Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 81, 13 February 1919 — Page 1

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UST Lir.1IT MEW BRIDGE DCPENDITURE TO $185,000 South Side Bridge Plans May be Halted Unless Structure Qui be Erected Within That Amount. FURTHER FUND ILLEGAL

Violinist Gives Concert Then Goes to His Death In Battle of Argonne (By Associated Press) COBLENZ, Feb.- 12.--Conflnnatlon of the death of Lieut David Hochstein, of Rochester, N. Y., a violinist, has been received here from the statistical bureau of the American expeditionary forces. Lieut. Hochstein was killed in action on Oct 12, in the Argonne. Four days before his death he gave a concert at Nancy, then went to the front with the Sixtieth Infantry.

STATE SENATE PROTESTS ACT GIVING c. o:s FULUJBERTY Senate Resolution Demands Investigation of All Baker's Acts While Head of War Department.

Villi. SUIT LEAGUE PLAN TO COUNCIL ON FRIDAY CHINA LOOKS TO PEACE CONFERENCE FOR JUSTICE V. "v5S5: ygr

A definite check was Thursday administered to the advocates of the South Side bridge when they discovered that because of the state law covering additional county appropriations It may be Impossible for the county council to make the 115,000 additional

appropriation until next fall. The law says that unless an emergency exists, there shall be no addi tional appropriations made by the county council except at a regular meeting. The next regular meeting of the council will come early in Sep tember of this year. While a case of this kind has never been tested In the courts there has been no new development In the South Side bridge case since the appropriation was made for its building, and a new development of some kind" is necessary for an emergency, ' according to lawyers opposed to the bridge. Doubt Council Action At least one member of the county commissioners Thursday said that he would vote against the appropriation being recommended to the council because of the very great probability that issues of bonds for the extra sum would be illegal and in any case could not be made until the case had been thrashed out in the courts. Opinion of several members of the county council interviewed Wednesday and Thursday was that the additional appropriation probably would not be approved by the council even If the commissioners asked it, because of the possible Illegality of the proceeding. Advocates of the bridge said Thursday that if necessary the law would be tested. Any such action will tie up the bond issue until the matter is settled, perhaps many months or a year. Bridge advocates have also expressed their determination to go ahead and build a narrow structure on the original appropriation of $185,000,' if they cannot get, the additional money. , " May Narrow Structure.: They propose to do this by leaving oft the paving and letting property owners in the affected district pay for it, by narrowing the bridge from 42 to 36 feet and by using gravel instead of crushed stone In the concrete. The bridge as originally planned would cost about $225,000, according to their estimates. By leaving off the paving, $9,000 of this, the cost of paving, would be transferred from the bridge to the owners of the nearby lots. Another $25,000 would be sheared oft by narrowing the bridge to 36 feet. The new plans provide for only one street car track, in place of two in the old, and the rest of the structure to remain the same. It is pointed out by the bridge people as the most likely street car plan for the south and southwest sides is a belt plan, one track is all that will probably be needed. Might Use Gravel. Still another $4,000 could probably Te sheared off , by the use of gravel Instead of crushed stone or concrete. Crushed stone Is by far the best material of the two, they admit, but claim the gravel will do very well. Besides the savings the committee hopes to do the flllllng work at the same time - the proposed connecting streets are built, and to utilize the dirt removed in the street construction In the fills, thus cutting down the cost on that part of the building. The committee believes it possible to build the bridge under the new cost figure, $187,000, and is planning to attempt to force the construction for that figure, in case It is not possible to get an additional appropriation. U. S. REINFORCEMENT SENT TO RUSSIANS (By Associated Press) ARCHANGEL, Feb. 13. American reinforcements, marching over thirty miles In a forest trail, reached the hard-pressed British and Russians in the region of Sredmakrenga Tuesday. The result was that the Bolshevikl, who had been launching strong attacks in this region, retired to the southward, apparently abandoning their offensive move. The Bolshevik! evidently feared they would be cut off in the rear and they withdrew before the Americans reached Sredmakrenga. Conditions on other sectors of northern Russia are unchanged today. Clothing Workers Get Forty-Four Hour Day (By Associated Press) BOSTON, Feb. 13. A forty-four hour working week to begin March 1, has been granted clothing workers in this district The new schedule was accepted by the Amalgamated Association of Clothing Workers last night They are now empioyea lony-eigni iours a weex. JP Tne VIOIUIDB iUHUUUWlUICIS BBDWi jatlon notified the workers that the .at hv the sneclal examining board for New York would be acceptable here. A decision from the board Is expected before the new schedule oea Into effect

