Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 103, 11 March 1919 — Page 1

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FIVE POWERS WILL ACT FOR NEUTRALIZING OF AUSTRIANS Proposed Union of Austria and Germany Presents Difficulties to Entente Swiss Neutrality is Problem.

DECIDE ON HUN ARMY (By Associated Press) PARIS, March 11. While the pos- " Bible neutralization of Austria has not as yet come before the "big fire" in a formal manner, It Is being discussed here. Certain socialistic elements in Austria are striving hard to prevent neutralization but there are other In fluences which are anxious to see It effected, as It would give Austria pro tection similar to that enjoyed by Switzerland. The proposed union of Austria with Germany is presenting many difficulties and German Interests are endeavoring to effect a division of Austria so that the German section may be annexed. Many of the members of the entente are unfavorably disposed toward the neutralization of any parts of Austria, as it is regarded as undesirable and embarrassing to country seeking membership in the league of nations. Switzerland's neutrality presents many problems to the supreme council as her status would be uncertain should she be admitted to the league and still retain her neutrality as she desires. There Is a possibility, however, that the peace conference will consider the neutralization of the Austrian Tyrol, which would afford protection to the northern Italian frontier. Terms of German disarmament, adopted yesterday by the supreme council, prolvde for an army of 100, 000 men enlisted for 12 years. MRS, AMELIA BARR, AUTHORESS, DEAD . (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 11. Amelia E. Darr, the authoress, died last night at her home la Richmond Hill this city. Mrs. Barr passed the first half of her life In comparative obscurity. She ventured upon her first novel when he was 50 years of age. During the following 33 years she produced her books at the rate of about two a year, until she had 63 to her credit. In addition she had written hundreds of short stories, poems and magazine articles. For 15 consecutive years she supplied an average of a poem and a Short story a week to one publication. She was born in Ulverstone, Lancaster, Eng., in 1831. Settling in Scotland, she met and married at the age of 19 Robert Barr, a young Scotch mill owner. Barr soon lost his mills and money. The young couple came to America In 1S53 to start life anew. They lived and worked in Chicago, Memphis, Harrisburg (Tex.) Galveston and Austin, Mrs. Barr helping out by teaching Bchool. They were living in comfortable circumstances in Galveston in 1867 when yellow fever swept the city, and during the epidemic Mrs. Barr lost her husband and three sons all the male members of her family. She faced life anew for the third time with three daughters and little money. Her attempts at self-support 'proved fruitless in the Texan city. At the ago of 40 she arrived in New York. She turned to literature for a living. Henry Ward Beecher employed her on the staff of his new journal, The Christian Union. This led to an acquaintance with many of the leading literary men of the day. Working day and night to support her family, she soon established a market for her literary wares. "My expenses at the time," said Mrs. Barr, "were $80 a week. I had to make this. Sometimes I made less, sometimes more." When SO years old, and confined to her home with illness, she began to elaborate a short story into a novel. The result was her first novel, "Jan Vedder's Wife." From that day until her death Mrs. Barr wrote novels, short stories, poems and magazine and newspaper articles constantly, and, as she once said, "I never wrote a story which I was unable to sell." The Bills Were Inside iBv Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS, March It. No one knew the combination. So a locksmith went from his workshop to that of the auditor of state, Otto L. Klauss, and with his drills and chisels and hammers he removed the lock from the vault where vouchers are kept. There was no hurry for the vouchers, but Inside were all the enrolled bills passed by the legislature at this sesston. Governor Goodrich had placed the bill in there when he locked his office in the wee sma' hours this morning after a night of strenuous work, in which he could not approve all the bills sent down to him. The vault had not been locked 'for years, and it was through a mistake the combination was turned this morning.

