Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 217, 24 June 1919 — Page 1

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Palladium, Est 1831. Consolidated "with Sun-Telegram 1907. RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1919 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS

TREATY FOR AUSTRIA IS RESUMED BY

CONFERENCE Speedy Completion of Second Document is Hoped Commission to Investigate Sinking of German Fleet. WAIT GERMAN SIGNING BULLETIN (By Associated Press) PARIS, June 24. The German dele gation which will sign the peace treaty will arrive at Versailles Friday morn 'lng, the French foreign of tic has ."been informed. It is thought prob able In French circles that the sign ing of the treaty will take place at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. PARIS, June 24 -Work on the Aus trian peace treaty was resumed by the council of three today. The compleftlon of the document to be presented the Austrian delegates is desired as topeedlly as possible, and work on it is lexpected to be pushed energetically. Hn this process financial experts were called before the council at today's tsesslon. i No word has been received from rWeimar relative to the new German (plenipotentiaries at Versailles. The jdate of the ceremony of signing the (treaty has not yet been fixed, but the Ibellef is gaining ground that .it will loccur Thursday or possibly Friday. The council of three has referred the question relative to the sinking f the German fleet in Scapa Flow to a 'commission of experts which will determine whether the armistice condi tions were violated. RELIEF PROCEEDS FALLS DISASTER (By Associated Press FERGUS FALLS, Minn., June 24. Relief work proceeded rapidly today in the section of the city destroyed by fast Sunday's tornado. Arrangements were made through Mayor L. C. Hodgson, of St. Paul, for 2,000 loaves of bread to be shipped to the city today and 1,000 a day thereafter until the city can arrange to provide essentials for itself. Mayor Hodgson and members of the St. Paul association, through representatives here, are preparing an appeal to Minnesota to raise half a million dollars for reconstruction work. Two additional companies of militia were due to arrive today to assist the email detachment which has been working night and day, searching the ruins and guarding property. The latest estimate of the dead is sixty, of whom forty-four have been recovered. FLYERS ARE KILLED IN 'PLANE CRASH (By Associated Press) RYE BEACH, N. Y., June 24. Lieut. Shelley Watson, of Rogers, Texas, and his civilian mechanic, M. Ireland, of Westbury, were killed today when an aeroplane in which they were flying crashed to the ground here and caught fire. Watson, who recently returned from eighteen months service overseas, had flown here every morning from the aviation field in Minneola to circle the house in which his fiance was spend lng the summer. She saw the accident Pennsylvania Senate Passes "Percene Bill (By Associated Press) HARRISBURG, Pa., June 24. The house bill permitting the brewing and selling of beer containing 2.75 percent alcohol passed finally by the state senate today by a vote of 29 to 19. FINNS ADOPT CONSTITUTION. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 24. The Finnish diet adopted the new constitution Saturday by a vote of 165 to 22, the state department has been advised. For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Thundershowers this afternoon or tonight. Wednesday probably fair. Today's Temperature. Noon -.-SO Yesterday. Maximum 69 Minimum -.62 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Wednesday. Occasional thundershowers. Continued warm. General Conditions The weather continues unsettled over the lake region, and central state, and a general rise in temperature has occurred over the districts which have been cool for the past two days. Intensely hot weather continues over southern Canada and Rocky mountain states, 102 at Medicine Hat, 104 at Miles City, MonU and 102 at Sheridan, Wyo. The temperatures range from 90 to 98 over theonlddle wes

