Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 195, 29 May 1919 — Page 1

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Preparations Made at Ply mouth to Receive Yankee Airmen -Trip From Lisbon Delayed by Weather. WILL START FRIDAY (Br Associated Pressl PLYMOUTH. Eng., May 29. Adverse weather conditions at Lisbon was the reason for the postponement last night of tie start of the seaplane No. 4 for England, according to word received here. The torpedo boat Stockton, which was given a position In the English channel nlnnir tha rrmta which the No. 4 Is expected to follow, has gone to Brest, taking spare parts xor tne seaplane which, may be needed In case of a mishan. It was announced today that the jntisn air ministry is planning to give the United States naval seaplane NC-4 and its crew a great reception. Three flying boats, In addition to two airplanes will go out to escort the Amer icans to me royal air force mooring Btatlon In the Cattewater, the mouth of the Plym River. The Americans will be guests of honor at the Royal Air Force station probably on the day following their arrival. MAY 8TART FRIDAY BREST, May 29 The United States naval seaplane NC-4 will probably start from Lisbon tomorrow, weather permitting. Lieut. Commander A. C. Read, in charge of the craft, wishes to reach England on Memorial Day, according to a wireless message picked up here by the U. S. S. George Washington from the U. S. 8. Rochester, which is lying in the roads at Lisbon. DELAY IS REPORTED WASHINGTON, May 29. Further than the brief message received late last night from Lieut. Commander Read, commander of the craft, the navy department early today still was without information concerning resumption of the trans-Atlantic flight by the seaplane NC-4 now at Lisbon. That message, filed at 9:10 p. m.. Lis bon time, stated "NC-4 will notstart tomorrow,' but gave no reason for the delay. However, as previous reports had indicated the machine and its personnel were in fit condition for continuing the flight, the assumption was that weather conditions unfavorable to a start had developed. Delayed messages coming through to the navy department yesterday, showed that Commander Read had not Intended starting for lymouth, Eng.. end of the trip yesterday as was expected. His cabled report of the arrival of the NC-4 at Lisbon stated he expected to resume the flight May 29, today. Developments later altered this plan as shown by the message last night. Considerable delay In communications exchanged between the navy department and Lisbon both by cable and wireless caused belief that a message explaining the failure to start today might be looked for at any time. Elephant Hunt Creates Stir At Marblehead (By Associated Press) MARBLEHEAD, Mass., May 29 The police and scores of citizens engaged In an elephant hunt here. Four of the big animals broke away from their keepers while preparations were being made for the transfer to Peabody of a circus which showed here yesterday. They headed for the woods along the shore of Salem harbor and several hours after making their es cape were still at large. REPUBLICAN MEETING IS POSTPONED WEEK Because of Memorial day celebrations and the race at Indianapolis, the meeting of the Wayne county Republican committee, scheduled for Saturday, May 31, has been postponed until 2 o'clockSaturday, June 7. The meeting will be held at the courthouse and will be open to the public, although all business will be transacted by the committee itself. Confirmation of Walter Woodward of Dublin, as actin chairman, and Howard Brooks, as vice-chairman, will be effected. Weather Forecast For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Friday. Not much change in temperature. Today's Temperature. Noon - 83 Yesterday. Maximum 80 Minimum 53 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair tonight and Friday. Probably followed by unsettled weather. Continued warm. General Conditions The thunder storm has continued to move slowly westward causing rain over southern Indiana and southwestern Ohio. Heavy showers in Cincinnati. The high bar ometric- pressure still prevails ' from the lake region to the Ohio river with generally fair weather. Hot weather y -continues over north and west . It is 94 degrees at Winnipeg and 90-96 degrees over North Dakota and Montana.

English Countess, Whose Trip to United States Was Delayed by War, Plans Now to Visit U. S.

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Countess Nada Torby. The famous English beauty, Countess Nada Torby, plans to visit the Unit

ed States after a tour through Canada in August, it is said. She had planned this trip Just before the war broke out. She will be the guest of many socially prominent persons while in this country and will help cement the social friendship already existing between the two countries.

