Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 64, 24 January 1919 — Page 1
P A IX ABI UM VOL. XLIV:,NO. 64 Palladium and Sun-Telegram Consolidated 1907 RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, JAN. 24, 1919. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS.
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PRESIDENTIAL SUFFRAGE DILL UP FOR HOUSE CONSIDERATION
New Measures Introduced Provide State Child Labor Commission and Memorial to Veterans of World War. PRESS LOBBY BARRED (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 24. Warning against newspaper lobbying from t Speaker - Echbach, urging of more ' epeed by Lieut. Gov. Bush, and the introduction of bills occupied the interest of legislators at their morning session today. The speaker told members of the house that they should not read read newspapers during the session. Suffragists expected that their measure for presidential suffrage would come up for consideration In the house thl3 afternoon. In the senate the committee on constitutional revision struck out the registration feature in Senator Bardsley's suffrage amendment to the constitution and recommended that it be passed. It will come up for second reading and will be open to amend on the floor at 11 o'clock next Thursday with several other proposed amendments as a special order of business. Fifteen Bills In House. Fifteen new measures were introduced in the house and eight in the senate. There were several committee reports and few bills were called down for second reading. The "eugenic" bill, which has been introduced at previous sessions was placed before the house today. Other Important measures Introduced in the house provide "that inunctions cannot be Issued to prevent strikes; that a memorial be erected to Indiana soldiers of the world war; that child labor conditions shall be investigated by a commission; and create a state commission to have charge of moving pictures. In the senate the important bills provide that county officials shall be paid their salaries monthly Instead of quarterly; that a person 21 or more years of age with 10 years continuous experience in a drug store, may obtain a license as a pharmacist; that all general and appellate judges be elected at a special election and that political insignia shall not be placed over their names on the ballot Would Use Prisoners. Convict labor would be used In building state roads and excavating shale beds under a bill which Senator John Alldredge of Anderson, 13 preparing for introduction. The bill is meant to link with the administration state highway bill now In both branches of the legislature. Senator Alldredge said: "Shale is being used now to a great extent In building roads through the state," the senator asserted. "The men serving sentences on the otate penal farm and at other similar institutions could excavate this shale and put it on the roads. During idle hours ot the penal farm now the men are put to work digging trenches and refilling them Just for exercise." Senator Alldredge said that prisoners could be placed under guard and taken from one place to another to assist in the state highway commission in constructing the net work of roads which are planned to connect cities of more than 5,000 population. OH Inspector. Placing the inspection of oil under control of the state food department after Sept. 30, next, a bill is being prepared for introduction. John Edwards legal advisor of Governor Goodrich is writing the bill and expects to have it ready for submission soon. All fee3 now paid oil inspectors would be eliminated and the inspecors would be j.nicl a straight salary ot $125 a month. The two students from each county, named annually to attend Indiana University, would be selected by county school superintendents instead of by the county board of commissioners, according to provisions of a bill Representative Davis of Jay County has introduced. The pupils having the highest and next high grades when graduated from high school would be given first chance to attend the State university. In addition to receiving instruction at the university free of charge the matriculation fee, now charged, would be eliminated by the proposed law. Stale officials, their emissaries and lobbyists will not be permitted on the floor of the senate during the present session under a ruling by Lieutenant Governor Bush. The only persons per; mitted to circulate freely among the senators while in the chamber are the senators themselves and accredited representatives of the press. The ruling followed the appearance of an employe of a state department I at the desk of a senator during a debate. This was against the regulations ana in convict with the dignity of the senate, the lieutenant governor asserted. Prior to the announcement by the president of the senate that all but members of the senate and newspapermen must keep off the floor of the chamber some persons favoring action for or against measures, or interested in legislation proposed to be introduced had shown an inclination to pay no attention to the door-keepers and had started the practice of going on the floor to talk to senators while busi ness was being transacted. I Another step to eliminate the Geria language from Indiana's public life is to be taken in a bill to repeal a statute requiring that instructions at polls be printed in German as well as English. . .j (Continued on Page Twelve.)
