Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 106, 14 March 1919 — Page 1

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Many Reported Dead as Result of Street Fighting in Germany Disarmament Urged to Halt Action.

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(By Associated Press) COPENHAGEN, March 14 The number of victims of the latest Sparta- , M ' can disturbances In Berlin according f to the Zeitung Am Mittag. of that city, ;, V Is so great that It la difficult to find

accommodation for the bodies in the Berlin morgues. The paper reports 1 that there are 196 bodies in one morgue of which 42 have not been

identified. The capacity of the morgue is exhausted. The newspaper says there is almost as many dead in one hospital, while there are 115 bodies at another hospital in eastern Berlin. There are 30 dead at a hospital in southeastern Berlin. PUT DOWN RADICALS BASEL, Switzerland, Mar. 14. The Berlin insurrection may be considered as suppressed, Gustave Moske, the minister of defense, announced in the national assembly at Weimar today, a ' German dispatch reports. Only one suburb remained to be cleared of the Spartacans, the minister stated. The disarmament 'of the population must be hastened, Ilerr Noske said. "It is especially the fault of certain newspapers, notably the Freiheit, and the Red Flag," he continued, "that acts of pillage, brigandage and murder have been committed in Berlin, as they have been inciting the people for months past. The Independent Socialists did all they could to support these disgraceful, shameless actions. The great mass of the workmen of Berlin are honest men, but, as in all great movements, impure elements seem to have crept in among the loyal, thoughtful workers. The hyenas of the revolution began to intrigue before martial law was proclaimed . and before the troops had been ordered to advance upon Berlin." RICHMOND SAILOR SAVES MONEY TO ADOPT FRENCH LAD Bernith Klus, Richmond sailor, who has been serving in Brest, France, is not coming home until he has earned enough money to bring hi3 little French god-son with him, he says in a recent letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Klus, 915 North G street. The lad has been with Klus on an American tug boat, and has endeared himself so greatly to his god-father that the American is determined to make a good Yankee of "Charles," as the young French boy is known. The boy's father is living, according to Klus, but is unable to support the boy. His mother is dead. Klus has been caring for the boy and clothing him, and is unwilling to give him up. "I can't come home without the boy," he wrote his mother. Klus has been serving on the U. S. S. Fanning, but was recently transferred to the U. S. S. Carola. He has been in the navy for over a year. FRIENDS MEETING HERE IN APRIL April 12 and 13 were announced today from the Friends' headquarters as the dates of the American Friends Conference In Richmond. A series of such meetings are to be held throughout the United States for the purpose of increasing interest in the work of the Friends abroad. The Richmond conference will be addressed by Ruf us Jones, recently returned from viewing the Friends' work in France; Wilbur K. Thomas, executive secretary of the Friends Service committee; Charles Evans, until recently head of the Friends' work in France, and probably Isaac Sharpless of Philadelphia. Portuguese Gave Over 100,000 Men to War tTty Associated Press) PARIS, March 14. At a banquet given last night in honor of the Portuguese delegates to the peace conference, EJas Moniz, Portuguese foreign minister, described Portugal's effort in the war. He said that 110,000 men had been sent to the front, and 150,000 tons of shipping had been provided. In outlining Portugal's claims, he Eald that they included the restitution of a small territory which Germany took. from Portugal in 1892 in East Africa, reparation for damage done to Portuguese ports, colonies and fleet, and repayment of the war expenses. Louis Laferre, minister of instruction, represented the French government at the banquet.

) REDUCE EMPLOYMENT FORCE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 144. Reduction of 80 percent of the forces of the United States Employment Service, ,-. effective March 21, was announced V yesterday.

Reurned U. S. hero of Twenty-seventh d.v.sion, teiimg motner and sweetheart about his part in the war. Thousands of families are being gladdened daily nowadays by the return of their soldier boys from overseas. These home-comings end months of anxiety and worry for fathers, mothers, wives and sweethearts. To many folk the scant news they received concerning the whereabouts and doings of their hero only left them wondering as to what dangers he faced, what he had to do and how he lived. So now they are hearing first-hand, where he was and all about it all. The scene above is being enacted daily in homes all over the nation. .

