Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 100, 7 March 1919 — Page 1

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NEGOTIATIONS AT SPA OVER SHIFTED ARE HALTED Allies Demand That German Ships be Handed Over Without Food Conditions Breaks Off Meeting.

THREE GREAT POWERS MAKE ATTEMPT TO FIX TERMS BRITISH PLAN CONSCRIPTION FOR NEW ARMY Call to Harrison to Save Chicago; ' Ex-mayor Needed to Beat Thompson Bill Submitted to Commons Provides for 900,000 Army of Occupation. in

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Lloyd George, House and Clemenceau Hold Conference to Straighten Out Differences in Peace Document

SPEED UP ACTION PARIS, March 7. Premier Lloyd George, Premier Clemenceau and Col. J3. M. House conferred for an hour before the meeting of the supreme council today In an effort to try to Iron out the differences of the three nations oyer the military, . naval and economic questions connected with the preliminary peace terms. Army and navy experts of the sev eral countries It is said, have been unable to agree on the terms. ' Additional evidence will be laid before the commission on reparation of the peace conference by the presentation of a full set of documents discovered by the Belgian police and containing detailed instructions to German troops for the carrying out of their work of destruction In Belgium. These documents are said to include papers stating the salaries to be paid various men in charge of these operations and giving directions regarding methods of destruction which were to be followed. Oreat Britain will not be allotted any of the German warships. Neither will the United States receive any part of the old German high sea fleet. France and Italy probably will be apportioned a certain number of the larger vessels which were surrendered and the smaller nations like Belgium and Rumania may get destroyers and gunboats. - Japan has not asked any part of the German fleet, and will not receive any vessels. If, after allotting a certain number of the capital ships to Italy and France, there are any left, they may be sunk If bids for their purchase cannot be received. Bar Use of Subs. The committee of ten met Thursday afternoon Lloyd George and Clemenceau were present, as they considered first the naval terms of the preliminary peaqe treaty instead of the military terms, as was expected.. Zeppelins were not Included In the naval terms, although the enemy always has Included dirigibles In his navy and cot in aviation. The question of sinking and prohibiting the further construction and use of submarines in war was not raised, all of the powers agreeing that subma rlnes must be barred as a naval weapon. The logic which directed this course was that torpedoes never are entirely under control anad that the future war rules will prohibit the use of any engine of destruction which Is not entirely under control by the persons using it. DISASTER FACING CENTRAL EUROPE, SAYS LANSDOVNE By Associated ' Press) . LONDON, Thursday, March 6. Discussing the food situation in Central Europe in the house of lords today Marquis Lansdowne asked how long the process of "turning the screw" was to continue. He said he regarded the position of central Europe "with dismay.' "We seem to be rapidly approaching a catastrophe which may prove the most disastrous in the history of the world," he declared. "It the blockade is not relaxed," said Baron Parmoor, "famine will seize the peoples of central Europe and that woujd be the most fearful crime in history." The Earl of Crawford, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, replying for the government, said that the problem is In the hands of the supreme economic council at Paris, which has taken steps to send food to Germany. "The tonnage demanded from Germany by the allies has not been forthcoming however," he said, "and this is significant." He made no attempt to explain the failure of Germany to turn over the ships asked for, but said he hoped that within a few weeks measures will be taken to stave oft the Impending disaster." loan Medals To Be Made From German Cannon Captured by Yanks fHv Associated Presa WASHINGTON. March 7. Medals made from captured German guns will be awarded by the treasury department to all Liberty loan workers who participate actively In the coming victory Liberty loan campaign. The treasury announced today that the medals would be distributed to all members of local liberty loan committees who do conspicuous work in behalf of the next loan such as serving on volunteer soliciting committees. The medal was described as about the size of a half dollar. On one side will be a reproduction of the treasury building and the words "Victory Libj .erty Loan." The other face will bear a certificate of participation in loan campaign with a blank space for engraving the name of the recipient. Treasury officials Baid the medals were now being made from German cannon captured by the Americans at

