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1 RICH FA VT TV MO 44 .palladium and Sun-Telegram m AJLIV., SiKJ. 44 consolidated 107 RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. lr 1919. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS RESIDENT TO EACH ITALY German Submarines Are Divided Among Entente LONDON. Jan. 1. German submarines which ' have been surrendered are being divided among the allies, according to the Mail. The newspaper says that fifteen go to France, ten to Italy, seven to Japan and four to the United States. The U-boats turned over to the United States are said to be now on their way across the Atlantic. . The newspaper does not specify the manner in which the rest of the 127 surrendered submarines are to be allotted. ' : ARMY VESSEL GOES AGROUND OFF EASTERN COAST OF U.S. EXTRY! ALL ABOUT THE GREAT NEW YEAR OF PROSPERITY ! ff ."Si N THURSDAY; ROME FRIDAY ft

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J option to be Given at Border by King's Aides Mayj' rs of Cities to Give GreetORGE MAY VISIT U. S. i i (By Associated Press) )ME Jan. 1. President Wilson I arrive at the Italian frontier on Tiornlng of January 2, acordlng to .?nt plans. . He will be met at the er by aides of King Emmanuel. Srlcan Ambassador Paige and lit Macchl Cellere. Italian ambasir to t; United States. Wlfliau u border the President av.-fa a special royal train. He Vie greeted at Turin and Genoa by tnavor of the municipalities of f cities. It President will arrive In Rome 6:. TO elo-k Friday morning. He fo aet at the station by the king iqneen, the members of the cabi- . unitary and civil authorities. Jince Colonna. the mayor of Rome J;rer-rentatives f the munleipaliIwllI await President Wilson In the V circular square facing the Bath cletlan. The mayor and the alt n will be In the historic gala 1 b surrounded by attendants carIfthe ancient banner of the dlfferl tricts of Rome. B f' INVITED TO VISIT U. S. J DON, Tuesday. Dec. 31. There H en gossip In the London newsduring President Wilson's visit , e had asked King George and r- Mary to visit the United States M term of office and that the I , tlon might be ' accepted. The Jard says today that it underf Is that when bidding the king and 71 farewell. President Wilson said ' ied to se them in America shortIr .h a visit," says the Standard,

r . any, wouia oe as unpreceueni.- - ii .. s a. j a L j me i i tbiuvuiB u u voyage, uul j ; Tvar uas uro&en uowii many preents and a return visit by the king : queen wonld be popular in both ntrios and would be a symbol of growing sense of -unity. " ' "j , authoritative statement on the iect however, has been issued,. " EAT FINANCIAL PROBLEM BEFORE FRENCH NATION i d9n, Tuesday, Dec. 31. After t .lg the financial situation of I :lled governments and the need s i apportionment of war lndemRrvOday. Alexandre Rlbot, former 1 r, and minister of finance, T to the problems confronting ; e. r natiopal debt has grown from ,000.000 francs, before the war J 1.000.000,000 and will continue to i until the demobilization of the V he ssld. Nearly 2,000,000 men. slower of French manhood, have been killed or rendered unfit t artlclpatlon in the activities of 1 ou.ury. This loss in manpower t f about 40,000,000 inhabitants, is t keenly felt, since the population ance ceased to grow long before 'e cannot hope to repair these "s as can countries like Russia, any and the United States, where r.icrease in population is steady. 3 losses, besides being a frightful pvement to our families, touch a!f .ncial settlement of the war cly, since they diminish out pro-1 r: capacity in comparison with.a tMes whose resources are super- ' oursik the 30.000.000.000 francs of v.e. wntcn beiore tne war was:,, vJixImum figure for France, and , 'rte that it was increased by inctK to 40.000.000 during the war. . . ...... osn nn.i nnn 1 H IP lll.ll f 11 II I Li itW,J ijtiy.' j w of revenue received by the j v States and the gravity of the ! n. se In our producing caracity beet, more apparent. To this one i add the cost of the dismantling 1e principal industries In the north Vance." v NAMED RECEIVER KW YORK. Jan. 1. Former War retary Llndley M. Garrison was ointed receiver of the Brooklyn id Transit company. v i The Weather .. u tile UniCcu t Lace' k.er Bureau Snow and colder tsday: much colder at nighc day fair. Today's Temperature. 36 T Yesterday. v mm 48 ium 42 r Wayne County by W. E. Moore iow tnis afternoon and tonight. wave. Thursday partly cloudy ' I 's. " " 'V 'neral Condition -The Mississippi i f storm wnicn is moving across akes. has caused general rains ' the eastern and central states i i ..HI U ...V...O All n l 17 1 ij,?ratures are below lero. Snow in irn Texas and 12 below in the

