Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 156, 9 April 1919 — Page 1

BAULlA3DI SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1919 REPARATION BLACK SEA PORT Wealthy American Women ENTENTE ARMY Students of International Affairs Regret Tardy Awakening of Spain To Newer and Broader Principles as Direct Aftermath of World War Said To Be Aiding u Reds EVA WED BY ALLIED FORCE

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REPORTS ARE APPROVED BY PEACE HEADS MAY BE ASKED BY ENEMY TO FORCE ORDER Finnish Troops Cause Trouble

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. April 9. Reports that Boshevlst agitation in the United States is being financed by a number of wealthy persons, particularly women, have reached the department of Justice, but have not been taken seriously so far. One report related that a wealthy American woman had undertaken to pay the expenses of agitators to work among the negroes in the south to get them to organize soviet committees. No evidence of this agitation developed. BRYAN TO SPEND

on Murmansk rront Ls thonians Advance. (By Associated Press) par.tr. Adi-II 9. The evacuation of

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quire Aid for GermansOpposition to Soviet Grows in Bavaria. TROOPS SENT TO ESSEN (By Associated Press) PARIS. April 9. At the latest ses sion of the German cabinet council, the government considered the eventuality of making an appeal to the allied armies to maintain order In Ger many in the interest of the whole of Europe, the Zurich correspondent of Le Journal reports. 80VIET COUNCILS CHOSEN BERLIN, April 9. Soviet councils have been chosen at Regensburg, 67 miles northeast of Munich and at Fuerth, next to Nuremberg, the prin cipal manufacturing town in Bavaria. The threat of railroad employes to add to Germany's troubles by striking, has brought a sharp reply from the rovernment In which such action is denounced as "a crime toward the en tire people." Assurance is given th would-be strikers that a strike will be regarded as a breach of contract and will be punished accordingly. The government statement appeals to rail road men to remember It spent billions for them at the expense of unfortun ate employes. German government troops are marching on Essen where a collision has occurred between the strikers and the Christian workers' organization, lha mamhapa ff n-Y, tfY Aaaifn r ..in. I - d " uotii c . wn i tinue at their employment, a Berlin dispatch announces. The strikers have occupied the Krupp munition plant, the message adds. Breach Is Widened. Although a semi-official announce' ment questions the correctness of the strikers figures regarding the number of men idle here, another statement. Intended for German consumption, admits the situation is serlous. The production of coal shows a heavy decrease from the figures for a week ago. All the river harbors in the region are full of empty coal barges, with little prospect of filling them. With another 24 hours behind It, the Bavarian council government ap- , pears less able to impose itself upon the country, and the general political situation has become more Involved and threatening than ever. Not only has the support of the old government taken concrete form in north Bavaria, but the breach among the social democrats In south Bavaria has widened until the maloritv socialists, the Indeoendent socialists and the communinta aro not at all united. Berlin Is Quiet. At this, morning's session of the

soviet congress. Independent Bocial- Indiana Yearly Meeting, a Mke numists nresented two resolutions extend- ber from Iowa Yearly, 39 delegates

ine eretlnes to the Bavarian and the Hungarian soviet republics. There was lively discussion, especially re-

gardlng Bavaria. The independent name their delegates. it is unaerriatiot wished the coneress to ex- stood that if possible the same dele

nresa the hope that the Bavarian prolatartat miffht ovoppomB onno.qitlon and that the rest of Germany might follow Its example. The motion was innnui aftor unfavorable discuslon t, .rnt(n tn TTnnnrv w nr. .ntaH m anitA of recent threatenlnz n..iinna I r.,u nAav vA?n utronp. ly patrolled by government troops -ith artillerv. Wllhelmstrasse was commanded by machine guns from the chancellory. No strikes were re ported ud to noon, Spartacan leaders at Hamburg are plotting to proclaim a soviet repuD He in that city, according to the Zei tung am Mlttag. which calls upon Gustav Noske, the minister of war, action. CLEAR UP TROUBLE WITH JAP TROOPS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Apr. 9. Exchanges between the United States and the Japanese government regarding the recent clash at Tien isin, ..nina, dtween American soldiers and Japanese

are expected, to result shortly in a "Please accept my warmest consatisfactory understanding closing the gratulatlons on your birthday and my incident. hope that you may have many another The full report of American consul birthday in times that will rapidly general Helntzleman has been receiv- grow brighter and witness the entire

ed at the state aepartmem. u was learned to day and the investigation Kir iha Amorimn authorities has been practically completed. A few details . J.ti, Vrtn'nt7Ai anil rrinuill UUUCICI mmru " I until this is done it Is unlikely that any statement will be made by the department. It is known that the trouble began In the French concession in a clash between soldiers of the American and Japanese forces at Tien Tsin. The following day soldiers clashed again and It seemB that both the Japanese and American concession were invad ed during the fighting. Canadians to Leave Siberia on April 20 (By Associated Press) VLADIVOSTOCK. April 9. -The nvacuatlon of the Canadian troops in Siberia is expected to begin about Anrii 20. when the (Steamer Monteagle sails for Canada with seventy officers and seven hundred men. These include three hundred sick.