ARMISTICE TERMS REQUIRE PROMPT DEMOBILIZATION

Terms to be Removed on Feb, 17 for Short Period - Foch Drafts Provisions. (By Associated Press) PARIS, Feb. 13. The-supreme war council has decided, says a Havas report that the armistice with Germany will be renewed on February 17 for a very brief period with the allies reserving the right to suspend it at any time In the event of Germany's failure to carry out new clauses or those which have hitherto not been executed. It is said that the terms will provide that the Germans must cease hostilities against the Poles and maintain their forces within fixed limits. During the brief period of the renewed armistice, a special commission will definitely draft the conditions of an armistice which will last till the signature of the peace preliminaries. These conditions, which the supreme war council is reported to have approved in a rough form yesterday afternoon, have in view, it is said, the demobilization of the German army and the disarmament of the enemy under the supervision of the allies. These terms, it is understood, will be communicated to Germany so that the national assembly at Weimar will have time to deliberate upon them until the provisional armistice expires. Emphasizes Precautions. Marshal Foch, who leaves for Treves today, will interview Premier Clemenceau at 8 o'clock this morning and will begin drafting the armistice provisions which the supreme war council will probably examine this afternoon. It is reported the M. Clemenceau made an Impressive speech . at yes terday's sitting. of the council, showing the necessity of taking all desirable precautions against Germany. At the afternoon sitting. President Wilson is declared to have adopted the same Viewpoint, , affirming that all the allies were agreed on that point, and that divergencies which cropped out during previous discussions bore solely on the most suitable methods of obtaining the necessary garantees. President Wilson, according to report, is understood to have declared in conversation that a resumption of hostilities was a grave eventuality to which he would agree only on the most absolutely essential considerations and not for any secondary motives. The report states that, in Mr. Wilson's opinion, the non-execution of terms of the armistice by Germany would be an incident of such a nature as to justify the resumption of war and it is stated that he wold not hesitate in that case to order the American army to take up arms again. HAMBURG FORCED TO SiVE UP ARMS (By Associated Press) BASEL, Switzerland, Feb. 13. A state of siege has been declared at Hamburg, Germany, until the people of that city have surrendered all arms in their possession. Patrols, demanding these arms, are taking action against those who resist Gustave Noske, minister in oharge of military affairs in the Ebert cabinet, has telegraphed to the president of the soldiers' council at Hamburg, saying that he will not take military measures against that city as the the Soldiers' and Workingmen's council Is restoring order. LONDON. Feb. 13. Demobilization of Germany's old army is almost completed, according to authoritative information here. After Saturday, when the 1916 and 1917 classes will be disbanded, It will consist of about 100,000 men on the eastern front and the 1918 and 1919 classes, numbering about 150,000 men which will be kept as a standard army. Efforts by the German autrodities to recruit volunteers have been unproductive. Dutch Steamer Sunk By Mine Off Norway (By Associated Press) CHRISTIANIA. Feb. 13. The Dutch steamer Riek, Rotterdam to Bergen, struck a mine and sank three miles off the Norwegian coast on Wednesday. The crew was saved and has landed at Chrlstlanstad. Bolshevik Emissary Arrested by Germans (By Associated Press) BASLE, Switzerland, Feb. 13. Karl Radek, the Russian Bolshevik emissary who has been accused by the German authorities of being an instigator of numerous radical outbreaks in German territory, has been ., discovered and arrested by the Berlin police, according to a Berlin dispatch today. His whereabouts have been a mystery for some time.

