Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 159, 17 April 1919 — Page 1
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VOL- XLIV NO 159 Palladium. Eat 1831. Consolidated vuu awv.,iw. 103 with Sun-Telegram 1907.
BOLSHEVISTS
OVER RUSSIA LOSING POWER TO MODERATES
"New Bourgeoise" Reported
Assuming Control Budapest Denies Rumor of Execution of Karolyi.
FEAR TURK OUTBREAK
(By Associated Press)
COPENHAGEN, April 17. Bolshe-
vism In Russia is giving way to
"new Bourgeois." according to the dl'rector of the Moscow Red Cross comvmtttee, who has arrived here. Premier Lenlne and war minister Trot
sky, are trying to reach an understanding with the moderate element
In Russia. ' DISORDERS IN TURKEY.
LONDON, April 17. It is learned here that the situation In Turkey Is
causing grave anxiety. Internal dis
orders are rife, according to reports
from Rear Admiral Webb, royal navy
at Constantinople. It is feared there
wilL8hortly be outbreaks and massa
cres of the Armenian population In a
large scale.
RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1919
MEYERS NAMED
Easter Celebrated in Much More Spiritual Manner in Europe; ' Christ's Betrayal Illustrated by Statues in French Cemetery
o g " " AA ' Agger ttyrft ikf
CITY CHAIRMAN OF LOAN DRIVE i. 1 1
Longworth May be Speaker
at Mass Meeting Monday to Launch Victory Loan.
Victory Bonds Best Of fer for Farmers
By JESSE DRULY. For many reasons the new Victory bonds are the best Investment ever offered the farmer. The Interest return, free from state and county taxes Is high for any government bond and especially so for a U. S. A. government bond, which Is the best in the world. The farmer, and other people, too, thinks be can take only what he has the money in hand to pay for. That is a mistake. He will sell his $ 2.20 wheat next fall, and in the meantime some live stock and other farm
products at good prices, iie snoum subscribe with the idea in view that
Karl K. Meyers, secretary of the
Republican county committee ana aahr of th cltv waterworks, was
elected chairman for the Victory loan ne wjn have more money coming in
drive, at a meeting of business men flying the next few montns, ana me
bonds are just as gooa as "c can do with them anything that be
STATUE SHOWING
BENEATH THE W EIGHT OF HIS, CROSS.
The United States Boldiers are getting a new idea of Easter and other holidays during their stay overseas. The old countries have much more pomp and ceremony than they are used to at home and Easter espe-
CH RIST FALLEN
cially is celebrated in a much more
spiritual manner than it is in this country. A U. S. naval officer who was much Interested In the series of
1 statues representing the Stations of
the Cross in a French, cemetery took this photograph. The statues depict n atriktnsr fashion the StOXT Of
rhrlafa betrayal, trial, death
sudden resurrection, as it is described
in the Bible.
Martial Law Declared In Provinces of India
DENY ASSASSINATION.
VIENNA. Wednesday. April 16. Re
norts of the executions at Budapest of
Count Michael Karolyi, archduke Joseph and others are untrue. The city continues outwardly quiet with ro-
eress beinsr made toward the national
Ization of property. It is estimated there are only twenty naturalized
Americans and American wives or Hungarians in Hungary. It is possible that an effort will be made to send food there. There Is little meat and few vegetables in the hotels and
there is no salt. Eggs are plentiful while the bread sold in the city is worse than that on the market here. When Count Karolyi was In Vienna he called on Professor Philip Brown, secretary of the American mission here and told him that he would be glad to accept can of condensed milk. He finds socialism a difficult program and was much downcast when here, partly because he felt he was badly treated by the allies and partly because he is hated, by the aristocrats of Hungary who charge him with betraying them Into the hands of robbers or fanatics. He. was also despondent because he was being restricted In his expenditures. In form
er times he was accustomed to spend
ing a. million crowns annually,
Count Karolyi's frame of mind is characteristic of all persons in Hun
gary who have ben apprehensive ror weeks as to what would happen next. It is a common thing to see a party of
men and women walking the streets i
(By Associated Press) SIMLA, India. Monday, April 14. Martial law has been declared In the districts of Labors and Amritsar, according to announcement made here today. It Is stated in the announcement that the governor-general is "satisfied that a state of open rebellion against authority exists in these dis
tricts." The trials of those violating
POSSE CAPTURES 4 FOXES, KILLS ANOTHER IN HUNT NEAR RICHMOND
Glen Miller park zoo is richer by four young foxes and the farmers in the vicinity of Campbellstown, Ohio, have decreased the danger of depreda-
regulatlons under martial law will b I tiona among their hogs, other small
neia Dy a commission wmcu m u Btock and fowi8. as the result 01 op
similar to those prescribed by the defense of India act.
