Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 194, 28 May 1919 — Page 1

RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 28,' 1919 1 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS PORTUGUESE SHOW HONOR TO CREW OF KING DECORATES HAWKER. AND AID WITH AIR GROSS TERRITORIAL Commander Read's Wife Confident From Outset Husband Would Complete Flight Across Atlantic Admiral Gains Allied Favor and His Government Will be Formally Recognized by Council of Four PROTESTED IN

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Daring Airmen Received at Palace Machinery and Defective Wireless Blamed (By Associated Press) LONDON, May 28. Harry G. Hawk

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Awarded ' Grand CrossFlight to Plymouth to be Started Soon. FIRST TO CROSS OCEAN (Br Associated Press Y LONDON, May 28. The crew of the American seaplane NC-4, which made the first trans-Atlantic aerial passage, landing at Lisbon last evening from the Azores has been decorated with the grand cross of the Order of the Power and Sword, says a message to the wireless press from London. The decoration was presented by the Por tuguese ioreign minister. All AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT WASHINGTON, May 28. The feat of the seaplane NC-4, which yesterday achieved the distinction tor the Unit ed States navy of having blazed the way for trans-Atlantic aerial naviga tion when she flew from Ponta Del eada to Lisbon completing the last leg of the actual continent to contin ent flight, continued to be the chief topic in naval and official circles here today. In addition to the honor which history will give to American naval fliers as the first to fly across the At lantic, it was with pride that navy men pointed to the splendid performance of the machine, a purely "made in America" development. Without a mishap of any kind the NC-4 made the Jump of approximately 900 land miles from Ponta Delgada to the landing in Portugal in nine hours and forty-three minutes, or at the rate of slightly more than ninety land miles an hour. Offi cial reports show the flight which started at 6:18 a. m. (Washington time) and ended at 4:01 p. m. (Wash ington time). Resumption of the flight with Plymonth, Eng., as the finish which was expected today if weather conditions permitted and it was found the steady driving of yesterday had left the en gines In good shape, was regarded as of only secondary importance when compared to the flight across the Atlantic, the real object of all the navy's efforts. Commander Albert C. Read and his five companions are eager to complete the voyage" "at the earliest possible moment now that the most - difficult obstacles to their undertaking have been passed. Reports here showed all of the fliers to be in excellent physical condition despite the strain they have been under continu ously for more than two weeks. The flight from Lisbon to Plymouth, It was pointed out, will be the least difficult of any of the legs as practically all the way the seaplane will be In sight of land, running up the coasts of Portugal and Spain, thence across the Bay of Biscay and off the French coast. The distance is approximately 750 nautical or 844 land miles and with an early start should be covered In daylight NEWARK TEACHERS ORGANIZE UNION (By Associated Press) NEWARK. N. J.. May 28.-Organi cation of a teachers' union to be affil lated with the American federation of teachers, which is associated with the American Federation of Labor, was decided UDon by local Newark teachers at a meeting last night. Al though 700 teachers were present, only 216 actually voted and of those 125 favored the union. Village Doctor Builds Hospital With Own Hands (By Associated Press) HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, May 28. Hastings-on-Hudson's only hospital, built with his own hands, by the vil- . lage's only doctor was opened here today. Its builder. Dr. Gedney Jenks, spent three years- in its construction, after failing to raise funds for the work. He did the entire job himself except for the occasional handlings of a heavy beam when a passer by was called in to help. The hospital is two story, fully equipped with wards, operating room and all modern appliances. Weather Forecast For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Thursday. Not much change in temperature. . Today's Temperature. Noon 77 Yesterday. Maximum Minimum 52 For Wavne County by W. E. Moore , Partly cloudy but mostly fair toTileht and Thursday. General Conditions The storm which has been threatening from the r.th has moved directly east instead nf north, crossing the south portion of Indiana last night with heavy rains In Evansville. Anotner storm covers the Roqky mountains, although the weather is quite cool over the south. TntenRB ; hot wave continues over southern Canada and over North Dakota. Montana and the far southwest; rJ4 at Wlnnepeg, 94 at Miles City. Mont, and Devils Lake. N. D., and