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Above, Carter Harrison, (left), and Mayor Thompson. Below, Robert M. Sweitzer. - CHICAGO, March 7. A cry for help has been sent by this city to Carter Harrison, who was five times its mayor, asking him to come back from France, where he is engaged in Red Cross work, and head a non-partisan ticket in the coming mayoralty campaign, on the platform of "Save the city or we perish!" ' ' The appeal to Harrison was sent when it became known that Mayor "Big Bill" Thompson, whose loyalty was seriously , questioned two years ago, and who openly declared "Chi cago Is the Sixth German city in the world." had won an overwhelming victory in the primaries and had secured the regular Republican nomination. It was announced last week that Harrison would run on an independent ticket against Thompson, Sweitzer, the regular Roger Sullivan Democratic candidate, and the rest of the field. The liveliest sort of a campaign and election is looked for. Thompson was renominated by an unexpectedly wide ' bargin. His opponents were Judge Harry Olson and Capt. Charles E. Merriam. All the newspapers here opposed him except the German . language papers. His slogan was "war profiteers, trust press and the poor man pays the bills." Newspapers, he said, were all in the interest of special privilege. His war record . was attacked by his opponents, his mal-ad-

COMPROMISE AT WEIMAR MAY END GREAT GERMAN STRIKE TODAY

(By Associated Press) LONDON, March 7 A German wireless dispatch received here states that in addition to the volunteer marine division and a portion of the Republican militia, parts of the second guards regiment and the guards fusileer regiment went over to the Spartacans on Wednesday. Owing to the strike of printers and compositors, the WTolfl Bureau is said to be unable to circulate its printed bulletins. A Berlin dispatch to the Mail sent from there Wednesday midnight asserted that it was reported in government circles that as a result of a compromise reached at Weimar, the strike mght end today. The governing board of the Society of Physicians and Surgeons has sharply condemned the strike in Germany on the ground that it is gravely Jeopardizing public health through the stoppage of all transportation and telephone service, as well as public utilities. Sanitary crews engaged in checking the spreading of the spotted typhus fever, declare they are unable to do their work because of the strike. The Vorwaerts, the Socialist organ, reports that railway employes refuse to walk out, declaring the strike wholw tho wnrlr of "IrresDonsible political wire-pullers," and that interruption of steam traffic wouia runner aggravate prevailing economic conditions. ThA riprinal and station forces in the Berlin district have announced that they are standing back of the present Food Cargo Arrives. A rtnnaliy iHonatrh TPnArta' thft arxauoa uiu-u ' l' rival of the first food ship since the raising of the Baltic blockade. it carries a cargo of vegetables from Holland, consigned to Danzig by Dutch merchants. The dispatch states that the American food commission at Danzig has rtpd to the entente that per mission be granted for the importa tion of Danish ana Norwegian nerring on account of the precarious food aitimtinn tn Oermanv. The American commission is reported to have allow ed the city of Danzig 5UU tons or iara and bacon in acknowledgement of the dprpri bv German authori ties in the transmission of food con signments to Poland. Situation in Montenegro Is Reported Desperate (By Associated Press) ROME, Thursday. March 6. The commission sent by the American peace delegation to inquire into conditions In Montenegro passed through Rome toward Paris today. It reported the situation in Montenegro as desperate, and it was said that the population is actually dying from starvation. As an instance of the suffering there, it was said that of a family of eight children five had died from lack of food and the other three had been reduced almost to skeletons. These were seen scratching the earth to find roots or gathering nettles for food. The American Red Cross is busily engaged in trying to save the people from starvation,

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ministration of the municipal business shown up, but that did not affect him. "Just one way remains," the Tribune says. "The field is open for a strong independent candidate. We should say one strong independent candidate. Chicago had too many patriots clamoring to be mayor will produce the same sad result In the election. Chicago does not want a continuation of BigBillism. Self-sacrifice instead of self-seeking will save Chicago from it" States Attorney Maclay Hoyne Is a Democratic independent candidate. To date the other candidates out side of Thompson are Robert M. Sweitzer, Democrat; Carter H. Harrison, Inde-pendent-Non-Partisan; John M. Collins, Socialist, and John J. Fitzpatrick, Labor Party. Fitzpatrick is president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, a subsidiary of the American Federation. ' ' -. "The present unrest, terror and crime are diseases of the social body which is unable to resist because it has become weakened through privation and loss of blood," says the North German : Gazette. "The German people can recuperate only , when they receive raw products that will pedmit them to work, and food in order that they may live. "Our enemies are denying us both. Their attituude is the real cause of the present crisis and the prevalent criminal activity. In view of these events, they should realize it is contrary to the international law of humanity to permit a fallen foe to lie helpless on the ground. They should not overlook the fact that the successive weakening of Germany also reduces Its resisting powers against Bolshevism and that it is a dangerous thing to be a neighbor to a house in which the plague is raging." Lodge Says He Wants Only " Care in Forming League (By Associated Press) BOSTON, March 7. The position of Senator Lodge on the proposed league of nations was outlined in a" signed statement made public here today. "My desire," he said, is simply to have the constitution for a league proposed by the commission of the peace conference thoroughly and carefully discussed and considered. If it is what it ought to be, the discussion will only strengthen it. There must be no haste and no , rashness in determining the most momentous question ever presented to the people of the United States or to the-world." THE WEATHER For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Cloudy tonight and . Saturday. Not much change in temperature. Rain or . , "Z SNOW Today's Temperature W W Vnnn 0 7 Yesterday Maximum 32 Minimum 16 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Increasing cloudiness tonight. Rain or snow Saturday or Saturday night. Moderate temperature. General Conditions The Rocky mountain storm is moving very slowly and as a result the rain is delayed. It is causing snow over the northwest and rain over southwest, and two other storms are moving toward the east over the far northwest. Temperatures have risen considerably east of the Mississippi river, except. over the Atlantic seaboard. It is very cold over Ontario, being 26 below zero at Osborne, .. .. ' - :

