Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 68, 29 January 1919 — Page 1

BIC

WON

VOL.' XLIV NO 6LlPltlni and Sun-Telegram RICHMOND. IND., WEDNESDAY, EVENING, JAN. 29 1919 SINGLE COPY'S CEHTG

CRISIS FACED BY CONGRESS;

VJILSOt! PLAt!

STILL SECRET President's Greatest Oppor tunity is Passing, Declares Simonds-Doubt Grows ? in Minds of Europeans. MUCH GAINED BY VISIT By FRANK H. SIMONDS (Copyright, 4919. by tho McClure Newspaper Syndicate) ARIS, Jan. 29. unmistakably the Peace conference is approaching a crisis, the first perhaps of many, but none the less a real cr?sls. Thi3 iu not the result of the development of Irrecon S3 cilable , views or any open or secret disagreement. There has 'been none and in my Judgment there will be none. Nothing 19 more Jlkely viewed from present conditions than that from start to-finish the , conquerors of Germany will continue ' to act in cooperation and with unbroken harmony. Inevitable disagreements will not become national or or personal. It is possible to, dismiss in advance rumors and reports of altercations, of ultimatums , and all similar circumstances. Britain, France and the United States, the three great powers, can not ' bo separated by any question which may arise. . By contrast the crisis . which ap proaches grows out of good rather than ill feeling. In France. Italy and England the coming of President Wilson was hailed by the mass of. the people, by the little people as con trasted with the politically or socially great, as the promise of a new era. Mr. Wilson was welcomed in no small . . sense as a savior of society, as the guarantor of a newworld. There was at most a difference only in degree in Rome, London and Paris. Given Unique ' Position. The consequence was to give Mr. Wilson a position almost unique in history. He had and I think he retains we power wielded by Bismarck, at toe conference of Berlinalthough . It . flows from far diffrent sources and r no single man at the congress of Vien- , ju, bm comparable influence. It was. and In a measure it remains the -ex-

wnrTVllson is to bring durabls peace to the world. He has become a figure quite unlike that of - Lloyd , Gorge, Clemenceau, Orlando, who, after all are mortals known as , such to millions, but Mr. Wilson is, a - symbol rather than a man. In this situation the temptations are manifest and tremendous, yet I think ft would be the general consensus of opinion that the president has acted with admirable self, restraint. The first awkward moment when it remained to be disclosed whether he came as Caesar or as a Conferee went off satisfactorily. Millions of people welcomed him with an enthusiasm which gave him obvious power but he made no effort ao use that power unfairly, unreasonably or so far, at alL Gives Position Secret. Thus in a sense after the first period of action the president disappeared from the public which had welcomed him. He was lost to view and this is the point thereafter nothing has happened of all things which were most expected and are most desired. What the president thought, what he seeks, what his views are on the main questions remains unknown not save by a few but unknown to any single individual in Franco. On some but by no means all important questions his views are suspected and that is all. Now I do not think anyone can exaggerate the longing of the people of f the nations who have fought this war , , for peace for a return to the old com1 1 forts and conveniences of life for an end, not merely to the horrors of fighting but to the only less real horrors of existing twilight zone between war and peace. v In France, in Britain, in Italy, there are discomforts, hardships; there is a meueure of suffering and millions of men still under arms desire to go ho'ne while in Eastern Europo famine ( exists and increases day by day. Tho conditions or ordinary life pass description even in Western Europe. One pays enormously for little, nut merely the foreigner, but also the native, food is dear, scarce-, unsatisfactory, railway transportation is haiihazard. Mails are Infrequent. In sum order and organization have as a consequence of tho war gone oat of lifo. The grimmest and moBt intimate personal problems press upon all people and as the prossuro grows their interest even In a thing as important as the peace conference diminishes. Decision is Wanted. The reaction from these conditions is the ever growing demand that there shell be decision not debate in the pence conference. The world is beginning to demand some peace, any peace rather than a perpetuation of the present condition and in this situation the President whose word would be of compelling force says nothing, has said nothing. If he has a plan as it is necessary to believe even in the matter of the League of Nations the plan remains unknown. , - , I do not desire at this time to seem to criticise. I have been convinced and remain convinced that the coming of the President to Europe was in itpelf and by itself a great contribution ;T the solution of the most difficult - problem, that of making at least a tolerable peace. . We shall have, I am sure a better peace because Woodrow Wilson came to Europe than we (Continued on Page Three) -

