Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 66, 27 January 1919 — Page 1

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Proposed Constitutional Amendments Come up for Second Reading Prohibition Measures Hold Interest

ACTION ON TAX REFORM (By Associated PressV INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 27 The third week of Indiana's seventy-first general assembly, which started at 2 o'clock this afternoon, will see the legislature plunged into the work its leaders mapped out at the beginning. Recommendations of the governor's visiting committee is practically the only new business expected to be placed before the assembly. Senator C. J. Munton, chairman, said the report will be turned over to Governor Goodrich this week and that printed copies will be on legislators' desks probably by Thursday, at which time it will be published. The report is understood to recommend general improvements of state institutions. Plan Party Caucus. Attention of members of, the Indiana general assemly, as they arrived here today was turned toward the Republican platform and administration measures. ' Few of these are in such status that final action can be taken on them in either house before the 'end of the week, and leaders see no reason to hurry them along by considering them under suspension of the rules. It is probable that caucuses will be held by the Republican senators and representatives on Bome of the bills before the end of the week. The Democratic senators and representatives will hold "aususes Wednesday op Thursday according to present plans and that they 11 loutllne their course of action. . Presidential and state-wide suffrage -r women will be before the senate tiring the week. Representative. varles A. Johnson's presidential suff-j . 'ge bill, passed by the house last Hday, will be transmitted , to .the nate probably Monday . afternoon, "here prompt action is expected. Senator Beardsley's constitutional amendment giving women the vote and barring aliens from the same , privilege will come up for second reading at 11 o'clock . Thursday-: as a special order of business. . .- : - Take Mp fXHmftitf' All proposed constitutional amendments pending before the senate, ex cept those advocated , by GOVemor Goodrich, win come up ufof . ,8econ reading In the senate at that time, as a special order . of business. There will be opposition to some of the governor's amendments from both democrats and republicans. The- democrats on the committee on constitutional revision say they will mue minority reports, regomraenu-

ing indefinite postponement. Senator three cropg.- We also know that Ar.EngUsh, chairman. . said it is likely gentina has a surplus of both , wheat that all proposed amendments will nnm fA- AXnnrt. and that now that

come up for consideration and second reading with those made a special order of business. He asserted all proposed amendment probably will have been reported out of tho committee by Thursday. Chairman Swain, of the house ways and means committee, said the mittee may take some action on the tax reform bill. If the house passes the bill in its original form, it will find some opposition in the senate, leaders predicted. The features that ' lucjr uuiu uuumuiun ! 1110 tion on twenty-fivs per cent full value of intangibles and the beginning of assessments on January - first.- These features have encountered some opposition at public hearings and another public hearing will be held Wednesday evenings . Report Road Bill. The administration highway bill probably will be reported out of the senate and house roads committees on Friday, Senator Duffey, father of the measure in the upper house, said. He added that the bill, will be amended to provide that the commission will select two kinds of road material from which the director shall choose and that the director may decide as to the surfacing of the highways. Another I Indiana amendment will provide that Indiana . roads will connect with similar roads in ujveni eiai.es in oraer mi mis . n bMAI VtM . I niaio m7 uj mo icuciM granted only under this condition. When the senate reconvenes, it will " take up Senator laier's concurrent . resolution authorizing the governor to anpolnt a non-salaried, bi-partisan commission of four members to con- ; Iuct a survey of the 800,000 acres of Indiana swamp land for reclamation. The work would be done by the en- ' ineer of Purdue university through the county acents and a report would He made to the next general assembly v fo" required legislation. Consider Dog Tax. After this matter is disposed of, an- ' fher special order of business will ' "rae up. Senator Ratts' bill provid- ' ing for increaie in dog taxes will be . ; handed down for second reading. The senate win consider amendments offered by Senator Munton making the .tax on the first do $5 and on all oth- , " era $10, to which Senator Negley objected when the bill came up last Frldev. ..( Bills slated for third reading in the .senate Monday or Tuesday are: by Nejdl permitting a referendum vote for creation of a drainage district In Lake county; by Dobyns creating sep arate court districts of Bartholomew and Decature counties; and by Grant providing that the clerk of the Lake Alrcuit court shall-receive $1,000 addiHuonal salary for attendance at criminal court. Senator Harry Negley will call down for third reading the bill prohib't (Continued on Page Ten)

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Secretary of State Lansing and fylrs. causing cnatting with Joseph I. Crew secretary of American commission, above ftansing in center of group). Below is shown snapshot of Henry White, another of the American peace delegates. The peace conference at Paris is in full blast now. Sessions are held daily and the conference is working out the first of the important problems of the meeting, the Russian situation. Recent word from the conference stated that Joseph I. Crew, secretary of the American commission, has been made secretary and supervising director of the commission with the rank of minister penipotentiary.

