Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 191, 24 May 1919 — Page 1
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SHIRKS SUED IN EFFORT TO REOPEN PLANT CLOSED HERE Commercial Club Asks Court to Require Refrigerator Firm to Perform Terms of Agreement.
HOLD VALUABLE REALTY
A seauel to the abandonment in
February, 1918, by the United Refrig
erator companies of the Gaar-Scott company property turned over to the former corporation to obtain the re
moval of the refrigerator companies
from Pern, Ind., to Richmond, is a suit filed in the Wayne county circuit
court Saturday morning by attorneys
representing the Commercial club, asking "specific performance" by the refrigerator companies of their part of the agreement. The United Refrigerator companies as a corporation, and Elbert Walker Shirk, his mother, Mrs. Ellen W. Shirk, and his brother,
Joseph H. 8hirk, the latter two of Peru, are made defendants. Elbert
W. Shirk is now in California.
The litigation Involves more than $200,000 worth of real estate and buildings in the heart of Richmond's
Industrial section. The complaint alleges breach of contract, and seeks to compel the defendants to complete the terms of the agreement made with the Commercial club, which provided
that the company was to maintain
force of 100 men for three-fourths
time for a period of five years. The refrigerator companies complied with the contract for a period of little more than a year, the complaints sets forth. The action was filed by the law firm of Robbins, Reller & Robblns of this city. Shirks In 8ocial Activities. According to the petition, the Commercial club, with L. 8. Bowman as president, and E. M. Haas as secretary, entered Into a contract with the United Refrigerators companies on April 7. 1916, whereby the companies were to move their factory to Rlch-
modaa4. to employ a specified nam-
Reconsideration Of
Peace Terms Asked By Famous Britons (By Associated Press) LONDON, Friday, May 23. An ap
peal signed by a number of eminent
professors and others, Including the Bishop of Oxford, Arthur Henderson,
leader of the Labor party in the House of Commons, and H. G. Wells, John
Masefleld, Lady Gilbert, George G. A. Murray and Jerome K. Jerome, authors, has been published here, urging the reconsideration of the terms of peace on the ground that they believe In the spirit of the fourteen points of President Wilson. The appeal declares that the terms constitute a breach of faith with beaten enemy and reduce Germany to the position of a subject nation. It concludes with a statement that on such a basis "it is Impossible to establish any true league of nations."
GOLD AND RAIN CAUSE DAMAGE
TO VEGETATION
Cut Worms Appear in Gard
ens and What is Growing
Kank, Declare Experts.
unless the present period of rain and cold comes to a Quick end, gardens, farm crors and small fruits In
this section of the country will suffer Inestimably, according to garden ex
perts and agriculturists Saturday.
The most alarming phase of the situation, they say, is the fact that the
adverse weather conditions are propa
gating various forms of Insect life
which Is playing havoc with the grow
ing vegetables and crops.
. N. Wesler, Richmond garden
supervisor, said Saturday morning
mat wnne tne cola, rainy weather was setting the gardens back considerably.
this difficulty did not affect vegeta
tion so materially as did the fact that cut worms are appearing in large num
bers in the gardens. Many tomato plants in all sections of the city are
Demg cut Off at the ground by the worms. Vegetables are being held
back by the weather, he said.
Wheat Has Bad Color J. S. Helms, one of the leading agriculturists In . this section. said .Satur-
UPRISING IS
REPORTED IN RUSS CAPITAL AGAINST REDS
Machine Gun Firing Heard in
Streets Munitions Explod
ed by Bolsheviki as Esthon-
ian Troops Advance.
Prominent Richmond Grocer Passes Away
ber of men for a period of fiveea42.?r '5T Wyr wiwt shiru r.M-r,f arThad affected ihe.'wheat .fr?
"The wheat hasn't a good color; it's too green, and- is growing 'rank'." said Mr. Helms. "This condition may develop into black rust, but as far as I know; no rust haB yet- appeared In this district. The corn 1b rottening in the ground as a result of the cold,
damp weather, but this condition has not yet reached an alarming extent. The corn has been planted about three weeks now, and much of It is just appearing above the ground. Various insects are doing considerable damage by eating , the heart from the corn 'stalks and' the- roots underground. .- "Qats, young clover and grasses are doing fine. We will have a large crop.