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for a minute that her husband would fail In his attempt to fly across the Atlantic. When he reached the Azores after the first "hop" she said "I think

it's the most wonderful thing that ever will finish the trip successfully." Citizens Invited To Attend Council Thursday Evening Citizens are invited to a special meeting of the city council, called for 8 o'clock Thrusday evening in the council chamber, to receive the peti tion of the city school board asking for the council's approval of the pur chase of two sites-tor the Junior, high! schools and of the contracts for the buildings. Under the law the school board can not go ahead with these projects until the city council has approved of them. rne city auinonues ass. mai citi zens attend the meeting. OHIO VOTE TO DETERMINE DRY LAW OPERATION Refusal of Electorate to Ratify Measures Suspends Enforce ment Until September 1 920 - By Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., May 28. If the electorate of Ohio refuses to ratify the national prohibition amend ment at its general election next November the operation of the amendment will be suspended throughout the United States at least until the Maine election in September, 1920, Theodore A Bell, attorney for the California Grape Protective association announced today. "The referendum to place the measure on the ballot has been started in ten states," Mr. Bell said. "Forty-five states ratified the amendment through their legislatures and three declined to do so. That means that the meas ure is held up in ten states by the referendum, leaving but thirty-five where final ratification has been effectwhereas thirty-six are necessary to make it operative.. "If Ohio, which will be the first state to vote on the referendum,' rati fies it, the necessary thirty-six will have been gained. But if it declines, the amendment will be suspended un til the next general state election in Maine, in September, 1920. The remaining general elections come in November, 1920." ' The referendum now is progressing in California, Washington, New Mexi co, Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas. Ohio, Michigan and Maine, Bell said. UNION BACKS PETITIONS OMAHA, Neb., May 28. Petitions for a referendum on the ratification of the prohibition amendment to the national constitution will be circulated In Omaha and surrounding territory starting tomorrow under authority of the Omaha Central Labor union. Similar petitions will be circulated broadcast through Nebraska by the various labor bodies Thursday or Friday, it was said by President T- P. Reynolds of the Omaha Central Labor union. REFERENDUM ASKED JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 28. A petition to invoke the referendum In Missouri on the question of federal prohibition was today in the hands of the Secretary of State Sullivan. The petition will be circulated over the state for signatures, it was stated. Assistant Secretary of State Powers said the petition was in proper shape

to receive signatures.

Read and baby commander of the NC-4 hasn't thought happened. I am absolutely sure be . RICKENBAGKER LAST TO HUNT HUN IN PLANE Seat Sale for Famous Avia tor's Lecture Here Opens Wednesday Morning. The opening of the sale of seats for the lecture here Saturday evening by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, American Ace of Aces, on "The Arena of the Skies," and the number of inquiries concerning the various plans for the appearance of the famous airman here, indicate a large attendance at the Coliseum Saturday evening. The plat of the seating arrangement of the Coliseum is at the Westcott pharmacy in the "Westcott hotel building, where tickets also are on sale. Captain Rickenbacker will come to Richmond immediately after the Memorial day automobile races at In dianapolis. He will act as referee of the contests. He formerly was one of the principal contestants in the annual races at Indianapolis. . Offered His Services At the outbreak of the war, Rickena sp-ecialf; built racing "carHemstaff of General Pershing as driver of ka ,mv. - ti the general's official car. From that service he was transferred to. the air corps in which service he established a record unequalled , by any other American aviator. Motion pictures and slides will be used to illustrate Captain Rickent acker's descriptions of his numerous combats with Hun airmen. He will C will also tell of his 5,000-foot fall far which his ear-drums were shattered. Despite this injury, Captain Rickenbacker continued in the service until after, the armistice was signed. He was the last allied airman to fly over the German lines. , LEAGUE SUCCESS TO DETERMINE THIRD TERM FOR WILSON (By Associated iressV CHICAGO, May 28. President WiK son's candidacy for a third term will be' determined largely by. the fate of the league of nations, in the opinion of Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the -democratic national committee, who came to Chicago today to preside at a two day's session of that body. "While I have no information re garding President Wilson's intention about becoming a candidate for a third -term I believe, that the question largely rests on the fate of the league of nations," said Chairman Cummings. "If.tne league of nations should by any chance be defeated and this to my mind is unthinkable, the pressure brought to bear on the president to run again would be very great, and I feel certain that he would be re-elected, v If the league of nations is successful, I do not ' think the pressure would be nearly as great." In the absence of definite word from President Wilson on the subject there was little, gossip of candidates among the party leaders. The names' most frequently mentioned were William J. McAdoo, former secretary o the treasury, and A. Mitchell Palmer, United States attorney general, who will ad , dress the committee tomorrow night