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AMEND GERMAN BILL (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 13. Resolu tions condemning the release and granting of full pay to "conscientious objectors" on orders of Secretary of War Baker, and asking congress to conduct a full investigation of all of Secretary Baker's acts while In office' and make a public report were Introduced In the Indiana senate today by Senator Negley, Republican. On motion of Senator Van Auken, democrat the resolutions were referred to the committee on federal relations. After describing the term "conscientious objector" at least In these instances but another and less specific term for the plain and well understood, word 'traitor the resolution continues: "Be it resolved, that it Is the sense of this assembly that the action of our secretary of war as above set out Is hereby disapproved and condemned by this body in regular session assembled, and our national congress is hereby respectfully requested to make full investigations of all the acts of said secretary of war during his entire incumbency and to make such reports as will advise the citizenship of our country of the true conditions surrounding same." Talking against hasty action on the resolution. Senator Van Auken declared it virtually preferred charges of pro-Germanism against a federal official. He said he assumed Secretary Baker -acted in good faith. Anti-German Measure. Adoption of an amendment to the Negley anti-foreign language measure already passed by the senate, to provide that "the elementary schools of the state shall be taught in the English language only" featured the session of the house of the legislature this morning. This afternoon .the juowe measure with the Rothrock amendaM!n,tOvpfo.vJli that the--Hg usn language be- taught and used for Instruction purposes in the elementary grades of public, private and parochial scnoois will oe considered as a special order of business on passage. With the indulgence of the senate Senator. Duffey reintroduced his bill creating a new highway commission. His original bill for this was with-, drawn because it contained a section relating to revenue and under the con stitution could not originate in the senate. Senator Van Auken's bill aDDrooriating $250,000 to be used in cooperation with the federal government in settlement of discharged soldiers on public lands, lost its effectiveness in a committee report eliminating the appropriation. The report was adopted. Provides Salary Increase. An increase in salary from $6 to $10 a day for Indiana legislators is provided in a bill introduced by Sen ator Nejdl. The bill would fix the salary of the speaker of the house at $15 a day and would become effective at the next general assembly. Senator Grant's bill giving the city courts in cities of the second, third and fourth classes. Jurisdiction in civil cases up to $1,000, instead of the $500 now provided for, was killed on recommendation of the committee. The Hogston bill eliminating free holders from residence proof in a divorce case failed to pass for want of a constitutional majority, the vote being 23 to 19. A bill by Senator Helper authorizing counties to issue bonds to pay expenses where they join cities in maintenance of a market house and public hall under the same roof, was passed without a dissenting vote. Among the bills introduced were: by Bowers, authorizing the county commissioners to spend a sum equal to one-tenth part of one per cent of the assessed valuation of taxable property to commemorate the deeds of the county soldiers; and by Van Auken, defining the crime of Bolshevism and fixing a penalty drawn on lines similar to the bill pending before the house. Senator Alldredge Introduced a concurrent resolution asking that congress perpetuate the daylight saving law. This met with strong opposition from farmer senators who said the bill interfered with their harvest Define Bolshevism Other business before the lower house included the adoption of a majority report of the committee on state medicine and public health recommending the postponement of the Willis all-time health officer measure and the Introduction of 17 new bills, including one to define Bolshevism and to provide that any one practicing Bolshevism or anarchy be heavily fined and sent to jail and another to prevent the vivisection of animals by physicians or surgeons. Republican members of the house were in caucus at 1 o'clock this afternoon. It Is understood that the question of anti-German legislation would be considered. When Representative Kessler, chairman of the house committee on education, sub-' mitted the report of the committee for the amendment of the Negley antiforeign language measure, Representative Barker, Democrat of Posey county, charged that the amendment was not the same as was agreed to by the committee at its session Tuesday evening. "It might be the amendment the Republicans agreed to yesterday at the caucus," he added. ' Continued On Page Eleven. .

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Hsu Shin Cheng, president of China, wearing silk hat entering his carriage in palace grounds of Forbidden City . China, which was ruled by monarchs for centuries until recent years, is firm in the belief that the peace conference will render justice to all nations. China, through its statesmen, has stated that it expects the conference to "play fair" in rr jtking Germany repay China for territory taken and loot and money obtained by the Germans during the Boxer uprising. The garb of the president, from silk hat down, shows that China is rapidly adopting western, up-to-date methods and ideals.

