Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 45, 2 January 1919 — Page 1

VOL. XLIV., NO. 45 Consolidated 1907

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POLISH FORCE IS REPORTED AS MARCHING UPONJERLIM German Cities Near Posen Said to be in Hands of Poles Troops Enter Frankfort East of Berlin.

LIEBKNEGHT DEFEATED (Br Associated Prss COPENHAGEN, Jan. 2. A Polish army of thirty thousand men is marchlug on Berlin, according to a dispatch received here quoting rumors at the German capital. Guitar Noake, member of the Ebert cabinet In charge of military affairs, is said to have ordered the flfth German dirlslon to meet the Poles. j Polish troops hare entered Frankfort on the Oder, fifty miles east of Boilln, says a Berne dispatch, which ' adds that the Poles hare occupied ' Beuthen, la Prussian Silesia, and Bromberg, In the province of Posen, 69 miles northeast of the Posen city. Krents in Posen are assuming a grave character, according to advices from Berlin. Large parts of the province are In the hands of the Poles and Polish troops have crossed the frontlet at Skelmleryce, a town southeast of Posen, and 62 miles northeast of XJrenlau. German troops there must, it Is stated, retreat on the face of a superior force of the Poles. It Is also reported that the Polish government at Warsaw has ordered tho mobilisation of all Poles. Appeal To Allies. Poland Is in despair, owing to the Invasion of Bolshevist troops and the apparent Indifference of the western powers to tho plight of tho country, according to a Warsaw dispatch to tho Mail. "Telegrams are sent begging Intervention by the allies," the dispatch states, "but no reply comes. The Poles admit the immensity of 'e numerous problems absorbing the allies, but complain that they do not receive the iesit sign of attention or a word of guidance." After dealing with the ' Bolshevist menace to Lemborg. .Vllna and, other j!ae,' the - correspondent . says the situation is made worse by internal disorder In Poland. Factories In all the Industrial towns have been destroyed by the Germans and thousands of Poles who were sent to Germany during the war are returning to find there is no employment for them. They are taking the law in their own hands, it la said, and are terrorizing their former employers, compelling them to give them money. Lods is In the bands of the red guard, which has shot some of the officers of the regular troops. The government headed by Joseph Pilsudskl Is weak, the correspondent says. "It Is trying to conciliate everybody," he declares. The correspondent concludes by urging the immediate return of General Halter's Polish army from France. AMENDMENT DEFEATED. COPENHAGEN. Jan. 2 Dr. Karl Liebknecht was given a sharp defeat In the Spartican congress at Berlin on Tuesday, according to advices received here. . Dr. Llebknecht advocated participation by the Spartlcus element in the election of members not of the national assembly, on the ground that the party might be able to Influence the composition of the assembly. Rosa Luxemburg, one of the Spartican leaders, replied In a violent speech dtclaring amid thunderous applause, that "the meting of the National Assembly must be prevented at all costs." Dr. Liebknecht's proposal was rejected by a vote of 63 to 23. Gustavo Noske, one of the new members of the Ebert government in Germany, is quoted in an interview printed In the London Express as saying that the demobilization of the German army is proceeding much morn rapidly than was at first believed possible. There are now about one million soldiers at the Herman Barracks st Berlin. It is not believed there Is much danger from Bolshevism, it is declared. PROTEST AGAINST HOFFMAN. FERLIN, Wednesday, Jan. 1. Three thousand members of the newly organized Christian People's party, which succeeds the former Centrists, marched to the ministry of religion ano education in Unted Den Linden at noon today and made a vehement pretest against the administration or Adolph Hoffmann. Independent socialist, who has become unpopular in church circles because of his attempti legislation opposing religious liberty in parochial schools. The demonstration was under the leadership of Fecretary Pfelffer of the Christian Peoples' party, who is a candidate for the national assembly. Pfelffer demanded the overthrow of the Socialistic Republic and the establishment of a free democracy. There were shouts of "Put out Hoffmann, who cannot read or write German, but the radical minister of arts, science and religion was not to be seen. The crowd then moved to the chancellor's palace, where it called for Pdomier Ebert, but no cabinet ministers were visible. British Name Delegates to Peace Conference LONDON, via Montreal, Jan. 2. It Is officially announced that the British delegates to the Interallied conference at Paris will Include Premier JJoyd George. Foreign Secretary Balfour and Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer.