U. S. Admiral Will Prevent Outbreak in the Adriatic

Admiral A. P. Niblack Admiral Niblack, U. S. N., has been chosen by the allies as the man to act as the first International policeman in history. He is in command of the fleet that will police the Adriatic sea to prevent hostilities between the Jugo-Slavs and the Italians. He has been given authority to prevent an outbreak by force of arms .if necessary. FOUR THOUSAND FIGHTERS HOME FROM WAR ZONE Casual Companies on Board Steamship Mount Vernon That Docks at New York. (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Mar. 11 With 85 officers and 2,674 troops of the 27th division former New York state national guardsmen the steamship Mount Vernon arrived here today from Brest. The vessel brought altogether 6,784 troops, including a large number of casuals and 96 nurses, together with seven officers and 813 men sick or wounded. Casual companies aboard included the following: Nos. 971 of West Virginia; 995 of Massachusetts; 997 of Virginia; 1,T)00 of Illinois; 1,401 of New Jersey; 1,403 of Wisconsin; 1,404 or Arkansas; 1,408 of Minnesota; 1,409 of Missouri; 1.410 of Montana; 1,412 of Pennsylvania; 1,413 of South Dakota; 1,414 of Tennessee; 1.416 of Illinois; 281 of Oregon; 284 of California; 294 of Colorado, and 293 and 998 of New York. Traveling as a casual on the Mount Vernon was Brig. Gen. Jame3 D. Glennan. Ohioan Docks The steamship Ohioan arrived from Bordeaux with 1,627 troops, a majority of them of the 348th infantry of tho 87th division (national army men of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi) machine gun company, companies C. G, G, K, L and M, and a sanitary detachment and the headquarters of the 2nd battalion, these to be distributed among Camps Dix, Sherman and Dodge. One officer and five men of the 87th division's 312th sanitary train on board will go to Camp Dix. Others on the Ohioan were casual company numbers 36 of Iowa, 39 of Ohio and 38 and 47 of New York. BENEDICT URGES SPEEDY PEACE (By Associated Press) PARIS, March 11. It has become known that Pope Benedict has addressed an appeal to the powers emphasizing the urgency of the speedy conclusion of peace with Germany. It is understood that the pontiff states that the Vatican possesses reliable information that the situation In Germany socially and economically is very grave and that he fears the spread of Bolshevism with such rapidity that it might result in the establishment of a Bolshevik state. GOVERNOR SIGNS TAX UNIT BILL (Tiy Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, March 11. One of the first bills the governor signed today was the Benate measure creating county taxing units for the construction of roads and doing away with the present township unit system. Medical Problems From Aviation Considered (By Associated Press) PARIS, March 11. The first interallied medical aeronautical congress opened here yesterday, its object being to promote the study of medical problems arising from aviation. Resolutions dealing with physical and psychological tests applicable to candidates for pilots licenses, the control of flights to high altitudes and the use of oxygen by aviators were presented and the hope was expressed that these resolutions would be taken into account when an international aerial code is drafted. It was decided to form a permanent committee to present the views of the medical profession in matters pertaining to aviation. Professor Guillain of the University of Paris was elected president of this body. The United States is represented at the congress by Dr. L. G. Rowntree of Minneapolis, Minn.

Extend Exemption Terms

In Income Tax Measure (By Associated Fress CHICAGO, March 11 An important extension of the exemption provision of the income tax law is contained in a ruling by commissioner Roper made public here today. It is that the exemption for a wife or children covers the whole year 1918, even if the wife were wed or the child born, on the last day of the year. BANKING POOL IS SUGGESTED FOR RAILROADS Six Months Loan of $1 0,000, 000 is Proposed by New York nnanciers. (By Associated Press! WASHINGTON, March 11. The fi nancial predicament faced by rail roads as a result of the depletion of the railroad administration's funds without further appropriations by congress was discussed today at a con- , ference between Director General Hines, leading railway executives, , bankers, and officials of the war fi nance corporation. The conference was the first of a series of Informal discussions which Mr. Hines hopes will result in a co operative plan for financing railroads privately as a substitute for the government financing which had been planned in connection with the $750,000,000 funds sought, but not author ized by congress. A few New York bankers have proposed organization of a banking pool of more than $100,000,000 to advance to railroads for not more than six months. This, It is understood, was to be laid before the railroad administration, today. War finance corporation directors explained that the organization has about $337,000,000 available for loans to railroads, but said that adequate collateral must be furnished. A study to determine which companies can produce this security has been undertaken by the railroad administration's finance division. It Is proposed that roads financially sound should borrow from the war finance corporation or bankers and return advances previously made by the railroad administration which then would have funds available there to answer to the financially weaker roads. GOVERNMENT' TROOPSDRIVE SPARTACANS FROM STRONGHOLD (By Associated Press) BERLIN, March 11, Government troops were busy today in driving Spartacan bands from various sections of Berll, and in preparing for a determined effort against the Spartacan stronghold at Lichtenberg, a suburb to the east of the city. The Spartacans are reported to have large depots of weapons and ammunition in Lichtenberg. Government troops sent to the Buburb Sunday to protect the police station and post office were annihilated by the Spartacans. All the soldiers and police officials who were not killed during the fighting for the post office and police station or. who did not escape from the building, were murdered by the Spartacans. Many were tortured and killed in the street. At least one woman was among the victims of the Spartacans. No attempt has been made to ascertain thenumber of persons killed in the present uprising, but the number is believed to exceed 150. Reports of Spartacan atrocities continue to poud in and resulted today In the issuance of an order by Herr Noske, the minister of defense, that all found opposing the movement of government troops with weapons would be shot immediately. Many Spartacans were taken prisoners during the forenoon, and summary executions began at once, the order of Herr Noske being welcomed by the embittered government troops, which are taking no prisoners. Abolish Double Censorship Of Cablegrams to England (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 11. Double censorship of cablegrams is abolished under the terms of an agreement between the United States and Great Britain made public today. The two countries agree that hereafter cablegram communication to the territory of either country will be subject only to the censorship of the country in which the message originates. Kenny Relieved from Post As Director of Aeronautics (By Associated 'Press' WASHINGTON, March 11. Major general William L. Kenny, director of military aeronautics was relieved of his post and in his permanent grade of colonel was ordered to report to the chief of field artillery for duty. Brigadier General William Mitchell will be detailed to command the army aviation service. Borland's Body To Be Sent Home from Coblenz (By Associated Press) COBLENZ, March 11. The body of Representative W. T. Borland of Missouri, who died several weeks ago of influenza while visiting the American area of occupation, has arrived in Coblenz on the way to the United States In charge of the transportation departof the army. The body will be taken down the Rhine to Rotterdam there to be placed on a steamship.