POSEN PLACED UNDER MARTIAL LAW BY GERMANS

Programs Reported in City Blame for Riot Placed on German Soldiers. BASLE, Jan. 1. German authorities in German Poland have declared Posen under martial law, occordlng to a report received here from Posen. Pogrcms occurred in Posen on Sunday according to Berlin dispatches received here. Youths raided Jewish houses, killed thirty persons and wounded many, it is said. The Jewish synagogue at Posen is reported to le been destroyed. The Berlin Tageblatt says that during the fighting at Posen on Saturday Jews fired upon Poles from the synagogue, whereupon the Poles directed artillery fire at the edifice, which was filled with worshippers. Street Fighting. Berlin newspapers print long stories detailing incidents of the fighting in PoEen and it is alleged, among other things, that Germans were attacked and robbed In the streets and that their houses and shops were plundered. German soldiers are blamed by Polish leaders for the fatal rioting at Posen last Thursday, in a statement given out last night seting forth the Polish version of the trouble there. Paderewski Delayed. It is said that at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon German soldiers recruited in Posen, angered at the reception given Ignace Paderewski by the Poles, formed a counter parade, shouting "Posen is a German town." They began, it is charged, to tear down allied fag8 and to sing "Die Wacht Am Rhein' and "Deutschland Ueber Alles." ... The Poles resented . this and the street fighting ensued. Herr Donfanti. a Polish . member -of the Gerian veichstag, addressed the Poles in City Hall Square and induced many of them to go to their homes. A short time later, it is stated, German soldiers, headed by an officer, appeared with machine guns and fired into the crowds remaining in the square. Forty-seven persons were killed, the statement says. The trouble has delayed the departure of Paderewski for Warsaw. LONDON, Jan. 1 Announcement of the retirement of three Independent socialists from the Ebert cabinet and the appointment of Gustav Noski and Herr Wissel, social democrats, has been made by Germany in a wireless message received here. The first part of the proclamation reads: "Paralyzing discord overcome. The government of the empire is again formed in unity. It knows only one law for action, the welfare, stability and indivisibility of the German republic before every party consideration." Premier Ebert and Phillipp Scheidemann, secretary of colonies, set forth in .the proclamation their program which includes the creation of a militia force, the disarming of persons not entitled to carry weapons, the attainment of peace as speedily and on as favorable conditions as possible and the dispatch abroad, a-s representatives of the German republic, of "New men filled with the new spirit". Held Militaristic. Richard Barth, secretary of the German Independent Socialist party, reI.udendorff. as the leader of! ml1itQricflV mintPr revolutionary I aocordine to the Express, i lhiPh nrtnt an interview that its 'Undent "S J5 th .. ... , .....j , " "n 'V " w th miiitnrv ImHp I secret orders by the militar leaders with the intention to restore the monarchy, but Herr Barth could not say whether, after he former emperor's "cowardly fligh," it would aim at restoring the Hohenzollerns to power. Asked by the correspondent whether the people were likely to support a monarchist government. Herr Barth Is quoted as saying: "The German michael is a strange individual. He adores today what he destroyed yesterday." Americans Sail on George Washington to Lend Aid at the Peace Conference (fly Associated Press) NEW YORK. Jan. 1 Among those sailing on the steamship George Washington for France today were Charles M. Schwab. Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy; Charles Lucheng Hiang. head of the Chinese delegation to the peace conference; Vance McCormack, Bernard Baruch and a number of officials of various governmental departments, who will assist the American delegation at the pence conference. Other passengers were Dr. John H. Flnley, superintendent of education In New York state, who will resume work for the Red Cross in the Holy Land, and Walter Camp, the Yale football authority, who will supervise athletic work for the navy. The George Washington makes the trip originally Intended for the Leviathan, whose sailing today was delayed to b-k'nr of n turbine tube. '

