Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 172, 2 May 1919 — Page 1

VOL. XT XV NO 172 Palladium. Kst. 18S1. Consolidated

RICHMOND, IND, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1919 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS'

QUANTITY OF EXPLOSIVES LOCATED BY U.S. AGENTS

New York Police Believe Source of Bomb Plotsv is Found Many Arrests Ex pected Today. JAIL IS DEMOLISHED (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Mar 2. A large quantity of explosives confiscated by po lice and federal agents at a house in West 45th street was being examined at police headquarters today in con nection with the investigation of the ' May Day conspiracy to kill prominent men by sending bombs to them through the mails. Officials announc ed that the house was raided last night by detectives of the police "bomb squad." Federal and police officials were expected to make a round up of "reds here today with the Investigation into the nation wide May Day conspiracy to kill prominent men with bombs ad dressed to them through the mails. Twenty-five ol these machines are known to have been dispatched, one exploding and the others being turned over to the authorities It is assumed that the warnings sent broadcast make it Impossible that any bombs which may still be in transit, will accomplish the execution designed for them. It was reported here today that cable messages had been sent to mem bers of the peace delegation In Paris warning them against opening pack ages. However, it was declared, noth lng had been learned by investigators to indicate that any deadly contrivan ces had been, sent abroad. PRISONERS TRAPPED BROWNSVILLE. Pa., May 2. An explosion, believed to have been caused by a bomb placed in -the office of Burgess Charles H. Storey, wrecked the municipal building and shattered windows for several blocks in the business district here today. A score of prisonerstrapped In the jail. In the basement of the building, a three story brick structure, which .collapsed oyer them, were rescued by firemen. Police and agent of the department of 'justice said they believed the explosion an anarchistic May Day plot. r BOSTON, May 2. Measures were taken by the police today to prevent a reoccurence of the rioting of yesterday in the Roxbury district, when more than 100 men and women were arrested inconnectlon with red flag demonstrations. ACT IN SOUTH AFRICA CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 2. As a result of the recent disturbances in Johannesburg between international socialists and returned soldiers, the South Africa government j F. S. Mai an. the acting premier, an-i nounces he will immediately Intro-! duce a bill in parliament calling for the resignation of all aliens. It will provide also for the deportation of all persons participating in Bolshevik or other dangerous propaganda. CLASH IN MADRID MADRID, Thursday. May 1. The police and people engaged in a May day demonstration, clashed here this afternoon, twenty-nine police and several persons in the crowd being wounded. The encounter occurred in front of the Bank of Spain. 250 POLICEMEN HURT PARIS. May 2. Two hundred and fifty policemen were hurt, one sergeant who was stabbed in the back being in a dangerous condition, during yesterday's May day disorders, according to an announcement made by the prefecture of police at midnight. Apparently only one person was killed, a youth named Lome, who, according to reports not yet authenticated, was struck by several revolver bullets. The nersnn whn fired the shots is said tU have been arrested, but his identity has not been established. BERNE. Thursday. May 1. May day was calm here, there being 7,000 per- ' sons in the parade that was held by labor organizations. Halo-American Union Hopes For Agreement (By Associated Press) ROME. Thursday, May 1. Senator Francesco Ruffini, former minister of public instruction and president of the Italo-American union has, at the behest of that organization, addressed the following cablegram to Charles E. Hughes, president of the Italo-American society at New York: "The Italo-Amerlcan union in this grave moment which has come in the relations between peoples, wishes to reaffirm its hopefland faith in the unchangeable concord between the two great free peoples of America and Italy." ' Senate Wm Ratify Treaty, Says Ashnrst (By Associated Pra LOS ANGELES, CaL, May 2. "The league of nations covenant, drafted as at present may not be proof against all wars, but it will prevent some wars," said U. S. Senator Henry F. ihnnf nf Arizona. Democrat, who was here today, to visit his mother who is 11L "I believe the peace terms as outlined at the conference in Paris," he continued, 'will be ratified by the United States Senate."

