Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 349, 27 December 1918 — Page 1

ST

THE

TUM

rT VT TTT vrr tAO Palladium and Hun-Telegram 4 ; RICHMOND, IND FRIDAY EVENING, DEC, 27, 1918 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS .jJ.ii.,i-w. Consolidated 1907

v

CONFERENCES AT ENGLAND ARE PROVING SATISFACTORY Political Aspects as Favorable as Popular Reception, Says Report From LondonConfers With Lloyd George WILSON TO VISIT ITALY

(By Associated Press) TARIS. Dec. 27. President Wilson's program after his return to Paris on New Year's day has been revised. It now provides that he will leave for Italy 24 hours after returnIng to Paris as there will be an interval between his return from England aDd the preliminaries to the inter-allied conference. ' The American peace commission announced today that it was in telephonic communication with President Wilson's entourage in London and that the commission had been advised this morning that the political aspect of the president's visit were proceeding as satisfactorily as the popular reception. At . the hour of the announcement the commission was informed that the conferences between the president and Premier Lloyd Qeorge and foreign secretary Lord Balfour were in progress. An exchange of views is taking place between representatives of neutral countries for the purpose of reaching joint action concerning the method of representatives of neutrals before the peace congress. LLOYD GEORGE CALLS LONDON, Dec. 27. Premier Lloyd George accompanied by Sir Maurice Hankey. secretary to the committee on imperial defense, arrived at Buckingham palace at 10:30 o'clock this morning for a conference with President Wilson. The day was dark and rainy, but a big crowd gathered before the palace before the premier made his appearance. Mr. Wilson was astir early this morning and was busy with his secretary. There were a number of American callers and the duke of Connaught and Sir Richard Herschell visited the palace before the arrival of the premier. A. J. Balfour, secretary of state tor foreign affairs, walked over from the foreign" office to attend the conference between Mr. Lloyd George and the president. GAS PRESSURE IS LOW IN EASTERN INDIANA CITIES (By Associated Press) MUNCIE, Ind.. Dec. 27. This city, Hartford City, Fairmount and other eastern Indiana points getting natural pas from the West Virginia fields, are confronted with the possibility of very little if any gas today. The company furnishing the gas has announced the pressure is weakening rapidly but warmer weather might restore conditions to normal. Th gas company officials say a recent ruling of the United States fuel administration that factories are to be cut off from the gas main when the pressure is weak and the entire supply given to domestic consumers will not prove pf any material benefit to householders. HEAVY TAXES TO BE IMPOSED ON GERMANS V,y Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Taxes designed to raise about eighty billion marks are planned by the council of the people's delegates, said an official report received today from Berne quoting a Berlin dispatch to the Sud Deutsche Zeitung. The dispatch said that the new taxes would be levied on war profits and that a decree determinative of the tax would be published within a fortnight. In connection with the diaratch the Sud Deutsche Zeitung observes: "However legitimate may appear the principle of the tax one cannot but consider with some anxiety the hurry with which the government is acting. The allied powers will surely augment their demands when they are aware of the extent, of our financial means and will lay hold of the sumin question. The result will be a diminitlon of our national wealth, bringing no profit to the state and an increase in taxes which will fall on German cltlens." SAYS FORMER CZAR IS STILL LIVING

(B.v Associated Prnss WARSAW. Dec. 27. "There is no doubt that the Czar and his entire family are alive. I am positive of this," was the declaration made to the correspondent by Michael De Tchihatv chef, a nephew of General Skoropad- . Ikl, and who has Just escaped from 'the Ukraine after a recent trip to r Tetrograd. Dvinsk Vllna, and Rovna. "I cannot reveal where the czar is because he does not wish it," he added. "He does not care to be bothered and he wants to be left alone." "His whereabouts is known to an allied government. It is in a neutral country. Accounts of his murder at Kkaterlnburg were manufactured by Trotzky and Lenine for propaganda."