"We can say definitely now that practically all the early cherries and pears were killed, but we will have a nice crop of the late varieties of both. The prospect are for a bumper crop of apples."
Elbert Shirk, as president, nd mana
ger of the- organisation, moved to Richmond to take charge of the plant. The Shirks established a home in the Keystone apartments. Fifteenth ,v and North A streets.' - Aetlve operation of the refrigerator plant was begun in the fall of 1916. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Shirk became almost immediately identified with tho more conspicuous
social activities of the city,
The complaint sets out that the Richmond Commercial club is a corporation organised for the purpose of
furthering the commercial and Indus
trial Interests of the city, and that Richmond is a city depending largely
upon the Industrial activity for its
maintenance. The petition declares that the Commercial club has been Interested in bringing factories to the city, raising a large sum to finance various ventures calculated to lend strength to Its Industrial fabric. It is pointed out that for several years there was maintained here a manufacturing industry known as the GaarScott c--,rny, 1 later as the M. Kumely pany, Doth concerns enpaging .he manufacture of threshing machines. These companies maintained large buildings, according to the petition, and continuously employed a great number of workmen. . These employes, says the complaint, earned Jarge sums of money, thereby promoting the welfare of the city commercially and industrially. Receiver for Rumely In 1915. it Is set forth, the M.
Rumely company failed, and a receiver was appointed. This industrial misfortune impaired the business condition of the city to the extent that the Commercial club felt called upon to take a hand In the situation in an f ffort to apply some remedy. As a result of this decision, the Commercial club obtained an option on all the Rumely property with a view to offering It as an Inducement to some firm that could take the place of the defunct organization. Giving the United Refrigerator companies the preference over a number of other prospective Richmond industries, the Commercial club made an agreement with the Peru firm that resulted in the latter establishing itself In the city. The real estate and buildings were conveyed to the United Refrigerator companies In the belief that the latter would fulfill their contract. Contrary to the provisions of the
contract, says the complaint, the United Refrigerator companies have refused to comply with the terms, have closed down their plant, and are arranging to dispose of the property and all equipment, "wholly disregarding the rights of the Commercial club." Cannot Sue for Damages. The petition avers that the Commercial club has no remedy for the situation so far as a suit tor damages is rnncfirned. but that it feels justified
in asking the court to compel the Shirks and the United Refrigerator companies to consumate a "specific performance of the agreement." The court is asked to issue an order forcing the organisation to reopen its plant here and otherwise comply with the provisions of the contract. Pending final action in the case, the complainants have filed a lis pendens notice, alleging that the title to tuch property is affected by the suit. Out of consideration for the organization, say officials of the Commercial club, the club allowed the alleged dereliction on the part of the defendants to rest during the war period. However, when it became known that the firm' was trying to dispose of its propf Continued on Paoa Four)
ANTI - BOLSHEVIK GAIN
(By Associated Press)
LONDON. May 2 Great fires and
loud explosions have occurred in and around .Petrograd, according to . re
ports forwarded y the Dally Mail's
correspondent at Helsingfors under i date of Thursday. It is believed that the Bolsheviki. pressed by the Esthonian advance are destroying the munitions in Petrograd.
Machine gun firing also has been
heard in Petrograd and it is reported
tnat the population has risen against the Bolsheviki.
Allies Move South Gen. Maynard. commanding the allied forces on the Murmansk front In Russia, has moved his headquarters 400 miles jouthward on the Murmansk
coast to Kem, on the White sea, at the
mouth of the Kem river, according to Renter's correspondent with the British expedition. , Allied forces have captured Medvyejyagora, at the northwestern end of Lake Onega, after a series of actions In which the Bolshevik rear guard suffered severely, a statement issued by the British war office says. City la Threatened. A great change has come over the situation in Russia through the successes of the various anti-Bolshevik forces there. Official and unofficial news of the last few days show that Petrograd Is closely threatened by the advance of the Finns and the Esthoni-
ans on either side of the Gulf of Fin
land and by that of General Mnynard in the region of Lake Onega, while
Bolshevik attacks on the Archangel
front have ceased. In addition, the
Bolsheviki apparently have been unable to check the advance of Admiral
Kolchak's forces west of the Urals.