Prominent Men, Active in Protecting Country Against Anarchists and Bolshevists, Nanowly Escape Death in Nation-wide Bomb Plot

Above, left to right: Federal Judge K. M. Landls, Chicago; John D. Rockefeller and Oliver Wendell Holmes, chief justice supreme court. Below, left to right: : Mayor Hylan, New York; William H. Lamar, solicitor general, Washington; ex-Senator Thos. W. Hardwlck, Atlanta, Ga.. and U. S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer. Most of the men to whom the bombs recently found In the New York postoffice were addressed have been active In nnrnn rnnnHtv ii- nthav In nm. j tecting the country against anarch ists, DoisneviK and undesirable charWAYNE SOLDIERS TO DE HONORED AT BIG11EETING War Mothers Will Hold Commemorative Services in Coliseum Afternoon May 1 1 A Wayne county commemoration service for the men who have died while serving their country, the service men who have returned to their homes, and those soldiers, sailors and marines who are still In military or naval service, will be held in the Coliseum at 2 o'clock the afternoon of Sunday, May 11, under the sponsorship of the Wayne county chapter of the War Mothers of America. Hundreds of persons will attend the service from all parts of the county. The executive board of the Wayne County War Mothers organization, in special session last evening, appointed the executive committee of the organization to take entire charge of the arrangements for the commemoration service,', which will be the first public and official meeting in honor of service men held In this county since the signing of the armistice. To Get State Speaker. Mrs. A W. Roach, president of the local War Mothers, has been authorized to secure a speaker for the occasion, and it is probable that a man who was identified with most of the national war movements of the state during the war will be brought here for that purpose. Mrs. P. S. Twigg, civilian chairman of the War Mothers here, has charge of arrangements for securing the Coliseum for the meting, while 'Mrs. E. S. Curtis is chairman of the music com mittee. Decorations are in charge of Mrs. George Davis. Invitations will be sent to all . the families of service men in the county, Mrs. Roach said today, and Mrs. John Nicholson will have charge of this work. - Members of the local militia company will act as ushers and have charge of the seating, and all World War Veterans, other returned soldiers, sailors and marines, and the families of service men will be given special seats in the center section of the Coliseum. All men will be urged to wear their uniforms of possible. To Be Permanent. In connection with the plans for the service, the announcement that the War Mothers of . America is to be a permanent organization. Mrs. Roach has been officially notified that the national organization will continue, although the name may be changed at the national meeting in Baltimore next October. "We want the people of the United States to understand that this organization of mothers who have stood back of their boys during the war, and have given up their boys to their country, are still back of them in heart and soul," said Mrs. Roach today. OHIO YANK DECORATED FREEPORT, O., May 2. Captain W. K. Black, M. R. C. of the 32nd Division, was decorated February 14 with the French -War Cross, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Black, have been informed. The citation was for "his contempt for danger in establishing advanced dressing stations."

acters of all sorts. Judge Landls has aealt rough shod with-seditious per- ; sons brought before him. Chief Jus

