Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 117, 25 March 1919 — Page 1

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REVISION OF LEAGUE DRAFT IS AGREED ON

RY DELEGATES Amendments Hoped to Meet Objections of American Senators First Sixteen Sections Are Disposed of. PLAN FURTHER CHANGE (By Associated Press) PARIS, March 25. During a three hour session last night the league of nations commission,' considering proposed amendments to the covenant, disposed tentatively of the first sixteen sections, agreeing upon a. num ber of changes in form which the members of the commission believe will meet more than fifty per cent of the objections offered by Senator Lodge and other American senators. President "Wilson was In attendance at the session at which suggestions from neutral nations as well as belligerents were discussed. No action was taken on amendments safeguarding the Monroe doctrine, but this subject probably will be considered at the next meeting on Wednesday. Goes to Drafting Body. The Japanese amendment to secure the equality of nations belonging to the league was not considered tonight and no action was taken on the proposed French amendment for the creation of an international military staff. The entire covenant when amended and agreed upon by the commission, will be submitted to a drafting committee which will put It Into more definite form before its submission to the supreme council. PRESS AROUSED BY COUNCIL ATTITUDE AGAINST PUBLICITY (Br Associated Press) PARIS, March 25. The decision of the supreme council of the peace conference to allow nothing to be published regarding its proceedings, but the official communique, has aroused ,the indignation of the Paris press. Those newspapers whose habit it is to comment upon foreign affairs, condemn the action in strong terms. The others follow the communique with a few sarcastic observations. Raymond Recoly, for instance, writes in the Figaro: "When the situation is so disquieting, at a moment when the allied governments who, having left no blunder unmade, are more than ever in need of the support of public opinion, they raise a regular Chinese wall between the public and themselves." The Matin says of the decision: "It Is not for us to judge the method, which is likely to be gravely dangerous, still further adding to the growing anxiety in the entente countries." The nature of the "Pertinax" article In the Echo de Paris may be sufficiently described by its caption which reads: "The council of ten goes underground." Le Journal says: "The conference has made a heroic resolution. It has decided to drape its wounded dignity in the most absolute mystery." New York Officers Are Made Honorary Members Of the London Fusiliers (By Associated Press) LONDON, March 25. Colonel Mortimer D. Bryant, commanding the 107th United States infantry, the old seventh regiment. New York national guard, has accepted for himself and his officers the invitation of the royal fusiliers, city of London regiment and the Seventh regiment of the British line to become permanent honorary members of the mess. Colonel Bryant also accepted for his non-commlssion-cd officers a similar invitation of the non-commissioned officers of the same command. "Should It bo the unhappy lot of our country to ever ensrage in another war" wrote Colonel Bryant "it is the heartfelt wish of every officer and man of this regiment that, we shall again have the honor of fighting shoulder to shoulder with our British cousins." THE WEATHER For Indiana by United . States Weather Bureau Rain tonight and Wednesday. Warmer in east and .south portions tonight. Colder in northwest portion Wednesday. Today's Temperature. Noon .....64 Yesterday. Maximum ., 58 Minimum 27 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy, warmer tonight and Wednesday with rain. Colder Wednesday night or Thursday. General Conditions The southwestern storm continues to move slowly eastward causing general rain from North Dakota southward to the Gulf of Mexico. Temperatures are above normal over the middle west and the weather is getting cooler in the northwest.