PEASANT REVOLTS SPREAD IN RUSSIA; TROOPS ADVANCE

(By Associated Press) ZURICH, Jan. 1. Peasant revolts continue throughout Russia, according to the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin. Reports reaching Paris Tuesday were that th3 Lenine government was greatly alarmed over the attitude of the peasants. It was said that Bolshevik! had difficulty in suppressing a peasant revolt in the region of Moscow early in December. Bolshevik troops continue their advance westward in Esthonia and Livonia and are marching on Reval and Riga, according to a Russian wireless report received here today. Southeast of Riga the Bolsheviki have taken Romershof on the Dvina. HONORS TO BE PAID ENGLISH FIGHTERS ' By Associated pr.ss) . LONDON, Jan. l. t.ariooms win dg conferred on Field Marshal Halg and Vice Admiral 15eatty in recognition oi ! mg to tne Man. h is siaieu umi wuerals Horne. Plumer. Byng, Rawlinson, Birdwood and Alienor will be elevated to the peerage. nan-,r avs t The newsDaoer says that these hon-

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Immediate announcement of these honors is said by the Mail to be improbable,, as Field Marshal Haig prefers to remain in command . of the British armies until the treaty of peace is signed and the army is reconstructed on a peace basis, a work in which he is taking a deep interest. It i3 recalled that Lord Roberts received a parliamentary grant of 100,000 and that Lord Kitchener was given B0.000 after the South African war. These grants were in addition to the titles conferred upon them. It is reported that Vice Admiral Beatty wi'l be given the rank of full admiral. Since he took over the command of the British fleet from Sir John R. Jellicoe he has borne the title of "Acting Admiral." The Marquis of Milfordhaven, commanding the second cruiser squadron and former fitst lord of the admiralty has been, placem en the retired list at his own requesW ' AMERICAN "TROOPS CAPTURE RADASH ARCHANGEL, Tuesday, Dec. 31. American troops yesterday recaptured t'ao village of Radash, on the middle sector of the northern Russian front and today, pushed forward their lines a distance of two miles south of the village in the direction of Vologda.

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Kindliness of American Soldiers Wins Hearts of Russian Peasan ts

(By Associated Press) ' WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON DWINA, Jan. 1. American soldiers are "Dobrle Ludie" and "Ochen Sympationi." That is the verdict of the people living in the straggling litr tie collections of frame and log houses which make up the villages along the Dwina. The two phrases, meaning respectively "kind people" and "very sympathetic" are heard everywhere that the doughboy has gone in his struggle against the Bolshevists. All the allies are welcome, but there is no disguising of the fact that the soldier who has won the hearts of the peasant people is the American. The correspondent went today with a command of Americans through a territory where they had been three weeks ago. There was a halt at on little village for a brief rest. The muddy soldiers had no sooner thrown themselves down on the grass before the church than curious heads popped j out of the windows of houses nearby. "Amerikanski Soldati" shouted one small boy and soon from house to house went the word that these were the same men who three weeks ago spent a day there. The peasants brought milk to the "Dobrie Ludie," smiling girls came out of houses and shyly smiled at the doughboys and dogs of the husky arctic type wagged their tails as a welcome to the Americans. The whole town turned out and to Visit Switzerland ' (By Associated Press) BERNE. Tuesday, Dec." Si. The American legation here announced this afternoon that President Wilson "regrets the pressure of numerous other engagements prevents hi3 visiting Switzerland." Soldiers Fire on Strikers in a Riot in Silesia (By Associated Press.) BASLE, Havas, Jan. 1. Strikes continue in upper Silesia, Germany, according to repoits reaching here. ., At Letine soldiers fired on a crowd and several persons were wounded or killed. U. 5. Transport Moccasin Arrives Today from Brest NEW YORK. Jan. 1 The American transport Moccasin with 55 officers and so'diers and four Y. M. C. A. men arrived here today from Brest. FLIGHT OVER ATLANTIC NEW YORK, N. Y Jan. I. That a flight by airplane over the Atlantic ocean will soon be made was the declaration yesterday by Glenn H. Curtiss of the Curtiss Engineering corporation at Garden City, Lone Island.