Prominent Juvenile W orkers to Speak at Y. M. C. A. Conference

Seventy-four men and women of the city who are interested in boys and boys work have been invited to attend the "Workers with Boys' Conference," which will end the Fathers' and Sons' week at the Y. M. C. A. next Monday, Feb. 17. A series of meetings addressed by prominent state speakers for the purpose of studying some of the problems which confront the boys of this city will begin at 4:30 o'clock and continue until 9 o'clock. The program follows: 4:30 Truancy Its "Cause and Cure Miss Ethel Clark, attendance officer. 5:00 What About the Cigarette? N. C. Heironimus. 5:30 The Gang Spirit; its Use in Boys' Work Alexander Purdy, professor of psychology, Earlham college. 6-7:00 Supper with Hi-Y club. 7:00 Juvenile Delinquency in War Time Judge Frank J. Lahr, of the Marion county juvenile court. Indianapolis. 7;3ft - Boys-eye .View- of the,- Sunday . School open. f , 8:00 Boy Scouts; a Program for Boys R. S. Clark, scout executive of Gary. 8:30 Plans for the Future (a) Truancy. 4 (b) Smoking. (c) Boy Scouts. (d) Sunday schools. (e) Standard program for boys. (f) Future meetings of the boys' workers. The following men and women are to attend all or part of these confer ences: J. H. Bentlev. B. W. Kelley. W. O. Wlssler, John Thompson, S. S. Ver non, Shannon Neff, L. B. Campbell, Elbert Vickery, C. O. Mays, Harry F. Ross, Ralph C. Sloan, A. J. Eckel, A. O. Heck. N. C. Heironimus. Lyman Lybolt, W. W. Cottingham, Herbert Warfel, G. Andrew Steeley, w. n. Ward, G. C. Sipple, F. F. Brown, J. Passwater, S. H. Hunt, A. S. Thomas, H- P.. r.lav. Mark Keelor. William Pond, A. B. Harrison, Ray Carson, John Graham, K. E. Kenney, A. a. Craig, John Holiday, E. B. KnollenWILSON ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR RETURN (By Associated Press) PARIS. Feb. 13. In a written reply to a delegation of the French Associa tion of the Society of Nations wnicn recently called upon him, President Wilson makes known formally ior tne first time his intention to return to France after going to Washington for the closing session of the American congress. In this reply the president says that he accepts the suggestion that after his return to Pans a great public meeting be arranged in celebration of the work of the peace conference. The arrangements have been completed for President Wilson's prospective departure from Paris on Friday night and his embarkation from Brest on Saturday. It is known he plans to return to France on March lo. There now is belief in official circles the peace conference will be able to complete its work by June 1. U. S. Establishes Trade Relations With Czechs WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Establish ment of trade relations between the United States and the new republic of Czecho-Slovakia was announced to day by the war trade board. Applications for licenses for exporting or importing all commodities will be received. -. . . "" The board said that further announcement would ' define the exact limits of the Czecho-Slovlkia territory, but that it could now be stated that the portion open to trade comprised the area which constituted the provinces of Bohemia and Moravia as they existed on August 1, 1914. MORE STRIKERS RETURN LAWRENCE, Mass., Feb. 13. A perceptible increase in the number of working operatives was reported today at the textile plants affected by the strike of some of the employes for 54 hours pay for 48 hours work. On the other hand the strikers asserted their ranks were unbroken.