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Roger Culver Tredwell The state department is making strenuous efforts to obtain' the release of Roger Culver Tredwell, American consul In Petrograd. According to dispatches he is being detained in Turkestan by the Bolshevlki. He was ordered early in October to remain In his home. ' Tredwell is a native of Brooklyn. WAR DEPARTMENT ATTACKED AGAIN BEFORE SENATE Delay in Casualty Reports Criticized by Weeks Information Often Wrong. (By Associated Presn) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. The war department was sharply criticized In the senate today by Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts, Republican, for delays and errors In compiling casualties among the expeditionary forces and-for falrare'to cooperate with the Red Cross In the matter of forwarding letters from wounded soldiers to relatives in this country, Criticism - was directed especially at the office of the adjutant General of the army. Senator Weeks 6aying that Major General McCain, the adjutant general who retired last sum mer to command a division, and who was succeeded by Major General Harrls,should have been retained. He would not believe, he said that a change in the office during the war was businesslike or desirable. Senator Weeks declared that the war department's information' as to casualties often had been wrong. Miraculous Number of Errors. "During the week ending December 14," he stated, "the Red Cross received an average of twenty letters a day from parents who had been advised by the war department that their sons had been killed on a specific date. In every one of these cases the parents wrote that they had received communications from their boys subsequent to the date given by the war department. It seems almost miraculous that so many errors could have occurred in cases of this kind. . "It was also worth noting," the Massachusetts senator continued, "that in sending notices of casualties to families, the department simply stated that the individual had been killed or wounded, without further explanation, and that bo far as he knew, i the department had no other informa tion on the subject. "That work," he added, "has very properly been taken up by the Red Cross, and is testified that in the neighborhood of ten thousand letter h week have teen sent to the families of those killed or injured, giving tho iaet6 relating to the death or condi tion of the injured man. Lacked Co-operation. Describing Red Cross methods, Sen ator weeks said that agency in Aug ust located in French hospitals two hundred American soldiers reported misisng by tho war department. These men, he declared, had communicated with the Red Cross, believing that through It their relatives would learn of their condition, but the information never was transmitted because of an order by the department prohibiting the mailing of such letters. Meanwhile the relatives had no knowledge as to the location cf the men, though later, the order was modified and the agency permitted to forward the letter entrusted to Its care. The theory under which the order was issued. Senator Weeks said, was that the department wished absolute accuracy, which was desirable, but he contended it did not follow that such information would be any more accurate, or as accurate as information obt.'.ned by the Red Cross through its in-' dividual representatives. Adjutant General Harris, he explained, was not responsible for the order. One of the most glaring errors shewn in the lack of co-ordination between the war department and the Red Cross service," the senator said, "is found in the fact that hospital lists were not, until the latter part of November of thi3 year, furnished the Red Cross, although in the possession of the war department." PRESS RIGHTS UPHELD SANTA FE, N. M., Jan. 2. State supreme court upholds right of press to criticise In reversing lower court's conviction of editor for attacking Judge. .