GOVERNMENT CAN CONTROL GERMAN SITUATION, DECLARES U, S. GENERAL

PARIS, March 14. Brigadier General Georee H. Harries, commander of the American military forces at Berlin, has been here for several days to appear before the supreme war council to render a report on the mili tary and economic situation at the German capitol and throughout Ger many. General Harries nas given a dramatic recital of events' in Berlin during the past three months, culmi nating In serious street righting or tne last fortnight. When the American party left Berlin, the government forces under Gustav Noeke, the German war minister, had the upper hand and in uenerai Harries' opinion, the government will controll the situation, particularly if food be sent to aid in holding back the Bolshevik menace from the eastern frontier. The American forces in Germany consist of eighty officers and six hundred men, a considerable part of the contingent being stationed at twenty camps at various places in Germany, where six hundred thousand Russian prisoners are being cared for by the Americans. The headquarters in Berlin are on the Becond floor of the Hatel Adlon, in the heart of the city, where much fighting has been going on. During the early stages of the fighting. General Harries had a narrow escape. He was standing in a window of the American headquarters, when . a sniper's bullet grazed his breast and buried itself in a window casing by his side. During the more recent disorders in Berlin, the electric lights have been extinguished, street cars stopped, telephone and telegraph wires cut, newspaper presses left idle and stores closed, yet the public, according to General Harries, shows little evidence of panic. The streets have been crowded with people, including women and children, but the military forces have kept the crowds constantly moving. The rattle of rifles and .machine guns schoes throughout the city both day and night, but the Spartacan bands have been gradually driven back and have lost control of strategic centers. THE WEATHER For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Rain tonight and Saturday. Rising temperature. Today's Temperature Noon 46 Yesterday Maximum ' Minimum 30 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Saturday. Occasional rains. General Conditions The storm reported over the plain states crossed the lakes, causing showers in Indiana and Ohio, followed by somewhat colder weather. Another storm of great size, moving eastward from the Rocky mountains, will be preceded by mild weather during the next 36 hours. Severe cold weather throughout Canada and Alaska and northern United States. Below zero in North Dakota and Montana, 30 below at White River, Ont., near Lake Superior; 13 to 20 below in Alberta, Canada; 38 below at Eagle, Alaska, and Yukon valley. Temperatures are decidedly warmer over Eouthwest, between 60 and 70 above in many places.

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Thousands of Russian prisoners, General Harries says, are clamoring to return home but this would present a serious problem, as it would mean the sending of six hundred thousand Russians into the hands of the Bolsheviki. The latter are threatening the Polish front and have a powerful organization at Vilna, with unlimited funds for propaganda work, which is under direction of Adolph Joffe, former Bolshevik ambassador at Berlin. It is believed that a strong military zone in Poland, between Russia and Germany, together with food relief for the offers of the surest means of holding back the Bolshevik advance. Under American care, the Russian prisoners are in reasonably good condition, with adequate food and littjp sickness and mortality. Steps will probably be taken to return,, them to Russia by way of the Black sea or by other routes so as to avoid forcing them into the Bolshevik ranks. 250 AMERICANS IN RUSS CASUALTIES (By Associated Press) ARCHANGEL, Thursday, March 13. Compared to losses inflicted upon the enemy, the allies casualties in the fighting along the Vaga river since Feb. 28, have been extremely light. It is estimated that the Bolsheviki have lost as least five hundred killed. The American casualties from Feb. 28 to March 9, inclusive, were five killed on the Vaga front and ten on the Dvlna front. No officers were killed. One American soldier is missing and two officers and thirty men were i wounded. The total American casual ties to date in North Russia follow: Killed in Action Officers, 4; men, 71. Died of Wounds Officers, 1; men 18. Missing Men, 36. Died of Disease Officers, 2; men, 67. Drowned Officers, 11; men, 241. The health of the expeditionary force since the Spanish influenza epij demic in September and October, has . been excellent. Oi the 69 deaths from j disease, 63 occurred before January 4. Throughout the fighting the American troops have generally been greatly outnumbered but the losses inflicted upon the enemy have been at least two times those suffered by the Americans. As the newly mobilized Russian troops are becoming trained, they are gradually relieving the strain to which the American, British and French forces were put in the early days of the campaign. All American troops are now enjoying regular rest periods, either at Archangel or at convenient villages behind the lines. Siberia in Danger Unless Allies Intervene Soon (By Associated Press) HONOLULU, March. 14. General Robert Paris of the French army, returning from Siberia, where he was associated with the Czecho-Slovak army, said today through his aid that unless the. allies intervened immediately with sufficient forces, the Bolsheviki would overwhelm Siberia and the Germans would gain an unshakeable hold on Russia.