Tank Corps Among Units

Assigned for Return (By Associated Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Units assigned for early convoy home a3 announced today by. the war department, Included the 4th and 5th balloon companies. 84th company transportation corps, 2nd corps headquarters troops, 412th telegraph battalion signal corps, 21th field battalion signal corps, 301st tank center. 307th tank brigade headquarters and the 302nd, 926th and 327th tank battalions. PRINCIPLES OF UNITED RUSSIA GIVENJLLIES New Legal Order to be Founded on Sovereignty of People, Says Statement. (By Associated Press) PARIS. Jan. 29 A declaration has been Issued and delivered to the allied governments by what In the document Is called "a conference of Russian ambassadors and business men In Paris." The declaration says the object of the conference was to defend the rights and Interests of Russia by "solemnly proclaiming, in the name and by the order of the United Governments of Russia, the principles by which the nation's policy will be inspecired." "No matter when order is restored In Russia," the declaration continues, "this order cannot be founded on the principles which formed the basis of the ancient regime.' It is hard to formulate precisely, for the present what the actual constitution of Russia will be, but it Is possible to formulate the principles which will form the basis of the democratic organization of Russia. These principles are: . 1. The new legal order must be founded on the sovereignty of the people, who will exercise their power through organizations of their choice, which will be responsible to the people and will guarantee to them the unallenability of their sovereignty. 2. No difference is to be made between the people's prerogatives and class privileges. There will be equality for all In the eyes of the law and free access to all the degree of the political and social scale. "3 The rapid development of producing forces. The encouragement of all private initiative and all meaesures likely to-attract, capital in the country. At the same time the state mint adopt all measures to safeguard for the laboring classes all the. economic and social experience-; accumulated by international practice. - "4 The most Important question must be the settlement of the agricul tural problem, whicbto attain-sooial fceseSansTfie solvedMn the inter est of the large masses. : , s "5-JJuring the revolution, a disorderly movement occurred on the part of peasants who took possession of the land. .This exceptional situation demand exceptional means for dealing with it, but to return to the ancient state of affairs is impossible. Peasants must own more land than hitherto, but for the present state of anarchy, there must be substituted some legal basis." " 5 The declaration continues by advocating administrative recentralization and recalls that after the revolution of 1917, the new Russia proclaimed the independence of Poland and revised the ties uniting Russia and Poland. At that time, it is said, the autonomy of the Baltic peoples was urged. "This work, interrupted by the Bolshevist movement, must be resumed" the declaration says "New Russia must destroy at their original the artifical causes of unhealthy separatism. She must cause the unity of the state to become organic by making the Interests of the state, as a whole, correspond to the particular interests of each of the nationalities represented In the country." The declaration concludes by saying: "Russia pledges herself to fulfill all obligations arising from treaties she concludes but claims the right to be Indemnified by tho enemy for damages sustained during the war, which caused her heavy sacrifices." PROCLAIMS DRY LAW RATIFICATION (Bv Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. Ratification of the prohibition amendment to tho federal constitution effective Jan. 1C, 1920, was proclaimed today In a proclamation signed at 11:20 a. m. at the state department by acting Secretary Polk. ANDRASSY AT BERNE. BERNE. Tuesday. Jan. 28. Count Julius Andrassy, former 'Austro-Hun-garlan foreign minister, has arrived hero. THE WEATHER For Wayne County by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Thursday. Warmer in northwest portion tonight. Today's Temperature. Neon . , 34 Yesterday. . Maximum 39 Minimum 27 For Wayns County by W. E. Moore. Fair tonight and Thursday. Moderate temperature. Below freezing tonight.. v-' :- General Conditions Weather continues generally fair east of the Rockies and no cold weather is reported over any portion of the United States. An unusual absence of storms is noted and there is no storm of any significance within the limits of observation.'

AMDMTTO PROM LAW IS APPROVED IN HOUSE REPORT Opposition on Floor to Wright Dry Measure Bills Passed Giving Wives Equal Surety Rights.