Prosperity Awaits U. S., Prediction by E. H. Gary

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Judge E. H. Gary, snapped a few days ago while hailing a taxicab In Washington. In a recent statement, Judge E. H. Gary, head of the U. S. Steel corporation, declared that he looked for "great business progress and prosperity in the near future." He stated at tho same time that his concern would not reduce wages. MORTON PHOTO FUND FOR $75 IS COMPLETED Money Will be Used for En larging Picture of Indiana s War Governor. The Morton plcture.fund was closed Tuesday and no more contributions will be accepted. The contributors for Tuesday were Henry U. Johnson, whose father, Judge Nimrod H. Johnson, was Oliver Morton's law partner; Robert Ashe, John H. Sullivan and Miss Elizabeth Hill. The fund was started through The Palladium by Colonel Oran Perry, who desired that Wayne county should be represented in the pictorial showing of the part Indiana has played in all the wars from the Revolution down to the World War which will be placed in the base of the Soldiers and Sailors monument in Indianapolis. Colonel Perry has a picture of Oliver P. Morton, Indiana's war governor, which can be enlarged. The amount needed for this was 75, which was reached today. Previously totaled $71 Henry U. Johnson 1 John H. Sullivan 1 Robert Ashe 1 Miss Elizabeth Hill 1 Total $75 BOARD CONSIDERS WAYNE COUNTY CASES (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, March 25. Consideration of personal pleas for the records in seven murder cases engaged most of the attention of the state board of pardons today. Three of the men were sentenced from Richmond, one from Bedford and the others from Indianapolis. Sherman Keller, colored, sentenced Dec. 14, 1908 for the murder of William Thornton, also colored; John Knapp. of Hagerstown sentenced Oct. 21, 1905, for the murder of Leonard Geisler, Hagerstown marshal, and William Circle sentenced Nov. 24, 1913, for the murder of May Brown, of Winchester, are the men sentenced from the Wayne circuit for life imprisonment in the state prison, whose cases were considered today by the board. "Y" Drive Cats Attendance At Rotary Weekly Luncheon The Rotarlan luncheon at the Arlington hotel Tueseday noon was not largely attended because of the Y. M. C. A. drive. More than thirty Rotarians are out on this drive. William Dudley Foulke, who has been In Cuba for the last few weeks, described his trip. Dr. L. F. Ross, chairman of the Wayne County chapter of the Red Cross, talked on the clothing drive that is being conducted this week. S. N. Quinlin, Internal revenue collector, was a guest. There were fortyone members present. HINES STARTS ON INSPECTION TRIP (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 25. Director General Hines will start tonight on bis first inspection trip since becoming head of the railroad administration. He will speak tomorrow before the Pittsburgh Traffic club and later will visit Chicago, St. Louis and Atlanta, returning in about one week. . Accompanying Mr. Hines will be a number of members of his staff.