Peace Treaty Will Include Provision That Ysing-Tau and Shantung. Concessions be Surrendered.

PLAN TREATY REVISION (By- Associated Press PARIS, March 14. The supreme council of the peace conference has virtually decided to include in the preliminary treaty of peace a requirement that Germany shall relinquish her lease hold on Tslng-Tau and all properties and concessions on the Shantung peninsula. No attempt, is is understood, will be made at the present to render a decision as to the ultimate possession of Germany's rights, which is now tha subject of a controversy between the Japanese and Chinese delegations in Paris., The former holds that Japan acquired thfe lease hold as right o! conquest over the German forces there although she is willing to permit the ultimate status of the Shantung peninsula to be determined by the peace conference. China contends the lease was automatically cancelled by the expulsion of the Germans, who originally acquired it by force and that the property reverts to China. It is expected that the final adjustment will be made in the definite peace treaty or by the league of nations, unless, in the meantime, the principals to the controversy reach a mutually satisfactory agreement Aerial Terms Adopted The aerial terms of the German disarmament as adopted yesterday by the supreme war council provide that airplanes and dirigibles shall no longer be used for military purposes. The council concluded that It was not feasible to prohibit airplanes for commercial uses. The drafting committee was direct ed to make clear the distinction excepting commercial airplanes in the terms incorporated in the peace terms. All forms of military airplanes are barred to Germany, the only exception being the temporary use until Oct. 1 of 100 hydro-airplanes and 1,000 men in gathering mines in the North Sea. Germany must deliver all airplanes to the allies and must prohibit the construction of other airplanes until the conclusion of peace, the supreme war council decided. The terms do not decide the future fate of the airplanes, which may either be destroyed or divided among the allies. The British and American delegates have brought up the question of a distinction between commercial aerial navigation which will be authorized for Germany after conclusion of peace under certain guarantees, and military aerial navigation, which will be prohibited. DECISION GIVEN DELEGATES BRUSSELS, March 14. The decision of the allied power providing for the turning over by Germany of merchant ships and securities in exchange for food was presented to a German delegation here today by an allied commission headed by Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss of England. The meeting began at two o'clock, and half an hour later there was a recess until 3:30 o'clock. It is understood that only Vice Admiral Wemyss spoke durig the two sessions. The Germans were permitted to ask questions, but no discussion was allowed. Vice Admiral Wemyss will return to Paris tomorrow. Premier DeLacroix announced in the chamber of deputies today that the supreme council of the peace conference had decided the treaty of April 19, 1839, between Belgium and Holland must be revised. "Parliament and the country will receive the decision with satisfaction. They will see in it the forecast of actions which will have a profound influence on the destinies of Belgium. On March 12, 1839, exactly 80 years ago, these walls heard the farewells of representatives of the Belgian provinces which the execution of the treaty was about to separate from this country. The house cannot but be moved by such a memorable coincidence." The deputies stood while the premier was speaking and there was enthusiastic applause from all parts of the chamber. The treaty of April 19, 1839. between Belgium and Holland, was signed at London and ended an intermittent warfare which had lasted since 1830 when the Belgians revolted against Holland to which Belgium had been united by the congress of Vienna on May 31, 1815. It provided for the separation of the two countries but was less advantageous to Belgium than had been expected, meeting with much opposition In the Belgian parliament. The treaty stipulated that the duchy of Luzembourg should be divided with the king of Holland retaining the fortress of Luzembourg. To com- j pensate Holland for the loss of the rest of this duchy, the province of Limburg was divided as was the district of Maestricht. The Scheldt river was declared to be open to the commerce of both countries and the national debt was divided. The treaty was ratified by France, Great Britain, Austria and Prussia, the powers recognizing the independence of Belgium as a "neutral state." It was this conviction, which on August 1, 1914, was called a "scrap of paper" by Germany when she massed ber troops for the invasion of Belgium.