INTRODUCE HEALTH BILL (By ' Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 29 Passage of the Miltenberger measure, provid Ing that wives shall nave the same surety rights as husbands overshadow ed In importance other business trans acted by the lower house of the legi3 lature this morning. Two other bills of minor importance were sent to the senate, 16 new measures were received and committee reports recommend ed passage of more than a dozen others, including the proposed amend ment . to the prohibition law and to create departments of banking , and insurance - were concurred in by the house. The last two were opposed by the house minority members. After consideration yesterday, the committee on public morals agreed to strike out the prohibition in the Wright dry amendment, of all beverages containing not to exceed one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol. This leaves the "dry beer" section of the present prohibition law intact. The committee also struck out that part of the bill specifying that empty bottles should be considered prima facie evidence of the possession of liquor. Opposition Shown. Other provisions of the bill which are considered too drastic by supportera of a middle-of-the-road prohibition course are those making it an offense for a householder to have liquor on his premises for his own use, and for: bidding the manufacture of wines for home consumption. Opposition to adopt the report of the public morals committee, recommending passage of the Wright bill in amended form developed on the floor but the bill was ordered printed upon the suggestion of speaker Eschbach that then the members could determine for themselves whether proposed amendments to the prohibition law would make it too drastic if they are enacted Representatives Klmmel of Lafayette and Decker asked the auth or . wnetner tne proposeq cnanges would eliminate a TiMvt ll ,pma TErtSTewTnes, cider and declare- illegal possession of a gallon or less of Whis key. He answered that the amendment would not prevent the making of home made wines and cider. The Mil ler measure providing for "anti-mash-ing" law, also reported favorable for passage by this committee will be opposed later on the floor of the house. Provide Health Commissioner. Democratic members spoke In favor of the minority report of the committee on insurance for indefinite postponement of the bill to create an insurance department. The majority report recommending passage was adopted. Among the new bills introduced was one by Representative Willis of De Kalb county providing for all time health commissioner in counties of more than 10,000 population and also in cities of more than 20,000 population. Salaries would be graduated from $2,000 to $2,500 annually with an expense allowance of not less than $1,000 for each commissioner. Other new bills would provide: by Representative Kimmel of Lafayette, give county superintendent of highways 7 cents a mile travel expenses in addition to $6 a day compensation when the number of miles exceeds 300 and $5 a day when less than that number. Insurance Bill. The house committee on Insurance will amend the bill to create a department of Insurance to provide that It would not take effect until Sept. 30, 1920, and cutting the salary from $6,000 to $4,000 annually. The ways and means committee will recommend indefinite postponement of the Southard measure which would pension state employes. Including teachers at the state universities. The senate committee reported favorably the McConaha measure to reimburse Dr. T. Henry Davis, for traveling expenses incurred while serving on the state board of health. Labor Legislation. An eight-hour working day for women, 48 hours a week, is providedin a bill introduced by Representative McKinley of Muncie. Owners of cattle, condemned after being infected with tuberculosis, would be reimbursed one-third the difference'- between the appraised value and the salvage value, according to a bill by Representative Barker. Another measure introduced In the house would raise the basic pay of teachers in the public schools. The house passed the Kimmel bill providing for a department of oil inspection and fees until next October, when another oil bill, awaiting Introduction and favored by party leaders, will provide that the work be conducted by the food and drug department. An unknown person ' voted for the Kimmel measure, answering the roll when Representative Newman's name was called. Speaker Eschbach will cause the arrest of any person who hereafter violates the rules of the house by lobbying on the floor while the house is in session. Williams Again Named Currency Comptroller WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. John Skelton Williams of Virginia, was nominated today by President Wilson for another term as comptroller of the currency. :

These Men

ft Jfl3 Xl'-'- " U cr iw 111 111 -f I j vKiil U yW S LS g Af- if v' 1 2SMA M r l V I i

Above, left to right: Leon Bourgeois, France; Col. E. M. House, United States, and Premier Orlando, Italy. Below, left to right; Viscount Chinda, Japan; Lord Robert Cecil, Great Britain; President Wilson, and Gen. ' Jan Christian Smuts, Great Britain.