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and U. S. Ambassador Wlllard. Below, at left, Prince Max of Ratibor, and

conference. Left to right: Augusto International students agree that the most regrettable feature of the world war and its effect on nations has been the failure of the Spanish people to realize the end of the old order of things and enter into the newer and broader principles of national and international affairs. Spain not only failed to take a definite stand against imperialism when it threatenFRIENDS POSTPONE WORLD CONFERENCE UNTIL NEXT YEAR The World Conference of Friends to have been held in London'August 22 to 29 this vear. has been postponea one vear. a cablegram copy received nt thA Central offices of the Five Years Meeting of America this morn ine announced. Ten delegates from from Philadelphia had been appointed to the conference, while other Yearly Meetings of America were about to gates from Indiana Yearly Meeting will eo to the conference In 1920, The unsettled conditions in England at the present time are thought to be the cause of the sudden postponement of the conference, which was to have been the largest gathering of delegated bodies of Friends ever brought toeether. The cablegram copy received by Dr, Walter C. Woodward, editor of The American Friend, this morning from Holllngsworth Wood, who had been cabled directly from the English Friends in charge of the conference, suggested that an American- Engllsn preliminary conference be planned immediately for 1919, this preliminary conference to be held In the United States. A letter explaining more fully is. following This matter will be given Immediate consideration Wilson Sends Birthday Message to King Albert (By Associated Press) PARIS. Tuesday, April 8. President Wilson telegraphed a congratulatory message to the king of Belgium today on tne occasion or the lauers Dircn dav. The message read: restoration or ueigium. Rrtish Royalty See I "Abraham Lincoln" Play (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 9. King George and Queen Mary Tuesday witnessed John Drinkwater's play "Abraham Lincoln." The performance was in a small suburban theater which never beforo had been visited by royalty. Cablnet members and members of oarliment attended. This was the king's first appearance at a theatre in a long time. Bulgarians Sent to Pat Down Greek Uprising (By Associated Press) SALONIKI. Tuesday, April 8. BulI garian troops have been to Strumnltza to suppress an uprising of Irriqntlst Greeks.

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F. Largo, Senor Cavellero and Julian ed the world but even, until recently, failed to be interested in the first great attempt of the world powers to establish a permanent peace. A short time ago Spain finally sent Premier Romanones to Paris to confer with President Wilson regarding Spain's possible position in the League of Nations. That Spain Is finally awake, though, is shown by the fact that

three Thousand Revenue Agents Will

Enforce Provisions of "Dry" Law

'By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 9. Three thousand internal revenue agents working in specially arranged zones throughout the United States will enforce prohibition after July 1, according to plans announced today by the revenue bureau. Nearly 800 inspectors will be trained for the work, to be added to the force of 2,283 revenue agents already available for police reg ulations, and the machinery for enforcement will be in working order before the date when absolute prohibition becomes effective. This force of special agents will be distributed among the districts where law violation Is threatened to the largest extent, and special attention will be paid to cities, where revenue officials look for most persistent efforts to make whisky illegally. In addition, the revenue authorities plan to co-operate with local police and to leave the greater part of the enforcement work to these authorities in localities where the police appear efficient. Without such a plan, the force of even three thousand agents would be Insufficient to police the entire country. Although manufacture of liquor for personal use will be equally illegal with the production for sale, revenue agents are expected to devote most of their time to the commercial traffic, and to leave the enforcement of the law against personal manufacture to local police. Divide Country Into Zones. ' Internal revenue bureau agents under the direction of B. C. Keith, deputy commissioner, now are working on a plan to divide the country into zones which will be independent in many cases from the 64 collectors zones already established. One chief inspect or will be assigned to each zone with as many, assistants as the character of the territory indicates necessary The men will be especially trained in detection work, most having served in that capacity for many years. Although heretofore, liquor violations have been found by revenue agents, mainly among moonshiners of southern mountains, however, prohibition is expected to stimulate illicit distillation enormously in cities where the demand will be most constant and consequently where greater profits from the occupation can be reaped. One aspect of liquor law violations has grown out of the hundreds of recipes for home manufacture of beer, ale, wines, and even distilled liquors, now being circulated In all parts of the country. Booklets and printed pamphlets of these recipes have reached revenue officials from scores of cities. It was explained today that to make liquor according to these recipes will constitute violations of the law although it was admitted it would be difficult to prevent the manufacture in most cases. Must Register Stills. Private stills can be acquired legally only by registration with the revenue collector of the district. Manufacturers of stills are under strict regulation of the revenue bureau, being required to pay fifty dollars a year license for doing business, and to pay a specific tax of $20 on each still or