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Commander Alexander Ramsay and his bride, formerly Princess Pat, leaving Westminster Abbey as man and wife Just after wedding, and wedding procession passing through crowd. How beloved by all the English people is Princess Pat is attested by the picture above. The largest crowd that has gathered since the arrival of President Wilson in England turned out to honor Princess Pat on her wedding day in London. The plain folk lined the streets along which the wedding procession wended its way. Princess Patricia of Connaught rejected proposals from titled gentry galore to marry Alexander Ramsay, a commander in the

English navy without any other title to his name. By so doing she renounced her right to the title "Her Royal Highness" and acquires a husband who, oinder court etiquette, cannot sit at the table with the crowned heads.

HOWARD MURDER CASE TO BE GIVEN TO JURY AT WINCHESTER TONIGHT

WINCHESTER, Ind., March 14. James Howard, Richmond negro, who is on trial in the Randolph circuit court for the killing of Gabriel Klingman last December in the Pythian temple at Richmond, told the story of the crime Friday morning. Howard, put on the stand by his lawyers, admitted the killing of Klingman, but said that it was done while he was angry and because of threats made against him by the dead man. The state's cross-examination took place in the afternoon. The case was expected to go to the jury some time Friday evening as the defense had only a few witnesses to follow Howard. About twelve witnesses were introduced by the state Friday morning, and the prosecution rested in time for Howard to be called before noon. "No sir, the thirteenth never bothers me. I'd just as soon go to trial today as any other day. I'm just going to tell the truth, that's all, and I don't believe that old number 13 has anything to do with the truth." said Howard, when asked by a newspaper Bolsheviki Expect To Be In Archangel hy May 1 (By Associated Press LONDON, March 14 The Bolshevik general staff at Xroscow claims that during January and February the Bolshevik army occupied territory the size of France, having 1,055 miles of railroad under its control and declares that the Soviet troops will reach Archangel by May 1, according to a Helsingfors dispatch to the Mail. After the Bolsheviki entered Kiev they are said to have executed Professor Baronovsky, an economist, who was recently appointed to represent Ukraine in Paris. Professor Zabolotij, Professor Efimenko, General Balbachan, eleven newspaper men and the president of the municipality are also reported to have been shot by the Bolsheviki. AMERICANS RAID JAP CONSULATE (By Associated Press) PEKING, Thursday, March 13. American marines have raided the Japanese concession at Tien Tsin, forcing their way into tne Japanese consultate and assaulting the consul, according to dispatches received here. The trouble is said to have been caused by the rough treatment given American soldiers who became disorderly in the Japanese quarter of the city. Japanese soldiers drove out the Americans with fixed bayonets, it is said, wounding two of them quite seriously. The next day, two hundred angry marines who were off duty paraded through the Japanese concession and it is alleged they attacked every Japanese encountered. , When the marines reached the. consulate they forcIby entered, it is reported, and assaulted the consul, whose Injuries are understood to be serious. The consular body is deliberating on measures to be taken to restore normal conditions. It is said that feeling is running high at Tien Tela.

reporter Thursday If he were superstitious about the date of his trial. By agreement between the state "and i the defense, the jurors are allowed to

separate and go to their homes each evening, the court instructing them that they are not to read newspapers or discuss the trial with anyone. Witnesses are allowed in the courtroom only as they are called. The defense endeavors to show that Klingman's death was not due entirely to the hammer thrown by Howard, but from his head , striking a steel beam in falling. CONTRIBUTIONS IN FOR M0RT0N PICTURE The fund for a Morton picture in the gallery of military notables was raised to $7 Friday. After the request from Colonel Perry of Indianapolis had been printed in the Palladium, a great deal of interest was expressed in the plan, and it was pointed out that the country was given an opportunity to honor one of its greatest men. L. A. Handley said this morning that he was heartily in favor of the plan, and gave a dollar to the fund to prove his endorsement. "Governor Morton was a Wayne county man," said Handley, "and this county has done the least to show its appreciation of what he did for the state. I think we should buy this picture, and we should also buy the old Morton home in Centerville for the county. We should be grateful to Mr. Perry for giving us an opportunity of paying this honor to our war governor. Contributions received for the fund follow : Oran Perry 1.00 Palladium 5.00 L. A. Handley .... 1.00 Total $ 7.00 . Turk Troops in Asia Minor Are Terrorizing Greeks (By Associated Press) SALONIKI, Thursday, March 13. Turkish troops in southern Asia Minor are ignoring the fact that an armistice has been signed and are terrorizing the Greeks in that region, according to the Metropolitan of Sivas, Asiatic Turkey, who says that allied forces should be sent to protect the population from the young Turks. Cleveland Crowd Pledges To "Get Debs Oat of Jail" fBy Associated Pressi CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 14 Practically everybody who could crowd into a tbeayr to hear an address by John Reed, socialist editor of New York, stood ; with , upraised hands last night and swore that "Either 'Gene Debs would get out of jail or we would all get in.". Debs was recently sentenced to ten years imprisonment by a federal jury here for violation of the espionage