IGNORANCE OF LAW HOLDS UP

AGENT CHOICE C. O. Williams Delays Selec tion of County Agent Through Miscomprehension Ignorance on the part of C. O. Wil liams, county superintendent, that th county board of education must take the first step in the appointment of a county agent by asking Purdue Uni versity for a recommendation, might have delayed or losf entirely filling the Wayne county office for next year. Fortunately, it was discovered Mon day that Williams was ignorant of the law on the appointment of a county agent and it is expected that having been informed of the proper steps for tne appointment of an agent, he will nave the appointment made. Williams, when interviewed Monday said he was waiting for Purdue to recommend a man for county agent He said -fhat the county board of education had not yet asked Purdue to make the recommendation. Provisions of Law. Questioned further, he said that Pur due must make the reommendation before the county board would act at all in the matter, and that no action would be taken until then. The state law covering the appoint ment of county agents says: "When the county appropriation has heen made the county board of education shall apply to Purdue University for the appointment of a county agent. whose appointment shall be made an nually, and be subject to the approval of the county board of education and the state board of education." Under the law, therefore, Williams statement meant that unless he had been informed of its bearing, the county would have had no county agent this year, or until he had been informed, the office would be vacant. Kline Not Candidate. As the agent for the new year is supposed to take his place April 1, and as the county board has not even asked Purdue for a county agent, the greatest possible haste Is necessary if the new agent Is to take his place on time. County agent J. C. Kline, who is not a candidate for re-nomination, under present conditions, would probably stay in the office to keep up the county agent work, the only way by which farmers of the county would not loss a month or two of the advice . and assistance of an expert.' The county board meets only on can, and the trouble met with a year ago, when two meetings were necessary to get a quorum present to nominate the county agent, may be come up again. PERSHING INSPECTS FORCE IN GERMANY (By Associated Press) COBLENZ, March 11. General Pershing will arrive in Coblenz Wednesday by way of Luxembourg on an inspection triD which will take him over virtually all the area occupied by the American third army. He will review and inspect the sixth division of tne army or occupation including the 42d (Rainbow) division which will begin entraining for Antwerp and home April 1. Seaplanes to Serve as Scouts for Gloucester Fleet of Fishing Boats GLOUCHESTER, Mass., March 11. When the mackerel seining fleet of 35 or 40 sailboats starts for the southern fishing grounds the middle of April, it will have one or two seaplanes as scouts, if the planB of the Glouchester board of trade are perfected. The suggestion has been endorsed as feasible by Hugh M. Smith, commissioner of the bureau of fisheries at Washington, according to a statement issued by the board today. Secretary of the Navy Daniels has been asked to assign naval flying boats for this purpose. It is pointed out that the scouting experiment if attempted would have to be under the direction of a practical purse-seiner fisherman of experience in identifying fish schools and estimating their size. Usually mackerel are encountered first in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras and from this point follow the coast north, so that airplanes would not be required to go more than 25 miles off shore, according to advocates of the plan. North Russia Inclined To Peaceful Settlement (By Associated Press) BASEL, March 11 A Libau dispatch received here says that a wireless message from Moscow states that the commissary for foreign relations of Lithuania and White Russia has sent a note to the American, French, British and Italian governments ask'ng when plenipotentiaries should go to Prinkipo Island. It is eald that the commissary's note stated that there was a disposition to settle all questions relative to the situation in that part of Russia in a peaceable manner. This is a development of the invitation sent to Russian factions by the peace conference, asking that a conference be held at Prinkipo Island, in the Sea of Marmora. As a condition precedent to the conference it was stipulated that a truce between the Russian factions should be arranged. This has not been done and recent dispatches have indicated that the plan for the conference at Prinkipo had been abandoned but that a meeting might be held at some other place which would be attended by individual Russian factions.