HEROES OF 27TH

IN GREAT VICTORTPARADE Men Who Broke Hindenberg Line Given Tumultuous Greeting by New Yorkers. i . ( - (By Associated Press) ' NEW YORK, Mar. 25 Major Gen era! John F. O'Ryan's 27th division, composed of former New York state guardsmen veteran two-fisted fight ers who broke through the "Impregnable" Hindenburg line last summer in one of the most gallant exploits of the world, war marched in triumph up flag-bedecked Fifth avenue today to the tumultous acclaim of a million or more spectators. It was a soul-stirring pageant, the like of which the metropolis seasoned to many bril liant processions on this world-famous thoroughfare has perhaps never be fore witnessed. While there was a joyous, care-free. holiday spirit among the immense flag waving crowds that came from all sec tions of the state to augment the city's millions, there was an unmistakable grim, business-like attitude on the part of the 27,000 men the flower of youth of the empire state. The dough boys were in heavy marching order. They wore their olive-colored cam paign helmets, or tin hats ; gas masks were slung from their shoul ders, light packs and full canteens were carried and bayonets were fixed on their rifles. ; Crowed Welcomes Troops Acting Secretary of War Crowell, representing the war department in the welcome given by New York to day to the twenty-seventh division, is sued a statement declaring that the part played by the former empire state guardsmen in France would II lumine the pages of American history for all time." "The tremendous ovation which the city of New York is giving to the officers and men of the twenty-seventh division of the triumph American army" said Secretary Crowell, "springs from just pride in achievement worthy of the highest national traditions. "These sons of the metropolis and the empire state, are the heroes of Kemmel Hill, of Peronne, of Bellicourt, of St Quentin, Cambral, of Bony and Le Cateliat. "These men who parade today are of the American stuff that heartened the weary British and French heroes in the summer of 1918 and when it came their turn to fight on their own sectors they exhibited strength and ability which swept down the enemy like the wrath of evenging god. In their - last great drive the enemy. fell badk before them for thirteen miles, and some three thousand prisoners were taken into the lines of the twenty-seventh division. i "In the hour of rejoicing we shall not forget the bravest of the brave who may only parade Fifth avenue today in spirit the comrades who did not return. They died or are suffering in army hospitals that we might enjoy the security of this day. Our hearts turn to them and to those loved ones who mourn their absence. We have seen the brilliant spectacle of this parade through tears for them, yet we know that they preferred death and physical torture to dishonorable personal safety. Gifts for Wounded. An unpleasant incident occured at St. Patrick's cathedral where a police inspector forced 300 wounded men seated in chairs in front of the grand stand to get up and seek places in the side streets. Social welfare workers and the wounded men objected to this action but their protests were unheeded. Just before the head of the parade reached the hotels Savoy and Netherland, guests in the windows literally showered the wounded men in the stands below with coins, cigarettes and candy. The crowds in the streets took the cue and joined in the presentation of gifts. ROBINS DENIES DONNER CHARGE (By Associated Press) BOSTON, March 25. Col, Raymond Robins, formerly head of the Red Cross mission to Russia, today denounced as "totally false" statements of Herman F. Donner before the national civic federation in New York yesterday to the effect that Robins made a secret trip to Murmansk and created the impression there that the American government supported th Bolsheviki. In a letter Col. Robins said that he had never before heard of Mr. Donner, adding, "the entire substance of his statement in so far as it refers to my activities in Russia, is totally false." INCOME PAYMENTS GROW (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 25. Collections of first installment payments of Income and profits taxes were increased to $1,068,000,000 today by belated reports of additional receipts in a few districts. Of the $67,000,000 additional to that reported Saturday, $62,000,000 came from New York districts. URGES NEED OF SUPPLIES (By Associated Press) CHICAGO. March 25. Congressman Laguardia of New York in an address last night, urged immediate sending of food and clothing to Budapest for distribution throughout Hungary as a means of restoring order in that warring country. TRANSPORT IS CRIPPLED (By Associated Press! HALIFAX, March 23. The steamer Melrose, carrying various detachments of American troops, yesterday sent out calls for help, one message saying she had lost her rudder.

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Will be Soviets' First Envoy to Washington

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J. C. A. K. Martens . Mr. Martens is in this country awaiting the acceptance of his credentials as the Soviets' first ambassador to the United States. The moment the Russian government is recognized by the state department a plea will be made for the immediate resumption of trade with the U. S. and $200,000,000 in gold will be deposited in banks. He was the representative of the Demioff Iron and Steel Works' of Russia in this country for several years. His credentials as ambassador were received from Tchitcherin, the Lenine-Trotsky commissionary, recently, and were immediately sent to Washington. GOOD WEATHER HAS BEEN AID TO U. S. CROPS Last Winter Has Established Record in Memory of Present Generation. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 25. There was more sunshine and less snow throughout the United States during the winter just passed than ever before in the memory of the present generation. In only one section of the country the plateau region was the weather severe. Snow falling in November in the plateau region remained throughout the winter. Everywhere else, reports to the weather bureau made available today, show precipitation was so light and the temperature so high that snow stayed on the ground in only a few isolated Instances more than a day or two. Heretofore low temperature have prevailed during winters when there was a light fall of snow, with the result that crops, especially of winter wheat and oats, have suffered. During the past winter, however, the combination of light snow precipitation and high temperatures have resulted in the rapid and sturdy growth of grains. Generally the temperatures over virtually the entire country were from five to ten degrees above norm al. Crops Were Helped. Frequent warn, rains and absence of severe "cold snaps," also helped crops. Only in some districts of the northeast was there any damage worth recording due to freezing and thawing with Insufficient snow cover. Contli ued good weather recently has been helpful, especially to fruit bearing plants and trees and a bumper crop is promised. Gracing lands like wise have been benefited. The ice crop appears to have been the only one to suffer because of the mildness of the winter, lack of freezing temperatures resulted in navigation being open practically all winter on the rivers and lakes of the United States. Ice that was formed disap peared quickly under the warm sunshine nearly everywhere, and experts of the weather bureau said today there was bound to be a considerable shortage of natural ice for consumers during the coming summer. Bureau statistics show that the rath er general notion that the past winter actually was the mildest ever known. Instead of merely one of the mildest. is erreneous. The winter of 1875-76 was considerably warmer as was the winter of 1877-78. The winter of 188182 was about that Just past and in 1889-90 it was considerably warmer east of the Mississippi river. The winter of 1905-6 fell slightly short of being as mild as that of 1889-90. French Deputies Attack Policy Toward Russia (By Associated Press) PARIS. Monday, Mar. 24 Marcel Cachin and Paul Laffont, socialist! members of the Chamber of Deputies ! made a vigorous attack today on the government's policy toward Russia and urged the withdrawal of French troops from that country. Stephen Pichon, foreign minister, and Louis L. Klotz, minister of finance, were pres ent during the session.- The government is expected to reply tomorrow.