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mm - - u Siim Dnm.nnn. mturo. mhiciiiicii wuum. nv.u.nv.iv. Spanish socialist delegates to Berne Besteiro. Prince Max of Ratibor, German am bassador to Spain, has been driven from the country because of his a tlvlties in spreading German propaganda, Spain's socialistic element Is watching the progress of their party in the post-war changes. A Spanish delegation attended the socialist con ference in Berne, which incidentally did not bear much fruit in the way of accomplishments. worm sold. In addition the manufacturer Is required by law to report the name and address of the purchaser, and the purchaser of the still is required to report the purchase of his still, and the nature of the surroundings in which it is to be placed. If a person is detected operating a still, he is liable to pay the license fees ordinarily imposed on a distiller, in addition to fines and other penalties for law violation. Great care is to be observed by revenue officials to prevent unnecessary interference with the production and distribution 'of alcohol for industrial and commercial purposes, under the prohibition act. Regulations governing production of this non-beverage alcohol will be issued soon. By a careful system of administrative regulations, the bureau plans to make it very - difficult to use flavoring extracts, perfumes, toilet preparations, and other articles containing alcohol, for beverage purposes. Medicine containing alcohol already must have a composition to make it physically impossible to take quantities of it as a beverage without making the thirsty person ill. Most essential oils contained in perfumes are said to be guarantees against the use of perfume for drinking, since the oils will cause illness. FRANK WESLER HERE TO TAKE CHARGE OF SCHOOL GARDEN WORK Frank W. Wesler, of Purdue uni versity, arrived in Richmond Wednes day morning to take up his duties as supervisor of school gardening. Mr Wesler graduated from Purdue university in the class of 1918, and has had experience in Tipton, Ind., as garden supervisor, having held a po sition there in the summer of 1917 Since finishing his course at Purdue, he has been a teacher of horticulture in the Boys' Working Reserve at Purdue. Mr. Wesler will take up his duties Immediately, though his term does not begin until April 15. He will be in his office at the Commercial club from 8:30 until 11.30 in the morning, and 1.30 until 5 o'clock In the afternoon. Mr. Wessler succeeds E. F. Murphy who is now assistant regional supervisor of gardening. Mr. Wesler says he Is willing to give any information anyone may desire about gardening. He will help persons to control plant diseases, insects, etc., in their gardens. At this time he is unable to state just what his program in the schools and the city will be, because he is not familiar with the work that hasbeen done in Richmond and has no way of finding out until Mr. Murphy arrives in Richmond on Saturday, and Superintendent J. H. Bentley of the schools, comes from Chicago, where he is on business. , .