WILDCAT UNIT TROOPS LEAVE; 0f4 HOr.lE TRIP Last Contingents Leave Brest Today Men of 79th Reach New York. By Associated Press) BREST, May 29. All the troops of the eighty-first ("wild-cat") division, now are homeward bound. The last contingents sailed this morning on the steamers Von Steuben and Flnistere. Major-General C. J. Bailey, commander of the division, is on board the former vessel. Before sailing, General Bailey was decorated with the French war cross with palm, and made an officer of the legion of honon The two steamers are bound for Newport News. The steamer. President Grant, left here last evening for Boston carrying 6,000 men and officers of the service of supply. 2,100 MEN L'AND. NEW YORK, May 29. More than 2,100 men and officers of the seventyninth division (national army southern Pennsylvania) arrived here from St. Nazaire on the steamship Kroonland, which brought altogether, 3,811 troops. Seventy-ninth units included divis ion headquarters and a motor transport detachment, 42 officers and 126

men; 304 engineers, companies A totting a story under an American date

F inclusive, and detachments, 51 of ficers and 1,495 men; 304th train headquarters, 3 officers and 40 men; 316th infantry, companies L and M, and detachment of K, and third battalion headquarters and sanitary detachment, 12 officers and 366 men. These Pennsylvanians are assigned mostly to Camps Dix, Meade, Upton, Sherman, Dodge and Grant. Also on the Kronland were the headquarters troop, 3 officers and 117 men of the 70th division, for Camps Dix and Meade; 13 officers and 642 men of the 20th engineers, for camps throughout the country; 8 officers and 397 men of the 501st engineers, mostly for Camps Dix and Upton; two officers and 114 men comprising the 648th aero squadron; 58 sick or wounded men and casuals. -Italia Docks. The steamship Cape May, from Bordeaux, brought thirty officers and 1,899 men of the 326th infantry, 82nd (all America) division. These are dralt troops from all parts of the country and are assigned mostly to Camps Upton, Devens, Dix, Grant, Dodge, Gordon, Taylor, Meade, Custer, Bowie and Shelby and For D. A. Russell. The 326th's details arriving are field and staff headquanrs, detachment of first battalion headquarters, medical detachments, machine gun company, and companies A, B, C, D, E, G, I and K. The steamship Italia, from Marseilles brought 1,067 troops. A majority of these are casuals, either discharged or on furlough or still In service, these last including 7 from Massachusetts, .17 from Illinois and 15 from Ohio. . Units on the Italia included companies A, B and C and headquarters, supply and medical detachments. nine officers and 418 :aen, of the 319th ! field signal battalion, 94th division, for Camps Grant, Dodgj; Gordan and Upton.

Wilson's Message

(By Associated Press) , WASHINGTON, May 29. President Wilson has cabled the lollowing Memorial Day message to the American people: : ; . "My fellow- countrymen: "Memorial Day wears this year an added significance and I wish, if only oy message, to take part with you in its observation and in expressing the sentiment it inevitably suggests. In observing the day we commemorate not only the reunion of our own country, but also now the liberation of the world from one of the serious dangers to which free government and the free life of men were ever exposed. We have burried the gallant and now immortal men who died in this great war or liberation with a new sense of conscience. Our thoughts and purposes are now consecrated to the maintenance of the liberty ol the world and of the union of its people in a single comradeship of liberty and of right. It was for this that our men conscientiously offered their lives. They came to the field of battle with the high spirit and pure heart of crusaders. We must never forget the duty that their sacrifice has laid upon us ef fulfilling their hopes and their purpose to the utmost. This it seems to me is the impressive lesson and the inspiring mandate of the day. "Woodrow Wilson." Americans Dissatisfied With Peace Conditions, German People Are Told (By Associated Press) BERLIN. Wednesday. Mav 99 Th 1 semi-official Wolff bureau is cirrulaline which asserts the United States Is "becoming increasingly dissatisfied with developments at Versailles," and i hat there is an "unmistakeable strengthening of the inclination for i an understanding with Germany through a modification of the pece terms." A correspondent of a German newspaper at Versailles claims the Poles are "especially favored by the entente because they propose to take over Russia's debt to France, which totals 20,000,000,000 francs." Hog Island To Launch Five Vessels In Day (By Associated .Press) WASHINGTON, May 29. Secretary Daniels and many senators and representatives will go to Hog Island tomorrow to witness the establishing there of a world's record for Bhip launchings five in a single day. The first ship will go down the ways at 1:30 o'clock, and the others will follow at intervals of twenty minutes. A triple launching also will be held on Memorial Day at another government yard, that at Newark Bay, N. J. These ships will be 343 feet long, while hose to be put overboard at Hog Island will be 400 feet long. ANTI-GERMAN ORDER UPHELD.