The Dally Telegraph sayu that the British and allied policy of helping the Russian opponents of the Bolsheviki to help themselves, remains in force.
It says that the situation today ; Is that the movement led" by "Kolchak is
in a fair way to stamp out Bolshevism.
- Admiral Kolchak, it is added. Is be
ing assisted by British non-combatant
troops commanded by Col. John Ward,
a laborite and socialist.
. . . POLES CAPTURE LUT8K
LONDON, May 24. Polish troops
have captured the important town of
Lutsk in Volhynla, northeast of Lem
berg, from the Ukrainians, a central
news aispaicn irom Benin says, i ne
Poles also took 2,000 prisoners and large number of guns.
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ALL FORGES ARE TO SAIL FOR HOME ItJ THREE WEEKS
American Troops Except Those of Regular Division Will Leave France by June 1 2, March Announces.
MANY HOME THIS WEEK
Small Boys Appeal To Congress To Repeal War Tax On Sporting Goods WASHINGTON. May 24. Youthful athletes who have found their vacant lot ball games interf erred with by federal taxation, presented to the house ways and means committee today through Hugh S. Fullerton, New York baseball writer, a plea for the abolition of the ten per cent Import on sporting goods manufacturers. Mr. Fullerton told the committee there were 320,000 names of boys on the petition which he gr ought in. gathered in four thousand communities, and representing S.000 clubs and associations. He said the production of major league-and minor league players was being seriously interfered with by the high prices of sporting equipment resulting In part from the taxes. Sporting goods dealers and manufacturers were Instrumental in getting the signatures classified and f or-warded-
HENRY CUTTER
DEATH CLAIMS
HENRY GUTTER, PIONEER HERE
Veteran Grocer Passes Away
After Three Weeks Confinement to His Bed.
RETURN OF NAVY TO PEACE BASIS KNOTTY PROBLEM
(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 24. Ways and means for getting the navy and marine .corps strength down to a peace time basis has been the subject of several conferences between Secretary Daniels and his bureau chiefs during the past few days. The problem is regarded as one of the knottiest post
war puzzles now confronting the de
partment and although great progress
has been made In demobilizing the navy proper since the armistice was
signed, thousands of officers and en
listed men still must be released be
fore normal strength is reached. It
is believed by officers concerned, however, that at the present rate of demobilization the numerical strength of the navy will be well below the 250.000 mark set by the secretary at the
end of the fiscal year, July 1. On May 1 there were 285,000 officers and enlisted men in the service, a reduction since Nov. 11 of 245,000. The figure set for- the reduced strength of the navy in the senate naval deficiency bill of the last congress was 250,000 and in the house bill the number was placed at 225,000. Based on a to
tal strength of 250,000 men, naval officials are confronted with the necessity for reducing the officer personnel from more than 20,000 now on duty to less than 10,000 by July 1. The question of readjusting the rank of officers of the regular navy on the basis of the peace time strength is another puzzle. To meet the rapid increase of the naval establishment during the war practically all of the regular officers were temporarily promoted one or more grades. Getting
the navy back to a peace time basis means the majority of these officers must be returned to their former rank.
Suffrage And Prohibition
Features In Texas Voting
(By Associated Press)
DALLAS. Tex.. May 24. Woman
suffrage and prohibition aro the prin
cipal issues in a general election held
throughout Texas today.
Amendments to the constitution giving right of suffrage to women and
prohibiting manufacture and sale of in
toxicating liquors were voted upon.
Advocates of woman suffrage and
prohibition as well as opponents have
conducted vigorous campaigns and heavy vote was predicted.
The state is "dry" under the zone law. which prohibits sale of liquor within ten miles of a military reservation. The state court of criminal ap
peals recently declared unconstitu
tional the statewide prohibition law
passed by the legislature last year.