60,000 Yanks Returned rVnm fWonf 500.000 I

r sf r j j Mustered Out in V, 5. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. Sixty thousand American soldiers have been returned from overseas Dec. 21, and slightly more than 500,000 In this country were mustered out of service, members of the house military committee were told today at the weekly conference at the war department. WARM WELCOME ACCORDED WILSON BY NEWSPAPERS Journey Through London De- , scribed as Triumphal Procession by English Press. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 27. London's morning newspapers, having suspended publication since Tuesday for the Christmas holiday, had to and space today for three days news from the world. Nevertheless by far the largest part, of every paper is given over to President Wilson's visit, other news being severely condensed. Throughout the descriptive articles, as well as the editorials, gratification is expressed over Mr. Wilson's presence and the people's joyous welcome, which is declared to have been the warmest tribute to a distinguished visitor that London has ever known. There is a strain of sympathetic personal greeting running through all the stories and the writers regard the popular acclamation of the President as being animated by the same spirit. "President Wilson's journey- was a triumphal procession from the moment he landed," says the Mail, "and it was real, sincere affection, and no mere curiosity that brought to his ears the tremendous acclamations of the people of London. There have been more excited crowds here, but never .crowds that so impressively expressed their warmhearted hospitality." The Telegraph says: "The warmth of the welcome to President Wilson could not have been exceeded. The enthusiasm with which we greeted the President is of a particular quality and different from "that often felt In receiving other guests whom we have delighted "to. honor." ' . The Post, which hopes that Mr.. Wilson is convinced of the sincere cordiality pf his welcome, admits it doubted whether the people of London would abandon their usual holiday routine to greet a stranger. Expressing gratification at the reception, the newspaper says there was not the least uncertainty respecting Mr. Wilson's opinion of the welcome, which "expressed heartfelt thanks and gratitude to him and his country for noble efforts in behalf of justice and freedom." "Kings and emperors arriving as Great Britain's guests were never accorded such a moving popular ovation." says the Chronicle. "Beneath the surface the visit betokens a great deal more than that of the head of a state and the crowds were well aware of this fact." People's Welcome. The Daily News says: "It was a people's welcome, not only expressing gratitude for the president's spacious statesmanship, lofty vision and unfailing wiBdom, but also sending' greetings from the free people of Great Britain to the free people of America on the morrow of their joint victory." "London never witnessed anything quite like this impressive welcome," says the Express, which dwells upon the remarkable size of the crowds.declaring "No foreign sovereign was ever so acclaimed by so many people. The crowds that welcomed Marshal Foch and Field Marshal Haig were small in comparison." The same newspaper devotes4 paragraph to the impression Mr. Wilson made upon he people. It says that comments which were overheard were altcgether complimentary. "A strong! face." "a f.ne looking man," "a proper gentleman" and other expressions were heard, and when American soldiers in the crowd said, "We guess he is a real man, anyway," the people near them endorsed their sentiments with cheers. Newspapers generally refer appreciatively to the gracious bearing of Mrs. Wilson and the president's smile. Three V. S. Delegates to Attend Socialist Meet (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Dec. 27 The question of passports for three delegates representing socialists at the International conference to be held at Lucerne, Swltser'and, next month is to be placed before the state department at Washington within the next few days, it was said here today by officials of the National socialist organization. The invitation sent to the American group was addressed to Adolph Germer, secretary of he naional socialis organization now in trial in the federal court for violation of the espionage act. Three delegates are to be selected in the United States and the proletariat group is now voting throughout the country on the selection of these men. It is said the result of the voting will be known within a couple of dsys.