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Grieve, who reached here yesterday from Thurso, Scotland, after being rescued in mid-ocean when their air plane iff which they were attempting to cross the -Atlantic alighted near the Danish steamer Mary, were received by King George at Buckingham Palace this morning. King George bestowed on Hawker and Grieve the Insignia of the air force cross. They are the first actual recipients of this order, The Sopwith airplane driven by Hawker on his unsuccessful attempt to fly across the Atlantic, started from St John's with a gasoline supply of 340 gallons. Half this amount had been used when the airplane alighted In the sea near the Danish tramp Bteamer Mary. Wireless Perfection Urged. In talking of the voyage, Lieut. Com mander Mackenzie Grieve said today that in his opinion the future of atrial navigation lies in the perfection of wireless equipment for airplanes, by which the machines may be guided. Describing weather conditions and how his airlane ran into strong northeasterly winds, Hawker said to a representative of the Daily Mall: . The weather was no hindrance and we should have made the flight but for the trouble occasioned by the. water boiling in our cooling system, i We could have got through the worst of the weather in a couple of hours." "The wireless was not a great success," Lieut. Commander Mackenzie Grieve said. "We had a new set from England but a trial flight with it was impossible owing to the danger of risking the machine on the limited airdrome space. On starting we found the spark very feeble and only a small amporage obtainable, owing to the undersized propeller used to drive it. I sent out messages every half hour, and think they should have been heard if any ship had been near but never had any reply. My chief object was to let them know we were still In the air. During the last few hours when the engine was throttled down, the speed of the machine was insufficient to drive the wireless equipment and no spark could be generated but I sent 'S. O. S.' signals every fifteen minutes on an off chance of the spark operating. -. Navigated By; Stara "From a navigating point of view I - plaeHI--fioliancen5n1'tlT wireless other than as a means of asking the positions of such- ships as- w& might pass. The ships had previously been asked by wireless from St. Johns to make known their position's If they saw us by day or If we fired Varv lights by night. As we saw no vessel, no light was fired. One vessel has reported having seen a light but the observers on board may have descried the red glow from the exhaust. "We preferred to navigate chiefly by celestial observations and my position as I worked It out by the stars, was virtually correct, I found, when picked up. I used a cloud horizon instead of a sea horizon as the sea was hardly visible any of the time we were in the air. During the first four hours after leaving we passed over fog banks. The clouds below were like a sea, giving a perfect horizon. I had only to judge our distance above them and take the sun as on a sea horizon. About 7 o'clock Greenwich time, I saw the sea for a few seconds through a hole in the fog or cloud bank. I obtained some idea of the drift of the machine by noting the Zt i"? n 'UI course, which I had already allowed for on starting, owing to the northeast wind that was blowing. Up to 10 : 15 o'clock we steered to make a true east course, not magnetic east. During that period I took sights every hour. At 15:15 I made out that we were four hundred miles from St. Johns. We then altered our course ; 4.- n A.V. TO J . A... A - 1 , l" 'v ""J KZL ta ,5 ! ? ShTf.Bb?S? just have entered at that time. The clouds were badly broken up and made sights impossible until 1:38 when I managed to get the Pole star down to a flat piece of cloud and was surprised to find we were about 150 miles south of the course. We immediately altered our course a little to the northward to counteract this drift but from a further sight obtained half an hour later I found we were still settling southward, and, realizing that a very strong northerly gale must i have been blowing, made a decided ali teration to the northward and worked the machine up to latitude 50 degrees north and into the track followed by ships." DISABLED FIGHTERS TO MEET TONIGHT Disabled soldiers, sailor and marines of Wayne county will meet at the Elks' club on North Eighth street at 7 : 30 o'clock Wednesday evening to discuss the filing of compensation claims and petitions for vocational retraining. - .f- :7; ; The Soldiers Friends committee of the local lodge of Elks has mailed Invitations to' the disabled fightera, but as the list Is Incomplete, owing to the return of men daily, a general Invitation to wounded and Injured men has been extended. V .. A number of Wayne county fighters have been placed fin schools for retraining by the government. The Home Service department of the Red Cross, the ' service secretary of the Y.: M. C A., and other agencies are co-operating in the movement to acquaint the disabled fighters with the federal program of retraining.