EXPECT SPEEDY ADJUSTMENT OF 'PHONE STRIKE
Koons is Reported on Way to Boston to Intercede in
Union Difficulty.
(By Associated Press)
BOSTON. April 17. The expected
arrival here today of John C. Koon3,
.itH.m .0f and first assistant postmaster general and
wor,ntntra;;;nd ; chairman of the wire control board.
then lauehlnaly wipe her eyes. Thus i gave some hope of a speedy adjustIs'howShensunder "which peo-! ment of the strike of telephone work-
pie are living, who have lost an or their property and the hope that came with the end of the war.
AMERICANS SEIZE BOLSHEVIK PATROL
(Bv Associated Press) ARCHANGEL. Wednesday, April 16. a mna.il American scouting party op
erating in front of the allied positions and and aDJCious to have the trouble
ers which started Tuesday when the
young women operators in all the New
England states except Connecticut,
walked out. Yesterday the cable splicers joined the operators and today a strike of electricians which leaders claimed Involved 12,000 men in
twenty-three unions became effective.
Word that Mr. Koons was on hi
way here wss brought by United
States Senator David I. Walsh, who arrived from Washington late yesterday
afternoon. Senator Walsh said government officials were greatly con
cerned over the situation in New Eng-
along the railway front yesterday sur
prised and ambusnea a ijoisnevm. patrol in the forest four miles east of the railway yesterday, wounding a number of the enemy. The situation during the past few days has ben generally quiet. Roads which through the long winter were three feet deep in snow are now cov-
adjusttd. ' What Mr. Koons' method ' of procedure would be was Bot announced, but .it was understood that his first step would be - to confer with telephone officials. Miss Julia S. O'Connor, who Is leading the operators strike, said last night that, if he
sought a conference with union lead-
ered with Icy slush and are thawing jers lt wouid bave to be with represo rapidly thta transportation is vir-. gentatlves- of the New England Joint tually at a standstill. Great cracks j councii of electrical workers as the are appearing in the ice on the Dvina , waik.out had passed the stage where
and Vega rivers ana at pomi' "u":'D only operators, were concemeu.
the thaw Is rapidly progressing, there are constant sounds like artillery as the ice gives away.
THE WEATHER
Fop Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight with rrost. Probably heavy in north portion. Friday fair and somewhat warmer.
Noon
Today's Temperature. Yesterday.
41 62 ?8
Maximum Minimum .....
For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Snow squalls followed by partly cloudy, but mostly fair tonight and Friday. Continued cold tonight, freezing or below. Slowly rising temperatUGeneral Conditions The storm reported central over Ohio extends west
ward to the Mississippi river. General rains and snow squalls are as far outh as the Ohio river. : The temperature is much below freezing over the northwestern states, excepting Montana, where lt is 62 degrees above sero. the center of the cold being over North Dakota. The weather Is gradually clearing over the central states, and it is probable ice will form generally tonight over Indiana, excepting possibly in the southern portion. There will also be a general frost if the wind drops, and freetln weather whether Htm wind falls or not. - -
Service Nears Normal
Exchange managers in several cities outside the Boston district claimed bome improvement In service by the use of volunteer and non-union substitute operators and in a few places
it was said that service except over the toll lines .would be nearly normal today. In Boston and the exchanges In the immediate vicinity,'' however, business wasvlrtually at a standstill and telephone bells In homes and offices remained silent. Young women who had been maintaining picket lines about the exchanges 6lnce Tuesday were relieved of duty last night by men of other branches of the service, but returned to their posts this morning prepared to continue their patrol - throughout the day regardless of the cold northeast storm. Reports that substitute operators were being brought here from other cities led to an Increase in the picket guard about the railroad terminals, and it was reported that union hotel employes had been asked to refuse service to non-union operators.