Large Amount of Fodder
Staff Saved by Weather (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Jan. 24 Mildness of the winter has resulted in the saving in this country of approximately 220,000 tons of fodder stuffs which can be sent to European neutrals in the form of oil cake and oil cake meal, the war trade board announced yesterday, after consultation with the food administration. Dairy herds in Europe have suffered severely during the war owing to a scarcity of fodder and this has been largely responsible for the shortage in fats. Food admin, istration officials believe that the fodder savings will be of great benefit to the people of Europe. The war trade board announced licenses to export oil cake and oil cake meal would be granted freely to Canada, South and Central America, PACKER CLAIMS U. S. REGULATION WILL RAISE COST Will Ruin Industry, Says Morris Claims Packers Helped Bring War to Close. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 Edward Morris, of Chicago, president of Morris and Company, told the house interstate commerce committee today that enactment of pending legislation for government regulation of the meat packing business would put that industry Is the situation where the railroads are now. This, he said, not only would mean a great increase in the cost of living, but might cause ultimate ruin of the industry. Denying categorically charges of the federal trade commission that there was collusion among the five big packing firms either in buying or selling, Mr. Morris said the commission had not produced evidence to substantiate its allegations because there was no evidence. He said the packing industry had been "a political football" for many years; that the packers came before the public now for a hearing with "clean hands" and that all they asked was a "square deal." He added that possibly "the unjust suspicion" against them was due to their failure in the past to take the public into their confidence. Small Profit During War. Mr. Morris said he would make the statement deliberately and challenge successful contradiction that "the war would not now be over if it had not, been for the five big Chicago packers." "This," he said, "was one of the big industries that stood up ana aenverea the good3 in the stress of storm.- It never faltered and it never wavered, and it never asked, or received one cent of assistance from the government. Be it said to the eternal credit of the packers that they made a small er percentage of profit during the war period than the food administration authorized and approved; in the case of Morris and Company, the war profits were scarcely more than one-half of what the food administration approved. This alone gives the lie to the charge of profiteering and should forever silence the charge of monopoly and illegal combination." Mr. Morris read to the committee a prepared statement covering 134 pages. In its course he sharply assailed the trade commission for its report on the packing industry; said the market committee of the National live stock association was behind the (Continued on Page Nine.) Salary Change for City Officials Is Provided Bill A bill introduced In the legislature in session in Indianapolis, proposes to fix salaries of city officials by ocdinance every four years after May, 1922, so that they shall not be changed during the term of office of the city officials whose salaries were flxod. This bill would affect second, third and fourth class cities. Richmond is a third class city, and this bill provides higher salaries for officials of this class than they are now receiving. The bill also proposes to have an assistant city attorney. Salaries provided in bill are: Mayor, $3,000 to $4,000; controller, $2,500 to $3,500; city clerk. $1,800 to $2,400; deputy treasurer, $1,500 to $2,000; members board of public works, $1,200 to $1,800; city engineer, $2,000 to $3,000; asslstat engineer, $1,500 to $2,000, members of common council $300 to $500; city attorney, $2,500 to $3,500; assistant city attorney, $1,500 to $2,000. REORGANIZE RANGER SERVICE AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 24. Texas rangers are charged with a series of outrages by Representatives J. T. Canales, of the Texas legislature, who is seeking reorganization of the ranger service. THE WEATHER For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Somewhat warmer. Today's Temperature Noon 33 Yesterday. Maximum . . . . 50 Minimum S3 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and somewhat unsettled tonight and Saturday-. Warmer Saturday. General Conditions Temperatures remain above normal over the central states and much above normal over the northwest, where it is 50 to 60 above zero in Montana and South Dakota, duo to an area of barometric pressure over Western Canada.
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, LEON TROTZKY Leon Trotzky. Bolshevik minister of war for Russia, was taken prisoner by the Esthonians after the defeat of the Bolshevists at Narva, according to reports received today. Recent dispatches said that Trotzky had ordered the commander ot Petrograd to surrender without a struggle.