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Overseas Patrol Duty (By Associated Prs) BOSTON, Jan. 2. The destroyers Tuscker and Drayton and the converted yacht Isabel arrived here today from overseas, where they have been on patorl duty. These are the first American war vessels to come directly to this port from European waters since the conclusion of hostilities. ' LEWIS CHARGES G. 0, P. WANTS TO THWARHVILSON Says Party Leaders Are Conspiring to Discredit President for Political Purposes. (By Associated Press! WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Senator Lewis, Democrat, of Illinois, speaking today In the senate, charged Republi can leaders with conspiring for politi cal purposes to discredit President Wilson abroad, to thwart bis purposes by giving European negotiators the impression that the senate opposes his plans and by deceiving the Ameri can public. Their object, be declared "is to prevent the' President from ac complishing anything." The speech was in opposition to recent utterances of Senators Lodge, of Massachusetts, and Knox, of Pennsyl vania, both Republicans, criticizing certain of the President's fourteen principles of peace and urging that consideratlonof a league of nations. freedom of the seas and other ques tions be deferred until after the peace conference. "The concurring assaults by certain leaders of the Republican side upon everything that President Wilson has attempted in Europe," said Senator Lewis, "discloses, as I charge, a con spiracy to discredit him and to de feat any design he enters upon by giving the European negotiators to un derstand that the senate is opposed to the President; that it, objects to his measures, and that It speaking With the power to revise,' reverse and re pudiate him.". Under No Obligations. Senator Lewis declared the senate had nothing whatever to do with what the President is now doing "in pre senting the protocol for peace and the adjustment of the - disposition of the armies. " ' ' ' Uv - T Inform the European negotiators and the world." he said, "that there Is no law of American by, constitution, statute or custom by which the Presi dent Is under, any obligation to submit what he Is now doing to the senate or to any other branch of the legis lative or executive body. "I inform the negotiators as I do all those interested, that the present undertakings of the president of the United States are as commander in chief of the armies. That he remains such with full power as commander In chief until the full treaty or compact of peace has been finally accepted and peace declared and the armies withdrawn as a result of that acceptance." Exercising Authority. Drawing a distinction between treat ies made by the president as head of the civil government and after the war has ended and the making of peace by protocol or agreements, the senator said under the. latter condition the president serves as commander in chief agreeing upon terms of peace for the purpose of withdrawing the armies, and in so doing "executes the authority of the law and of the people vested in him as executive and whol ly apart from the interference, the op position, the approval or repudiation of the senate." Senators Lodge and Knox were charged with being inconsistent in their views. The Illinois senator said postponement of the proposals for a league of nations and freedom of seas would mean that the war had been fought in vain and would bring about a repetition of the struggle. Charge of Failure. "Each nation with claims and principles at stake, as it believes them." he continued, "seeing no method existing through which it can secure peace and obtain its rights will turn to the only method left and which has Just been adopted war. "In justice to. the distinguished senators, they do not mean that America should enter upon such a cowardly course. They are only anxious to secure the abandonment of the demand for the present, that it might be charged against Wison that he failed in securing the only thing of material worth for which the nation fought and her children died. Then as a political cry to come forth proclaiming that the republican senate to be constituted after the December session, will undertake the remedying of the wrong, and make the presidential issue upon the charge of perfidy against our party." In closing, Senator Lewis said the country must 6ee "The emptiness of these protests, the want of substances in the criticisms." and urged united support for the president while he Is on foreign soil, "contesting for the supremacy of the United States." j Man Believed to Be Jean Crones Held Under Arrest (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Dec. 2. Detective Ser geant Edward Birmingham and Alphonse Brissette, steward of the University club started for Norfolk. Va., today to identify a man under arrest there and believed to be Jean Crones wanted here on a charge of poisoning the soup at a banquet to Archbishop Georgo W. Mundelein, nearly three years ago. t The man under arrest was working as a mechanic at the naval base at Norfolk under the name of George Wyler. His description is said by the police here to tally with : that of Crones, OLhe former chef at the University cjub.

REMOVE TROOPS FROM STRANDED U. S. TRANSPORT Wounded Hoosier Among Men Carried Ashore From Vessel Of f Fire Island.