AMBULANCE MEN ASSIGNED FOR EARIUONVOY Twenty Sections Ordered to Return 1,496 Casual Troops Reach Port. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 25 Army organizations were announced today as assigned to early convoy home from France as follows: 304th bakery company; . 408th and 411th telegraph battalion; 465th pontoon train ; army ambulance service sections 504, 510, 512, 525, 542, 552, 553, 560, 571, 590, 601, 603, 625, 626, 632, 633, 634, 636, 638, 646.

NEW YORK, Mar. 25 With 1,496 troops, all casuals, the steamship Venezia arrived here today from Brest. Marines, regular army and all other branches of the American expeditionary force were represented. Units included the following: Casual companies numbers 1999 Massachusetts; 2401 Connecticut; 1979 Alabama; 1980, Louisiana; 1988, Virginia; 2402, Georgia; 1998, Maryland; 2405, Mississippi; 1966 and 1991 Tex as; 1978 Arkansas; 2000 Ohio; 1977 Indiana; 1996 Illinois; 2404 Kentucky; 1989, Michigan; 1987 and 1990 Missouri; 1984, Minnesota; 1977, Wisconsin; 2406, Nebraska; 1981, Oregon; 1962 and 1985, New JenJey; 1986, New York. Engineers Coming. Twenty-eight officers and 1.435 men, comprising the complete 17th regiment of railway engineers, recruited from employes of southern railroads, were among the 2393 troops arriving from St. Nazaire on the transport Susquehanna. Other units on board included 710 sick and wounded officers and men of which 99 were bedridded and casual companies Nos. 188, New Jersey and 189, Iowa. Growth of Editorial Support Is Held Big Victory for Suffrage (By Associated Press) ST. LOUIS, March 25. Summing up the work of the National American Woman Suffrage association for the last fifteen months before the jubilee convention of the association here today, Mrs. Frank J. Shuler, corresponding secretary, declared that in the last fifty years there has never been a time when the suffragists have so much reason to rejoice for victories chronicled all over the world and for the favorable attitude of the United States press as evinced by. the steady growth of editorial support , . "Our suffrage year," she said, "has seen the full franchise won by women of Oklahoma, Michigan and South Dakota; presidential suffrage granted in Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Maine; primary suffrage in Texas and municipal suffrage in some charter towns. It has seen the federal amendment go through the house, January 10, 1918, fail in the senate October, 1918, by two votes and fall again February 10, 1919, by one vote. Even this reactionary body the United . States senate showed some progress." She said the one vote gained was that of Senator Pollock of South Carolina and praised him for his action. She also pointed out that the federal amendment had been endorsed by 21 Democratic state conventions and 20 Republican state conventions. MILITARY ACTIVITY REPORTED IN DUBLIN (By Associated Press) LONDON, March 25. In reporting the issuance of the proclamation at Dublin forbidding meetings and processions in that city, on the date of Professor Edward De Valera's arrival and reception, the Mail says there was some military activity in Dublin on Monday. The newspaper states that ten armored cars were landed from a steamer during the day and that their passage through the streets of Dublin attracted much attention. Third Army Controls Duchy of Luxemburg (By Associated Press) COBLENZ, Monday, Mar. 24 Word was received at the headquarters of General Dickman here today from General headquarters that the duchy of Luxembourg will on April first be included in the area under the control of the American third army, the jurisdiction of which extends to the French frontier of 1914. The sixth corps, commanded by Brigadier General Adelbert Cronkhlte, will function in the Luxembourg area with the fifth and thirty third divisions, which have been attached to the second army. General Crinkhite is expected to take up headquarters at Luxembourg soon, this city also being the general headquarters of Marshal Foch. The control of this additional territory will give the third army the third, fourth and sixth corps, with nine divisions. Food Sent to Russian Prisoners in Germany COBLENZ, Monday, March 24. Eighty cars of food for Russian prisoners in German camps have arrived here and the food is being transferred from French to German cars before being sent to its destination. The supplies were brought by Herbert Hoover, chairman of the inter-allied food council, from the American army commissary for the Red Cross, which will have charge of the cars on their trip through Germany. The distribution of the food to different camps will be supervised by American experts. Two barges of flour have arrived here from Rotterdam, this being th. first shipment of supplies for the third army to come by the way of the Rhine. Consignments of clothing and other supplies are enroute.