REVENUE OFFICERS SHOT. t Bv Associated Press)
r PTKBVIIXB,' Ky. April 17. Persons
t.,imui tn ha moonshiners ambusnea
a party of four internal Revenue officers near the Virginia state line yesterday, and shot and probably fatally wounded Denuty C C Smith, of Louis-
and Bliehtlv wounded Deputy A
t Potter, of Pikeville. The officers
who were searching for illicit stills, AM. ffnui. nnon . as they entered a
defile in the mountains.
erations by a posse of farmers in that section Wednesday. In addition to the
four captured, the male head or me
family, a huge specimen, was tuuea. A a neauel to the drive yesterday, the
farmers of that section - have made plans for a more extensive chase within the next few days for the purpose of weeding out the other marauders
known to be innanmng me secuon. -The discovery of the presence of foxes in the vicinity, which, incidental
ly proved the suspicion oi 'tne sioc raisers, was made Sunday; afternoon by children hunting flowers in the nid TTarve Paddock timber, eight miles
cmitheRt of the city, now ownea Dy
rr K. R. Churchell of Rlchmona. Tne
Miriran rnmo across tne a en. me
fmnt nf which was littered with bones
and feathers and the carcasses of numerous rabbits. The find was Immediately reported to William Gaar, who owns the land adjoining that in
which the den was found. The same evening, Mr. Gaar slipped up to the mouth of the den, and, imitating the
hnxic of an adult fox. succeeaea m at
tracting one of the young close enough
to the opening to discern nis laenuiy. Posse Is Formed
On Tuesday evening Mr. Gaar noti
fied his neighbors of the discovery
and a posse formed the following
mnrninz. the orevlous two days haV'
ing been used in assembling some of
the best fox nounas in tne country ax th Gaar home. The. Paddock wood
was surrounded by twenty-five armed possemen, and the dogs were turned loose in the timber. ' Within twenty minutes after they were unleashed,
thft hounds had "jumpea" tne two
adult foxes. After a wait of only a few minutes, the male fox ran from the underbrush close by HArry .Hammon and it was killed by a single shot. The female was the target for nine shots from the guns of . tha hunters, but she escaped. Immediately ..upon
abandoning the chase for the motner fox, the hunters surrounded the den and captured the young by digging through the top of the -cave.-The foxes were brought to Richmond this morning and turned over to the Glen Miller park management to be placed in the ZOO. : v Others In Timber. The tract in i which the den was discovered is composed of between fifty and : sixty acres. The woods is known to be sheltering a number of
other foxes who will be hunted down soon by hunters under the captaincy of Harry Peck of Boston, a veteran fox hunter. According to Mr. Gaar, the foxes bave almost depopulated the district of rabbits, which for years was a DODular resort for hunters. Many far
mers have lost several young bogs
each, and chicken roosts for miles round have been raided at nights. The
carcasses about the mouth of the den testified, say the fox hunters, to the fact . that pigs were dragged to the den for the young to feed on. To
bones of rour pigs were touna in we den. - Mr. Gaar said Thursday that he
was confident that another dea of foxes existed In this Umber. ? . r
Amensr those ; who participated "In
the hunt Wednesday, beside Mr Gaar.
were: John McClain and William McClain,. captains; Walter Short, Ansil Toney, Earl Toney, Peter Gephart, Lester Gephart, William Benham,
Sherman Pryfogle, Mike Deitzel, Earl Parker, Harvey Parker, Verner Scarce
and Harry Hammon. .
INCOME TAX OF ANGLO-AMERICAN
EXCEEDS INCOME
DETECTIVE IS SHOT;
BY LIQUOR RUNNERS
fBy Associated Press) GREENSBURG. Tnd., April 17. Elmen Robbins, 60, a detective for the Big Four railroad was shot and killed here early today when searching a freight train for two negroes believed
to be bringing whiskey into Indiana
from Cincinnati. - The negroes es caned after a running battle with oth
er officers. Shots were exchanged in
the flight.
Robblns had received word" during the nleht from a federal officer at
Lawrenceburg to watch for - the ne-
groes. The revenue officer said he had been forced from the freight train
by the negroes at the point of a re
volver and that tney naa 136 nair pints of whiskey. He asked ; their arrest
Robblns took several county and city peace officers . with- him and met the train. As he boarded a cars he was hot without warning. : The negroes
fled Immediately, r Word Immediately
was sent to surrounding towns to De
on the look out for the two men. wora
from Shelbyville received here was
that twenty half pints of whiskey were
found concealed in a car or sewer uie
Word was also received that three ne
groes were held near Hillsdale aa sus
pects. - .