(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 2. After an unsuccessful attempt had been made today to drag the American transport Northern Pacific from the sand bar on wLich she grounded near Fire Island early Wednesday , morning, navy officials here announced plans for removing the 2,100, troops to vessels standing, by at two o'clock this afternoon if weather conditions were favorable. FIRE. ISLAND, Jan. 2. Three officers and one sailor, all wounded, were landed Just before noon today from the transport Northern Pacific, strand ed off here. Tbey came ashore in a coast guard boat," The landing of additional troops, was. ex peeled to follow. Four more life' boats, filled with soldiers arrived from the, Northern Pacific soon after, while four other boats, all belonging to the transport, filled with members of the crew left the ship for the outlying rescue vessels. Among the first four men brought ashore .was Robert W. Thorp, 137 Infantry, of Washington, Ind. He was wounded in the fighting In the Argonne. ; j . ' ' .The constant pounding of the seas against the American transport Northern Pacific, stranded on Fire Island since 3:30 ... m. Wednesday, had driven the ship higher onto the beach this forenoon, . swinging her bow so that she was only 250 yards from the shore. Red Cross Aid Ready. Waves heavier than those which wedged her tightly into the sandbar yesterday were breaking over the transport and the wind was still blowing unfavorably frcm the southwest Twelve cruisers and destroyers and other rescue ships maintained vigil tb.rcugb.out the night In a semi-circle a mile outside the bar, their blinker lights flashing incessantly. At dawn they prepared for a day of maneuver ing about the stranded vessel. Fresh coastguard crews replaced the ones which spent the night near the breeches buoy, which could not be used and are in constaajt semaphore communi cation with the-waMportt..-:-. Twenty Red Cross nurses with food and supplies landed on Fire Island toGay ready to care for any troops which might be brought ashore. The nurses were accompanied by Camp Upton soloiers who will be used to aid the coastguard men. CONGRESS GOES BACK TO WORK (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Congress got back to work today after its holiday rest. It was expected that most of the senate session would be devoted to discussion of peace and other subjects, while in the house leaders planned to make another effort to send the war revenue bill to conference. Senator Lewis of Illinois, the Dem ocratic whip, planned to speak this afternoon in the senate in reply to the recent addresses of Senators Lodge, of Massachusetts, and Knox, of Pennsylvania, Republican, in which they urged postponement of consideration by the peace conference of several of President Wilson's fourteen points. Senator Weeks, cf Massachusetts, Republican, expected to speak in critic ism of the war department. HOHENZOLLERN ILL WITH HIGH FEVER (By Associated Press) AMSTERDAM, Jan. 2. William Hohenzollern, the former emperor of Germany is very ill, according to advices from Amerongen. He cannot leave his room, it Is said, and Is suf fering from a bad cold. It is stated that he has a high fever. An eminent specialist from Utrecht is in constant attendance. Only the former empress, the spe cialist and two attendants are per mitted to enter his room, it is re ported. Falling Prices Expected to Stimulate Production (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Return of normal conditions and falling of prices are expected to stimulate production in the United States this year, according to views of members of the treasury's committee appointed to suggest a remedy for the falling production of last year. Consequently it appears unlikely that the committee will recommend any unusual measures to stimulate production when it makes its report in a week or two. The Weather tor maiana by United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Friday. Somewhat colder tonight. For Wayne county by W. E.- Moore Partly cloudy and continued cold tonight and Friday. Near zero tonight. General Conditions Cold wave has now spread eastward to Pennsylvania. Temperatures are generally below zero west of the Mississippi, and also In the southwest.

U-Boat, Surrendered by Germans, Lies Harmless in Shadow of London Bridge

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U-155 lying in the Thames near Tower bridge In London. Nothing would have pleased von Tirpitz and the other German war leaders more than to have had one of their submarines sneak up the Thames river and spread death and destruction along the water front. The U-boat in the

photo steamed up the Thames, but as a captive, commanded by a British crew. It is one of the fleet surrendered by Germany in fulfilling the armistice terms. It is an exhibit perfectly harmless.