tice-Holmes and his associates rendered opinions on the Eugene V. Debs case. Solicitor Lamar is one of the men responsible for enforcement of Sixty-Year-Old "Lassie" Record Pie-Baker For ' ;1 A. f. tntefatna Home ' : .. : 03y Associated Press) " - NEW YORK,"MSy 2-Ma" Burdick, sixty years old, Salvation Army "lassie", mother to thousands of doughboys with the American Expeditionary forces, returns to New York today on the Klaus Amsterdam from Brest - At the front she worked under shell fire, her silvered head protected by a steel helmet She cut off -. the rain and mud soaked tails of the doughboys' long coats and fashioned the remnants into fatigue caps. She fried flaDlacka over a. ntnv fnjih!nnrt frnm scrap metal and turned the toothsome Dauer canes wun a scrap of tin roofing. Her hotel was sometimes a shell holA find KnirteMmoa n nolln i rf a barn. She moved her hfadmiartpr as tne army moved and found time to hold gospel meetings and song services at which many conversions were reported. She finally worked herself Into a condition of extreme physical weakness and was found lying ill in the loft of a shell torn stable. She was taken td a military hospital in Paris. When she recuperated, she returned to the front Mrs. Burdick was among the first woman war workers to arrive in France. Everv member of htr f&mllv old enough to serve, responded to the nrst can. ner son, E. Burdick, fought in the trenches and her daughterCecil served in a salvation army uniform. Her husband, Ensign Floyd Burdick, chopped wood and hustled fuel for his wife's flapjack fires and between times he mended watches for the bovs. usins: a Den knife as hi nnlv tool of his trade and his knee as a work bench. "Ma" Burdick held the pie baking record of the war, having baked 324 pies in 12 hours. " LEAGUE REFERENDUM PLANNED IN INDIANA (Bv Associated Press) NEW YORK. May 2. Conventions for popular ratification of the league of nations covenant will be held in Sfteen eastern and central western state during the last two weeks of May and the first week in June, it was announced today by the League to Enforce Peace. William H. Taft, president of the organization: President A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard and other speakers of national reputation will appear at the conventions, it was stated and action will be asked of those attending which demonstrate to the . United State Senate the strength of ratification sentiment Conventions will be held in the following states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont Rhode Island, Connecticut New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Kansas, Iowa and Michigan. FOUR SHOT IN BOSTON. (By Associated Press) BOSTON, May 2. Three policemen and a civilian were shot and. a number of radicals were badly beaten during May Day riots. - PASS STRIKE RESOLUTION. NEW YORK, May 2. Resolutions advocating four general strikes unless Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings are released from prison, were passed at a May Day mass meeting at Madison Square Garden last night

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thn RTitnTin.cre net. Ex-Senator Hardwick was the author of a resolution to exclude anarchists from the United States and to deport those already here. Rockefeller, as one of the great financiers of the country, is Bubject to these attacks at all times. CLAY TOWNSHIP, OVER TOP, KEEPS UP LOAN DRIVE Wayne County as Whole Is Still Far Short of Quota of $1,800,000. BULLETIN! "Actual subscriptions up to 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in - banks of Richmond to the credit of Wayne township alone, were $789,400," said Lewis G. Reynolds, Wayne county chairman, in a formal statement late this afternoon. "Subscriptions at -that hour In Richmond banks, to the credit of townships outside of Wayne, were $ 47,400, making a total in Richmond banks of $836,800." Clay township raised her subscription to $50,150 during the afternoon. Her quota is $45,000. , Clay township, already $3,000 over Its Victory loan quota, went still fur ther over by the addition of $950 new subscriptions Friday, and while the other townships were not ready to report, they were all working hard, said County Chainirtin Lewis G. Reynolds Clay's total la $48,950 with a quota of $45,000. . As the total announced for the coun ty outside of Wayne township, before this addition, was $558,800, the total for the outside townships is now $559,750. U Loan Not Yet Over. -.Despite statements by the city com mittee Friday, to the effect-that the figures, they have issued showing the township loan over-subscribed, were correct, afresh warning that the loan was not subscribed was issued to citizens Friday morning by persons in touch with affairs"- as they refer to the loan drive. . ; Figures given out by banks of the whole county Thursday afternoon show only about $1,100,000 in .actual subscriptions at that time, showing that the county is still about $700,000 short of Its quota. : "So far as I am concerned, I stick to my original figures," said E. M. Campfield, Wayne township vice-chairman Friday. Township Over Campfield. "Wayne township is over the quota, and has been over for two or three days.; Our latest figures show that just about $1,100,000 has been sub scribed in the township, the exact amount mentioned in our statement Thursday." Campfield said his fig ures included the subscriptions of the banks themselves as a matter of course.' "There never has been a loan put over in any one of the four loans where the banks did not subscribe personally." he said. "And in this loan there has been a far larger proportion of individual, subscriptions than eve? before." TAKES JUMP IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, May 2. Victory note subscriptions in this district took an over-night jump or $34,402,300, according to compilations up to 10 a. m. to day, being one of the best gains made so far in the campaign. The addition al subscriptions brought the total up to $323,781,050.