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Admiral It is reported from Paris that the ly to recognize the Omsk government leader, in Russia. The government led of all shades of Russia's progressive great deal in the regeneration of the tural and political life of Siberia. VETERANS OF 3 WARS TO MARCH MEMORIAL DAY Extensive Program Arranged for Observance of Occasion All Day Friday. Veterans of three great American wars and women's auxiliaries of each organization will march in the mam moth Memorial Day parade, which moves east on Main Street from the Court House promptly at 1:30 o'clock on Friday afternoon. Several ex-sol- j diers, representing three generations that will be marching, will have their own bands. The Civil War veterans will be led by a band formed of. their members, if possible.' The Richmond City band will also march. A Jarge delegation Of Spanish-American war veterans will march. A. F. Ireton is parade marshal. . Appeal for Flowers. Because of the scarcity of flowers this year, residents are urged to gather all they can for the decoration of graves of soldiers in the various cemeteries of the community. A committee will call for the .flowers left at the various school houses. Children and other persons leaving their blossoms at the school building are asked o leave them early in the morning, as the graves will be decorated before noon. When the final work of decorating the heroes' graves in the soldiers' lot at Earlham is finished, a squad of Spanish-American veterans will fire a salute and taps will be sounded. This ceremony will be held about 11:30 o'clock Friday morning. Judge Sparks to Speak. Following the parade, the doors of the Coliseum will be thrown open for w,u m smrt, nf Rnshviii ' will rt - uWtho rTHnrai M-M.-sTh. mm. plete program drawn up by the program committee of which Frank Strayer is chaiman, follows: " Music Richmond City Band Invocation '. .The Rev. Addison Parker "Star Spangled Banner" " i . Mrs. Emma Hadley G. A. R. Ritual Service Sol Meredith Post "Lincoln's-Gettysburg Address"., v Mr. Ralph Koehring Music ... . . .' . . . .Richmond City Band Tribute to Unknown Dead . . . Children Directed by Mrs. Russell Strattan, Mrs Wm. Auston, and Mrsv Maud Vogelsong. ' ' Address. . . . : . . .Judge Will M. Sparks Benediction. The Rev. Addison Parker . Taps - MODEL CITY AVITH . AUTO PLANT,M if'-:-...'', i v.'..- " , By Associated" Press) . , t DETROIT, Mich.-, May 28. Preliminary plans for the, establishment on the St Clair river near Port Huron, Mich., of one .of the largest automo bile manufacturing plants in the world and which will be the center of a mod el city, were announced today by C. Harold Wills and John R. Lee, lately of. the management of the. Ford Motor company.; Associated with? them , in the enterprise are other . prominent automobile . men. The -site for the proposed industry comprises about 2,000 acres of land. . -

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Kolchak council of four has decided unanimous of Admiral Kolchak, the anti-Bolshevik by Kolchak includes representatives public opinion and has accomplished industrial, commercial, financial, cul Contractor Is Scratched When Autos Collide Eben Louck, a ; contractor residing at 2001 Main street, was only slightly scratched at 12:45 o'clock this afternoon in a collision between two Dodge sedans at .North Tenth and A streets Neither machine was badly damaged. Louck was driving north on North Tenth street at the rate of about eight miles an hour as John Hanson, taxi driver for Shurleys, was driving east on North A street. The two cars met at the junction of the streets. Hanson's car struck . the car driven by Louck in the middle of the chasis, turning it completely over on the side. Louck's car suffered a crushed running board and the glass was broken. The taxi was slightly scratched and the fenders were bent. G.O.P.TO ASK INVESTIGATION OF WARGOSTS Special Committee NamedCompletion of 1916 Naval Building Program Urged. By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 28. Plans of

the Republican leaders of the house Question today. Andre Tardieu of the for investigation of war expenditures French delegation, after consultations of the war department took definite with the Italian representatives, f ramform today when Representative Gra-! ed a formula over night which is unham of Illinois prepared a resolution ! derstood to follow generally the lines providing for appointment by the:0f a compromise proposed by Col E. speaker of a special committee of fif-, m. House of the American mission teen members to conduct such an in-1 which was considered last week.