v& visas- tf .berg, Jesse Beals, Harry Doan, Samuel Hodgin, J. F. Hornaday, Waldo Laicey, Oliver Nusbaum, Percy Sprague, Clarence Kramer, Roy Babylon, Jesse Weichman, A. L. Smith, J. M. Coat, Sam Vigran, Joseph H. Blose, J. W. Outland, Edward McNally, A. M. Tschaen, Miss Ethel Clark, Miss Gladys Hartman, Miss Harriett Thompson, Miss Sophia Marchant, Ada Woodard, Miss Anna M. Schutz, Miss Jean M. Dunlap, Fred White, G. G. Burbank. Arthur M. Charles. Russell Burkett Lawrence Haler, John H. Johnson, 1 George Kauper, O. T. F. Tressel, J. W. Mount Darrell Thomas, J. F. Propst, Mrs. A. W. Shallenberg. All. Sunday school teachers of boys' classes will attend. GET THE NEWS (By Associated Press) GENVEA, Feb. 13. - A trainload of German officers being brought, back from Palestine arrived here yesterday. All of them were Ignorant of recent events in Germany and did not know of the revolution or of the former emperor's flight into Holland. WOULD SET ASIDE COURT MARTIALS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. - Broader authority for the war department to set aside or modify judgment of military court martial was urged today by acting judge advocate general Ansell before the senate military committee. Telling of flagrant cases of excessive punishment ordered in court martial proceedings in which the department was helpless to interfere, General Ansell endorsed the hill of Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, providing for broad power of review. Sentence of several non-commissioned officers of a Texas regular regiment to terms of from 3 to 8 years imprisonment for "shooting craps" in camp was one illustration cited by the general. The accused, he said, were convicted of "mutiny" because they refused to drill after being placed under technical arrest on the gambling charge, although they acted according to their rights under military regulation. This was one of the first cases, General Ansell said, in which the department found itselw unable to prevent palable injustice and it prompted the demand for revision of the court martial laws. Crowder to. Succeed Himself in Office (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. - Major General Enoch H. Crowder, judge advocate general of the army, was nominated today by President Wilson to succeed himself for another term of four years, beginning February 15, 1919, with rank as major general from October 6, 1917. For Indiana bv the United States Weather Bureau. Rain and colder tonight. Friday local snows and considerably colder. Today's Temperature. Noon ........ 49 Yesterday. Maximum - . . 44 Minimum 28 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Rain this afternoon and tonight, possibly turning to snow squalls. Considerably .colder, southeast winds shifting to westerly gales. - General Conditions A storm of a diameter of 2,500 miles covers the Mississippi valley and extends from Saskatchewan to Gulf of Mexico, and is the most intense storm since November over any portion of the United States. Rains are general east of the storm except for . snow in the north. It is rapidly getting colder over the west

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INSURRECTION IS SPREADING OVER RUMANIA Ferdinand Wounded in Attempted Flight from Bucharest With Royal Family. (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Wednesday. Feb. 12. - A general insurrection is in progress throughout Rumania according to a ppecial dispatch from Vienna. King Ferdinand has been slightly wounded in attempting to flee from Bucharest with the royal family. Workingmen blocked the roadway from the royal palace when the royal family attempted to flee to Jassy and the king and his family were forced to return. The king was wounded when the workers, according to the report fired upon the royal palace. Sixty Killed in Riot Rioters in the streets of Bucharest are openly demanding the overthrow of the dynasty, crying: "Down with the puppets! Long live the republic!" The Vilag of Budapest learns that the revolt is part of Bolsheviki propaganda. In a clash between the military and demonstrators at Bakorst 60 persons were killed and 150 wounded. The discipline of the Rumanian army, the newspaper adds, is collapsing. The food and economic situation is rapidly growing worse and the country's finances are completely demoralized. The position of the Bragiano cabinet is declared to be untenable. POLES ALARMED BY GERMAN SITUATION (By Associated Press. WARSAW, Wednesday, Feb. 12. Bolshevist forces have occupied Zeliva, between Bialystok and BrestLitovsk. They have attempted to advance through the Polish lines, using uniforms of Polish officers, but those who tried this ruse failed and one hundred have been brought to-Warsaw in motor trucks. The Bolshevist forces are estimated to number between two and twenty divisions, but it is believed that the actual figures will show that the latter estimate is the more correct. General Bartelmy is attempting to arrange an armistice between the Ukrainians and Poles which the former are willing to negotiate, provided they are are given the Dronobycz oil fields, pending decision by the peace conference. The American Red Cross has sent a carload of condensed milk to Lemberg. . Ignace Jan Paderewski is alarmed over the German situation at Posen. He said to the Associated Press today: "The Germans are counting upon the United States and foreign press to spread the impression that the Poles are incapable of self-government." Refugees bringing In Russian rubles find that the value of their money is very low, the exchange rate having dropped twenty per cent. London Unions Denounce Unauthorized Strikes (T?y Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 13. "Unauthorized strikes cannot and must not be tolerated under any circumstances," is the declaration of the parliamentary committee of the Trades Union congress in a manifesto dealing with the Clyde and railway strikes and addressed to all federated societies in Great Britain. The committee dwells upon the irregularity and defiance of agreement involved in these strikes, and insists that it is the bounden duty of the minority to abide loyally by the decision of the majority in such cases. "It is the duty of all who desire the trade union movement to be strengthened to see that a union's action be governed in regular accordance with its constitution and rules. If the movement is to progress and prosper, it is essential that strict discipline within the membership be maintained and where necessary, the machinery of responsible governments must be assisted by the executives Insisting that ' their decieions be carried out implicitly."