MUCH FALLS

TO FEDERALS; "RED" FORCES DEMORALIZED City Plundered by Soviet Troops as German Government Force Advances Massacre is Threatened. KING ENTERS BUDAPEST (By- Associated Press) VIENNA. May 2. King Ferdinand of Roumania, accompanied by French generals. Is about to enter Budapest the capital of Hungary, at the head of bis troops, a Bucharest dispatch to the Neue Freie Presse says. PARIS, May 2. Bavarian government troops captured Munich from the communists on Thursday morning according to advices reaching here today. BERNE, Thursday, May 1. The artillery fire of the German government troops Is audible in Munich and is constantly creeping nearer, according to private advices received from that city. The government troops hold all the important points about Munich and are masters of the railroad communication in that region. The Red Guards are reported to be demoralized and to be plundering the banks. The communists are threatening to massacre the Bourgeoisie when the government forces attack the city, according to reports. The misery of the people is said to have reached an unbearable point JU GO-SLAVS ATTACK GENEVA, May 2. The government of Carinthla has ordered the mobiliza tion of twenty military classes In order to arrest the invasion of GermanAustria by the Jugo-Slavs, according to a dispatch received at Berne from a reliable source. Jugo-Slavs are reported to be attack ing on a 50-mile front for the purpose of seizing Klagenfurt and Villach, from which they now are only fifteen miles distant. , Vienna Is said to be preparing to aid the Carinthlan troops and the allies are seeking to settle the conflict Carinthla a titular duchy of Aus trian situated east ..of the Tyrol and north, f rCarnioIa; T&eiipllal la Kiagenmrt Two-thirds of the oeoDle of Carinthla are German and the re mainder Slavs. SMALL PART OF CHERRY CROP LEFT; PEARS'ARE RUINED The frost last Thursday and Friday has killed the pear crop and damaged two out of every three cherries, said Joseph Helms, agricultural expert Friday. The blossoms were out on the pear trees and many were out on the cherry trees. ' If no more cherry blossoms fall a small part of the crop can be saved. It has scarcely been warn enough to determine the amount of damage done to the rest of the fruit although Mr. Helms Bald that he thought It was not damaged because the blossoms were not out The apples, he says, are In fair shape. The frost nipped the ends of the wheat blades but this has caused no damage. The rains that have been falling re cently have been good because the ground needed the water. They have helped the grass seed In particular, Mr. Helms said he thought they had done no damage. F. W. Wesler, supervisor of garden ing, said Friday that all gardens would have been In better shape If the planting had been postponed for fifteen days. The cold weather and rains have delayed the planting and retard ed the growth of lettuce, carrots, tur nips, beets, parsley, early , peas and early potatoes. The rains have made the ground too wet to work in. Argentine Approves U. 5. Stand on Fiame By Associated Press) BUENOS AIRES, Thursday, May 1 Dr. Manuel Carles, president of the Argentine patriotic league expressed today his approval of President Wil son's declaration relative to Italian claims on the eastern coast of the Ad riatic. "I wish to say," he said, "that Mr. Wilson has the approval of the true Argentinians in the stand he has taken on the Flume question. Despite the large number of Italians in this country, I am confident that we are all opposed to Italy s demands rela tive to the Adriatic." Weather Forecast For Indiana by the United States Weather BureauFair tonight and probably Saturday. Rising temperature. ' - ;: For Wayne county by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy and continued cool tonight 'Saturday, ; partly cloudy and warmer. Strong westerly winds diminishing tonight General Conditions The general rain storm is moving down the St Lawrence valley and mostly fair weather covers - the Mississippi valley. Snow Is reported oyer parts of Montana but temperatures - are , much warmer over the . plane, states. A storm Is developing over the Rocky mountains and will probably cause rain here about Sunday or Monday.