TAFT WILL SPEAK AT
LEAGUE CONVENTION PLANNED IN INDIANA
Henry Cutter, 79 years old, one of
the foremost residents of this city,
died Saturday morning at 5:30 o'clock, at his home, 814 South Fourth street. Ten years ago Mr. Cutter suffered a stroke of paralysis and had been in failing health since that time, although
he had been confined to his bed only
three weeks.
Mr. Cutter was born In Oldenberg,
Hanover, Germany, in 1840. He was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Menke
Cutter, also natives of Germany. His father died in 1857 and the mother,
with her children, Louise. Henry,
Anna and Catherine, immigrated to
the United States in 1857. coming directly to Richmond. . The mother died
December 13, 1878. -
Mr. Cutter lived seventeen years In
Germany and acquired his education
there. After his immigration to the
United States, he worked as a farm
hand in Wayne county and, later learn
ed, tie tanner' trad la th Wiggins tan-yard, where he waa employed lor ten years.' As a result of his Industry and economy he had. acquired some
capital and went into business for him
self, opening a grocery store in this
city, Sept. 17. 1867.
He continued in this business until
ten years ago when he suffered
stroke of paralysis. At that time the
business was taken over by his son,
George A. Cutter. Married In 1863.
On March 6. 1863, Mr. Cutter mar
ried Minnie Drlfmeyer, daughter of
Henry and Mary Drlfmeyer, natives of Hanover, Germany. Mrs. Cutter was born in Hanover, and came to this country in 1848, when she was seven
years old.
Mr. and Mrs. Cutter had three sons John L. Cutter, who died in 1901, Ed ward F. Cutter, now residing in Day
ton, O., and George A. Cutter of this
city.
Mr. Cutter was one of the organisers
of the German Mutual Fire Insurance
company, now known as the Citizens'
Mutual Fire Insurance company. He
was a member of St. John's Lutheran
church and served in all the offices of that church. For many years he was
a trustee and served for 25 years as
treasurer of the Wernle Orphans'
home. He was a member of the city
council from 1885-1891 and from 1894 1897 he served as a city commissioner. The surviving members of the fam
ily are the widow, .Minnie Cutter, two
sons, George A. Cutter of this city,
and Edward F. Cutter of Dayton; two
sisters, Mrs. Adam Boes, and Mrs
Anna Prignitz of Indianapolis, and
four grandchildren.
The funeral arrangements will be
announced later. Friends may call
any time. Relatives ask that flowers
be omitted.
(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 24. Revised
plana for the return of the overseas
forces provides for . the sailing from France of all troops except those in
the regular division by Junel2, General March, chief .of staff, announced today. Unlt3 now in the service of
supply are scheduled to sail 100,000
in May, 200,000 in June and the small
remainder in July. A definite schedule, has been arranged lor closing all the supply sectors and leave areas now under control of the A. E. F. headquarters. General headquarters
at Chaumont will be closed early In June after which time the Coblenz
sector will be supplied direct from Antwerp.
Demobilization of the army has now
returned more than 60 per cent of officers and men to civil life, it was
announced officially. The total, in
cluding partial reports to date, was
given as 2,215,161, of whom 112,556 were officers. Sailings from over
seas since November 11 last have to
taled 1.152.427.
Sets New High Record.
The 'return movement in the week
of May 20 established a new high
record for transporting troops either
on the eastward or westward movement. During that week 133,893 officers and men were embarked for hom.e
General Pershing -has informed the
war department tnat demobilization
has progressed to a point where he
will discontinue releasing individual officers and men, whose discharge has
been requested for unusual reasons.
REIMBURSEMENT ORDERED.
fBy Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. May 24. Men who
were called In the draft and failed
for any reason to respond and who
were restored to duty upon reporting
to a camp as "men willing to serve'
will have refunded to them the money deducted from their pay to reimburse the government for the rewards paid for their, apprehension. In making this announcement today, the war department directed that all inquiries regarding reimbursement be 6ent to
the dimctor of finance. '
(By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. May - 24. An
nouncement was made here today that
a league of nations convention" will
be held in Indianapolis, Wednesday
morning, May f The sole speaker will be Williair Taft, former president.