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allied forces is confirmed officially. FINNS CAUSED DISORDERS LONDON. ADril 9 Disorders on the Murmansk front in Russia were plan ned by Finnish troops and Bolshevik Finns, according to an onicjai siaiement 'issued at the war office today, which states that they are not con sidered of political significance, ine statement reads: "A telegram from Murmansk says that on April 7, a disturbance was caused at Murmansk by Chinese workmen but it was soon put down and was not considered significant politi cally. The majority of the rioters, most of whom were armed with re volvers and knives are now in custody. "A party of Red Finns twice attacKed one of our posts south of Segeja on April 7, but were both times re pulsed, leaving six killed cenma. we had no casualties. This attack furnishes additional corroboration of the intention to launch a simultaneous action by the Finnish legion and Bol shevik Finns. 'A Russian rifle regiment, which is Dart of the allied forces in north Russia has occupied 'Gapnavalok village on the eastern shore of the Bay of Onega, sixty miles south of Soroka, capturing a Bolshevik patrol." SEVEN VILLAGES TAKEN COPENHAGEN, April 9. The cap ture of seven villages, five hundred Drisoners and large quantities of war material is reported In an official statement issued from the Esthonian armv headquarters. The Esthonian troops, continue to advance, according to the statement, which reaas: "As a result of Bolshevik defeats, fiehting is being carried furiher into Russian territory. On April 6, Esthon ian forces crossed the Narova river, smith of Narva and captured seven villaees and two hundred prisoners On the same day they stormed the town of Gdov on the eastern bank of Lake Peipus and captured three hun dred men and considerable war material." FEW WAR CONTRACTS NOW IN OPERATION (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. April 9. A statis tical report prepared by the war department of the status of war orders shows the bureau of aircraft production has practically no contracts now In operation, 84 percent of those in force November 8, 1918, having been terminated and deliveries completed under 15 percent. The ordnance de partment still has 12 percent of its contracts active and the military rail roads ten percent, while 74 percent of the contracts for signal corps supplies are vet in operation. The total March 15 was just one fifth that of Nov. 8, 1918 British Send Oat Call for Relief Force in Russia (By Associated Press) LONDON. Tuesday. April 8 Via Montreal The war office has issued an urgent appeal for volunteers for the relief force for north Russia. It is that the men must be trained soldiers who have been demobilized or discharged or who are serving at home or on normal engagements or for two. three of four years. All men re-enlisting must be iuiiy trained, fit for general service and over 19 years of age. Discnargea or mobilized soldiers will be given the rank held when they left the col - ors. The pay win De tne same as iiai of the armies of occupation. The per-1 iod of enlistment will be for a year or for such shorter period as required , but no man re-enlisted for this duey will be kept longer than required for special work. On completion of the period of service all men will be given two months furlough or any longer period to which he may be entitled on full pay. Paris Urped for Seat Of League of Nations fBv Associated Press) PARIS, April 9. The French society for the promotion of a league of nations has adopted, on motion of Professor Aulard. of the University of Paris, a resolution asking the peace conference to adopt French as the official language of the league of nations. The society is also promoting a movement in favor of Paris as the seat of the league of nations. This organization is entirely unofficial, and the French government will take no steps to assist the movement relative to the capital of the league. The foreign office officials who speak on he subject say that France would be proud if a location in this country might be chosen, but that no formal steps will be tken to that end. The commission considering the choice of the city which will be the seat of the league has not yet made any decision. Turks Complete Report for Peace Conference (By Associated Press) CONSTANTINOPLE, April 9. The Turkish commission appointed to draw up a report dealing with the national rights of Ottomans before the peace conference has concluded Its labors. The report will be submitted to the high commissioners of the allies directly.

ONLY FEW HOURS HEREJHURSDAY "Commoner" Arrives Shortly Before Noon and Leaves at

3 : 50 for Muncie. Final arrangements for the Bryan mass meeting in the Coliseum Thurs day afternoon were completed .today when O. M. Brunson, boys' member ship secretary of the local Young Men's Christian association, turned over to the Coliseum management a check for the rental of the building. Mr. Brunson is in charge of the arrangements for the appearance here of "The Commoner." Mr. Bryan's sub ject will be "The Work Accomplished and the Task Before Us." He Is mak ing a tour of the United States under the auspices of the national anti-saloon league.The former secretary of state will arrive in Richmond shortly before noon. He will be taken In charge by a committee to be appointed Thursday morning, and probably will dine at one of the local hotels. The address is scheduled for 2:15 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and every effort will be made to start promptly as Mr. Bryan leaves at 3:50 o'clock the same after noon for Muncie, where he will speak tomorrow evening. Name Committee Tomorrow. Charles L. Seller of Westerville, O., is acting as Mr. Bryan's manager on the tour. The local committees will not be named until Thursday morning, at which time Mr. Sellers reaches the city. While Bryan, at all his previous appearances here has drawn immense crowds, it iB not expected that the audience at the Coliseum tomorrow afternoon will be remarkable owing to the inconvenient hour for the speech. However, the management was unable to book Mr. Bryan for Richmond at any other time. Seats have been reserved for all the ministers of the city. Timothy Nicholson will be asked to preside at the meeting. If unable to do so, he will be asked to name the chairman. Bryan comes here from Cincinnati, where he speaks this evening. BELIEVE ORDER IS RESTORED IN EGYPT (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 9 Replying in the house of commons Tuesday to a question regarding the situation in Egypt, Cecil B. Harmsworth, under-secretary for foreign affairs, said General Allenby's recent proclamation announcing that order in great measure had been restored, gave Egyptians wishing to leave the country, permission to do so. It was understood, added Mr. Harmsworth, that an Egyptian ministry was being formed and a deputation of ministers would visit England in response to an invitation already given twice by the British government. Mr. Harmsworth stated that he understood General Allenby's proclamation included permission for persons originally debarred from England to come 1 to that country. RED CROSS STORAGE SHEDS ARE LOOTED (By Associated Press) BASEL. April 9. Storage sheds of the American Red Cross were among the food depots pillaged by armed crowds in Nuremberg Tuesday, according to dispatches received here. Goods to the value of 700,000 marks are said to have been taken from the various food depots. SMUTS IS RECEIVED BY CZECH PRESIDENT (By Associated Press) PRAGUE. April 9. General Jan Christian Smuts, who was sent to Budapest by the peace conference at Paris to confer with the leaders of the new Hungarian government, arrived here yesterday and was received by Professor T. G. Masaryk, president of the Czecho-Slovakia republic "HUNGER GERM" IS FOUND IN VIENNA (By Associated Press) COPENHAGEN, April 9. According to Vienna telegram, says the Central News, a leading doctor of the medical society in Vienna read a paper demonstrating the presence of a hunger germ in the bodies of victims of the present famine in Austria Experiments showed that this germ attacked the bones of the body and the only remedy the doctors could suggest was phosphorus dissolved in cod liver oil together with constant and ample nourishment.