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tot OF THE GREAT NCW YEAR ruoi-Wflff RECONSTRUCTtnu ncfiPJUo TMENTPFfttOTi LEAGUE OP NATIONS 11r'vi"2IL PERCE OUSTICE xZR waved goodbye when the march was resumed. ' "I don't know just what it is that does it," one company commander told . the correspondent, "but our men are popular nearly everywhere. Perhaps it is because they treat the peasants as friends and pay as they go." But there is something more than that. There are big husky Americans walking along the village roads 'with tiny Russian children clasping their hands, and today the correspondent saw a pretty peasant girl leaning from a windo wto pin flowers on a soldier she had met just five minutes before, and who couldn't speak her language. , ' EDSEL FORD SUCCEEDS AS COMPANY HEAD DETROIT. Jan. 1. A new minimum vase Fcale of $6 a day, a flat increase of $1 a day for approximately 28,000 employes throughout the country, was announced today by the Ford Motor company. Employes of the Ford Tractor interests also are included in the increase. The new wage minimum becomes effective today. Twenty-three thousand other employes cf the Ford Interests already receive $6 or more a day. Coincident with the announcement of the wage, it was made known that Henry Ford has formally resigned as president of the Ford Motor company and his son, Edsel Ford, elected to succeed him at a salary of $150,000 a year. Coldest Weather of Season fe nn Ire Wnv Nnior IS on lib ffuy nuw Dig up your overcoats and fire up the furnace for a cold wave Is speeding toward Richmond and vicinity. Weatherman Moore says "the cold est weather of the season" Is sched uled to arrive here within the next thirty-six hours. l ne mercury 'iii: fall to near zero, and possioiy oeiow. ; Temperatures are falling now, according to the thermometers. Swiss Enter Protest to Ross Soviet Government (By Associated Pressv BERNE. Jan. 1. The Swiss government has telegraphed a strong protest to the Soviet government of Russia, relative to the ,latter's action in preventing the departure of the Swiss legation and staff from Russia. Switzerland will hold Russia responsible for all delays and demands an Immediate answer.

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11919 4 CORRESPONDENCE OF FORMER EMPEROR WAS DESTROYED (By Associated Press) PARIS, Jan. 1. All the correspondence of the former German emperor which were kept at Potsdam have been burned, as well as a number of documents dealing with internal questions, according to a statement made to a correspondent of the Matin by Carl Kautsky, who is preparing a white book dealing with the origin of the war. Kautsky said that the book would contain all diplomatic documents bearing on the war from the assassination of Francis Ferdinand to the invasion of Belgium. It would be in three or four volumes and the first volume will appear within 15 days. The book will contain many papers annotated In pencil in the handwriting of the former emperor. Kautskj said that not one paper was missing from the foreign office- Kautsky would not say who in his opinion appeared to be most compromised. SAILCR IS KILLED IN NORFLSK RIOT (By Associated Press) NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 1. One sailor was killed, another dangerously wounded and several citizens receiv ed minor Injuries early today in a disturbance which started after a midnight frolic of enlisted men from the army and navy on shore leave.. While the streets in the business section were filled with crowds celebrating the New Year, men in uniform held up street cars, hurled missiles, raided restaurants and looted show windows and pawn-shops from which weapons were obtained. The police opened fire on a number of men caught looting a Jewelry store window, after which fighting became more or less general F- H- Rossen, a seaman, stationed at the nava, bage died at a hospital from a bullet wound in the head. J. F. Carroll, a chief petty officer, was stabbed In the body and Bryce Cus ter, a seaman, m tne leg. only one arrest was made, Charles Haric, a seaman being held on the charge of househreakine Before order was restored the rioters broke open a hardwarQ store and took kegs of paint. with which they gave the sidewalks a coat of variegated colors. A navy provost guard aided the police in dispersing the crowds and quieting the disturbance. According to the police appeals to the naval authorities for further assistance brought no response. . Allies Inspect Food Conditions in Vienna BERNE, Jan. , 1. An inter-allied commission charged with the investigation of the food situation in German-Austria has left here for Vienna.