Aid For Soldiers To Be

Asked On Mothers' Day (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 2. Several appeals for consideration in securing employment for discharged soldiers and sailors will be made by the federal government employment service In connection with the observance of Mothers' Day, on Sunday, May 11. which is to be known this year as Mothers' and Sons' Day. It was announced today that the plan had been heartily endorsed by Miss Anna Jarvis, president and lounder of the Mothers' Day International association. "Every mother is honored." said an appeal by Miss Jarvis, "when profitable employment is offered the man who gave up work to enter the service of their country. Every mother has aright to feel her sacrifices have been disregarded so long as a single soldier is debarred from opportunity to work." . 250 WAYNE MEN WILL TAKE PART IN HUGE PARADE War Mothers and Fathers In vited to Attend Welcome Home Pageant. TO SERVICE MEN Paul Beckett, secretary of the World's War veterans, has named The Palladium as registration place for the Wayne county men who are planning to attend the Welcome Home celebration in Indianapolis, May 7. All returned service men, whether members of the World War Veterans association or not are asked to call The Palladium, phone 1121, or leave their names at The Palladium as soon as possible. This arrangement has no connection with transportation receipts. Two hundred and fifty returned service men is the present estimate of the number going to Indianapolis for the "Welcome Home" celebration Wednesday. Seventy-five Cambridge City men are going over, Lieut John C. Lowry, who has taken an active interest In assembling men in western Wayne county, said this morning. Similar enthusiasm is being shown in all parts of the county, and for that reason the railway and electric com panies are going to run extra coaches to facilitate the transportation Ques-1 tl0B-i:-4. 1' vri' I A Pennsylvania "train leaving the local station at 8:45 1s suggested by railroad authorities as the best one for Richmond men who can go over at that time. This train will have several extra coaches, and delegations from other towns In the county can board the train at the nearest station. Persons taking this train will arrive in Indianapolis at 10:25. The parade starts at 2 o'clock. No other Pennsylvania trains arrive in Indianapolis from Richmond on Wednesday morning, Similar arrangements have been made with the Terre Haute and Eastern Indiana Traction company, and the company, too, will run special cars, if necessary. Interurbans leave Richmond for Indianapolis at 6:10, 7:40, 8:10, 9:40, 10:10, and 11:40 In the morning. Conductors Will Give Receipts. Receipts will be given by conductors on both steam cars and Interurbans. These receipts must be approved by Miss Flora Mae Green, secretary of the Wayne County Home Service department Soldiers, sailors and marines who left for service from Wayne county and other returned service men who are permanently employed in Richmond now will be refunded their transportation by the county commissioners from the Council of Defense fund following the approval of the home service department Other Indiana men who are here temporarily, such as Earlham students and other transients, will receive the same receipt which will be O. K.'d by Miss Green and then forwarded to their own county commissioners, who will make like arrangements. War Fathers are urgently requested to Join their sons in the trip to Indianapolis. Railroad fare will not be furnished, but special transportation accommodations will be arranged by both transportation companies. War Mothers Invited. The following invitation for the War Mothers of the county was received by the county president Mrs. A. W. Roach, this morning: "The Marion County, Indiana, War Mothers of America will be at home to the members of your chapter on Welcome Home Day at the Hotel Washington, Mezzanine Floor. "Tickets and reserved seats on the reviewing stand will be given to those properly identified with the Indiana Division of War Mothers of AmericaPlease let us know at once how many tickets will be needed for mothers, wives, daughters, sisters and sweethearts of soldiers." . Numbers of relatives of Wayne soldiers have already annouueed that they will visit the capital city on that day, and take part in the great' Welcome celebration. Mr. and "Mrs. E. W. Rust Mr. and Mrs. John Hugo, Mr. and Mrs. George McCIure, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Webb, and Mr. and Mrs. Keck, parents of Lloyd Rust Fred Hugo, Owen Webb and Ray Keck, members of the Rainbow division, and, the Misses Lichtenfels, sisters of Frank Lichtenfels, deceased, alBo of Rainbow division, have been especially Invited to attend the demonstration. LEAVE -FOR HOME CAMPS .NEWPORT NEWS. Va., May 2, About 13,000 officers and men of the 35th division, former Missouri and Kansas national guardsmen are leaving debarkation camps here today for camps nearest their homes.