! The first great step toward the formation of the league of nations proposed by President Wilson was taken when the peace conference appointed a committee representative of the allied governments to work out the details of the constitution-and the functions of the league." Two men were named from each of the five big powers and five more from the other nations will form the committee. The others of the ten delegates from the big powers, in addition to those shown above, are Ferdinand Larnaude, France; Vitario Scialoia, Italy, and K. Ochiai, Japan. '

HIGHWAY EXPERT TO SPEAK HERE L. W. Wright, author of the new roads bill, and a member of the Highway Commission, will speak at an open inc at thp Richmond Commercial club Wednesday evening at 7:30, u uwa, avwiuiiift tv . sage received Tuesday, evening by Carl W. Ullman, secretary of the club. All members of the club and interested, persons are urged to attend this meeting. ? Automobile men and farmers are ; especially invited. Efforts I will, tie imfH"aJ""' member rfh fwa'yne County Better Farming asso ciation present. ... - Much interest has been-shown in this bill by Wayne county men, and several will go to Indianapolis Thursday to attend the good roads bill hearing. For this reason it was, thought opportune to have Mr. Wright in Richmond to explain the proposed bill. A public hearing - will . be held in Indianapolis Thursday evening "in the chamber of the house of representatives, for the purpose of giving friends of good road legislation ah opportunity to express their opinions. The roads committees of both tho House and the Senate ho have called this meeting, are eager that every county and city and town have a good delegation present to hear the voice of the people in this matter. v The meeting at the Commercial club this evening promises to bo an interesting one. Apples and cigars will be served. Predicts 200,000 Yankees Will Remain in France PARIS, Jan. 29. -At least 200,000 Americans now in the army will remain in France, according to a statement made by a prominent member of the American colony in Paris and quoted by the Intransigeant today: The majority will remain, it is said, because they wish to marry French women and the rest because they are charmed with French life and see great opportunities here for American energy. British War Cabinet Meets v to Discuss Colony Plan f By Associated P:csa) o r T Q l-.n t ,t firent Rritaln'fl v . nxviui - " " - - - - - : war cabinet held a special meeting yesterday afternoon at J o clock to discuss the difficulty arising between President Wilson's plan for the disposal of German colonies and that of the other conferees, according to the Paris edition of the London Daily Mail which adds: J , "It is believed that some approach was made toward Mr. Wilson's viewpoint at the meeting of the supreme council after Mr. Wilson's i portant speech giving more details of his plan. Premier Lloyd George, Foreign Minister Balfour and ; Premier Clemenceau followed Mr. Wilson in speaking on the subject. ,s Seventy Thousand Miners on Strike in Scotland LONDON, Jan. 29. Miners in many of the collieries in west Scotland have struck in sympathy with the men who threw down their tools at Clyde. This action was taken in spite of their leaders' protests. - " ? A strike conference wa3 held ; at Glasgow on Tuesday and was attended by delegates from all parts of Scotland, as well as Grimsby, Rugby and London: It" was decided to support the strike committee and submit to the government proposals for a settlement on'a basis of a 40-hour week. It also was decided that the strike would in no case approach the government or their employers. . It was announced at the meeting that the strikers in the Clyde district are estimated to number 70,000. l.