Guard of Australians' Welfare at Conference

Esme Howard Australians look to Sir Esme Howard, their new premier, to watch their interests at the peace conference. The photo is a recent one of Sir Howard. PEACE COUNCIL IS BLAMED FOR RADICAL POWER London Press Says Bolshevism Has Grown While Peace Was Delayed by Idealists. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Mar. 25 Morning newspapers unanimously charge the Paris peace conference with responsibility for' Hungary's embracmg-Bolshevism and the general dissatisfaction over the delay of peace but the manner in which it has incurred responsibility is variously explained. While treating the Hungarian episode more lightly than others, because it does not believe the whole country will, imitating Budapest, become Bolshevik, the Post accuses the conference of delaying peace, while its idealists are "following the will-o'-the-wisp called the league of nations". It also expresses its belief that certain international financial interests are working against the independence of Poland. Newspapers panacea is to treat the diplomatic situation as it was treated militarily when- everything was entrusted to Marshal Foch and it suggests that supreme direction be given Premier Clemenceau so that "probable failure arising from divided councils may be avoided". The Telegraph ascribes the gravity of the situation to a "danger miscalculation which assumed a much longer war and left the allies unprepared as to a policy of peace". It trusts the lesson of urgency and suspense which is being taught daily will not be lost on "those elements which are consum ing time with efforts to secure in the peace treaty results to which facts oppose an insurmountable barrier". The Chronicle thinks that Hungary has given a healthy shock to public opinion and that if the council of ten responds, it may prove a blessing in disguise. "If the council of ten," it says, "had not for many months shown marked incapacity for action, no one doubt the result. The allies held an almost irresistible weapon, namely food, but by sheer bungling and by disagreements and procrastinations have blunted its edge." Requires Prompt Action. The newspaper maintains the remedy now is prompt and combined military action against the Magyar government, "Conferences, delays and a refusal to face the Russian problem are directly responsible for the present disquieting situation," says the Mail. "While the conference talks, the Bolsheviki act. The fruits of immense sacrifices on the battlefield are being imperiled because the conference cannot attend to the business for the dispatch of which it exists." The Daily News deduces that the league of nations is an obstacle to the conclusion of peace. It says: "The tragic situation is due to the failure of the allies to provide the central empires with food and raw materials while the conference has been attempting to reconcile the policy of territorial spoilation with the spirit of the league of nations." The newspaper also condemns the refusal of the peace conference to recognize and make terms with the Russian Bolshevik government. Dowling Is Consecrated Archbishop of St. Paul " (By Associated Press) ST. PAUL. Minn., March 25. Most Reverend Austin Dowling, former Roman Catholic bishop of the Des Moines diocese was today consecrated archbishop of St. Paul in succession to John Ireland who died several months ago. Despite the inclement weather, hundreds of persons unable to obtain admittance into the great cathedral, stood outside the edifice while more than 100 bis'iops and priests participated in the ceremonies.