INDEPENDENTS HOLD CONTROL IN GERMANY; CADINET OUT

Spartacus Faction Seizes Office of Newspaper Vorwaerts Majority Socialists Retire From Cabinet, Report Says. WANT ALLIED TROOPS (By Associated Fress) BERLIN. Dec. 27. -As a result of today's deliberation it is believed in some quarters the majority socialists will retire from the cabinet and leave Independents in full control of the government. The Spartacus faction was still in control late this afternoon of the offices of the Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts, which were forcibly taken possession of by members of the group Wednesday night. Chief of Police Eichhorn, however, had promised the editors of the newspaper that the inyaders of the plant would be ejected by six o'clock this evening in order to make possible the publication of Friday's issue by the regular staff. The seizure of the newspaper was suggested during the demonstration at the palace on Wednesday when Dr. Karl Liebknecht and other radicals delivered speeches. There were cries of "On to the Vorwaerts!" and the demonstrators followed the red guard to the printing plant, which was unoccupied, as the day was a holiday. Proclaim New Law. After the 'seizure, volunteer compositors responded to a call for skilled men and several of these started up the linotype machines. Spartacan writers provided copy for handbills which were issued under the caption "Red Vorwaerts." Meanwhile the red guards had posted sentries at the doors and windows to repel invaders. One of these sentries was an unkempt Spartacan carrying a rifle In one hand and an umbrella in the other. The handbills contained a report of the demonstration and explained the seizure of the newspaper, which was declared to be warranted "under the new law born with the revolution." Another item declared: "Vorwaerts is the product of the blood and sweat of the German workingmen." The newspaper also was referred to "as "a lying dog, and a reptile whose poisonous teeth, are now about to be pulled." The retirement of Premier Ebert and Herr Scheidemann and their intimate colleagues also was demanded. Frederick Stampfcr, editor of Vorwaerts, called the attention of the cabinet this morning to the raid and demanded that the government take prompt action to release the newspaper. WANT FOREIGN TROOPS. LONDON, Dec. 27. "We shan't have peace here until English and American troops come to keep order," is a statement attributed to one of the riotous German sailors in Berlin by the correspondent of the Daily Express, at the German capital. The correspondent says he talked with a dozen others of the men. who expressed themselves similarly to the first speaker, some of them adding: "Don't let them send the French, or there will be, more fighting." The correspondent adds that all the lower classes of Berlin are willing to see foreign troops in the capital, feeling that they have nothing to lose and perhaps something to gain by the presence of outsiders. Richard Barth is quoted by the correspondent as saying that he and his fellow cabinet members, Hugo Haase and Wilhelm Dittmann, would not accept the responsibility of ordering an attack on the sailors. The instructions for the attack, he added, were given by Premier Ebert, Philipp Scheidemann and Herr Landsberg. Barth said he intended to consult his colleagues and might leave the government immediately. The corespondent considers one of the most disquieting factors of the situation the part played by the sailors' wires and sweethearts, some of whom participated in the fighting. What Substitutes Will Be Sent to Europe (By Associated Press) BOSTON, Dec. 27. Eighteen thou-' sand tons of cereals brought into New England to be used as wheat substl- j tutes. will be taken off the market by j direction of the federal food adminis tration ana snipped zo European countries, it was announced today by A. I. Merrlgold. director of the United States grain corporation for this district. The cereals, which are now in hands of dealers will be shipped from this port after they have been collected from New England centers. Shipments will be made to allied countries where the food situation is most acute. Friends Boards Will Hold Important Meeting Here Two important special board meetings of the Friends' Five Year meeting will be held in Richmond in about two weeks and one meeting will be held in Chicago the same week. The meetings at Richmond will be of the Board of Home Missions and the publication board and the one at Chicago of the Board of Education. The Board of Education is headed by President David M. Edwards of Eavlham and the meeting will be attended by the presidents of all the Friends colleges in the United States and all the Boards of Trustees will participate la the meeting.

Heads of the Two Greatest Republics in the World Are Cheered by Nation

Jy&4 ,v ' V- " I I

President Wilson and President Poincare of France riding through Paris streets on Wilson's arrival in the French capital. When the leaders of the greatest republics in the world work hand in hand for the end of autocracy it bodes ill for autocracy. This photo shows President Wilson and President Poincare of France in the parade held in Wilson's honor in Paris. A warm personal, friendship between them has sprung up in addition to the feeling of national co-operation that has been further developed by Wilson's visit.