Train Arrives From Brest Thirty Minutes Late Throng Gathers at Station for Welcome.

PAID MILITARY HONOR (By Associated Press) PARIS, March 14. President Wilson, returning to the peace conference after his trip to the United States, arrived in Parris shortly after noon today. The president's train, which had been delayed on the way from Brest, reached the Invalides station at 12:07 o'clock. Although the time of the president's arrival had not been made public a great crowd had gathered at the station at 11 o'clock. The station was decorated with flowers and flags and the 21st French regiment was on hand to do military honor to the American president. The voyage to France has proved of great benefit to President Wilson, who, throughout has obeyed the injunction of Rear Admiral Grayson, his personal physician, to rest. The president has entirely recovered from the cold from which he was suffering and also the fatigue consequent to his hurried trip to Washington, and is in vigorous condition, and ready to take up the tasks awaiting him. These tasks began when he boarded the train at Brest for the last stage of the journey to Paris. , GOODRICH REFUSES TO SIGN MEASURE FOR NORMAL FUND INDIANAPOLIS, March 14 Governor James P. Goodrich today refused to receive the Mendenhall house bill appropriating $60,000 for the aid of private normals. The governor said he believed the provision of the bill to be. fundamentally wrong, and if It became a law probably would open up an avenue of state aid to denominational colleges. The governor's refusal to receive the bill kills It Among bills the governor approved, today were those requiring that branch banks take out a charter; physical education in all public schools of the state; repealing the voters' registration law of 1917 and the bill which made provision of the absent voters' , law applied to municipal elecUons. WON'T ACCEPT WINONA INDIANAPOLIS, March 14 In a formal statement to Gov. James P. Goodrich today the state normal board said it would nt accept the offer of Winona College' near Warsaw as a part of the state normal system. Some time ago the board tentatively accepted the school but with the provision that the legislature appropriate sufficient money for its operation. The legislature did not set aside funds sufficient in the opinion of the normal board and for that reason it said it did not feel justified in assuming .sponsibility for the school. Czech Forces Refuse To Evacuate Tschen (By Associated Press) WARSAW. March 14. Notwithstanding the request of the Inter-allied commission, the Czechs have refused to evacuate part of the region near Tschen which they have recently occupied and the situation eeems to be delicate. The Czechs rejected the proposals of the commission and claimed that the commission was ir complete as a result of the departure of General Grenart, a French representative for Paris and of Professor A. C. Coolidge, an American delegate for Warsaw. - As a result of the occupation of the region by the Czechs, it is said that a part of the Polish miners the:e are out of work and that unemployment threatens to spread throughout the whole district. Literal Starvation Is Impending in Germany (By Associated Press) LONDON, Thursday, March 13. If Germany does not get quite large food supplies during April, literal starvation will result, says a Reuters dispatch from Berlin. "The government was forced to raise the bread ration weeks ago to its present status to keep the peoplo even relatively quiet," the message reads. "With this ration grain supplies will be absolutely exhausted by May. Cultivation is backward and only half a harvest is expected this year. In the meanwhile the spectra of Bolshevism is taking on flesh and blood,' as one can see when he passes through the east end suburbs, or talks with people who see behind the scenes or with educated Russian fugitives in Berlin." POSTPONE STRIKE HEARING. WASHINGTON, March 14. Hearing before the war labor board In the New Jersey street car strike controversy was postponed today until Monday to await the outcome of a conference at Newark tomorrow between representatives of the public service corporation and the strikers, with an examiner of the board present. ,