WORLD MARKET IS AHEAD OF AMERICAN FARMER; DECLINE IN RETAIL PRICES TO FOLLOW DROP IN WHOLESALE MARKET

' By WILLIAM' R. SANBORN . ; The feeding" of a hungry world is a grave problem. It - is not merely a question-of- bUHoiw- ofcIarsj jor millions of acres ut of trucks "and cars and ships. It is a problem of distributinn in it a last analysis but of Dro,tt,tnn anA smnnlv. first of all. It is i also a problenr of : markets seeking their own natural ; outlets , and price levels, now that peaceful commerce once more rules the Beven seas. For the past four years America has been practically the only surplus foodproducing country on tne pianei. i es. . e know tnat there is a iot of wheat jn Australia, Vio nrriimnlntions of the bars are down some corn will come to this country, presently. Lack Ships. But wheat in Australia, on the other side of the world, with ships lacking to lay the grain down m Liverpool in Quantity in a reasonable time, pro-

com-)vide8 n0 immediate bread for Europe.

Mr. Hoover tells us of the awful need i in the Near East; of famine conditions in the Balkans and in Austro-Hungary. m nin M. inn milllrtTia In RhckIa. and of ..jji.. n isinmrav. Sweden and rio-mn.lr rliiriniF tne last uaVS OI lue i war. Tnese are actual conumuua, m the dead of winter, with the next harvest seven months away. There is no need to overdraw the picture, nor to paint it too black." But . . . . mf... l if there was neea ior manna m mo AaBa in thn davs of the aohs what say ye now? The thltry millions now being given to buy food French People Continue to Give to War Issues PARIS. Jan. 27. The French people nnntinnn to subscribe for the national i

defen8e 8hort time bonds. . During thejisbon troops at Monsanto hill, near fortnight in January, subscrip-. the caDital. is described. The state-

tlon8 totalled 1,123,000,000 francs, as oomDftred to an average of l,20uo,uuu i ...... . . fnrtniehtlv during . tne , iasi mreo months. It is announced that $7 per cent of the total number of subscribers are buying bonds for a year instead of for shorter terms.: Tho increase is due to the fact that the interest , rate on the bond 3 has been decreased. . Heretofore all but 11 per cent of the subscribers have bought bonds for shorter periods. . . THE WEATHER For Indiana by the - United States Weather Bureau Partly cloudy etonight and Tuesday. Not much change in temperature. Today's Temperature. Noon 43 .Yesterday. Maximum 47 Minimum 24 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Moderate temperature. .. . General Conditions Weather continues generally fair north of the 35th parallel and east of the Rockies. Rain over the south. Temperatures above normal in the northwest as well as all of the United States. It is 50 above at Medicine Hat. Conditions are favorable for colder weather before the end of the week.

. for, the Armenians, and the donating by Congress of a hundred millions to buy bread for ;vstaTvig,jople in Europe; teira 'sfory to wring the great heart tf humanity." And God forbid that speculation, wrangles in congress, selfish interests in live stock manipulation, or anything .whatsoever under the run, shall prevent the doing of our full duty as -individuals and as a nation in this the greatest food crisis since creation's dawn. ! That we do our duty to Humanity is of first and final importance, re (Continued on Page Three) PORTUGUESE USE TROOPS TO PUT DOWN ROYALISTS (By Associated Ptmi) PARIS, Jan. 27. Portuguese royalists are completely in control of the provinces of Minho and Tras Os Monies, according to a wireless dispatch from Madrid to the Journal des De-i-ca tu luo miuc uunomici say that it is reported the Republi can troops who were defeated by the monarchists at Coimbra are about to go over to the cause of the monarchy. . The provinces of Minho and Tras Os Montes are in northern Portugal.