Hindenburg and Ex-Kaiser, Germany s "Supermen," Spent Most of Their Time in Dugouts, Safely Out of Danger

(By Associated Press) SPA, Belgium, Dec. 26. The former headquarters of the. Kaiser ,and. his general. jstaff is 'disclosing some extraordinarily queer "facts' these 'days about the men .who engineered the world. Take for one, Hindenburg, Germany's super-man, around whom reams of poetry have been written, disclosing him as a fearless Napoleon leading his .troops to victory. As a matter of fact he spent a great deal of time in a wonderfully constructed "funk-hole" or dugout, underneath the grounds of his villa here. Spa. it may be noted," is almost on the German border and so far from where battle lines used to be that it was almost a day's journey in a fast motor car to get within sound of the big guns. The kaiser, too, had a similar hiding place at Neubois, near a comic opera trench system about which he is said to have paraded for the benefit of motion pictures. At each of their villas there were delicate electrical Instruments which would set. up furious , buzzing whenever an airplane approached anywhere near. At the first sound from this contrivance, Hindenburg and the kaiser used to run to shelter, it. is reported. People who worked about TTlndpnhnre's establishment, said that he was continually running for cover. America's representatives on the International armistice commission, are nnv orciinvine Hindenbure's head quarters and they were amazed when they discovered this underground refuge of the great warrior. The entrancp was through the dining room. From there a flight of steps led down to a tiled ante-room wnicn by tne way now serves as a very good pantry for the Americans. From the tiled room there was another flight of steps that led down to the real dug-out. This was blocked by a huge iron door about one inch tn thickness which could be locked from the inside only. Within, it was fastened by a double bolt which would do credit to an American banking establishment. The dug out itself was luxuriously equipped. On the floor was a heavy flowered carpet and a Louis XV table and chairs added to the artistic arrangement. The walls which were of corrugated iron were painted solid The Weather For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau. Light snowttonight and probably Saturday. Little change in temperature. -Today's Temperature. Noon SO 23 21 Yesterday. Maximum Minimum For Wayne County by W. E. Moors Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Occasional light snows. No specific change in temperature. General Conditions Barometric pressure is low over the north and central states and Great Lakes, and is causing local, snows east of the Mississippi river. Cold weather continues over the south. Snow at Nashville, Tenn., , sleet storra at New Orleans, 2 below freezing at Mobile, 42 above at Jacksonville, Fla. No indication of any severe cold weather for at least 48 hours. .

white and the whole, place brilliantly illuminated by electricity. On the little table was an electric fan to keep the Marshal cool in summer'while an electric stove provided . for . heat in winter,. The; room was about fourteen by twelve feet and was protected by four to six feet of earth above it The Emperor's dugout was similar except that it was much deeper underground and there were two entrances, one through the villa and other from the grounds. The main entrance was from the house and led down a long flight of steps. Another touch to the picture was added today when a German resident of Aix-la-Chapelle told the correspondent of The Associated Press that the crown prince spent virtually all of his time in amusement."

AMERICANS HELD IN GERMANY APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT (Br Associated Press) MUNICH. Tuesday, Dec. 24. A group of Americans of German birth who have bpen in Munich throughout the war, unable to secure American passports, met last evening and drew up a petition to President Wilson asking for quick food relief for Germany and also assistance in communicating with their friends and relatives in the United States. . .The meeting was marked by. addresses by those who favored asking Bluntly for passports, since all are desirous of going to America, but it was decided to postpone the request until later. The meeting considered taking steps toward getting in touch with other Americans similably situated in Germany, specially a colony of native born Americans in Munich, who have refused to actively associate with the German Americans. All such efforts have thus far been frustrated by the police who have refused to give the addresses of Americans residing here. Appeals to advertisements in the newspapers have also proved futile. Shadow of Future Makes German Xmas Cheerless By Associated Press MUNICH, Thursday, Dec. 26. Christmas passed more quietly than ever before in Munich. For the first time since the war began, the custom of exchanging gifts was almost abandoned or confined to trifles, since everyone, rich or poor, is anxious about the future and is Inclined to spend as little as possible. Jewelers . and dealers in luxuries have issued a statement claiming that trade has fallen to almost nothing. Joy is felt only by those whose relatives have been demobilized or have returned , from the .front, but the 'shadow of the future, with its uncer tainty, and the present instability of public . life is overwhelming everything. , In anticipation of trouble at some of the various political meetings the s government has " organized ctwtno. ' iniqia A maintain niHnr fit anv timth Snartacus element is in clined to become disorderly.