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Liberated Towns of

France Gay Over News of Signing of Treaty (By Associate! Press), PARIS, June 23. Celebrations over the German decision to sign the treaty of peace without reservations were nowhere more enthusiastic than at Lille and other cities" and towns In territory wrested from the Germans. Newspapers printed special editions while cheering crowds paraded the streets and the houses were decked with allied flags. At Toulon, Brest and other naval ports, warships announced the news to the people by firing salutes of 21 guns. In all the cities government buildings were illuminated. In Paris the city hall was brilliantly lighted and in the square before it and in other open spaces improvised Jazz bands appeared and informal ballot began, only to be stopped by unsympathetic poilus who declared that dancing was not authorized except on July 14. The news was announced in all theaters and motion picture houses tonight, the bands struck up the allied anthem amid the cheers of the audience. NITTI FRIEND TO AMERICANS SAYS MARCONI New Premier of Italy Hopes for Closer Relations With United States. (By Associated Press) ROME, Jun ."Francisco Nitti, the new Italian premier, is undoubtedly a statesman who is most friendly to America, said Gugliemo Marconi to day, in speaking of the new cabinet. It is known that Signor Nitti wishes to establish close financial, economic .nd commercial relations with America ito bring about the resurrection of Italy from the consequences of the war- He has the highest regard for President Wilson, having been ac quainted with him as a fellow educator, as well as a politician. The two men were cordial when Signor Nitti visited America in 1917 as a member of the Italian mission headed by the Prince of TJdine. The newspapers favorable to Baron Sonnino, former minister of foreign affairs and the nationalist press are unfavorable to the new cabinet, main taining it is not particularly keen to uphold Italy's claims, but Tommaso Tittciai, the new foreign minister, who will be the first Italian delegate to Paris, has declared "a satisfactory peace for Italy must be such as will allow her to conclude equitable treat ies, insure raw materials for her in dustries, protect her emigration and safeguard her position, in the Adriatic and Mediterranean, besides giving her her legitimate colonies." Disgust with Action. Impartial political observers agree that the downfall of the Orlando min istry was due to Italy's disapproval of the handling of the nation's affairs at the peace conference. When Sig nor Orlando returned from the conference in April, the Italian parlia ment signified by a vote the country's attitude of insistence upon the Italian claims, but after six weeks more, the Italian delegates completely failed at their task. Premier Orlando was superseded not because of his fateful statement regarding "our being faithful in our duties toward our allies," but because weeks of discontent and disgust with the methods of the conference, especially regarding Italian claims, had reached a clumlnatlon. "The new government must go to Paris with a firmer resolve to secure the ends for which Italy fought," said Captain Gabriele d'Annunzlo, the Italian post-aviator today. "Woe to it if it should return without having accomplished this mission. The Italian claims on the Adriatic must be allowed. This is the dictum of the Italian people which has been expressed several times by the people and parliament." After 49 Years (By Associated Press) PARIS, Monday, June 23. "We have waited 49 years for this moment," exclaimed Premier Clemenceau as he read the fateful dispatch announcing that Germany would sign the treaty at the meeting of the Council of Three this afternoon. "For 49 years," he continued, "the mailed fist of the reitre (German trooper) who has governed Germany has menaced the world. Whether the man's name was Bismarck or William II it was still the same reitre of the middle ages, surrounded by soldiery and drunk with pride. "Be careful; keep your powder dry. Be careful. Remind the world that it is living on a barrel of that powder. "This reitre's dogma that might is right, that a state's only obligation is its own Interest, that treaties do not exist when they clash with the interest of state and get rich by any means. We know from witnesses who were at the side of William II that when he learned of the Sarajevo tragedy, he who posed as a keeper of the peace, cried: " 'The hour has struck. Now we shall see what an army Is.' " Woman Claims Loss of $300,000 in Valuables (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, June 24. Investiga tion of a claim that $300,000 worth of valuables was apparently stolen from a safe deposit vault at the Biltmore hotel here, is in progress, it was ananounced today. The valuables are the property of Mrs. Clarence Milhls-