Means of Payment, and Ca

pacity of Enemy to Pay Decided Wilson's Sailing Order Disturbs Capital. WORK TO END SOON (By Associated Press) PARIS, April 9. The first Interim report of the second sub-committee of the peace conference commission on reparation dealing with the financial capacity of enemy states and the means of payment was adopted yes terday by the commission. It was de cided to present this report and the report of the first 6ub-conlmIttee on categories of damage and method of valuation to the general secretary of the peace conference. Ignaz Jan Paderewiskl the Polish premier was summoned before the council of four today to present the claims of Poland. The premier will urge that Danzig must be given to Poland and that Poland must have the coal fields of Teschen, Silesia, upon which, it is said, Polish industry de pends. SPECULATION OVER ORDER ' WASHINGTON, April 9. Receipt yesterday of instructions from Presi dent Wilson to the navy department to expedite the departure for France of the steamer George Washington continued to be a topic of much spec ulation in official circles today in the absence of any explanation either from the president or those associated with him at he peace conference. No official a. .ouncement concerning the matter has been made here further than the statement late yesterday that acting Secretary Roosevelt had received a cablegram from Admiral BenEon at Paris requesting that the sailing of the George Washington be hastened by "direction of the President." The same statement said the vessel probably will leave New York Friday. In that event by pushing her hard, the vessel could reach Brest by April 17. Unofficial reports last night from Paris that the return of the president to.-the-council of four had removed much of the tension that had existed in conference circles for a number of days nd had led to renewed confidence in an early and satisfactory conclusion of the treaty of peace, may result in Mr. Wilson changing his plans for the use of the George Washington, it was believed here today. At any rate, the growing conviction here is that the conference soon must end its work, either through adjustment or deadlock, and this probably was responsible for the order directting the early sailing of the presi dents steamer for France, SEES PARADOX IN SITUATION PARIS, April 9. In an article discussing whether the Monroe doctrine can be reconciled with the league of nations the Matin declares it would be paradoxical to uphold it, adding: "Either the league of nations extends to the entire world, in which case Europe would violate the Monroe doctrine in mingling in American affairs, or the league of nations includes only Europe, in which case the Americans would violate the Monroe doctrine by mixing in European affairs." DELEGATES ARE OPTIMISTIC PARIS, April 9. The harsh denunciation of the American peace delegation by the French press and charges that the ordering or tne transport J George Washington to come to Brest before its regular time is nothing short of blackmail have not affected the American delegates who apparently are not surprised at the newspaper criticism. While the Americans repeatedly reaffirm their belief that considerable nmeress has been made in the last three days one member remarked today: "It is not a bad Idea to have the ship at Brest ready for the return." Sidney Drew. Well Known Actor, Dies in New York (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. April 9. Sidney Drew, actor on the stage and for the moving picture screen died today at his home here. THE WEATHER For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Rain tonight and Thursday. Colder Thursday. Today's Temperature Noon '6 Yesterday Maximum 75 Minimum 47 For Wayne county by W. E. Moore Heavy showers and thunder storms tonight and Thursday. Colder Thursday afternoon or night High shifting winds and squalls. General Conditions A storm reportJt 1 ,a Tnlfio 4a noeoinflr Atwn the St. Lawrence valley and another one is moving rapidly northeast from Texas. General rains have already set in west if the Mississippi river. Tho Texas storm has delayed the cool wave but with the passing of the storm, colder weather will follow. Temperatures will probably go near freezing. Snow is falling in northwest Texas. Several local storms were reported early this morning In Henry county and Preble county. - '