Locomotive in Charge of Germans Stashes Ih'o British Troop Train (By Associated Press) BASLE, Jan. 2. -Thirty British soldiers were Injured when a locomotive in charge of German railway men rafe Into a train of British troops on the Namur-Charleroi line in Belgium recently. The three Germans in charge of the locomotive were arrested. ZEROITEATHER IS DUE HERE TONIGHT The cold wave which began yesterday in the west has reached Indiana and Wayne county is now feeling its effect - Weatherman Mocre says temperature probably will be zero tonight, which Is the coldest for this winter. This cold wave will probably last several days, according to weather officials. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 2. The present cold wave will tarry a few days in Indiana, and prospects are that tonight the mercury will drop lower, J. H. Armington, meteorologist at the United States Weather Bureau here said today. Temperatures around the zero point were predicted for tonight. CHICAGO, Jan. 2. Intensification of the cold wave for tonight was predicted today with the temperature probably touching 5 below zero in Chicago tonight. The minimum this morning was 4 above. LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 2. The cold wave which began in Nebraska yesterday continued to prevajj throughout the state today with no immediate prospect of higher temperatures. Due to the intense cold, train traffic was greatly hampered and in coming trains from all directions were running behind schedule. Temperatures ranged from 12 below zero at North Platte to zero at Omaha. Western Iowa is also in the grip of severe winter weather with temperatures as low as 10 below zero. Becker Again on Stand in Propaganda Probe (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. The senate committee investigating German propaganda resumed Its sittings today with Alfred F. Becker, deputy state attorney general of New York, again on the stand. Senator Reed of Missouri, planned to continue his cross examination of Mr. Becker, which was Interrupted by adjournment for over the holidays. A number of other witnesses including representatives of the alien property custodian's office, are yet to be examined by the committee.

Fifteen Hundred "Flu" Cases in Wayne - County; Money Loss Set at $20,000

Over fifteen hundred cases of influenza were reported from Wayne county in 1918, Dr. J. M. Bulla, county health officer, said today. "If every case had been reported by the attending physicians, I believe there would have been a total of at least 3,500 cases." said Dr. Bulla. Many physicians both in the city and county have been negligent In reporting the cases under their care. Dr. Bulla said he had learned. - - ; ' A total of 1,485 cases had been reported from the county up to today and Milton brought the number up to 1,534 this morning by .reporting 49 more cases, for the month of December. The greatest number of cases was reported In October. Greensfork, at the present time, has from 30 to JU) cases.

MILLS HEADS STATE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE Joseph H. Mills of this city, has been appointed chairman of the state committee which will urge the passing of a unified state bill providing for the erection of memorials in honor of soldiers and sailors by all the counties of the state. His appointment was made known by the president of the State Memorial committee Thursday morning. It is known that many of the counties of the, state are planning to erect I memorial of one", kfed or another In memory or iiieir dead soldiers and sailors, and In -honor of those .who will return : and it has been suggested that one bill providing the fundamental principle of the erections be put through the legislature to save the presenting of numerous smaller bills from the counties themselves. It is not the plan to Buggest the kind of memorial in this bill but merely to provide for the erection of a memorial, it is said. Peace Based on More Than Hypothesis, Demands Temps (By Associated Press) PARIS, Wednesday, Jan. 1. In its New Year's editorial today, the Temps said: "We have the right to found peace on something else than a hypothesis. Certainties are required." "Peace will not be real," says Liberte, "if it does not give France tranquility." Keep on Writing (By Associated Press) PARIS, Wednesday, Jan. 1 Letters from home were never more needed by American soldiers and sailors than at present, according to a statement issued today by the headquarters of the Y. M. C. A. here. It is urged that relatives of men in the service con tinue writing to them until their return has been definitely arranged for. This statement was made after it had been learned that many soldiers and sailors had received letters saying that now that the war is over and the men are soon to return to America, there is no further need to keep on writing. Repatriated Ross Prisoners Induced to Join the Reds (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Advices to the state department today announce that returning Russian prisoners of war on coming out of Austria-Hungary and Germany are being offered 300 rubles monthly, clothing and food to join the Bolshevik! red army. A low estimate of the loss to the county in health, loss of life, and affect on Industry through the Influenza epidemic was placed by Dr. Bulla at $20,000. Actual expense to the county in placing patients under quarantine, fumigating and attendant expenses was over f 500, he said. "There will be more or less Influenza In the county all winter" said the health officer, "and people will have to help guard against It. The people of the county have been given full Instructions as to how to guard against the disease. Live according to health icies; wear warm clothing, keep r""" houses well veoilllated, and keer7 of crowds. Wlth care there ne no dangerous recurrence of the ease.".' ..( .' i