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, April 17 That a man should pay more money for Income tax than the total of his incomes seems the limit of taxation. This is said to
be the plight of a well known British peer who was bern an American and became naturalized in England some
years ago. His property is in tne United States. Being a British subject, he is compelled by British law to nay income tax on all his revenues
from all sources ana tne American
law compels payment of income . tax
on all his income from American
property. Being a multi-millionaire, . his income is subject to heavy supertax by both governments and the two taxes are said to amount to more than one hundred percent of the income. Thus, the unfortunate nobleman must pay out all of his receipts and dip into his capital to defray current taxes, and,' after defraying this first charge, use more of the capital for living expenses. '" -.; The double Income tax of the war period has hit . well to do Americans who live In Great Britain very hard. In former days very few of the large
colony of American business men liv
ing in Britain ever gave up tneir American citizenship. But many of
them have "found this draft on their patriotism too heavy and have reluct
antly changed tneir allegiance ana taken out naturalization papers. '
As for. those Americans who lived
here because they ; found . the social atmosphere ' of England more con
genial and tne scope ror spending money on pleasures greater than at home, most of them seem to have dis
appeared. -
with Lewis O. Reynolds, county chair
man, Thursday noon.
Meyers' said Thursday afternoon ne
bad not definitely decided to accept
the position, but that ne proDaoiy
would. E. M. Campneld was namea as vice-chairman with Meyers.
rathar Nicholas Longwortn, or Cin
cinnati, congressman from Ohio, and
son-in-law of Theodore Roosevelt, or Senator Cummins, of Iowa, are the speakers which the committee in charge of the great Monday night mass meeting now hopes to secure, said Will Reller, Thursday. Roosevelt Coming Later
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, whom the Liberty loan speakers'
nmmiten had honed to secure for
the loan mass meeting, is engaged for every day of the drive in New
York, but the committee nopes o , have him here later on, said Will Reller, chairman, Thursday. Medlll McCormlck, United States senator from Illinois, cannot come because of the death of his father, end er-GAvernor Eberhardt of Minne-
andlsota, is to speak on the loan in his 1 9 . . haan
own state, uotn tnese men uu impossibilities for the Richmond meet
The chorus composea oi wayuu county World War veterans, which will feature the mass meeting by singing soldier and sailor songs, learned in camp, patriotic airs, and songs composed especially for the loan, will practice Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at the Y. M. C. A. Women Organize. . Paul Beckett and Rudolph Price, commander of the army and navy committees, ask every Wayne county soldier and sailor to come to this practice. Lee Nusbaum, composer of the songs which will be sung Monday niirht will lead and Beckett and Price
hope that out of the chorus will deveinna & nermanent veteran's chorus,
which will be a distinct feature of the
mimical life of the City.
Mrs. A. W. Roach, woman county
chairman of the Loan has announced a nrt of her organization. Mrs. Roach
will call her organization the RerTM There will be no duplication
Af Aftarta in any Dart or tne cut, ana
the women will be T called, at when
needed. .
UmI Chftlitnalt Named.
if ral Roach said the county organi
sation has not yet been completed, but
that - workers throughout - the county
may direct their campaign una mat of the Liberty Loan if they so desire.
The executive committee is neaaea
bv Mrs. Roach as cnairman. ine
other members of this committee are
Mra Charles Druitt. vice-cnairman.
Mrs. E. S. Curtis, Mrs. Edward Schalk,
Mrs. William Reed and Mrs. ueorge
Davis.
The ward chairmen are as follows
liMrst ward. Mrs. Emma Eggemeyer;
second ward. Mrs. George Cunning
ham: third ward. Mrs. John Johnson;
fourth ward. Miss Annette Edmunds
fifth ward. Mrs. Harry Mather; sixth
wrd. Mrs. PhiliD Twigg; seventh
ward. Mrs. George Chrisman: eighth
ward, Mrs. Harry Williams. Each ward will have five workers. These
will be announced later. The town
ship chairmen are not yet completed
. with rash. If he wants to Duy
another farm, or trade the one he has for a larger or beter farm, the bonds rin ha taken iust the same as cash
so. also, in an automobile trade or
any other legitimate transaction. t v.a nsAdn a little money, tempo-
Hiv h can borrow up to 'their full
value at any bank and the interest he pays Is only the difference between 4 per cent and 6 per cent, which is 1M per cent. tv. hn made the farmer very
wwnflffftTiB oven, before the United
of .too entered the struggle. The
farmer who has not made big money
the last three or lour years is a mighty poor farmer, or he has land which will not produce anything
salable. . A ,
The government promisea to maintain a price of $2.20 per bushel for wheat it will keep its word.
Let the farmer help tne government pay its bills and thus finish the job.
TRIUMPH SEEN
BY PRESS FOR LLOYDJjEORGE
Address of Premier Before
Commons Applauded by
Many English Newspapers.
SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS
FOE REPLY TO
ALLIED TERMS WILL BE MADE BY MAY 15TH
Germans to be Given Ample
Time to Digest Peace Conditions Terms to be Kept Secret. HUNS WANT INDEMNITY
NOT CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT-WATSON
INDIANAPOLIS, Apr. 17. Speaking of -his political plans for the future. Senator James E." Watson, who made
an address . here 1 before the Indiana Manufacturers' association, - said he was only a candidate for renominatlon for United States senator by Indiana Renublicana. and is not a candidate
for the Republican nomination for the presidency. ' Talk of Senator Watson for, the presidency has been heard among his friends and admirers, particularly in
some of the eastern states. - it naa been understood lately that Republican leaders of Indiana, including Governor Goodrich, had planned to come to some understanding concerning the relative parts they are to play in the 1920 campaign. Now Senator Watson ma ken the sositive statement that he
is only a candidate for renominatlon for senator. After another speaking tour, which will close with this month, . Senator Watson x will return ' to Washington, where he expects to remain until the congress convenes in special session. He will meet other senators there to assist in framing a railroad bllL
POLAND TO PURCHASE SUPPLIES FROM U. S.
'By Associated Prats)
NEW YORK. April 17. The Polish government is preparing to purchase $450,000,000 worth of supplies in the the United States this year, according
to E. Levinski Corwin, a Polish economist, who delivered an address here last night-at a meeting of the Polish engineers and merchants . in America. Asserting that bis Information , was based on data supplied by the economic section of the Polish delegation to the peace conference, Mr. Corwin added that the Polish government was preparing to float loans to finance the country until it again reached a productivo state. Details of this financial preparation, he said, wouid be announced officially either from Warsaw or Paritv
By Associated Press) LONDON, April 17. While opinions
are divided regarding the substance of the address of Premier Lloyd
George before the house of commons yesterday there is a general agree
ment of the Lonaon press wai - a great parliamentary triumph as in
deed, was" saown Dy me ruuuiS
cheers of his audience and the expres
sions of individual members in me lobbies. With the exception of the
Laborite and Northcliffe newspapers,
nnnA of the morning journals con
demns the premier's statement wholly
while several warmly appiaua it.
These admit that Mr. Lldyd George
revealed nothing of the peace terms.
but they do not complain.
The Telegraph for instance, says
that his general account of the terms will "srive deep satisfaction." and adds
that "he demolished the whole struc
ture hia critics built up on nis sup
posed departure from his pre-election
pledges'
The EXDresS aeciares lis Deuei la
the premiers etatement tnat nis
pledges will be found emboaiea m tne peace terms and says that he retains the complete confidence of the nation.
The Graphic is equally iavoraDie ana sava incidentally that Mr. Lloyd
fieoree's statement "Justified the as
sumption that President Wilson has abandoned his oDDOsitlon or alleged
opposition to the sterner views oi those powers which suffered most In
the war." Fault With People.
Those who attack Individual mem-
hera of the neace conference when the
chief concern of everybody Is the pubHf. interest are condemned by the
Chronicle, which eays:
'If the neace terms eventually dis
annntat anv sane expectation, the
fault will He less with the statesmen in Paris than with the peoples they
represent."
The Post which stands for the ex
action of most severe terms from Ger
many, says that the premiers aaaress is susceptible of various interpretations and that although Mr. Lloyd
George declared his readiness to print the terms of peace alongside of his
pledges, "it would be preferable to
see tne terms aiongsiae oi me ae-
mands of justice and security, ana ac
cordlne to them in every particular
The Danly News admits mere may
have been serious reasons ior witn
holding information as to the terms
of neace.. but in me aDsence or evi
dence, "mere declarations that all
nledees will be kept are idle. It is
fact that some or tnem nave not oeea
kept
(By Associated Press) PARIS, April 17. Germany intends to claim an indemnity from the allies, according to the Frankfort Gazette. It says the German negotiators at Versailles will ask payment for damages sustained from aerial attacks, from
the occupation of German territory by
the allied troops and for the delay in
concluding peace, causing a prolongation of the Bolshevik and Spartacan
trouble.
KEEP TERMS SECRET Germany will be forced either to accept or reject the allied peace terms
by May 15, according to reports print
ed in Paris. It is indicated that no reply is expected before May 6, the peace conference being disposed to give the German government what it considers ample time In which to digest the terms and frame its reply. What action would follow rejection of the terms by the Germans has not been forecast la reports from the French capitoL The refusal of Stephen PIchon, the French foreign minister to divulge the details of the provisions of the proposed treaty while speaking in the chamber of deputies yesterday, and the failure of Premier David Lloyd George to speak in more than general terms before the house of commons, would seem to indicate that no intimation of the terms will be made public at present.