Pershing Expresses Gratitude for Work of the Y. M. C. A. (By Associated Press' PARIS. Dec. 27. Gen. Pershins has 6ent the following message to E. C Carter, secretary of the American expeditionary forces of the Y. M. C. A. "With a deep feeling of gratitude for the enormous contribution which the Young Men's Christian Assoc'atlon has made to the moral and physical welfare of the American army, all rank join me in sending you Christmas greetings and cordial best wishes for the next year. BANK REPORTS GIVE PROMISE OF PROSPERITY Saving Accounts Show Great Increase, Richmond Bankers Say All Deposits Bigger General savings accounts in Richmond banks at the present time show an increase both in number and in amounts deposited according to Richmond bankers. At this time in past years the accounts showed a decrease, and the increase reported this year promises Richmond with a prosperous year in 1919. When the Fourth Liberty Loan was floated, many people withdrew their savings accounts or the greater part of them to buy bonds, but now they are all building their accounts back up to much above normal. One banker said that most of the general savings accounts were taken out by the wage earners and these people are helping build up the general prosperity of the city. All bank deposits have increased during the year, according to the bankers, but the fact that savings accounts have grown to such an extent, showB that the wage-earning class in the city has been earning good pay and has been saving it. RUMORS OF DEATH FORMER KAISER

(By 'Associated Press) V PARIS, Deer 27. Rumors that the former fraperbr-of-0?rrffiany has been assassinated became current in Parts, notably in the Chamber of Deputies last evening. There is not the slightest confirmation of the report up to the present. AMERONGOJr, Wednesday, Dec. 25. William Hohenzollern, who is much improved in health, attended the usual daily morning religious service in the Betinck castle. The service was conducted by a clergyman from the Moravian brethren at Zeist. Only the personal suite of the .former emperor and the former empress were present. The Betinck family which own all the land in the district went to the village church where the Christmas services attracted many of the peasantry. It is understood on good authority that the former emperor's cash fortune is guarded safely in a Dutch bank where it was sent when he quit Germany. The fortune, according to authority, amounts to more than one million pounds. REVENUE BILL GOES TO CONFERENCE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 The war revenue bill carrying six million dollars in taxes for 1919 and upward of four billion for 1920 will go to conference between the house and senate Monday under an agreement reached today in the house. When the measure was called up, Rep. Maddin of Illinois, republican, asked that consideration be delayed on the grounds that the number of amendments inserted by the senate is so great that the house would have an opportunity to study them before turning the measure over to confer ences. Democratic leader Kitchen agreed to the delay and 600 copies of the bill were ordered printed for the use of the members. Take Measures Against Spread of Bolshevism in the German Fleet (By Associated T-ress.1 AMSTERDAM, Dec. 27. The British admiralty is prepared to take drastic measures against the propagation of Bolshevism in that part of the German fleet remaining in German hands, according to a Berlin dispatch today. The sinking of vessels displayed the Red flag and the execution of crews infected with Bolshevism are threatened It is declared. Austrian Royal House Protected by Neutrals fBy-Associated Press BERNE, Thursday, Dec. 26 Most of the members of the former Austrian royal house who have remained in Austria " are reported to have sought safety in neutral legations in Vienna because of fear of rough treatment at the hands of the populace. The Argentian and Chilean legation have offered hospitality to a dozen former arch dukes and arch duchesses.