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AUSTRIA IS MENACED BY DANGERS OF BOLSHEVISM Report Plan to Form Soviet Government in Vienna Jugo-Slavs in Danger of Revolt. FEAR ATTACK ON POLES (By Associated Press) PARIS, March 25. The conditions in Hungary seem to have effected German Austria. Advices to the American peace conference delegates from private agents in Vienna indicate the existance of a threatening state of affairs there. One of these agents who has just come from Vienna, reports that even the date has been fixed for some timo in April for the transformation of the existing government into a Soviet gov. ernment which will cooperate or mergn with the government of the Hungarian Soviet, Jugc-Slav delegates to the peace conference took a pessimistic view today of the situation in their country. Poland and Rumania and said that these regions were likely to be affected by the Bolshevik revolution ia Hungary. Fear Spread of Rule "We fear," said one delegate, "that in view of the geographical situation of these countries, their resistance to the spread of Bolshevism may be broken and that the Bolsheviki may overrun Central Europe. The Hungarian revolution signifies, not only an extension of the Bolshevik movement to the doors cf Vienna, Bucharest and Belgrade, but an alliance between the Russian and Hungarian soviet. Perhaps the Austrian and German Socialists may be involved. "A political and military offensive will probably be directed first against Poland and Rumania and then against Czecho-Slovakia. The turn of the Jugo-Slavic union will come next. In that event the armies of Lenine and his allies would have only to cross Jugo-Slav territory to invade Western Europe. The delegates derive from this situation an argument in favor of the recognition of the- Jugo-Slav nation as a means of strengthening the authority and prestige of that government. , Americans Protected Unofficial reports from Budapest state that allied missions there are debating the advisability of leaving and that the disarmament of French troops in the city is being considered. Order prevails and no injury has as yet been done foreigners. American representatives are being assured protection and may be asked to remain, it is said. Martial law has been declared and the death penalty has been prescribed for armed resistance to the Bolsheviki for robbery and looting. A fine of 5,000 crowns has been fixed for the sale of alcoholic liquor and a fine of 10,000 crowns for drinking it. Two British monitors are reported to have arrived at Budapest, having been under fire on their way up the Danube. Other British and French vessels are near at hand. A British patrol boat was seized by the authorities but was returned with apologies by. the government. It is said that rumors that Hungary has declared war on Rumania, Czechoslovakia and Jugo-Slavia are extremely doubtful. Six hundred Hungarians who have been prisoners of war in Russia are said to be returning daily across the Carpathians, being under the Influence of Bolshevik doctrines. Rumania ThreatenedBudapest dispatch to the Lausanne Gazette says that Count Michael Karolyi, former premier of Hungary, had been negotiating with the Moscow soviet government since last November through M. Rakovsky, the Bolshevik leader in Ukraine, with the object of introducing Bolshevism into Hungary, Rumania and Jugo-Slavla. "Rumania, which is the last rampart against Bolshevism, is seriously threatened by 150,000 Russian Bolshevik troops and six Hungarian division," the dispatch says. "The allies should rush men, munitions and food there, for every hour lost may have serious consequences." Dispatches received at Berne say that Nikolai Lenine, the Russian Bolsheviki premier. Intends to send a delegation to confer with M. Pogany, who is said to me the "real ruling chief of Hungary, notwithstanding the election of the present proletariat gov. ernment." The Rumanians and Czechoslovaks are reported to be mobilizing troops in view of being compelled to reinforce their frontier guards. ALLIED MISSION DISARMED VIENNA, Sunday, March 23. A dispatch to the Neue Freie Presse says that the British-French mission at Budapest, consisting of 248. men, has been disarmed and that a wireless message has been sent to Nikolai Lenine, the Russian Bolshevik premier, announcing that the entente missions have left Budapest. The message added: "French troops, filtered by Bolsheviki, have been disarmed by us. Mutinies have occurred in some French regiments." , . "The phrase. The entente cations won the war but lost the peace' may come true if they continue to trample under foot and dismember the defeated nations," says the Neue Freie Presse. The executive committee of the workmen's councils of German Austria, replying to the proclamation of the Hungarian proletariat, says It too is. "of the opinion that after the collapse of imperialism in Germany and Austria-Hungary the Imperialist victors are our chief enemies. If the Continued On Page Eleven. j