Reach Final Adjustment TodayLetts and Esthonians to be Represented at Princes Island Conference.

DRAFT LABOR PROGRAM (By Associated Press) PARIS, Feb. 13. - The Lettish republic, in accepting the invitation of the peace conference to attend a conference at Princes Islands, states that as a proviso to its acceptance the Russian soviet must withdraw its forces from Letvla and cease all offensive military measures. The Esthonian government In its acceptance, states that it does not consider it is a part of the Russian soviet republic, but will participate because It feels the conference will h nt im portance to the future of Esthonia and its relations with Russia. PARIS, Feb. 13. The commission on the society of nations resumed its sessions at 10:30 this morning with a full attendance to receive the report of the drafting committee. It was hoped to reach a final adjustment at today's sitting. If this hope is realized today, it will be possible to submit the plan to a plenary session of the peace conference on Friday. Agree on Labor Action. The agreement by the commission on international labor legislation of the peace conference yesterday to accept Article IV of the British draft or measures to settle future status of international labor, marks the passing over safely of an obstacle which the labor leaders expected would provoke a bitter contest for the reason that it is me most radical of the projects organized labor is seeking to graft upon the constitution of the society of nations. This article provides that at the proposed international labor conference the representatives of the governments, the employers and working people shall be entitled to speak an vote independently, without regard to the views expressed by other representatives of their nation and to have power to draw up conventions binding on the nations represented. Final Action by Council. The rapid progress made upon the balance of the British draft into which will be incorporated certain features of the French labor plan, appears to warrant the belief that the essential aims or the delegates of both nations will be accepted in their entirety by the commission, although final action by the peace conference is predicted. The British draft covers, a wide field, including the following provisions: Uniformity of the rights of workmen employed abroad, their protection against loss when in a foreign country through the lapse of state insurance against sickness., old age, accidents, unemployment and similar causes. Prevention of the unemployment through the adoption by the different governments of a policy of distribution of orders for public works so as to keep the demand for labor at an approximately uniform level. Unemployment Relief The relief of the unemployed through a system of registration and cooperation between employers in different lines of industry to meet fluctuating labor demands. Opportunities to unemployed young workers for the continuance of their education at established centers. A system of inspection of factories and workshops to insure the execution of labor laws. The protection of children, youths and women, with educational opportunities for the children and th ram. lation of night work for the youths. Right of Unions The limitation of the working shift for young persons to half that of adults with no overtime or night work. The recognition of the rights of workingmen to combine, and the right to peaceful picketing. The recognition of the right of workingmen to combine politically, and the right of trades unions to participate in politics. Working hours to he fixed by laws in each state with an international standard as the minimum. The regulation of home work in small workshops, or in sweatshops to be attended to by each state, in view of the difficulty of settling this problem by international legislation. An international code regulating labor conditions in the mercantile marine under every flag to be worked out bv a snecial maritime mm mine Inn of the league of nations in continu ous session to taKe up new points. Esthonian Territory Cleared of Bolshevik COPENHAGEN. Wednesday, Feb. 12. - A Libau dispatch reaching here by way of Berlin says the entire territory of the Esthonian republic has been cleared of the Bolsheviki through the Esthonian and Finnish advance movement. Influenza Kills Many Indians in Northwest WINNIPEG, Feb. 12. - Approximately 750 deaths from Influenza have occurred among the 14,794 Indians of Manitoba, according to official figures made public here today by Dr. O. L Grain, chief medical officer.