PEACE TO DE DECLARED IN THREE WEEKS, BELIEF tJOW

Germans to be Given Treaty Monday Without Oral Conversation Italy Asked to Re-enter Council. BELGIUM GETS PRIORITY (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON.' May 2 President Wilson cabled Secretary Tumulty today that In his opinion the labor program adopted as part of the treaty of peace "constitutes one of the most important achievements of the new day In which the interests of labor are to be systematically and Intelligently safeguarded and promoted." Mr. Wilson said that he personally regarded the labor program as one of the most gratifying achievements of the conference and believed no other single thing that had been done would help more to stabilize conditions of labor throughout the world and ulti mately "relieve the unhappy condi tions which In too many places had prevailed." If the work of carrying out the last phase of the peace negotiations progresses according to the program outlined In Paris dispatches the treaty ending the great war probably will be signed early In the week beginning May 25. The treaty will be presented to the Germans next Monday afternoon. Reports from the peace conference indicate that it Is to be a "victors' peace," and there will be no oral conversations except the merest formalities when the treaty is handed over. Fifteen days will be given the enemy to consider the treaty with an additional five days or a week for the exchange of views between the allied and German delegations, . . - Thus, at the latest. If present plans are followed, May 27 should see peace reigning once more between Germany and the allied and associated govern ments, .:.".",",":-.', Orlando fa tnvlted A secret plenary session of the con ference will be held Saturday while on Monday a meeting will be held tor the organization of the -league of nations. Italy still Is not represented at the conference but her ambassador Is Invited to attend such conferences as the regular peace delegation from that country would attend. He has been asked, formally, to be present on Monday to represent his nation at the formal launching of the league of na tions. The council of three held a meet ing yesterday and besides considering the disposition of the German cables, gave Belgium a prior claim, on $500,000,000 of the reparation moneys to be received from Germany. Germany's delegation exchanged credentials with allied representatives yesterday, the meeting being very brief and formal. Count von Brock-dorff-Rantzau, the German foreign necretary, appeared almost overcome with the sense of his country's defeat when confronted by the allied delegation. POSTPONE SHIP ACTION PARIS, May 2. The naval terms to be embodied In the peace treaty with Germany which finally have been com pleted do not provide for the sinking of the larger German warships. The disposition of these vessels Is left to be decided upon, later by the allied and associated powers. The treaty of peace comprises from fifteen to twenty chapters, according to Marcel Hutln of the Echo de Paris. The preamble is contained In the first chapter, setting forth the reasons why the various contracting parties entered the war and mentioning the necessity for the league of nations. The second chapted deals with the German. frontiers, and the third contains all clauses connected with alterations of frontiers resulting In changes in the sovereignty of territory. The fourth sets forth the military, naval and aerial clauses, and the fifth takes up the disposition of the German colonies, it is said. The other chapters are not as yet altogether finished but they will concern reparations, economic and financial questions and will deal with the International labor legislation treaty. The treaty concludes with a chapter concerning the guarantees for the execution of the treaty conditions by Germany. - M. Hutln adds that there is every reason to believe the German delegation really has full powers and will end the negotiations by signing the preliminaries of the treaty. Three Thousand Killed By Mobs in Thirty Years fBy Associated Press) NEW YORK, May 2. In the last thirty years, 3,224 persons have been put to death by mobs, according to a report made public today by the National Association for the Advancement of colpred people. For the thirty years . . from 1889 through 1918, the north has had 219 victims, the south 2,934, the west 153 and Alaska and other localities. 15. , "Georgia leads In the list with 383 victims," says the report followed closely by Mississippi with 373 victims, Texas with 335, Louisiana with 313, Alabama with 276, Arkansas with 214, Tennessee with 198. Florida with 178 and Kentucky with 169.

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