"SKY PILOTS" TO AID IN DRIVE FOR NEAR EAST RELIEF FUND
A squadron of "sky pilots" will begin the Near East campaign next Monday afternoon with pursuit of larger subscriptions from organizations, societies and individuals. Their work will be continued on Tuesday morning, and -they will report at the noon luncheon of all workers Tuesday. The campaign proper begins Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock and will continue until Wednesday morning, when It is hoped the entire quota will be secured. Wayne County's quota is $11,000. Famine has taken . the heaviest toll among the people of the Near Knst countries. "In the course of three weeks" one worker wrote recently, "we buried over a thousand bodies. Previously hundreds had been buried and "many have been buried since then. Of the thousands only about twenty had been killed by violence." Another worker writes, "last week we came into a house where the family had not eaten for three days. The wife had a child in her arms and tried to give it a crumb of bread to eat. The child could not move; it groaned and died in her arms. At this very moment we came in and were about to give her a coin,- very few of which we had to distribute, but she cried, 'oh! if you had only brought it one day earlier, my child might have been saved.' We wonder at times how the people in America can let even minutes 6lip by without attempting some relief for these almost god-forsaken people at the edge of the world." "In one instance a mother threw herself into the Euphrates after she had seen her child die of hunger; a father did the same. It is not simply a case here and there it is a nation of people who are perishing for want of bread to keep their bodies and souls together. "The people that we meet In the streets hardly look like human beings," an American worker wrote to headquarters of the Near East Campaign work. If one has any money it is not necessary to even look around for the poor they are in crowds on every side. When one gives a few madjids, the people first pay their bread debt, have bread for a few days, and then hunger presents itself again. Whenever and wherever there is any help, God will use it and us no trouble will be too much for us no Hundreds of Greeks Are Massacred by Bulgars (By Associated Press) LONDON, Thursday, Jan 23. Appalling and almost unbelievable atrocities were practiced upon Greeks and Serbians by the Bulgarians during the war, according to a report submitted by an official Serbian commission, which has been conducting an investigation. Not only has evidence of brutalities been found, but the names of Bulgarian officers who ordered them have been secured, it is said. Hundreds of crimes against civilians in occupied teritorles have been proved by the investigation, it is reported. In one district, it is said, 500 women and children were ordered massacred by a certain Lieutenant Stojamov. The spot where this wholesale tragedy occured Is said to be still marked by human skulls and bones. Eight Hundred Men of 35th Division Killed (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Losses of the 35th division (Kansas and Missouri National guards) in killed and died of wounds during its entire service in France up to November .7, were 827 men, Secretary Baker told the house rules committee today in connection with a resolution by Representative Campbell of Kansas, calling for congressional investigation of reported excessive losses in this division.
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human being working among these people could live with his soul afterwards if he laid down on the job of humanity which confronts us. "So far has gone the course of lack of food that several months ago the people were forced to beg for blood at the slaughter houses to eat." "Indiana hasn't failed yet," is the slogan which the Near East state cam paign head workers are sending out to the people of the state. ' The Garfield orchestra will play at the mass meeting at the High school auditorium here next Monday evening when Rev. Mr. Halsey of Cincinnati, will speak on the coming campaign A large crowd is expected by the com mittee and porkers. The campaign will be urged In the schools next week. PRIVATE SCHOOLS ASK STATE 10 TAKE OVER INSTITUTIONS By Associated Pressi INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 24. Repre sentatives of five private schools in Indiana, whose owners desire them to be taken over by the state were to appear before the board of trustees of the state normal school here today. They represent Valparaiso, Vincennes, Winona College, Central Normal Col lege of Danville and the Tri-State Normal at Angola. The institutions are asking to be taken over and operated as state normal schools or in connection with the State normal at Terre Haute. An increased tax levy would be necessary for the purchase "and maintenance of the schols. Increased cost of operation during the past few years are assigned as the reason for the step. Owners of the institutions are said to be willing to sell them to the state at "bargain prices." IRISH CENTER PARTY FORMED IN DUBLIN (By Associated Pressi DUBIN, Jan. 24. A new political association called the Irish Center party was formally constituted yesterday. Stephen Gaynn, former member of parliament, was appointed chairman of the provision executive committee of the new party, which embraces the Constitutional Nationalists, and Southern Unionists. L Its platform includes home rule for Ireland within the British empire on similar lines to those followed by the British dominions. Norwegian Cabinet Is Ready to Resign (By Associated Press) COPENHAGEN. Jan. 24. The resignation of the Norwegian cabinet is imminent, according to reports received here from apparently trustworthy sources. The present Norwegian cabinet is headed by Gunnar Knudsen, as premier and minister of agriculture. It was formed on Jan 29, 1913, but has undergone numerous changes among its personnel. The minister for foreign affairs, M. Ihlen, however, has retained his portfolio throughout the period of M. Knudsen's premiership. OUTLINES LABOR PLAN. PARIS, Jan. 24. George Nrcoll Barnes, British labor leader, outlining Great Britain's plan for internationization of labor, proposes an international commission made up of representatives of both labor and capital, which would be directly responsible to the league of nations.