Will Lay Basis for League of

Employers Urged to Co-operate in f:tr ?jV ff of Labor Trouble (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 29. A committee representing labor, the public and employers to deal in a practical manner with the labor problem has been appointed here as the result of the work done by the research bureau of New Jersey it was announced today. At a meeting presided over by H. R. Heydon, secretary of the research bureau 50 representatives of labor and capital decided that immediate steps must bo tekatt-toTw that atrtndusfrial 'disputes'' bo'settied" in a prompt and orderly manner and urged that co-operation between the employers and employees was the great necessity of the hour.. ' -"' Marcus M. Marks, who inaugurated the settlement of labor conditions by a joint trial board when he wa3 president of the Borough of Manhattan, "urged genuine co-operation"; by the employers. "It will be suicidal to cut wages before the cost of living is lowered," he declared. "We must not tamper with human material in such a manner." The committee coprises prominent representatives of labor, capital and the public. TELEPHONE RATES PUT INTO EFFECT BY COURT RULING (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 29. Holding that the United States district had no Jurisdiction in the application of the Indiana public service commission for a permanent injunction to prevent collection by the telephone company of new toll rates recently ordered into effect by Postmaster-General Burleson, Judge A. B. Anderson dissolved the temporary restraining order granted several days ago. The new rates become effective in Indiana immediately upon the court's ruling. The Indiana public service commission held - a conference with the Indiana attorney-general's department' immediately after the temporary restraining order was dissolved. It was said the : advisability of filing an injunction suit in a Marion county courf was considered. Suggestions have been made that a suit in the county court asking the rates be held ineffective !n, the county, be filed, taken to the state supreme court and then to the United States supreme court. Italy's Claim to Coast of Dalmatia Defended BOSTON, Jan. 29 Col Ogo Pizzarello, head of the mission, from the Redeemed provinces Of Italy, defended Italy's claim to a portion of the 'Dalmatiancoast in a speech , here last night. He ? said the.- Jugo-Slavs had wrongfully accused. hi3 country, of being "imperialistic." - 5 , "We restricted our claims," he said, "to the central part of Dalmatia: that means we are leaving to the . Jugoslavs more than 25Q miles -of coast with fourteen natural harbors and claiming for ourselves only 100 mile3. Perhaps we should hare claimed the whole thing and now make a gracious gift to the Jugo-Slavs of a small outlet to the sea." Col. Pizza rello declared that the Jugo-Slavs had fought in the Austrian armv until the end of the war and that Jugo-Slav regiments fighting along the Piave river had been mentioned for bravery in the last communique issued from Austrian army headquarters. . "Italy has everything at - stake In this controversy," he added. "The whole Italian people are in accord with the government."

Nations

LOCAL DESERTER IS - CAUGHT IN WEST Everett John Schnelle, 31 years old, son of Fred J. Schnelle, 300 South Fourth street, who left the military service last June at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, was caught Tuesday in St. Louis by Deputy Sheriff Carl Wadman. 'Schnelle, who was sent into service by the Wayne-county draft board last May, made a claim for exemption at that time. -He Was inducted Into the service at Columbus Barracks,- Ohio, and was transferred from there to the 36th infantry at Fort Snelling only a few days before disappearing. Schnelle was -captured in civilian clothes, and there is every evidence that his is a plain case of desertion and will be so treated by a court martial, according to Sheriff Carr. Deputy Sheriff Wadman will turn him over . to the military authorities at Jefferson . Barracks, whence he will doubtless be sent to Fort Snelling for trial by court martial.. His is one of the two cases of men inducted by the local board who" deserted after entering the service. Schnelle was a salesman for a Richmond tea company before entering the service. Although the chief offender has been captured, Sheriff Carr does not believe the case has closed from a local viewpoint. S Independent Socialists Show Gain in Germany -j i f (By Associated Press) v , AMSTERDAM, Jan. 29 The work of counting the vote cast in the Prussian elections is still incomplete,-but partial returns show that the majority socialist vote was cut down in the larger towns, according to advices from Berlin. ' The independent social ists made gains probably a result of propaganda carried on after the shooting of Dr. Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. : - .. - -. It is believed that the social democratic party led by Philip Scheidemann will be the strongest in the Prussian parliament. The next party in strength will be the democrats with the Christian people party formerly the Centrists ranking third. RUSSIAN COURSE ATTACKED AGAIN , (By Associated Press! WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Another demand , for immediate withdrawal of American 'troops from Russia was made in the, senate today by Senatqr Johnson of California in an - address vigorously criticising he Russian course ol I the United States and the allies. ; ; U.-. ' ' Military "activities in Russia were denounced..' by. Senator. Johnson as "wicked and useless" and a "criminal policy J of intervention," - which had helped - hold the 'Bolshevik! ; in power while starving the Russian people. - Declaring again that-America has no policy In Russia,- Senator Johnson said,' "We have engaged in a miser able misadventure stultifying our pro fessions of friendship for the Russians and setting at naught our promises. " German Troops Will Be Quartered at Weimar . (By Associated Pressl : BERLIN, Tuesday, Jan. 28. Two battalions from one of the crack German regiments will leave for Weimar this week. They will be quartered there during the sessions of the national assembly and will be at the gov ernment's - direct disposal in case of necessity. , .-.''