APPOINTMENT OF DELEGATES FOR GERMANY IS AWAITED

Concern Felt as to Influence of Bolshevism Upon Central Powers at Peace Conference PAGE GREETS WILSON (By Associated Press) PARIS. Jan. 2 Germany has not yet submitted a list of her. probable j peace delegates, or at least no suca list has been brought to the attention of the American delegation to tbe peace conference which is much concerned and is giving great consideration to the influence of the Bolshevik! upon the central powers. Although the American representatives have received many reports of conditions in the Baltic state and In the Ukraine, these reports are very conflicting and the delegates are not at all satisfied with the Information at hand. As the time of the opening of the peace conference approaches it is becoming clear that there must be much preliminary work done and many sectional conferences held before a general gathering of the delegates of all the accredited powers about the peace table will become possible. The Ameri-' can delegation is apparently convinced that the many complexities of the sit uation and the great number of powers participating will render Impossible the holding of general meetings in the immediate future. Back Next Week. Where only two powers or three at most participate in a peace conference the delegates pointed out, conditions are quite unlike those where nearly tbe entire world takes part. As a result a general meeting for the actual consideration of Important points of the treaty are impossible until the moot points are threshed out by the powers most interested in them. v. Conversation among representative of the allies will begin at the French foreiem office immediately noon re turn to Paris of Premier Clemenceau. which is expected about January 6 or 7. The premier is taking a brief rest. President Wilson Is expected back in Paris at the beginning of next week white-Premier Lloyd -George will ai rive Saturday. "Tbe principal object which CoL EL W 'ffmian had In vfow In erninsr to amt President Wilson New Year's morn ing, was to tell him the result of a conference be had bad the evening before with Premier Clemenceau,'' sad n momlwr nf thn American dele- 1 gation to the peace congress to a rep resentative of tbe Petit Journal, ac cording to an article In that news-, paper this morning. SALUTE AMERICA ROME, Wednesday, Jan. 1 American Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page, in company with the military and naval attaches of the American embassy left here today to meet President Wilson at the Italian frontier. The visit of Mr. Wilson to Rome was the chief topic of conversation at official New Year's receptions here today. Greetings were given by ,fVbinet. senators, deputies and '-11 of ficials who gathered at the QuinnaLThe king, during his short address, sent felicitations to the army, paying a tribute to its discipline and steadfastness. He closed by extending salutations to America and the allied nations. NO INCOMPATABILITY LONDON, Jan. 2. Comparing the speech of Premier Clemenceau before the French chamber of deputies, and President Wilson's address at Manchester, the Times argues there Is no fundamental discrepancy between tbe aims of the to men. The newspaper says: "All that M. Clemenceau says of the difference contrast we call it be tween the positions of France and America is simple truth. France sees and feels what a German invasion means and demands absolute security against a recurrence cf the danger she so narrowly escaped and the sufferings she yet endures. . "Mr. Wilson Is equally determined to deliver her from those evils. Where M. Clemenceau appears most markedly to differ from Mr. Wilson is in bis confession of a certain skepticism as to the adequacy of any means except one to secure the just claims of France. ' - Both Necessary. ! "There Is no incompatibility between Mr. Wilson's Ideal and the more prosaic Immediate object which il. Clemenceau sets before France. One Is a necessary stage to the attainment of the other. A supremely Important fact is that both admittedly desire the same immediate steps and both albeit one with confidence and the other with hesitation look forward to the same ultimate goaL It Is a promising feature of the attitudes of tbe two statesmen that neither Effects to entertain extravagant bepesi JT ' The newspaper regards " Wilson's suggestion as to t" ery for subsequent readjust; most valuable and import: recent utterances and cent. only by some such methods.' advocated by Mr. Wilson ar tinuous conferences can "tf of the partnership betwtr and Europe be discharged,! COFFEE PRICE INCr -Coffee Is now . priced ".by a era from 26 to SO e-r.. '

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