EATON BANKER IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
EATON, O., May 24. Charles F. Brooke, 63 years old, vice-president of the Eaton National bank, died at the Miami hospital in Dayton, O., Saturday morning. Mr. Brooke was taken to the hospital Wednesday morning and underwent an operation in the afternoon.
Mr. Brooke was born in Preble county, O. He had been a banker for more than 30 years. Mr. Brooke's father, Charles F. Brooke, organized the
First National bank at Eaton. This
later became the Farmers and Citi
zens' bank. Tnls bank consolidated a
number of years ago and become the
Eaton Banking company. Mr. Brooke was a prominent member of the Wavsrly, Knights of Pythias, lodge.
The surviving relatives ' are the widow, Mary Brooke, one brother, Thomas Brooke of Chicago, and one
sister, Mrs. Henry Ressler of Chicago, and two half-brothers, who reside in
California.
The body will be brought to this
place Saturday afternoon.
U. S. WILL TRAIN
LOCAL SOLDIER MAIMED IN WAR
Robert J. Mendenhall is Ordered to Report to Boston for Mechanical Course.
1,900 TROOPS ARRIVE. NEW YORK, May 24. Nineteen
hundred troops from France arrived
here today on the steamship Radnor.
Thirteen officers and 1,037 men comprised the- 312th-Infantry's companies
I to M inclusive and medical and headquarters detachments of the first battalion; these are of the 78th Division
(draft men of northern Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and New York state) assigned mostly to Camps Dix, Upton, Grant, Sherman, Dodge, Bowie, Custer, Travis, Lee and Pike. Other units on the Radnor included the 95th and 96th companies of the transportation
corps, from Camps Dix, Lee, Sherman, Custer and Grant; 370th aero squadron and companies of scattered casuals. Of 1,870 troops on the steamship
Santa Teresa from St. Nazaire, 34 of
ficers and 1,386 men came home con
valescing from illness or wounds. Base
hospital numbers 80 and 116 and small detachments of the 104th engineers
(29th Division), 106th sanitary train (31st Division ( and 644th aero squad
ron were on this ship. FIVE SAIL FROM BREST. BREST, May 24 The George Wash
ington, . president Wilsons ship, on
which he has three times crossed the Atlantic, Is not expected to sail before June 1. The work of painting the ship was commenced this morning and
will occupy the next four days. Naval authorities refuse to say whether they have received orders of any kind from
President Wilson.
The Pretoria, Patricia, Great North
ern, St Louis, Frederick, formerly the
United States armored cruiser Mary
land and the An con sailed last night
and this morning with 16,000 troops
These were the last contingents of the 36th division (Texas and Okla.) and the 18th (Virginia, West Virginia and
Pennsylvania). The first men en
gaged in the Bervice of supply depart
ment to leave France were on these
ships.
Airplane Strength Of
Allies Twice As Great As Foe's At War's End
(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 24. Airplane strength of the allied armies on the
west front when the armistice was
signed was greater than that of the German by more than two to one, and Italians outnumbered Austrian s by four to three in machines, according
to official reports to the war depart
ment. In "balloon strength" the Germans were declared to be superior, with 170 craft to 144 for the allies of which the Americans had 23, French 72, British 43. and Belgians 6 in use. Of the airplanes in service, British units comprised 1,758 machines, the French 3,321, Americans 740. and Belgian 153.
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Robert J. Mendenhall, a returned disabled soldier, has been informed by W. F. Shaw, acting district vocational officer, with headquarters at Cincinnati, to report to that city at once so that he may proceed to Boston where the government will give him a course in mechanical dentistry at the Forsythe Dental Infirmary. Mendenhall is one of the disabled soldiers who applied for vocational retraining, provided by the government.
free of expense, for the fighters who want to prepare themselves to become self-supporting citizens. Paid Well While Training. W. A. Johnson, manufacturer of artificial limbs at Cincinnati, who was in the city today, said the government had placed three disabled soldiers in
his plant to learn the trade. The gov
ernment pays the men $90 a month each, and Mr. Johnson pays each one
$60 monthly.