PRESIBK 1 70 : GO BACK TO CONFERENCE IN SPRING

Feels Presence Will Again be Needed, Report Says Disposition of German Colonies Still Considered. POLISH QUESTION IS UP ' ' (By Associated Press) PARIS, Jan. 29. Much as President Wilson still hopes to avoid a second trip to Europe, it begins to look as if the trend of people conference affairs would cause him to feel impelled to recross the Atlantic in the early spring. Recent statements purporting to announce definitely that the President had arranged to come back to Pans after going to Washington in February and even giving the date of his sailing on his return trip, were founded, it may be said, on no definite information. The fact Is that the President, while still hoping it will turn out that another trip to Europe will be unnecessary, is waiting to see what the remaining 15 days of his stay in France will bring forth, before finally deciding his course. ;. Will Justify Course. : But the President from the first has been, holding himself ready to return if he thought it necessary, and within the last day or so he has told officials in his confidence that he was im pressed with the feeling that it would fce his duty to return and that he was beginning to think he could not escape it. :i. V".k The president is said to have told his confidants that if events pointed to the need of his return he felt that his course would be found fully justified when he addressed congress, as he plans to do almost immediately on his return to the United States. It has developed that he has abandoned the idea of returning by way of England and stopping at Oxford to receive the degree which that university desires to confer upon him., If his plans in this respect hold, therefore, he will sail from Brest on the steamer George Wnsllinpnn nnw . nn tioi its France, some time between February 10 and February 15, going direct to tne United States, The steamer probably .will take - tho southern route, which she followed onher way over, to avoid bar weather.' " f May Require Extra Session. It Is . realized here that President Wilson's arrival home with, plans for departing for Europe again would bring up the question of an extra session of the new congress with republican majorities in both houses. The best available opinion here is that if an extra session be thought inevitable the president would call It before his return to France, probably setting the date ahead to some time in June, expecting to finish the business of the peace conference in time to return to , Washington and be in the White house when the new congress assembled. The president's friends here say he is prepared to answer any criticism of an intended return to France with facts that he will lay before congress in the addresses which ne probably will deliver. The future of the colonies . taken form Germany has assumed a place as one of the most interesting of the immediate bases . of the many-sided probles under consideration by the suprmeme council of the peace conference. Hearings are now being given by the supreme council to members of the onference and to colonial experts upon the disposition of the colonies. The council is at the same time proceeding with -the consideration of a general policy which shall be adopted by the five great powers in this matter. ; r ... i;.;' Urge American Plan. At present it appears that these powers, through the supreme council intend to dispose of the Bubject, confident of the approval of its decisions by the conference itself.. The hearings have already progressed to the stage . where the existence of views greatly at varience with . those set forth in President Wilson's fourteen points have been disclosed. This development has determined the American delegates to remind the other powers of that fact and to urge the adoption of the American plan at the very outset, in order to keep the rival claimants within the bounds of fairness." V y This plan, which .was discussed Monday and -is receiving immediate further consideration, looks to interTinHnna! -Pfintrnl rf (ha .nlnnlAd h.lr. ward nationalities and tribes by individual powers, or by agents to be rive all their powers from the league and to act entirely on the lines of noHcy distated by that body. ; - ; , ueaaue to ae Guardian. ' xne aistriDuuon or tnese guaraiansnips is to De maae oy tne jeague or nations; so it again happens, as in the case of many of reform, broached at the' conference that its successfulapplication is wholly dependent on the onsummation of the league. ; One argument against the league's control or coiomes auvancea oy ineBntlsn coioniei oinciais was that the "mandatories" might feel themselves saddled with enormous financial responsibilities ln an effort to develop their wards,; and yet be subject to criticism in, the event, that they failed to bring them forward, i ' ' President Wilson himself felt called upon to answer this argument by the statement that the American plan contemplated that the mandatory power would be liable only for admlntsrative (Continued on P?ge Twelvs)