(By Associated Press LONDON, Thursday, March 6. Captain F. E. Guest introduced a bill in the house of commons which proposes compulsory service for the British army of occupation. This army, according to the bill, would be composed of nine hundred thousand and the enlistment period would expire on April 30, 1920. Alexander Shaw, Laborite, moved the rejection of the measure because the labor party Is opposed to a continuance of conscription. Col. Winston Spencer Churchill, defending the bill, argued that the government, in providing for an army to insure peace, was "pursuing a path toward universal voluntary service."

Our delegates to the peace conference are fighting for : the complete abolition of conscription in Europe," he said. "A formal demand has been made that Germany be permitted to have only a small voluntary army on a long service basis, but it . is uncertain whether this point will be carried. Our representatives stand almost alone In this matter and it is not at all impossible that Japan, France and Italy and even the United States will be nations into whose military systems some element of compulsory service may enter. Support for France "There is not the slightest truth in the suggestion that this bill be designed to raise troops to be sent into Russia," he continued. "If there was no such place as Russia, I would still be advocating this bill. No one would be so foolish as to suggest intervention in Russia with conscript troops. Our army along the Rhine and on the approaches leading up that river numbers about 430,000 men, which Is no larger than the United States army there and much smaller than the forces France is maintaining in the occupied area." Andrew Bonar Law, government leader In the house of commons, main- . tamed that the bill involved no departure from election pledges and evoked loud cheers by asking: "Is it really suggested that, after fighting side by side with France for four and a half years, we are now going to leave it to France alone?" He concluded by declaring that Premier Clemenceau had said: "If we do not take care, when the British and American armies have disappeared, we shall be faced again by the same danger.""", - v.":;. . 'u- -- The bill passed second reading by a vote of 304 to 71. British Lift Restrictions On Raw Material Imports (By Associated Press) . LONDON, March 7. It is not possible to remove all restrictions on imports from foreign countries Into the United Kingdom but raw materials will be free from restrictions, W. C. Bridgeman, under secretary for the board of trade, announced in the house of commons today. Troopship Arrives With 2,504 Soldiers Aboard (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 7. With 2,504 troops, of whom all but 262 are members of aero squadrons, the steamship Mexican arrived here today from St. Nazaire. A detachment of the 71st regiment coast artillery troops and a few casuals were aboard. The aero squadrons were numbers 23, 35, 149. 151, 153, 158, 173, 176, 184, 247, 264, 269, 374, 499 and 600. - Liege Towns Send Appeal For Aid in Rebuilding (By' Associated Pres BRUSSELS, March 7. Deputy Mihaudy of the Belgian chamber has sent a petition to Brand Whltlock, the American minister, for transmission to President Wilson, appealing to American generosity for the towns of Herve and Battice in the Liege region which furnished the first victims, of German atrocities in 1914. These two i towns are declared to have been the) greatest sufferers in Belgium. American Woman Elected To English Council (By Associated Press) LONDON, Thursday, March 6. The Duchess of Marlborough, formerly Mis3 Consuelo Vanderbilt, of New York, was elected to the county coun cil today from the North division of Southwark by a large majority over her opponent, a labor candidate. She stood for election as a progressive; Miss Efeabeth Henderson Is Home from France Miss Elizabeth Henderson, a Red j Cross nurse, and sister of Miss Ruth Henderson, a teacher in the Rlchmond schools,, arrived home from i France last week and ,1s spending a j furlough at her home on Richmond avenue. Miss Henderson has been : in Red Cross hospitals in France for several - months. She will return to Hampton Roads in a couple of weeks. THREE ATTACK LEAGUE -(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 7 Senators Reed of Missouri, Borah of Idaho and Thomas of Colorado, attacked league of nations plan In speeches before the society of arts and sciences last night.