It was pointed out by members of
the Elks' soldier friends committee here that this indicates the extent to
which the government is going to assist disabled fighters.
Disabled fighters of Wayne county
are urged to apply at Red Cross headquarters at once to file their compensation claims and apply for vocational
retraining. -.
One of the difficulties the federal
board for vocational education has encountered in its work of re-education
is that of convincing disabled men of the generous aid offered by the gov
ernment. That all expenses of re
training are paid and in addition the
needs of wife and children supplied; that this is not considered a loan, but the payment of a just debt, and that
their only obligation is to make good
and useful citizens of themselves,
seems too good to be true. But when
the disabled soldier realizes that he is the beneficiary, not of public charity, but of national gratitude, he accepts the proffered offer of retraining with
good grace. Many Already Registered. Already there have been 81.741 men to register with the board, the Voca
tional Advisers have made contracts
with 52,367 of these and 2,079 have started their training under the guidance of the federal board for vocational education.
Of the 4,376 cases approved for training by the federal board for vo
cational training over 1.200 of them have been approved for trade and in
dustrial training, 846 for agricultural
more than 1,200 for commerical and
business courses, about 850 for profes
sional courses. Three hundred and
ninety-two are taking academic train
ing and 99 are studying in some spe cial course.
The Red Cross. Y. M. C. A. and the
Soldier Friends committee of the local
lodge of Elks are urging disabled soldiers to accept the government's offer
of retraining.
Duration Of Service In Army Is Changed (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 24. A requirement that men enlisted in the regular army prior to April 2, 1917, could reenlist only for the three year term was revoked today by the war department. These men, however, now may be reenlisted for one or three years at the option of the applicant. Orders will be issued also annulling the requirement that seven year men serve their full time in the reserve, and authorizing their immediate re-enlistment for a new three, year period after they have completed one such period in active service.
U. 5. Squeezing Blood
From Indians' Charge
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., May 24 Charges that the United States bureau of Indian affairs is "squeezing the blood" from the Indians whose affairs it administers, destroying the old high idealistic morals of the race, were
made by Dr. Charles A. Eastman,
president of the Society of American Indians, in an address at the "Little Theatre" at the University of Minnesota last night. Dr. Eastman, . himself a full-blooded Sioux and a Dartmouth college man, is in Minneapolis to arrange for the meeting next fall of the National Intertribal convention of the society. The convention. Dr. Eastman said, will be a protest meeting and will call
on congress to abolish . the bureau. The administration set up by treaty while the race was "serving a- apprenticeship to civilization", has become mal-admlnistration i that in another generation will make the Indians absolute anarchists, he asserted.
Irish Delegates To Leave Paris Today By Associated Press) PARIS, May 23. Former Governer Edward F. Dunne, of Illinois, and Frank P. Walsh, of Kansas City, representatives of the Irish societies in the United States .will leave Paris to
morrow as there is apparently no
further chance of securing the assent of the British authorities for a hear- . lng for Prof, de Valera and other representatives of the Irish republic.
VISCOUNT ISHII IS COMING TO AMERICA
(By Associated Press) -TOKIO, May 24. It is understood that the forthcoming return of Viscount l8hli, the Japanese ambassador to Washington, is connected with a
misunderstanding concerning the ap
pointment of a financial advisor to
China.
The Japanese government appointed
Baron Sakatani, financial advisor to
the Peking government Before tak
ing this step, however, the Washington government was "sounded on the question. Viscount Ishii, it appears, reported to Tokio that Washington had no objection to the appointment Later, Dr. Reinsch, the American minister to China, entered a protest to the naming of Baron Sakatani. This led to inquiries at Washington and it transpired that a misunderstanding had occurred and that the American government had not approved the appointment. Viscount Ishii. who had the contrary
impression, was much embarrassed
and requested a leave of absence. The entire question may be explained as due to language difficulty.
Viscount Ishii is regarded here as a very able diplomat and efforts will be
made to induce him to remain In the service as Japan's representative at Washington.