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archist operations recently and it was reported from Vigo on Saturday that Former King Manuel of Portugal had landed in Minho. . . LISBON", Sunday, Jan. 26. The government is assembling large bodies of troops to put down the royalist rebellion at Oporto, says an official statement Issued today , in which the renublican victory over the rebellious ment says: "A certain numDer or units ceiong ing to the Lisbon garrison declared in favor of the Oporto royalist rebels on January 23. They left their barracks and took up positions in the mountains of Monsanto above Lisbon. Their forces were composed of one regiment of cavalry and three batteries of field artillery. ; "The government immediately ordered faithful troops to surround the position and opened lists for the enrollment of civilian battalions under the command of army officers: In a few hours more than 9,000 enrolled. The rebels were surrounded and promptly defeated. Their guns were captured and what remained of their cavalry fled in disorder, closely pursued by the republic troops. "The news of the victory aroused great enthusiasm In Lisbon. Ayers de Ornellas, the chief official representative of King Manuel was with the rebel troops. (A Lisbon dispatch yesterday reported that Ornellas had been killed in the Monsanto bill fighting.) v . . "The government is concentrating large bodies of troops with the object of suppressing the Oporto rebellion." SERBIAN KING ILL. ' ' (By Associated Pres , BASEL, Jan. 27. King Peter of Serbia, who has' been ill, has suffered a new attack and Is said to be in a serious condition, according, to - advices from Laibach. .

v able Results in Relief, Says Y. M. C. A. Worker. The work of the Friends in Russia and Eastern Europe; is described as remarkable by the 'Rev. James H. Halsey ;of Cincinnati, recently returned from work with the Y. M. C. A. In Russia and the Near East Mr. Halsey is to open the Near East Re'V?' -campaign here tonight with an address at the mass meeting to-be hed at the high school. "Too much cannot be said of the work done by the Friends" he said, and though the demand and the conditions have broadened the work into a scope which cannot be covered by tho Friends organization, yet the good they have done is by no means obscured. "I have viewed on the scene of action conditions in Northern Russia, where I was stationed thmnrhnut io,t

winter at the only open port, Mourmansk, as an American representative in the intervention scheme," he explained. "Wherever American troops have gone in Russia or elsewhere food has been taken for the civilians as weir as the entering army, and intervention has meant the restoration of living conditions and contentment for the people. . Suffering In Asia Minor. "I have also been air over Russia and down into the Caucasus mountain district over into Persia and Asia Minor. It is down there where the great, and unbelievable suffering is. "The necessity of help for these people, over a million of whom have already perished cannot be overemphasized. Throughout Eastern Europe where the brand of the Turks has been felt, while Germany smiled behind her hand,, little children, grown men and women are emaciated, starving, dying for the want of food. "There is no established government with which our government can cooperate in sending relief. That is why we use, enlarge and support those organizations which are already established there. It is through them that we will be able to do the best and most work. . "Why must we do It? For humanity and Christianity. There are Jews down there, and Jewish organizations in , America are going to cooperate toward the fund for them,, but there are thousands of Christians. Much of the suffering Is in our holv land, have a great and double obligation tn pertornv.'a;ii'S! "Bad Boy Conditions" , , ''When the Russian army came down upon Turkey she mobilized every man in sight. This depleted the shops and trades of keeper ' and workmen and for this work Greeks, Armenians, all pro-ally and pro-American because of the influence of American . missionaries, were taken over to be used as slaves, on the streets, everywhere. They were forced to work for Turkey and Incidentally for the German empire. This left their families without support In order that Turkey need not feel called' upon to furnish any food for these women and children, thousands were deported into the desert and left, others were taken into the sea and dumped. This under the pretense that they were dangerous to the Turkish government women and little children. "It will be one of the looked for acts of the peace conference to establish separate' nations in Eastern Europe and where needed under the protectorate of America, a disinterested nation," Halsey said. - ' "Trivial police fights of a few hundred men. are these .Bolshevik battles we are hearing of at present" he said.

"Itis well that theaentering army tlmUt and his' Wabandoed

?Z l? tbK S6!1 of tbP, ,troulle nd their motor cars and boarded a speBtop the bad boy conditions". It is ciai train, returned to Paris. The last not . through political antagonism or , part of the motor trip was made in a any particular dislike of the Bolshevik! that we have entered Russia, but to ; " - .. protect the country and the people, i flDCII IICID CAOT ' ' to restire peace and order where they . Ul til NcAll llAu I are destroying." Halsey said. Vl Ul1 fcnu 1 Mr. Halsey intends to return to the LIDIUE TflMflDDfHvI Russian field some time after Easter. Ulllf L lUllIUnnUfff

yrvunmy in iviay. iie Will go On a Kea cross snip with relief supplies. Wayne County Soldier Tells of Outrages in German Prison Camp The first Wayne county boy to be released from a German prison has arrived home. He is Charles Lock of Cambridge City, who while stationed at a motor base in the Chemln des Dames sector was captured by the uermans witn two other Americans and 45,000 French troops. From Mjy 1918, until after the signing of the armistice he was Imprisoned at Grisen, Darmstadt and Munster, Germany. Lock has a story full of horrors to tell. When first taken prisoner he was marched forty miles to a prison camp, then taken to Darmstadt for eighteen days and later to Orison for eighteen months. Among the ."pleas ant" treatment given prisoners at the hands of the Hun was a "course in ob servation." Lock-was eiven eaa and observation treatment in a hospital for two weeks at one time. . Federal Grand Jury Kept v Busy at Liquor Cases Investigation of more than 250 of alleged violations -of federal - regulations of the liquor traffic in .all parts of Indiana, it is believed by federal authorities, will keep the special federal grand jury, which convened today at Indianapolis, busy for three weeks or more. Deputy United States marshals have, been busy for two weeks serving subpoena . - -