PORTUGUESE CAPITAL IS IN HANDS OF ROYALISTS
Revolt Grows in North Lis bon Garrison 'Goes Over to Royalists Little Headway in South. MANUEL IS IN LONDON (By Associated Press) MADRID, Jan. 24. The monarchy has been proclaimed in Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, according to a telegram received here from Valenca, on the Portuguese border. VIGO, Spain, Jan. 24. The greater part of the Lisbon garrison has gone over to the monarchists, according to reports on the progress of the Portuguese revolution received here from Coimbra, in northern Portugal, and other localities. The wireless station near Lisbon is said to be in royalists hands. The monarchist movement in Portugal has a foothold at Santarem, 45 miles northeast of Lisbon, according to advices received here. They report that troops under Colonel Silveramos, which the Lisbon government had sent to aid in suppressing the monarchist rebellion, Joined the royalists at Santarem. POLICE FORCE USED. BADAJOS, Spain,, Jan. 24. The monarchist movement apparently is making no headway In south Portugal, contrary to the expectations of the royalists. In northern Portugal, owing to the failure of the troops to suppress the movement, police forces are to be used against the monarchists. These forces have been started toward the disturbed districts from southern Portugal. LONDON, Jan. 24. The widely circulated rumor that former King Manuel of Portugal was about to land on Portuguese territory is at least premature. Ex-4ing Manuel was still In London today. LEON TROTZKY ' IS PRISONER (By Associated Press) BASEL, Jan. 24 Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevist minister of war and marine, did not escape from Narva after the defeat of the Bolshevists by the Esthonians, but was taken prisoner, according to dispatches received here from Libau. Advices from the same source state that, owing to the intervention of Finnish troops in northern Esthonia and Livonia, the country has been completely cleared of Bolshevist forces. PARIS, Jan. 24. Lithuanian troops have inflicted a defeat on the Bolshevik? npar Koszpdarv. about midway be tween Kovno and Vilna, according to reports Trom Kovno receivea loaay. The casualties of the Bolshevik! were heavv and they are reported to have lost 6,500 men in prisoners. The Lith uanians ar said to be advancing toward Vilna. The loss of the Luthuanlans are declared to have been slight. BOOTLEGGERS! (By Associated Press) DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 24. Sherman and Ora Billingsley. found guilty in United States District Court here of bringing liquor into Michigan in violation of the federal statute", were sentenced to fifteen months and two and a half years imprisonment respectively, at the Leavenworth penitentiary. Each was fined $5,000. The Billingsley Brothers were arrested near the Ohio-Michigan boundary last fall as they were transporting whisky into the state by automobile. The prosecution charged that they had disposed of 22,000 quarts of liquor in Detroit through a chain of grocery stores they established here. Jesse V. Blose Dies at Home Near Whitewater Jesse V. Blose. 33 years old, died Friday morning at his home northeast of Whitewater of influenza. Mr. Blose held a public sale at his farm Tuesday, January 14, and was well at that time. He was planning to take his family west for the remainder of the winter. He is survived by his widow, Ethel, and three children. Funeral services will be held Sunday morning at 10 o'clock from the home and will be private. Burial will be , in Hollansburg cemetery. Body of Rosa Luxemburg Is Found in Canal i, . AMSTERDAM. Jan. 24. The body of Rosa Luxemburg, the Spartacan leader, who was killed by a mob recently was . found yesterday in the Landwehr canal, according to a report from Berlin. The body was terribly mutilated. The news, it is said, is being kept secret for fear of a anarchistic reprisal. .
She Wanted Pipe to Fit Hubby's Face
She entered a cigar store on Main street. An exposed left hand showed a wedding ring. The clerk saw it was new and shiny. "Good afternoon. Madam," he said. The bride beamed her approval. "I want to see some pipes," she said. The clerk displayed a few, and more and more. One was too long; the other too short; one did not have a yellow bowl; the other one had a curved stem. Another had a bowl that would contain too much tobacco for husband to smoke at one time. She found objection to every pipe displayed, and finally the clerk gave up in despair. "I am afraid we haven't just what you want," he finally gasped. "Oh, you must have," she exclaimed. "I want a pipe that will look well in my husband's face." U. S. ATTITUDE TO GOVERN PANAMERICAN ACTION Must be for America to Say How Panama Canal is to be Controlled. (By Associated Press) PARIS, Jan. 24. The question of whether Pan-America should be internationalized under the league of nations would depend entirely upon the attitude of the U. S. government, according to the belief expressed tonight by Lord Robert Cecil, who has submitted to the peace congress a draft of the British view of the structure of the league. He spoke at a conference of journalists in answer to a query based upon speculation by the press ontfeatures of the new society of nations. Lord Robert said he had not heard any formal or specific discussion of the Panama Canal among the delegates, it being mentioned only incidentally in connection with, other waterways, sice it is property of the United States and it must be for that country to say how It shall be controlled. In speaking of the admission of neutrals into the league on the same basis as other nations, Lord Robert said that it was his conception that there should be no classification but that all sovereign independent states should have equal rights. In the general discussion which followed this remark he said it would be a disaster if no South. American nations were included in the organization. Must Have Public Opinion.' The question was raised as to whether if a big indemnity is assessed against Germany, she should be kept out of the league until payment