NEW PLAN IS BROUGHT TO CONFERENCE BYRAtlTZAU Delegates Back From Conference With r Government
Heads at Spa Thought to Have Another Proposal. . STRIP AUSTRIAN ARMY
f Br Asclaied PrMi VERSAILLES, May 24. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau and . the other members of the German peace delegation who went to Spa on Thursday returned here this morning with the exception of Dr. Theodor Melchler, the financial expert, All the members of
the party were smiling and seemed in good spirits. The delegation alighted from the train at the Noisy-le Roi station and entered automobiles for Versailles. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau 'and his colleagues conferred, yesterday at Spa with Phllipp Scheidemann, Ma thias .Erzberger, Bernard Dernburg and Count von Bernstorff. In the evening Count von Brockdorff-Rantsau left for Versailes and the members of the German government started for Berlin. Consider Economic Terms.; It had been announced in advance from Berlin that the framing of Germany's counter proposal to the allied peace terms was to be considered at
the Spa conference and it seems probable that final form of these proposals now has been decided upon. Germany must present the proposal within the week's extentlon of time for replying recently granted here,, which -expires on Thursday next - - - The council of four today continued its consideration of the economic clauses of the Austrian peace treaty, calling in experts for consultation.--It is still expected that the treaty will be ready for presentation to the Austrlans on Wednesday next Military Terma Sweeping.
It was announced last night that
the treaty to be presented to Austria would be considered at a plenary ses
sion next Tuesday and would be laid before' the Austrian delegation prob
ably on Wednesday.. ' -. . .The council of four today considered, the military terms as framed by Marshal Foch, commander-in-chief of
the allied armies; General Diaz, su
preme commander of the Italian army
and other military leaders. Austria's
formidable army of upward of a rail lion men, which was second only to
that of Germany is reduced by the treaty to fifteen thousand men; vir
tually all military supplies would be surrendered or destroyed and further military production abolished. The naval terms are similarly sweeping, all warships being surrendered and Austria's position as a naval power terminated. More Work Ahead. The American delegation has prepared a memorandum showing the status of affairs before the peace conference on the conclusion of the Austrian treaty. This discloses that a formidable amount of business is still to be transacted, . besides the Turkish and Bulgarian treaties, covering the whole range of inter-allled subjects. The memorandum runs through many pages, with scores of headings.. It leaves no doubt that the conference will continue for a considerable time after the treaties have been signed and President Wilson has left. It being expected that the other American members will remain to consider matters still requiring attention. Newspapers here unanimously approve of the "fairness, last ice and precision" of the' reply of the peace conference to the notes of - Count i Von Brockdorff-Rantzau. - In the reply rel
ative to economic questions they see the "resolute determination of the entente to obtain all desirable reparations." .
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REDS EVACUATE MOSCOW.
(By Associated Press)
LONDON. May 24. The Bolsheviki have begun the evacuation of Moscow,
according ,to reports lorwarded by
the Exchange Telegraph Co.
By Associated- Press) PONT A DELGADA, May 24. Lieut Commander A. C. Read announced that weather conditions would prevent his starting for Portugal before
Sunday. , .
For Indiana by the United States
Weather Bureau - Probably showers tonight and Sunday. Cloudy in extreme north and not much change In teniperature. Rain.
Noon
Maximum Minimum
Today's Temperature
Yesterday
E9 64 48
For Wayne county by WV E. Moore Occasional showers tonight and Sunday, probably this afternoon. Moderate temperatures. - General Conditions Weather 'continues unsettled over central, southern and eastern states, rain falling In parts of the west Abnormally cool weather prevails north of "the- 25th parallel and east of the 95th meridian, A hot wave continues in the northwest 82 at Battleford. Sask. and Medicine Hat and 80 to 90 over Montana and the Dakota a. Four atoms covering the United States one over the eastern lakes, one over central states, third over Western Canada and fourth over the southwest , These conditions will cause continued unsettled weather for thirty-six hours or more, with occasional rains. No settled .weather la
signi Deiore some time next week.