STEPS TO FORM

BILL FOR RAIL RETURNTAKEN Senate Sub-committee Or dered to Make Draft New Angle to Peace Fight. " (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 24. First definite steps looking to the drafting of general railroad legislation were taken today by the senate interstate commerce commission in authorizing a subcommittee, headed by Chairman Cummins, to draft a tentative bill. Senator Cummins said he hoped to submit the measure within a month and that further hearings might be held. The peace treaty fight centered about a new issue today as a result of the introduction in the senate late yesterday of proposals to declare the war at an end so that peace conditions could be resumed while the extended "controversy over ratification of the treaty is in progress. It was expected that before adjournment the senate would reach consideration of the proposal as embodied in the amendment presented by Senator Fall, Republican, of New Mexico, to the army appropriation bill. A point of order probably will be made against attaching such a provision to an appropriation measure and a parliamentary struggle is looked for as a result. Should the amendment be ruled out, Senator Fall is expected to make his fight for the peace declaration on the resolution also introduced by him yesterday and referred to the foreign relations committee. This measure, which like the amendment, declares the war ended, probably will be taken up by the committee tomorrow morning and if favorably acted upon, called up In the senate on the same day. CZECHS EAGER TO RETURN FROM FRONT (By Associated Press) PARIS. Monday, June 23. The transfer of 60,000 to 70,000 Czecho slovak troops to their homes from Siberia is now becoming a pressing problem for the entente. These soldiers, exhausted by years of fighting, are eager to return to their newlyformed republic, which needs their help against the Hungarian Bolshevikl and have become so dissatisfied and restless that their usefulness in Siberia is believe to be at an end. Some of their regiments have ( become infected with Bolshevism and a general spread of red Ideas Is feared of the men are kept from their homes another winter. An equal number of other foreign troops will be required to police the trans-Siberian routes from Omsk east forward into Czechs area withdrawn. The problem of transporting the Czechs via Vladivostok and thence by sea to the Mediterranean Is a difficult one. It has been suggested that they might be sent westward over the trans-Siberian line and given opportunity to fight their way through the Bolshevikl in Russia either by the Ekaterinbrug-Petrograd route, or by the way of Samara through Ukraine. Military experts and allied staffs are apparently confident the Czechs could cross Russia if provided with supplies and given permission to make their way westward to their homeland. WAR CASUALTIES TOTAL 289,016 (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 24. Total casualties of the American Expedition ary Forces, reported to date, was an nounced today by the war department as 289,016, Including: Killed in action (including 381 lost at sea) 33,754. Died of wounds, 13,570. - Died of disease, 23,396. Died from accidents and other causes, 4,942. Total deaths, 75,662. Wounded in action, 210,984. Missing in action (not including prisoners released or returned) 2,370. Thousands Of Aliens Emigrate From Country (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, June 24. New records are being made daily in the number of aliens seeking passports here to re turn to their native countries. More than 3,000, mostly Italians and Greeks applied yesterday at the customs house and today an equal number was expected as thousands were still in line last night when the passport bureau office was closed. Committee Will Select Richmond Prize Garden F. W. Wesler, garden supervisor, said Tuesday that he will probably select a committee of citizens which shall select the prize garden in Richmond. The garden are all late this year and are just now beginning to be in good shape. They will reach their prime in a bout a week or two, he said. REUTER TO BE COURTM ARTI ALED (By Associated Press) ljumjjuin,-june Z4. Admiral von Reuter, in command pf the German ships sunk in the Scapa. Flow, will be courtmartialed for violation of armis tice terms. OFFICERS SHOOT HUN SAILORS (By Associated Press) THTJRSO, Scotland, June 24. German sailors were Bhot by their own officers when they attempted to obey commands of British officers to return to their ships and shut the sea cocks, f.

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Upper row, left to right: Mathias Erzberger, Herr Wissell, Herr Bauer and Herr Giesbertz. Lower row: Dr. Bell, Gustave Noske and Dr. Schmidt. Below is Dr. Eduard David. Herr Bauer is premier in the new German cobinet. He was formerly minister of labor. Dr. Mueller, majorLOAN "SLACKERS" ARREST MEN FOR FORCED PURCHASE Rioting and Tres pass IS Charged Against Men Who Made Objectors Buy Bonds. (By Associated Press) DELPHI, Ind., June 24. As a re sult of alleged malicious rioting and trespass in connection with the fourth and fifth liberty loan campaigns in Carrol county, bench warrants were issued in the Carrol circuit court today for the arrest of several of the more prominent citizens of the county. The warrants were the outgrowth of alleged activities of the accused in attempts to get a number of Dunkards to buy war bonds. The farmers said they were opposed to war and would not buy bonds to support a war. Among those whose names were made public as being named in the warrants were John U. Shanks, pres ident of the bank of Camden; Arthur Rltchey, a manufacturer, Bud Sinks, a wealthy farmer; Fred George, Edward Cripe and Gill Patty, all local politicians. It was alleged the home of Daniel Miller, who had not purchased bonds, was visited at midnight by an automo bile party. Miller said he was called from bed, threatened with violence, windows in his home broken and paint smeared on the house. The men are alleged to have told Miller he had a few days in which to buy bonds. He made a subscription the next day. N on-Partisan Leader Tried for Disloyalty (By Associated Press! JACKSON, Minn., June 24 Election of a jury was to be started today in the trial of A. C. Townley, president of the non-partisan league, and Joseph Gilbert, organizer, charged violating the state disloyalty law. The defense failed in preliminary skirmishing to delay the trial until Townley could complete his campaign tour in North Dakota, preliminary to the referendum election there Thursday. The defense also failed to secure a separate trial for Townley, Judge Dean ruling that in a conspiracy trial, the two men indicted must be tried at the same time. Townley was indicted for responsibility for alleged disloyal literature which was ccirculated in the state last year and Gilbert is charged with making disloyal utterances. Relief For Russians Asked By American Officer (By Assoc! ted Press) PARIS, June 24. Herbert Hoover, chairman of the Interallied Food Commission, has received an appeal from Captain Berry of the American military mission to South Russia, asking for immediate shipments of flour to save the lives of laborers in the Donetz Basin and in Krivoy-Rog, about 100 miles northeast of Kherson. These are centers of the coal and iron industries and the people there are threatened with extinction because of the food shortage. Captain Berry declared. " .. Captain Berry also appealed that assistance be sent the Denikine government, which is caring for more than 50,000 refugees from Armenia and Syria in the Ekaterinodar district."" '