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Countess Karolyi, wife of Count Michael Karolyi, president of Hungary

This photo of Countess Karolyi reached this country recently. As wife of Count Michael Karolyi, president of the new Hungarian republic, the countess is the "first lady'.' of the new nation. She is the daughter of Count Julius Andrassy, late foreign minister of the fallen Austro-Hungarlan monarchy.

HOUSE MAY REFUSE TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT TO TAX BILL

(By Associated Press) r V INDIANAPOLIS,- March 7, No change will be made in the primary election law relative to the date of holding the nominating elections according to action taken by the house of the legislature which body this morning struck out the enacting clause of the Duncan measure. The bill provirleri for th flat a of hnldiner the rjrimary being changed , from - the first Tuesday in May to the first Tuesday In March. It had been passed by the senate by, a vote of 33 to 8. The house received the Mendenhall tn-r hill In the form as amended and passed by the senate but no action was take. House leaders said that the house would refuse to concur in the amendment and would ask appointment of a conference committee. Many visitors, known to be interested in the tax measure, were talking i o members at every opportunity. When tha hill was rppAivpd the house min ority joined by a few Republicans, ap plauded. Passage of four . senate measures concurrent In the senate amendment to two house bills and adoption of a minority report to postpone muennitely the senate . measure proposing inrreaRen in the, maximum salaries which officials of cities of the different classifications . may be : paid, " and advancement of . a -, number of senate measures including the county, unit bill to third reading constituted other business before the house. Contracts Affected. Rills naased nrovide for a penalty of a fine of not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment for one year of any contractor who issues a receipt falsely stating that all labor and material obligations have been paid in full; or county commissioners to erect and maintain at important road Junctions, guide posts and boards, and for prison sentence of from one to five years I mrnc&ri linrtTI nn viptiOTl Of aTlV kJD AJ 1 H V . VA urvu " " " - - " public officials xwho demand or receive any compensation legally belongin? to a denutv.' clerk or employe. Another bill provides for the authorization and regulation of the exchange of certain classes of reciprocal and inter-insurance contracts between individual partnerships and corporations. Senate amendments to the Deem anti-red flag measure and to the Kimmel fire marshal bill were concurred in by the house upon motions of the authors of the measures. The former incorporates provision for prosecution of Bolshevists who attempt to spread that propaganda in Indiana, No Extra Session Lieutenant Governor Bush today told the state senate that there will be no extra session of the general assembly to pass the appropriation and other necessary legislation and said he desired to refute the rumor that it would be necessary for Governor Goodrich to call an extra session to dispose of these matters. 1 Bush's declaration was made during consideration of the regular appropriations bill which the senate took at 10:50 in committee of the whole.. Shortly after the senate had resolved itself into committee, Bu3h made the announcement that he will try to cut In half the proposed increases in appropriation for state institutions. His statement accompanied a motion to reduce the appropriation for the central hospital for the insane at Indianapolis from $375,000 to 357,500. Last year's appropriation was $340,000 and Bush's motion '.was in keeping with his announcement. After a long argument - and some

.. .. -. ....... . i i i . is- ,, '. :r.tl'.i heated debate, the motion was lost by a . vive voce vote. - - Just prior to this, the senate adopted a motion of Senator Van Auken to strike out that section appropriating $15,000 for each of the next two years for the maintenance of the proposed branch of the state normal school at Winona lake. On this question Senator Brown presented a letter from authorities of the normal school at Terre Haute advising against the establishment of another normal. : The sense of the senate on the Insane hospital appropriation was taken to be its attitude on all increases in appropriation over the last year. There was a heavy majority against the Bush motion. Senator Munton, chairman of the legislative visiting committee declared that all proposed appropriation should stand as they are now and added that the commit tee acted in good faith when it made, us recommendations. The senate adopted a favorable committee report on the house bill repealing the present registration law. Bush tried to urge the senators to more speed in its work when several vacated their seats and left the body without a quorum. He said that there was so much business yet that greater efforts must be put forth. He was forced to suspend business for a short time until the door keeper brought In the absentees. Artists and Authors To Be Required to , Work for Bolshevik (By Associated Press) STOCKHOLM, March 7. The Bolshevik government of Russia is preparing a law decreeing that all professionals and artists must work for the government, according to Petrograd advices. Even authors will be mobilized it is said, and their works will be taken over as national property. Union Leaders Consider Rail Director's Offer (By Associated Press) ,NEW YORK, March 7. Union leaders today formally considered the overtures made yesterday by the railroad administration to end the strike of i their employes among the harbor marine workers. While it was said the proposed new wage and hour schedule was not altogether satisfactory to the j strikers, it was accepted as the basis for continuing" the negotiations. The administration's proposal, it was said, provides for increases up to 15 per , cent and extends the eight-hour day to certain classes of workers. It was Intimated by union officials that counter proposals would be submitted during the day through the medium of James L. Hughes, a mediator of the federal department of labor, who has been active in arranging the conferences. t The employes of the railroad administration approximate forty per cent of the sixteen thousand workers on strike and the negotiations so far do , not affect the men employed by private owners. The private boat own- j ers have taken no action, pending the outcome of 'ons with the rail road administration. T Meanwhile a. , .ug in the harbor is tied up and there has been a further accumulation of freight along the water front. In one section of Brooklyn three miles of docks are idle. Only a few ferries are in operation.