It was announced at a meeting oi
the council of ten in Paris yesterday
afternoon that various articles of the pact now are in the hands of the drafting committee and that the remaining articles would be disposed of today.
It seems probable, therefore, that the
treaty is in a fair way to be com
pleted within a very brief period.
Plan to Feed Russia. Norway and Switzerland will act as
agents of the allied and associated governments in feeding Russia, it has been agreed at Paris. Representatives of France have made reservations on the subject and these will be considered today. The plan Is opposed by
Russian elements opposed to the Boisheviki, but lt is said to be probable they will ultimately acquiesce in the allied decision.
The Question of the United States
becoming mandatory for Armenia and the ancient province of Cicllia. to the southwest, is again bing considered at
the peace conference. ' There seems to be a disposition on the part of several of the entente powers also to ask this country to take over control of Constantinople, a suggestion which la
said to appeal to some members or tne
American commission.
Albania Asks Liberty. Albania has appealed to ' Premier
Clemenceau, as president of the peace conference, asking for confirmation of the complete independence of that
country. Here, too, there is a willingness that the United States should assume control of governmental affairs, at least until the little country has or
ganized its political system.
The communists are still in control
of Munich, but heavy forces of Bavarian troops are said to have begun an advance on the Bavarian capital, according to Berlin advices. It is not
known, however, whether a decisive battle has as yet been fought. ' It is believed the city will not be attacked until the government has thrown a
strong cordon of troops about it.
Tiger" Is Going to Write Book on Life
Bv Associated Press)
PARIS, April 17. Premier Clemen
ceau. too. will write a dook aiter
conference is over.
"As soon as the peace problems have been solved," he said recently, "nnd T nave finished my task, I shall
take a rest that, after fifty years of politics, I think I have well earned. And, in my retirement, I shall write a book which perhaps no one will read, but which L at ail erents, shall be
iad to have written.
It has been stated by those close to Premier Clemencean . that it was bis earnest desire to finish bis present task and retrie. His vitality has been
remarked upon recently as Demg extraordinary and the virility and vigor of former days has been evident. Americans .who bave called upon the French Premier following his return ta health say that he is fall of humor and enjoys a Jovial existence.
Swiss Call Referendum
To Vote on League Plan
(By Associated Press)
GENEVA, Wednesday, April 16. The Swiss government has issued an official note saying that owing to the
extreme importance or tne matter, tne Swiss people will be called to decide by a referendum whether the confederation will Join the league of nations. A message on the subject will be presented before the federal assembly during the June session. Huge Iceberg Reported in Atlantic Shipping Track (By Associated Press)
HALIFAX April , 17. A huge Iceberg in the track of trans-Atlantio hiDoina: was reported In a radio mes
sage yesterday from the Cunard liner
Carmania, bound from Liverpool ior this port with 3,000 Canadian troop3. The berg, about 250 feet in height and 1.500 feet Ions:, was sighted by the
steamer about S00 miles east of Hali
fax.
EX-CROWN PRINCE SUED FOR DIVORCE
(By Associated Press) ZURICH, April 17. The former German Crown Princess Ceclle has taken steps to divorce her husband Frederick William, according to a statement given to Swiss newspapers by the former Grand Duchess Anastasie of Necklecburg-Schwerin. mother of former crown princess. The statement says that it long has been the desire of Ceclle to divorce her husband, but that the pressure of the Hohenzollern family up to this time had prevented her from carrying It out. The statement of the grand duchess charges Frederick William with cruelty to his wife, saying: "On one occasion some time ago the situation became so unbearable that my daughter actually fled from her
home. She almost succeeaea in reaca-
lng Switzerland. - Orders were sent from Berlin to Intercept her, and she was captured at the German frontier like a common criminal and taken to
Berlin under arrest.
"Mt daughter will be able to place
before the German court overwhelming evidence against her husband and
will be able to prove many instances
of the grossest cruelty against him. His Infidelities were numerous and there is abundant proof of them."
MAYO CHIEF" OP FLEET.
(By Associated Press) - r WASHINGTON. April 17. Admiral Henry T. Mayo, commander of the Atlantic fleet throughout the war, has been designated by Secretary Daniels as commander-in-chief of the United States fleet. -
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