'By Associated P?eas MONTREAL, May 29. A superior court order under which approximately $22,000,000 worth of Canadian Pacific Railway company Btock held by or on behalf of the Germans, was given into the charge of the minister of finance " and receiver-general of Canada, as custodian, was upheld today by the court of appeals. g .. - v...-,:..-r .- ....

MEXICANS ASK TROOP PASSAGE THROJHjjT TEXAS U. S. Withholds Consent to Request of Carranza : That Force Enter Country. , (By Associated Press! WASHINGTON, May 29. President Carranza has been notified by the American government that permission for the passage of Mexican troops through American territory will be withheld for the present. Mexico has asked to be permitted to move 2,000 men from Agua.Prieta to Juarez for operation against Francisco Villa's forces. It was said today officially that the decision of the government was based on the belief that the force which it was proposed to move through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, would not be able to furnish protection to American citizens in Northern Mexico because the revolutionists had cut the road between Juarez and Chihuahua. Senators Enter Protest. Governor Hobby of Texas has notified the state department that he will offer no objections to the passage of the troops through Texas provided guarantees for protection of Americans in Northern Mexico can be obtained. Protests, however, are understood to have reached the state department from a number of sources including senators from the -border states, the basis being that the movement of the Mexican troops' might result in another raid similar to that on Columbus, N. M., after Mexican troops had passed through the United States several years ago. The situation in Northern Mexico was described as somewhat delicate. Villa has become advised of Carranza's request and it is believed he is waiting with sufficient forces to make negligible any effort on the part of the federal trdops to go to the relief of Chi

huahua City. JOHNSON RESIGNS AS WORKS BOARD CHIEF: GILBERT APPOINTED William N. Johnson, president : of the board of public works, has tendered his resignation as a member of that body, according to announcement made - by Mayor W. W. Zimmerman Thursday morning. His resignation was, accepted,..;." ' '."".. ':--yi , - Johnson has been'' suffering from poor health for some time and upon advice of his physician, has given up his work in order to obtain rest. - He has been president of the board during the entire present administration of Mayor Zimmerman, and has been active in the administration of the city's affairs during that time. Harry Gilbert has accepted the mayor's offer of the position, it was announced, and he will assume his duties as a member of the board on June 1. Johnson left the city Thursday morning for Northern Indiana where he intends to spend the greater part of the summer. FIRST U. S. UNIT SAILS FOR HOME f By Associated Press) ARCHANGEL, May 29. The first American unit to sail for home will be a battalion which has held the Vologda railway front. The few American, infantry and engineer detachments still in the front line positions are fighting in continuous daylight. There is no midnight sun but for two or three hours after eleven o'clock at night, there is hazy twilight over northern Russia Thfl 7h.M;.t- f the Terski coast, which is the land locked southern shore of the Kola peninsula have been relieved from starvation by the American Red Cross ship which has returned here after penetrating the ice flows. This ship commanded by Capt. J. R. Clewell of Belingham, Wash., was the first craft to visit the villages since the American Red Cross ship was there last autumn. Large crowds, including many American and Russian soldiers, witnessed a parade today of the British relief force whk h arrived here yes'erday. All the British soldiers are picked men and created a fine impression. They were agreeably disappointed to find, instead of the expected Arctic conditions, warm bright sunshine and green grass. EIGHTY KILLED IN GOBLENZ EXPLOSION (By Associated Press) LONDON, May 29. As a result of a fire in a building occupied by American troops In the Coblenz district and the explosion of a munition dump yesterday eighty men are missing, according to a Cologne dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. DEPRECATES U. S. FLIGHT fBy Associated Press) LONDON, May 29 In a speech here Harry Hawker depreciated the organization which had won for the United States the honor of the first trans-Atlantic flight. He declared it was not a serious atempt with ship stationed "every twenty yards." NEGRO AVIATOR KILLED. PARIS, May 29. The negro whose death was reported yesterday from the effects of a blow received outside a Paris Cafe Stmday evening was Eugene Bullard of Chicago. He joined the French foreign legion at the be ginning of the war and became an aviator.