American Transport With 2,480 on Board Stranded at Fire Island -Left Brest Xmas Day. :

NAVAL SHIPS TO RESCUE (By Associated PreM) ' NEW YORK, Jan. 1. The American transport Northern Pacific which left -Brest, France, on Christmas day with ; 2,480 wounded and well American sol dlers, sailors and nurses, went aground . at Fire Island, one of the most dangerous points on the Atlantic coast la -the rain and fog at 3:30 a. m. today. Seven hours later, with weather eon-, ditions unfavorable, rain and - snow falling intermittently and a southerly wind blowing the vessel harder Into -the sand, navy officials saw no prospect that the ship would be released ,. until tomorrow. And a coast guard crew began casting lines from the shore. The vessel was rolling heavy in a sea which appeared to be getting rougher, and while no apprehension f' was expressed by navy officials as to

the safety' of those on board. It was regarded advisable : to remove the troops Immediately. - Men Taken to Shore. In the breeches buoy the uninjured men were to be brought ashore, while the wounded and nurses were to be removed in tugs and small boats to a rescue fleet which, including cruisers and destroyers, was sent from the army embarkation port, Hoboken, In response to a wireless message received from the stranded transport. - On the Northern Pacific, which Is

a navy transport of 8,255 tons gross, were 1,679 troops who are wounded or -sick. 625 troops who are well, 17 navy

nurses, 75 sailors, 73 army casual of- . fleers, and 11 navy casual officers; in

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At noon no one had been taken off the transport By that time four destroyers had reached the - scene and also were standing by. The sea was growing rougher. ALLIED OF. NEAR EASTERN . COUNTRIES, F1JUI (By Associated" Press) PARIS, Tuesday, Dec. 31 France plans to assume the guidance of the destinies of America, Syria and Lebanon in the new order of world affairs growing out of the war in conformity with treaties signed with Great Brit ain and Russia in 1915 if the coming peace conference does not rule otherwise, according to authoritative Information furnished the Associated Press. - Palestine, according to the plan under consideration, would with its complexity of nationalities and religions, be placed under international protection. England would be responsible for the Arabian peninsula, with the exception of the kingdom of Hedjas, which would be free. France, it is emphatically stated, eschews the term "protectorate" in connection with her proposed supervision of these countries and it is probable that some such relations with them as exists between England and her dominions would be established under the plan. These facts were given as an explanation of a declaration of Stephen Pichon, foreign minister, In the chamber of deputies on Sunday. Referring to the manner in which France would deal with Asia minor and Nationalities formerly ruled by Turkey, M. Pichon said: "We have nothing but friendly feelings for the Turks, and we have testified to them in protecting subjugated nations in the Ottoman empire over which we have century-old rights. "Our rights are incontestible in Ar menia, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine. They are based on historic conventions and on more recent contracts. While admitting the entire liberty of the peace conference to deal with the subject, we consider our rights are fully established by our agreements with Great Britain." Italian Troops Are Being Massed Against Munich (By Associated Press) COPENHAGEN, Jan. 1. Large forces of Italian troops are concentrating near Innsbrueck, Austria, and according to reports from Berlin, it is presumed the concentration is directed against Munich. The Berlin reports say that if Bolshevism breaks out in south Germany the Italian troops will occupy that region. Propose Construction of Sixth Insane Hospitc). (By Associated Press) - , INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 1. Proposal pital for the Insane have been laid bf fore the commission maktnr mtn,i or mental aeiecuves. w hile no dec ion as to( recommendations the ca -s mission may make to the legislat f hn been announced iom m.mf : u v. .are saia not to iavor ouiidlng ary & dltlonal hospital at this time. vocatea of the sixth instituting 7 clare.

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