was completed. Lord Robert repMed she should not be barred merely because of her inability to pay, in case the indemnities should run over a long period. He said that no definite proposals had as yet been made regarding limitation of armaments, which is presenting an extremely difficult problem. In his opinion, there must be limitation, but there cannot be total disarmament since every country must maintain certain defensive forces. In discussing means for enforcing the rulings of the league. Lord Robert said: "If you are going to try to force peace by the mechanical perfection of your machinery, the attempt will be a failure. You must have behind you public opinion. Machinery is important, but without a favorable atmosphere against war it will fail." He believed that a free press Is highly Important, since through the press this favorable atmosphere can be created. Thirty States Notify State Dewrtment of Dry Law Ratification (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 Thirty states up to noon today had certified to the state department the ratifica-J tion of the federal prohibition amendment. Illinois and Ohio certificates were received this morning. Among the certifications is one from California that came direct from the legislature. Court action has been resorted to. in that state in an effort to prevent the vote of the legislature being certified and the governor's office has not acted. According to state department officials, however, notice from the branch of the legislature acting last is sufficient. Aero Squadrons Are Assigned for Return (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, January 24. The war department was advised today that the following units in France had been assigned to early convoy home: Base hospital number 4,2 aero squadrons numbers 11, 20, 161, 169, 248, 655. 656, 487, and 494, and air service casual company number 3.
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WORLD LABOR LEGISLATION BROUGHT UP AT CONGRESS
Harmony in Principles Shown Among Americans and Rights to Labor Protection Recognized. POLE DELEGATES COME (By Associated Press) PARIS, Jan. 24. The second session of the peace congress to be held tomorrow will, like the first, be open to the press. The first subject on the order of business, as was announced yesterday by the supreme council, will be international legislation on labor. Under instructions given at the flr6t session, various national delegations have been preparing written statements of their views on the subject and it is understood that, under a special order these will be received by the congress and referred to a committee, which will give careful study to the various reports and endeavor to amalgamate them into a general project to be recommended to the congress for approval. America's view hS"been crystallized and is believed to harmonize in many respects with those held by the British delegates. There is reason to believe that generally the principles enunciated will be found acceptable to most of the entente powers. While it has been deemed proper up to this time to adhere to the practice of withholding such reports from publication until formally presented before the congress, it is believed that the propositions of the United States are based upon full recognition of the principles of international protection of labor by governmental agencies, thus offsetting what Is regaded as a dangerous ten-' dency toward class control of governments. Simultaneous Movement. Data is being prepared to demonstrate a simultaneous movement in this direction by larbor organizations in the United States, England and France, culminating in the adoption by the French chamber of deputies of the report of the Berne conference, held before the war, amplified by the conference held at Leeds, England, in 1916. These, in general, look to the relief of labor from international capitalistic control, the freedom to choose employment and place of labor, guarantees of employment, social insurance, the right, of organization and the enforcement of hygienic conditions at places of employment. Of interest to the southwestern section of the Unfted States, as well as Mexico, is the demand for freedom to work in any country on terms of equality with native labor. Other provisions are said to relate to child labor and female labor, the prohibition of night work for miners, a basic eighthour day and the prohibition of international trade in products made by minors. It is expected the American delegates will present data to show the necessity for international standardization of sailors' wages, as already required by American law, if unfair and injurious. Competition for the world's freight business is to be avoided, it is understood, and a spirit of mutual co-operation is to govern as the best guarantee of avoiding wars resulting from such competition. FEATURE OF LEAGUE ROME, Jan. 24. An important feature of the project for league of na tions formulated by authorities on international law, councillors of state and judges of the supreme court, announced here today, is that from the central council of the league there will be dependent three committees which will devote their attention to economics, labor and military affairs. These committees will conduct inquiries and each will seek to adjust controversies subject to Its special jurisdiction. The plan wilL be supported by Senator Scipioni who . has gone to Paris as a supplementary Italian delegate. Transportation Strike Is Declared in Paris PARIS, Jan. 24. A general transportation strike was declared in Paris this morning. The subway lines, surface cars and automobile lines were affected. The strike apparently was well organized and not a wheel turned up to 8 o'clock. Police were stationed at the entrance of every subway station. The population took the matter calmly, and good-naturedly walked to work. WANT TREATY REVISION. WASHINGTON, Jan. . 24. The China agency at Washington issued official statement last night saying that Chinese delegates to the peace conference will ask revision of the Chino-Japanese treaties of 1915.