quiry. immeaiaie consiaerauon Willi be asked. v !,?id comPletion of the navy's 1916 building program was urged -by the general board today in a communica - : uon presented to the house naval comi mittee by Secretary Daniels. The lard recommended that only slight changes be made in the plans of the capital ships -as originally drawn. The board's communication showed that the idea of building a composite ship to take the place of battle ships and battle cruisers had been abandoned for'the time" being at least. - Refusal of the house rules commit tee to act immediately on a request

mai privilege siaius oe given me pro-; Dalmatian coast together but the counposed repeal of the daylight saving c,i of four hopes to have the Dalmalaw, delayed consideration of the pro- tjan problem postponed for subsequent posal today in the house. The com- settlements.: Both the council of four mittee postponed action until tomor- and the council of ten had the aouth-

row, wnen it win near tne attorney general of New York as to whether the appeal would affect legal contracts in that state. .-' Esthonians Enter Russ Capital For Humanity . Declares Statement (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, May 28. The Esthonian troops are entering Petrograd, not as "an act of conquest," but for humanity and justice, in order to bring immediate relief for the suff ering population," according to a statement issued here today by the Ameri-can-Esthonian league at the request, j. the league's officials declare, , of the Esthonian governments at Reval. RIOTING IN PERU. - LIMA1, Peru,, May 28. Six persons were killed and , twenty . wounded in the rioting and fighting which took place here, as a result of the general strike. '

Counter-Claim for Twelve

'Million Marks to be Presented by Enemy for Blockade Loss. V . '. END ITALIAN QUESTION (By Associated Press) BERLIN, May 28. Germany's coun ter proposal to the terms of the peace' treaty presented to her plenlpotentaries at Versailles Include the following points, according to an unofficial sum mary available today: Germany offers to disarm all of her battleships, on condition that a part of the mercantile fleet be restored to her; - She proposes that there be no terri torial changes without consultation of the populations affected; The cession of upper Silesia and the claims to east Prussia, west Prussia and Memel are emphatically rejected.' Evacuate In Six Months. ; It is stipulated that Dantzig shall become a free port and the river Vis tula neutralized; - - - Occupied territory Is to 'be "evacu ated within six months; ir the league of nations is establish ed with Germany as a member. Ger many shall continue to administer her colonies in accordance with the prin cipals or the league as Its mandatory; Germany offers to pay 20 billion in gold by the year 1926 as indemnity and to make annual payments from 1927 - onward to a total not in- excess of 100 billion marks In gold. It was expected today that the counter proposals would be officially made known on Wednesday. VERSAILLES. May 28. The German peace delegation here, it was learned today, will present a counter claim of 12,850,000,000 marks for damage from the allied blockade as an offset to the reparation demands of the allied powers. The German counter proposals to the terms of the treaty of peace will, in the opening section argue for the existence of . Germany's contractual rights to a peace based -on President Wilson's fourteen points, because the entente nations agreed to a peace on that basis and neither Mr. Wilson nor the representatives of any other allied government have since demanded that peace be established on any other basis. The second section will deal with the contradiction .between the draft of the treaty and previous assurances from entente statesmen and the general ideals of international right. Democracy Is Urged The counter proposals will declare that the terms of peace completely ignore the fact that Germany has replaced an "imperialistic and Irresponsible government" by a strictly democratic one and that Germany in her proposals for a league of nations has adhered to the principle of a limitation of armaments. "It would be difficult to see," one section reads, "what different conditions could have been Imposed upon an imperialistic government. The solemn assurances of France, Great Britain and President Wilson, that the peace would be a peace of right and not of violence, have not been kept especially regarding territorial questions." The council of four of tTifl npara pnnforonpa fa milrinr a Wormr1 mftnrt Un Hone For Adjustment Colonel House, Captain Tardieu and ' premier Orlando were present at the ; council meeting this forenoon and 1 there was said to be a fair chance that an adjustment might be reached ' i fil a f fT-n rrvn Although arrangements have been made to present the treaty to the Austrian delegation Friday noon, efforts by the peace conference to reach a decision relative to the southern boundaries of Austria have been delayed because of the position of the Italian delegation. ' The Italians are linking questions regarding Austrian boundaries and the ern boundaries in Austria under consideration. ' Expect Reply Today. ; . Although , there has been no official announcement, it is expected the German peace delegation will present its counter proposals to. the terms of peace at Versailles sometime during today.--It is known that th Geri man reply to the peace conference has been , completed and - as the extension of the time limit lixed for the reply expires tomorrow noon, the official attitude of Germany toward the treaty must be made known without delay. - - - - - - - - - ' Dispatches from Berlin and Paris indicate that the Germans will base their proposals on ' the claim that they accepted the oner QI the allies to conclude peace on the basis of President Wilson's fourteen points, and other assertions by allied representatives that the peace -would, not be one of violence. It Is said that the Germans will claim to have ousted the old Imperialistic regime and substituted ' for it a Democratic government and will for this reason ask for Continued On- Page Fifteen.