Senate Resolution by Watson Voices America's Gratitude to Salvation Army for Work in War

WASHINGTON, May 29.-America's gratitude for the work of the Salvation Army in France and Belglum was voiced today in a resolution Introduced in the United States senate by Senator James E. Watson, of Indiana, conferring upon Miss Evangeline Booth, commander ol the Salvation Army in America, the honorary rank of colonel in the United States army, and further recommending that a Distinguished Service Medal be awarded to her. Senator Watson spoke of the Intimate service that had been rendered by the Salvation Army to the American BOldiers. This consisted of sewing on buttons, distributing doughnuts, and giving advice to the men who sought it at times and under conditions when it was most appreciated. He told how the Salvation Army had been forced to borrow $25,000 in order to start its work during the war, and that from this beginning with twenty workers sent with the American troops, the Salvation Army activities grew to 1,120 working women and men too old for Bervice back of the trenches, and 410 huts and hotels. "I regard it as only a just and gracious act that the congress of the United States should officially recognize the Invaluable Bervice rendered among our troops in France by the Salvation Army, of which. Miss Evangeline Booth is the American commander," said the senator. "When the United States entered the war the Salvation Army was ready. Across the seas they were in the van with the advancing army, and many times were under shell fire. Long will be remembered the slogan of the Salvation Army woman who said. 'We can die with the boys, but we cannot desert them.' The Salvation Army women were mothers ' to our boys in khaki. Not only did they PALLADIUM TO FURNISH INFORMATION ON RACES The Richmond Palladium will furnish detailed Information regarding the position of the contestants in the speedway races at Indianapolis Saturday. The service will be continued throughout the day, as The Palladium will be connected with the Indianapolis offices of the Associated Press constantly. . Returns will be announced In front of The Palladium office and bulletins will be placed' in the window of the business office in order that the late arrivals and the passers-by will be enabled to ascertain the position of the respective cart at any time. Persona unable to. visit. The - Palladium office, ajegvjted to ,use the telephone." ARMY OF 500,000 AGAIN URGED BY SECRETARY BAKER (By Associated Press) WASHTXrvrnv niw 9j h-o,-.' Baker today renewed before the house military committee his recommenda - tion. that congress provide a temporary army of 509,000 men. "I am not asking for any Increase in the permanent military establishment," the secretary said. "All I am asking for is sufficient money to provide for an army of 509,000. The

question of adopting legislation pro-; Captain Rickenbacker will be the viding for an increase in the perma-' -Juest of honor at a luncheon given in nent army is a question which con-1 ihe ;Rlley r00m of the Claypool hotel cress can take un latr Th. ' the board of directors of the Chamgress can tafce up later. The great jber of Commerce. Nearly 400 busineed now is quick action on the ap- ness men, many of them from other propriation bill." .Indiana cities, will attend. Officials General March, chief of staff, told f he Speedway and the American

tne committee that demobilization was : proceeding so rapid! every man in j Fra"ce culd e back in this country within four months if an army of oc cupation in Europe were not needed. cnui a aenmte international policy. ;s worked out, however," General March declared, we must maintain an !

lulu, ui ,uupauon mere, mis army France. The decoration was conferred will soon be reduced, however, to the i on the American aviator by the presiregular divisions." I dent of the French Mniihn. t n .