Tiny Grandchild of New Ambassador Kept From Seeing Daddy by War Ruling

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Mrs. Capt Melville Wallace and her daughter Patricia. Baby Patricia Wallace, granddaughter of Hugh Wallace, new U. S. ambassador to France, has never seen her father, Capt. Melville Wallace. He is with the A. E. F. and because of the strict order of the war department preventing relatives of fighters going across Mrs. Wallace was not allowed to accompany her father to his new post and in that way visit her husband. Patrica's mother was Miss Ruth Patterson.

SHUMAN JONES TO HEAD VICTORY LOAN DRIVE IN WAYNE COUNTY

Shuman Jones, of Richmond, ha 3 beert "appointed chairmaa for Wayne county for the next Liberty Loan cam paign which will begin on or about April 21 and which will be known as the "Victory Loan." Most of the township chairmen who served during previous loans will again serve, though some have indicated their purnose to resign and successors will be named by Chairman Jones. The work of forming the complete county organization will begin shortly and as soon oa nnacihln ' thprpafter the details of the plan of the campaign will be made known. Accord in e to L. L. Camnbell. assist ant Rtat director of the Liberty Loan. who was here yesterday for a meet ing witn Klcnmona Daniters reiaiive to the chairmanship for Wayne county, there was nothing known definitely as to the form of the bonds that will be issued for the Victory loan, but probably there would be two distinct nt fmm .H& iipr rent to 4 Der cent. I and being absolutely free from all in-! come and other taxes, while the other ' might bear a rate of from 4 to 6 per cent and would be subject to tax. ; The terms of both issues will be from j three to five years. The short term ; and the higher interest rate will give ; a double incentive for investors to buy the Victory Loan bonds. The' fact, however, that the government i has not positively decided on the mat-; ter of interest, makes it impossible; Trans-Atlantic Steamers Are Tied Up by Strike fBy Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 11. With many of the great trans-Atlantic steamship lines here tied up by the strike of longshoremen, which was called yesterday in support of the striking harbor workers, threats were made today by the Marine Workers' Affiliation to renew the strike against the railroad administration, based on the alleged violation of some terms of the recent settlement. The independent boat owners again have rejected the terms under which settlement between thb railroads and their harbor employes was reached. James L. Hughes, the federal mediator, who has been active in arranging conferences looking toward final settlement left last night for Washington where he planned to confer with the secretary of labor, William B. Wilson. That the federal government might intervene and operate privately owned boats in order to keep the port open to foreign commerce was considered a possibility by many shipping men here. Officials of the Longshoremen's Union, who claimed that twenty thousand of their members already are on strike said today that the strike might eventually spread to include fifty thousand workers. A number of large liners, ready to sail for Europe, were still in port today, unable to proceed for lack of coal. Among these were the Cunard liners Caronia and Mauretania, the White Star steamer Lapland and the French line steamship Niagara. FIGHTING IN BUDAPEST (By Associated Press) BASEL, March 11. Communists attacked parliament house at Budapest Saturday night, according to a dispatch to the Basel Nachrlchten, but were defeated by government troops j

at this time to give further Information to the general public. . Mr. Campbell said that the manner of floating the forthcoming loan would be along lines similar to those employed during the last campaign and that every township would organize thoroughly and that soliciting teams made up of volunteers would do the field work. Wayne . county's quota will be from $2,000,000 to $2,400,000, the exact amount to be determined by the state organization early In April. BERNSTGRFF HELPS ORGANIZE GERMAN v DEMOCRATIC CLUB (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Sunday, March 9. Public opinion must become the real sovereign In Germany, but it must be enlightened opinion based upon democratic devotion and conscious of its great responsibility. This was tho central Idea of a speech made tonight by Count von Bernstorff, former German ambassador to the United States, at a meeting to organize the "Democratic Club." The former ambassador told his hearers that when he returned to Germany from the United States he endeavored to learn why ruthless submarine warfare which he said was responsible for Germany's downfall was decided upon Instead of the acceptance of a less severe course. He added: "The answer was regularly that public opinion in Germany would not have suffered any other solution. I will not discuss whether this judgment can stand before history, but in any event it demonstrates how highly public opinion was even then regarded by us." Daniels Talks to Navy Flying Boat 150 Miles Away by Radio Phone WASHINGTON, March 11. Secretary Daniels talked today by radio telephone with Ensign Harry Fagenwater in a naval flying boat enroute from Washington to Hampton roads. Communication was established at a distance of more than 150 miles, by far the longest transmission of radio telephone system fith an airplane in flight ever achieved. Eight Dry Towns Vote Wet in Massachusetts BOSTON, March 11. Returns from eleven towns that voted yesterday on the question of issuing liquor licenses, show that eight changed from dry to wet. Three south shore towns. Waymouth and Hingham, which have been no license places for more than a quarter of a century, and Scituate, with a dry record of eleven years, shifted to license. Easton, Rockland and Abington also went wet, following the example set by a number of other towns In the Old Colony district which voted a week ago. Other towns changing to wet were Hudson and Ipswich. Liquor advocates maintained that the result was a protest against the national prohibition amendment, while anti-saloon leaders asserted It was mainly due to apathy on the part of the voters. Three towns, Ahesbury, Needham and Amherst, voted to remain dry.

