hostile occupation and among all those people who for more than four years have felt the heel of German oppression. To embarrass lta activities at this time is to add misery to suffering. -v-

WILSON WILL MAKE VISIT TO ENGLAND NEXT WEEK Newspaper Men Have First Meeting With DelegatesDate of Conference Still in Doubt. , MEETS CLEMENCEAU

(Br Associated Tress.) ' PARIS. Dec. 19 Premier Clempnceau and Colonel E. M. House visited President Wilson this morning at bis Paris residence, the Murat mansion. The callers arrived at the Dresldential residence at about 10 o'clock. The French premier and the President were engaged for more than an hour in an intimate discussion. Colonel House also conferred with the President during the morning. The President's engagements for the day caused him to postpone his plans for recreation, but he hoped to take a short drive with Mrs. Wilson. Date Undetermined. The American peace commissioners conferred with American newspaper correspondents for the first time today. All other corresnondpntR wr excluded. It was stipulated that none or tne announcements to be made was for the purpose of publication, being only for the guidance of the correspondents. The date of the first meeting of the inter-allied conference has not been determined, nor has the date of the first assemblying of the peace congress. It has not been determined, whether the actual session will be opened. ' President Wilson's inclination is said to be that the session be opened as far as possible, but it is expected that it will develop that much of the work will be done confidentially and then perfected openly.News that President Wilson considered coming to London next week was received by the British government through an official channel today. It caused considerable surprise and necessitated a hurried reconsider, ation of plans by Premier Lloyd George, who had Intended to meet the President for a brief conference in Paris and then proceed to Monte Carlo for a few days' rest. President Wilson was today handed an address of welcome by the Central Union of French agricultural associations, on behalf of its 2,500 affiliated organizations. After pointing out the share that the rural classes had in winning tha victory for the allies, the address sets rorxn me peculiar conaitlons under which agriculture is oneratine. snd calls the attention of the peace con ference to the fact that Drotprtinn U necessary for its normal development and for the resumption of agricultural effort in regions devastated by the war. Count Romanones. Knnnlsh nrpmfor is coming to Paris to interview President Wilson. He will be accompanied by Robert M. Scotten. secretary- nf h American embassy and Senores Palacio and Espionza, Ugh officials of the foreign office. During his absence Amalie Jimeno, minister of the interior, will act as premier. Count Romanones is expected to be away from Madrid for at least six days. When it became known that President Wilson was coming to Europe, King Alfonso and members of the cabinet approached Joseph E. Willard. American Ambassador, to see if it could be arranged for Mr. Wilson to come to Spain. This was not so much for a political object as it was to show him the spot from which Columbus sailed to discover the New World. The result of the negotiations was that Mr. Wilson could not come to Spain but would be glad to discuss future relations between Spain and the United States with Count Romanones. News of the.latter's intention to go to Paris has creaated a most excellent impression throughout Spain and opinion is generally expressed that it will strengthen the friendl relations between the United States and Spain. UKRAINE TROOPS OCCUPY ODESSA (By Associated Press) ODESSA, Dec. 19. Troops under command of the anti-German Ukrainian leader Petlura today are occupying Odessa. The Esthonian provisional government controlling the territory covered -by the former Russian Baltic province of Esthonia, has placed the republic under the common protection of the entente powers pending the decision of the peace conference. Striking Toronto Police Want Union Recognized TORONTO. Dec. 19. Representatives of the three hundred striking policemen conferred today with Attorney General Lewis of Ontario and a representative of the trades and labor council in an effort to settle the strike, which resulted from the discharge of. twelve union officers on Tuesday. Meanwhile 150 special policemen are guarding the city assisted by the military police. No disorder has been reported. ' ; - One of the principal contentions of the strikers is that the police commissioners must recognize the union before any move toward conciliation will be considered. There has bee;ji no Indication so far that the commissioners will recognize the unioa.