The number of men in camp in this country also is being rapidly reduced, the general said. Military education in all schools above the primary grades was thought advisable by Secretary" Baker. TAX VALUATIONS LEAP IN TOWNSHIPS Three townships and two corporations of the county, whose tax assessments for 1919 were filed with the auditor Thursday, kept up the increased valuations reported by the other townships 'in the country which have already been assessed. Center Township, valued at $1,543,120, has leaped to $3,392,470. Centerville has gone from $367,510 to 539,070. Clay township has risen from $680,830 to $1,621,630, and Greensfork corporation from $145,850 to $238,810. Harrison township, which in 1918 turned in valuations of $611,260, now gives In $1,297,140. Large increases are noted in the land itself, while those in the improvements and the personal . property are smaller, as has been the case in the first townships reported. TRIBUTE TO AMERICANS. (By Associated Press) RIO JANEIRO, May 29. Tribute will be paid by Americans here on Memorial day to the memory of the sailors from the United States armored cruiser Pittsburg, who died of influenza during last year's epidemic, while the Pittsburg was attached to Admiral Caperton's squadron.

SENATOR JAMES E. WATSON. give them doughnuts, but they mended their uniforms and rendered little motherly services in a thousand different ways. The same service was rendered the men in the navy. "In view of this service and the lact that Evangeline Booth is the only woman in America at the head of one of the organizations which rendered valiant service at the front, I think it eminently fitting, and proper, and right that the congress should recognize ner services by bestowing on her, for honorary purposes, a military rank in the United States army." RICHMOND MEN TO DINE WITH RICKENBACKER Celebrated Airman Honor Guest at Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Luncheon. - INDIANAPOLIS, May 29. Captain -acue Rickenbacker, commander of the Ninety-fourth (Hat-ln-the-Ring) air squadron during the World War, arrived here today to be the guest of Indianapolis for three days. His stay here will be terminated when he leaves late Saturday afternoon for Richmond, Ind., where he will deliver a lecture Saturday evening on his experiences in numerous battles in the air against German flyers. He appears but twice in Indiana, once here and in Richmond. The first event of the officer's sojourn in Indianapolis will be his public appearance this evening in Tomlinson hall under the auspices of the Boy Scouts, when he will tell firstj HT Hul? bK ; trated by moving pictures of actual combats between American and German squadrons, and scenes of a battle between Rickenbacker and a German ace also will be shown. The Illustrations, both slides and motion pictures, will be a feature of his lecture in Richmond. Luncheon Guest of Honor At 12:30 o'clnrk FVMnu- iftsn j nuiumguuo aoeutianou win also DQ guests. The list of patronesses for the lec ture this evening in Tomllnson hall Includes some of Indianapolis' most iirominent women Among the decorations conferred on Captain Rickenbacker Is that of Knight of the Legion of Honor of pressive ceremony before distinguished generals of the allied countries. ' The Decoration Translated A translation of the citation is as follows : "The grand chancellor of the Natipnal Order of the Legion of Honor certifies that by the decree of December, 18, 1918, the President of the French republic has conferred on Lieutenant Edward V. Rickenbacker, 94th Aero Squadron, the decoration of Knight in the National Order of the Legion of Honor. "Done in Paris, December 19, 191S." The certificate recently arrived in this country. Rickenbacker also liolds the French Croix de Guerre and the American Distinguished Service Cross, with palms. Among Richmond business men who had made definite arrangements Thursday afternoon to attend the luncheon In Indianapolis in honor of Captain Rickenbacker, was Fred Bethard, Richmond automobile dealer. Seat Sale Progressing The sale of seats for the Rickenbacker. lecture here Saturday evening was reported at the Westcott pharmacy Thursday afternoon to be fulfilling the expectations of the local management. The celebrated airman will lecture in the Coliseum at 8 o'clock Saturday evening. The lecture will be the last Rickenbacker will make before he takes up a Chautauqua tour. He win tell of the last battle and death of Major Lufberry, who was forced to jump from a burning airplane at an altitude of 5,000 feet. - He will tell in detail of the biggest air fight of the 'war, in which the squadron he commanded was attacked by. an overwhelming number of German Fokker fighting machines. About sixty airPianes participated In the battle.