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PRESIDENT WILSON MAKES TRIP OVER RATTLE FRONT OF FRANCE; SEES SCENE OF CHATEAU-THIERRY

(By Associated Press) . . - - j. . PAKI5. bunaay. Jan. zb fresiuenti the battle front and devastated regions, visiting Chateau TlUeriT and Rheims. At the close of a tour, that took him through a dozen razed villages, ending in the ruins of the historic cathedral at Rheims,-he made this comment: " ' " "No one can put Into words the impressions T l have s, received amongst such scenes of desolation; and ruin That was Mr. Wilson's only expression of his feelings after s, -trip that! every Frenchman has been; hoping he would make before he takes part in deciding what Is to be exacted from Germany for ..the " devastation of northern France. " " Belleau Wood Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, Admiral Grayson and a very small party, Mr. Wilson left the Murat residence early this morning, foregoing attendance at church and the rest which he felt he needed very much to perform what he said he considered to be a duty. The party motored first to Cha teau Thierry, where lunch was taken on board a waiting train. The party then ' proceeded by motor to Rheims. ngacinv thrnnch man v'rnine! villaeps and along the old fighting lines, where ' evidences .of ?' combat are etll to be : nlainlw onfin A Itar vieitfnr - KnA m I The "Sky Pilots" started work on the larger subscriptions of the Near East Campaign this afternoon. The campaign proper will start tomorrow when all workers will begin the attempt to complete the , work on the two-day schedule. A report luncheon at the Y. M. C. A. will end the. mornings work, ' which will - be continued and completed Wednesday morning. The Richmond organization for the. Near East Campaign will meet at the Commercial Club at 7:30 o'clock tonight for a 35 minute meeting of importance. All officers and workers are asked to be present. j "; Post C of the T. P. A., started a campaign for Armenian Relief at its meeting Saturday night. All those present were solicited at that time. A committed composed of John Highley, Orla McKee and Leroy Brown was appointed to solicit those who were not present at that meeting. Ask Reissue for Lost Bonds of San Diego Crew i (By-Associated Prs WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Congress may be asked to authorize the reissue of 1100,000 in liberty bonds, the property of the crew of the United States San Diego, 'and lost when the vessel sank off Fire Island last summer. Although the navy department has listed the San Diego as lost treasury offi cials have ruled that destruction of the bonds "has not been established by clear and unequivocal proof, t. ? Secretary Daniels said today if : the treasury adhered to this ruling - he would appeal to copgress in behalf of the crew. ...v.- ; ' -

advisory committee to assist in the economic and Industrial reconstruction of the new Polish state. Mr. Goodnow will head a special committee of the National Civic Federation to be sent to Europe to carry, out the purposes of this committee. Other members of this special committee are Samuel Gompers, Oscar S. Strauss, Jeremiah W. Jenks and Francis Nayer. - Representatives of the Polish organizations of New York have received cables from Ignace Paderewski, premier of Poland, and now in Warsaw, urging moral and financial support of a project to erect statues of Col. E. M. House in every town and hamlet of Poland. Col. House is given the credit for bringing about the coalition of the political factions Poland in estab-

lishing the republic, swirling snowstorm, the first snow Mr. e wimnn ; nxR rrmi milium iji Wilson has seen . since last winter. r---L - zla party" immortalized in the history of the war by the gallant fighting of Ameri can marines. - The motor cars turned off the main roads and crawled perilously through back lanes to bring the president close to the place where the fighting took place. 'The country folk in that neigh borhood are striving to reclaim their i country - from war's desolation. : The . A, .f'i. - -I'SS more American boys who gave their lives at that point and looked across . (Continued on Page Eight) U. S. TO BRING HOME 300,000 MEN EACH MONTH, SAYS MARCH (By Associate rreisl WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. General March, chief of staff. Informed the senate' military committee today, tha . . . . Tri?,lTr: ported home monthly and that all the American expeditionary force could be returned home and demobilized within six months. There are still about 785,000 men In camp In the United States and all will be , demoDUized within a month from today, except those retained for "over head" duty, Gen March added. Up to noon last Saturday, he said, 104,000 men had arrived from overseas. - , - ". ' How many Americans will be held abroad in the army of occupation is to be determined by President Wilson, General March stated, but more Americans already have been designated for return home than originally proposed by Marshal Foch. He indicated that ten divisions have been suggested as America's contribution to the army of occupation. 36 STATES REPORT DRY RATIFICATION (By Associated Press WASHINGTON. Jan.' 27.-r-Th!rty-six