CLOSE STATE SESSION WITH NIGHT FIGHTS OVER BUDGET House and Senate Conferees Are Unable to Agree on Appropriation Measures Until

After Midnight. HILARITY MARKS CLOSE (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, March 11. The gavel of final adjournment fell on the seventy-first general assembly at 5 o'clock this morning, after a night of wrangling over the regular and specific appropriations bills. House and senate conferees on these measures were unable to agree until after midnight and both houses marked time while awaiting action of their conference committees. From 1:30 o'clock until 5, all pretenses of decorum were disregarded and hilarity reigned while the bills were being enrolled. As soon as Lieutenant Governor Bush and Speaker Eschbach had signed the specific appropriations, over which there was the stillest fight and the longest delay, motions to adjourn sine die were carried unanimously. Many of the legislators left shortly after adjournment and many left Immediately it was learned that the conferees on the bill had agreed. Both appropriation measures along with many others approved in the closing hours were In the, hands of Governor Goodrich today. The governor worked through the night In his office signing bills. He was aided by his legal adviser, John Edwards. Extra Session Improbable Many bills slated for passage by the senate steering committee were consigned to the legislative graveyard as were an equal number in the lower branch. As the hands of the clock moved toward morning, weary senators and representatives visited the enrolling room frequently In their anxiety to know how much more time must elapse before the specific appropriation bill would be ready for the signature of the presiding officers of the two bodies. In the agreement on the specific appropriation bill the possibilities of an extrasession to procure money for the state' Institutions and offices vanished. For hours, however, the house and' senate committees fought over the bill and at midnight they were deadlocked and a special session seemed probable. The conflicting ideas were on the appropriations for Purdue university and the Robert W. Long hospital of Indiana university, which the house had stricken out of the original bill and which the senate reinserted. After holding out for their views for hours, the house conference committee conceded this point to the senate and the appropriations totalling $595,000 were left In the bilL Appropriations Reduced. That section re-appropriating $500,000 for the state highway commission was stricken out. This money was appropriated originally in 1917 for the establishment of a commission and reverted to the treasury during litigation over the constitunality of the law. The legislative visiting committee plans for making Improvements at state institutions on the collective buying system through a committee to be composed of the governor, the members of the visiting committee and the ranking Democrat of the senate finance committee were given a hard blow in the redaction of the governor's $1,000,000 emergency contingent fund to $400,000. In practlcaW ly every case the appropriations for specific Improvements at the institutions for which this lump sum was to have been used, were restored in the bill as when it was transmitted from the house to the senate. During the four-hour wait for the enrolling of the specific appropriation measure, members of the house and visitors, including many women, spent the time playing childhood games, marching through the corridors sing ing "Hail Hail, the Gang's All Here" and other popular songs. Governor's Mansion Last. Paper snow, books and papers were thrown but the members soon tired of the rougher manifestation of their pleasure at the ending of the session. The last measure passed by the house provides for the state accepting from the city of Indianapolis the Kahn property on Fall Creek boulevard and to use it as the governor's mansion. The residence is one of the finest in (Continued on Page Two) THE WEATHER For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Wednesday. Not much change in temperature. Today's Temperature Noon 29 Yesterday Maximum 49 Minimum 23 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair tonight and Wednesday. Mod erate temperature. Below freezing to night. General Conditions A storm of moderate dimensions crossed the lakes night, causing light rain and snow in Indiana and Ohio. Generally fair weather covers the west, due to an area of high barometric pressure over the Rocky mountains. A storm is moving east along the Canadian border. Temperatures are around zero in manitoba and Lake Superior regioa

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