FINANCE AND ARMY TERMS ARE GRANTED BY GERMANS Counter Proposals Presented by Germans to Peace Conference Today Austrians to Get Treaty Monday. SETTLE ITALY'S CLAIMS

(By Associated Press) PARIS, May 29. The counter proposals formulated by the German delegation at Versailles have been delivered to the French authorities. The proposals were before the council of four at the peace conference at this morning's session. According to a semi-official state ment the lull Indemnity . which Germany offers to pay in her counter proposals to the peace terms will include sums going to Belgium against advances by the allies, and also - the value of all military and civil property surrendered by Germany since - the armistice. - It is further conditioned" upon territorial arrangements. That is, if the Imperial territory is reduced, the sum to be paid must be correspondingly distributed, Alsace-Lorraine and Posen, for Instance, bearing their proportionate shares. Protest Saar Term. : In the action treating on territorial questions, the , German counter proposals to the peace terms presented by the allies say, according to a synopsis reaching Paris by the way of Basle, that "the territory of the Saar, inhabited by 600,000 persons, is to be detached from the German empire, solely because of claims upon ita coal." - It is pointed out that during the fifteen years the territory is to be subject to the control of a commission "in the nomination of which the poplation has no choice." Regarding Schleswig-Holstein, the German reply remarks that the frontier which will be voted upon under the stipulations of the treaty "goes much further even than the Danish government desires." , . , Condemned by Pre. The Conservative press of Berlin condemns the counter proposals to the peace terms submitted by Germany especially the financial and military concessions which are granted. The Pan-German Gazette brands the reply as "suicide" and the Post says: "The German people are doomed to slavery between two masters until a new Germany arrives to break the chains." The Kreuz Zeitung is skeptical of the success of the counter proposals, despite what it calls "Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzau's submlsslveness," and the Taeglische Rundschau says: "The German reply is fully as depressing as the entente terms." Treaty Delayed. When the peace conference met In the plenary session this afternoon to hear the Austrian peace terms. It was announced that the treaty had not yet been completed. It was decided therefore, to postpone the session until Saturday when the completed treaty was expected to be ready. Another reason for postponement of the treaty session was a request from the smaller powers, especially the Balkan states that they be allowed further time to consider the terms. It is reported that the presentation of the peace terms to the Austrian delegation which had been planned for Friday noon has been postponed until Monday. Flume to be Independent. It was stated in high quarters this morning that a settlement of the Adriatic question now is a certainty as a result of the negotiations of yesterday and last evening. Under this settlement Flume becomes an independent city. The Italians will receive certain of the Dalmatian Islands, but it is understood that they will not get Zara or Sebenico. TAKE ISSUE WITH ALLIES Germany today made formal reply to the treaty terms presented to her on May 7. While not as voluminous as recent reports have led the world to expect, the German counter proposals appear to take issue with the allies on nearly all the Important phases of the treaty, according to summaries received from Berlin and Paris. Immediately after the presentation of Germany's reply Count von Brock-dorff-Rantzau, chief of the enemy peace mission, will, according to report, leave Paris for Spa. Whether his departure will mark his retirement as a member of the German peace mission left Paris for Germany yesterday. Dispatches from Paris Indicate an agreement by the council of four on questions relative to the Adriatic and the city of Flume. That city, according to the latest reports, is to be an Independent municipality. Regarding the other arrangements made, it is stated that certain of the Dalmation islands are to go to Italy, but it is understood that she will not get the Adriatic ports of Zara and Sebenico. Vatican Represented. The Vatican is represented officially at Paris for the first time since the peace conference began work, Monsignor Cerretti, papal under-secretary of state, being In the city to discuss with the entente chiefs the status of I Catholic missions in lands affected by the deliberations of the conference. It is improbable, it is said, that he! will be officially received by the conference because of the clause in the treaty of London,- between Great BritV ain, France and Italy, which barrel the Vatican from participation in discontinued On Page Fifteen. :