states, the necessary three-fourths, Tne cluDi jf formed, hopes to bring have asserted to the state department prominent - women speakers to the that ratification of the federal prohi-jCjty study all lines of women's activlbition amendment today and prepara- ities and be of interest to all club wotlon of a proclamation to make the men of the city. Mrs. Paul Comstock. amendment effective was ordered, president of the Domestic Science ascertiflcatlons were received early In; soclation," will have charge of the

the day from Wisconsin, Nort CaroUna. Utah and Kansas, the latter being the 36th state to report. Conferees Agree on V :' Relief Appropriation (By Associated Press! f WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. An agreement on the administration bill appropriating 100 million dollars for European relief, was reached today by the senate and house conferees after a brief session. ' if. .

Delegates From Central Powers May be Summoned to Versailles Early in April to Learn Conditions.

EXPECT FAST PROGRESS (By Associated Press) PARIS,' Jan. 27. The council of ten, as the French now call the ministers of the five great powers, has before it for consideratian today In executive session among other things the questions of territorial adjustments, the abolition of conscription and the economic reconstruction of Germany. These questions, in accordance with the settled method of procedure will be referred by the council to suitable Commisssion. There appears every prospect that the peace conference will make rapid progress from now on with the work of fixing the peace terms for Germany, as the conference appears to have got ten into its stride. A high French , diplomatic authority is quoted by the Paris edition of the London Daily Mail as estimating that the conference will have the peace terms ready for submission for ratification by the various national governments between the middle and the end of March. . It this is accomplished the German delegates will be summoned to Paris early in April for the conclusion of the . peace. Small Powers Meet "

The delegates of the small powers will meet at the foreign office this afternoon to choose their representatives to sit on the commissions provided for in the Instructions adopted by the peace congress on Saturday. It was understood this morning that the great powers had undertaken to reconsider the decision that the small powers shall have between them only five members on their commissions. Without waiting for a decision on the question, - however, the ; commissions will get to work at once. The allied and associated powers are not relying solely upon the suecess of the 'proposal for conference ,

solution of the Russian problem. Ac cording to the Echo de Paris, President Wilson took Into consideration in making his proposal to the conference the possibility- that the Bolshevikl would refuse to cease their hostile attitude and make the cessation of hostilities an essential condition for the holding of ' the Marmora conference. Other proposals relating to the Russian question have therefore, the newspaper states, been put forward by him, in accordance with Premier Lloyd George. . JAPAN'S ATTITUDE PARIS, Jan. 26. The . Japanese delegation will. In Its attitude on questions coming before the peace congress,- be inspired by sentiments expressed by Viscount Ucblda, the Japanese foreign - minister, on the opening of the diet at Toklo, Japan's senior delegate, Baron Maklno. said to The Associated Press today. The Japanese will, first of all, contribute -in every way possible to the conclusion of a Just and permanent peace and neither expect nor desire any territorial expansion in China or Siberia, he said. While declining to discuss with the press any questions likely to come before the congress. Baron Maklno said: .' - - .'- ' "Our minister of foreign affairs may be regarded as having expressed the views or the peace delegates in outlining the broad policies of Japan. He disposed of' any question as to Japan's relation with Russia by declaring that, she neither Intends nor desires to Interfere In Russian affairs. but is willing, if solicited to aid Rus sia In restoring order. GENERAL WOMAN'S CLUB IS PLANNED A mass meeting for the purpose of forming a . general Woman's club in Richmond will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the art gallery at high school. .If enough women are interested to warrant the forming of this club, it will take the place of the present Domestic Science association. ' Mrs. J. F. Goddard of Greensbnrg, Ind., who has been instrumental in .forming a similar club in her home, (will explain the plans at the meeting j Wednesday afternoon. A general disi cussion will follow Mrs. ,. Goddard's f nllr meeting. All women of the city who are interested are urged to be present President Wilson to ' Be Guest of Belgizz (By Associated Preset BRUSSELS. Jan. 27. President Wilson intends to accept the Invitation .of King Albert to visit Brussels, it is' said in - well - informed circles, but has not fixed the date for his trip because of the press of business at Paris. ;