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NEW POLISH TERMS

(By Associated Pres ' LONDON, March 7. The negotiations at Spa relating to the shipping questions have been temporarily broken off, according to a wireless message received here today. The allies, the message says, demanded that all the remaining German ships be handed over unconditionally without being willing to undertake the obligations of supplying Germany with food stuffs. The German delegates it is added, received instructions from their government that the question of shipping, finance and food supply must be dealt with only as a whole. The German message continues: "The Question of handing over the mercantile fleet can only arise with adequate food supplies, says 2,500,000 tons of food stuffs are assured Germany until the new harvest. .The entente would not agree to this. "As the instructions of both sides did not go beyong this, a French delegate proposed that negotiations be broken off whereupon the two special delegations left Spa." r DIFFERENCE IN ATTITUDE PARIS, March 7. A Havas. dispatch from Posen, dated Wednesday, tells of the meeting of allied and German missions at the village of Kreutz, where negotiations for a new armistice between Germany- and Poland, will be carried on. The allied mission arrived at Kreutz at 11:30 o'clock Wednesday morning and the - train bearing the German delegates headed by Baron von Rechenberg, who was accompanied by Dr. Drews, the Prussian minister of the interior, and General Dommes, arrived at 12:20 o'clock. M. Noulens, former French ambassador to Russia, and General Dnpont Introduced the delegates on the railway platform. , The courteous demeanor of the Germans was noted as being distinctly different from that shown at BrestLitorsk last year when they were so truculent toward Leon Trotzky.Uhe then Bolshevik minister of war, and his friends. This time the Germans wore novuniforms. The delegates entered a saloon car and seated themselves at a table In full view of the station where a few soldiers in threadbare uniforms were lounging about. After the German delegates had declared that their government retained full authority over the German troops along the Polish front, the armistice terms bearing on the Polish boundary were examined. A line of demarckation was fixed by a subcommittee which will be given power to maintain a neutral zone for German and Polish force's there. The allied commission demanded formal guarantees for the landing of Polish troops at Danzig and their passage as far as the Polish frontier. The German delegates telegraphed the details of this demand to Berlin. The liberation of ' hostages and the protection of Germans in Posen and Poles in Germany on a reciprocal basis taken up. The Germans declared they were ready to continue the deliberations at Posen and the allied delegates assented, undertaking to answer for the good behavior of the population during the period of negotiations. Persia Exoresses Hope Of Aid from America (By Associated Press) PARIS, March 7. Mirza All Kull Khan, Persian charge d'affaires at Washington, gave a dinner last evening in honor of Secretary of State and Mrs. Robert Lansing and Moshaver-el-Mamalek, Persian minister of foreign affairs'. Many distinguished guests were present, including former Ambassador and Mrs. W. S. Sharp, Col. and Mrs. E. M. House. General John J. Pershing, General Tasker H. Bliss and many Persians who were in Paris. In an address of welcome the Persian foreign minister recounted the losses of Persia during the war and expressed the conviction that the American government and its associates would not refuse to aid bis country. Mr. Lansing in reply paid a tribute to the Persians, congratulated them that an autocracy existed no more in their country and expressed the hope that Persia and America would Join hands in building "a new structure that will be eternal." '

J. B. Finley Leaves Two Million to Charities (By Associated Press) PITTSBURGH, March 7 More than $2,000,000 of the estate of the late J. B. Finley, steel magnate, who died February 10, is bequeathed to religious and educational charities, according to the will which was filed here yesterday. With the exception of a $100,000 legacy and $12,000 a year to the widow, Mrs. Marguerite Finley, and six $10,000 legacies to relatives, the estate was devoted .to charity. No specific charities are mentioned, this matter being left in the hands of the trustees. Y