CODNITY FARMING TO BE TAUGHT TO FRENCH

Friends Unit Solving Problem of Turning Shell-Torn Fields Into Farm Land, Says Nicholson. CENTURY TO REBUILD The centralized and intensive work to be done by the Friends' Unit of the American Red Cross in a section of France known as the Verdun district was explained last night in an interview by Vincent Nicholson, formerly of this city, now a Philadelphia lawyer, and since May, 1917, head cf the Friends reconstruction in the United States. Mr. Nicholson was in the city over the holidays, and to bid bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nicholson of South West A street goodbye, prior to sailing for France, for nine months service with the Friends' Unite there. He' left Richmond Thursday evening, and will sail a week from today. " He said he would probably be in the Paris office, although he would not know definitely until arriving on the Held. "Our work during the past two years has by necessity been confined a great deal to refugee and canteen service. We were asked two years ago to do reconstruction in the Verdun district which we will now occupy and this was tried, but the line of battle so continually changed that it was impossible to do any permanent work. Rehousing Question. "Our present and future work now will be divided into a number of divisions, and will be confined to a district outside the city of Verdun, including forty villages an dtowns, onehalf of which have been comparatively destroyed. - The 400 or 500 Friends workers and the 6 to 10 new workers, who will be going over every week for the next six months will be concentrated In this region to a work a systematic and intensive course of reconstruction for the rehabilitation and re-enspiriting of the people. The bringing ogether the energy of the entire unit In this district which has been until recently behind the German lines wtir give the work distinction and practicability, which could not be secured, on a .less concentrated sale," Mr. Nicholson said. In explaining the divisions of the work Nicholson said. "It will include first the re-housing of the people. About 3,000 portable houses will be placed by the Friends unit. The restoring of household and agricultureal goods will follow, and surrounding the material york there must be new social and economic conditions. "The shipping of the portable houses brings up a serious problem, namely the shipping problem. This can not be easily met as the demand for shipping room is immense at the present time. Some of the houses will be shipped from this country, however, if it is found possible to send them across. Sell Material Below Cost "Agricultural implements and household goods will be brought into the district and sold to the people at threefourths cost It has been found to be better this way," as the people are proud in nature and do not understand charity. They much prefer to pay, and by doing it in that way we will not only abide by their feelings but also probably be able to carry on our work longer and better, with the small funds turned back by them. Although the people have a email government income with which they will in most cases pay for the remaking of their homes, it is remarkable the saving they have carried with them as refugees and managed in keeping, so workers have told me. Those who have not received their government allotments and wish to pay, will simply be charged with the amount and then we will collect from the government." "Farming units for the instruction of the people and the cultivation of the land will be operated,"Mr. Nicholson explained, and the people will be taught to use and maintain numberless farm Implements which will be given them in many cases. Thrashers, tractors, ploughs all kinds of agricultural needs will be supplied. "An experimental farm of 500 acres has been started and will be used as a laboratory for ascertaining w hat is the best thing for the people to raise; the making over of the ground ; and Its cultivation. Stock raising, etc., will also be thoroughly experimented with. A country which has lost all its stock, has been overrun with trenches, weeds and shell holes, needs some re-making and this will be one of the big problems," he explained. ' Wholesale Crop Production , "Then, too, comes the problem of accusoming the people to a new order of things." continued Mr. Nicholson. "The small, personal and independent farming, and living of the people heretofor cannot be persued now successfully, at least until living is again assured. The hundreds of small farms now indestinctly boundaried will be thrown open by our workers. Hundreds of acres will be ploughed up together, and wholesale crops raised and thrashed. The crops will be equally distributed, and eventually the legal boundaries will be made. It is impossible now to ascertain just what each man owns. Great and greater cooperation will be necessary, and the people are not without ability to learn to work together although they may not have followed such a course before in their daily life." 1 "The actual reconstruction of even this Verdun district will take at least a century, and we can not tell boa (Continued on Page Ten) .