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Joy Greets News in Paris of German Acceptance of Peace

' (By Associated Press) PARIS. .. Monday. June 23 Long months tfotoctt'urmg tbe'SeacV ne gotiations and weeks of doubt whether Germany would accept the conditions offered or would invite by her refusal of them a further invasion of her country ended late this afternoon when a note announcing Germany's unconditional acceptance was delivered to the supreme council of the conference. The announcement during the early morning of the council's decision to refuse a further extension of time in which Germany might answer, inaugurated a day of extreme tension. It was generally known to the public and conference diplomats that only a few hours separated them from the portentious decision. The first light came in a press despatch from Weimar about noon, stating that " Germany had decided to yield, but nothing was heard from Versailles until after 3 j o'clock. A telephone message from Versailles then announced the arrival of the German reply, which, it was known to a few of the initiated, was favorable. The first definite announcement, however, was made to American correspondents at the French press headquarters at Quai d'Orsay at 4:50 o'clock. It being stated that an affirmative reply had been delivered to Colonel Henry, liaison officer between the Germans and peace conference, who was bringing It to Paris by auto mobile. The carnival reigned In the Boulevards far into the night and scenes enacted at the time of the annistic were repeated and indeed intensified. Dense throngs swarmed back and forth, singing and waving flags. Motor trucks loaded with American soldiers armed with all kinds of noise producing apparatus threaded their way through the masses. From the windows of packed cafes floated patriotic strains, the orchestras playing tirelessly, urged on by the revelers. Women in mourning, to whom the official end of the war brought remembrances only of wooden crosses were observed here and there in the noisy crowds, weeping silently. Allied Flags Flown It was not long after the reply had been received and opened before the supreme council that guns began to boom from the forts around Paris and rejoicing crowds began to stream through the streets, having been apprised by the sound of cannon that the Germans have accepted the allied terms. Allied flags were flung out a3 if by magic from windows. Automobiles, loaded with cheering doughbays and excited poilus, dashed through the thoroughfares. Church bells through HEAVY TASK AHEAD IS SEEN BY FRENCH (By Associated Press). PARIS, June 24. In such headlines as "Really Peace at Last,' does the press of Paris express its relief at the formal'end of the great wan Editorial writers embroider their text with comments in keeping with the principles professed by their respective newspapers, but none of the writers is entirely Jubilent Underlying all the comment is the feeling that the task which lies ahead is almost equal to that of winning the war. "The task," says Alfred Capus, in the Figaro, "is not above the strength of this nation, which comes out of the war with a prestige that remains only to be converted into prosperity." '

the New Germany

Ity Socialist leader, is minister of foreign affairs. The other members of the cabinet are : Interior, Dr. Eduard David; finance and vice premier, Mathias Erzberger; economics, Herr Wissell; labor, Herr Schlicke; treasury. Herr Meyer; telegraph, Herr Giesbertz; colonial office, Dr. Bell; defense Gustave Noske; food. Dr. Schmidt. No appointment has been made to the ministry of justice. The new cabinet was formed after the downfall of the Scheideman-Ebert cabinet. out the city were pealing everywhere and cheering, animated throngs gave evidence ot: the joy .with -.which, the Parisian crowds welcomed the end of the long years of agony and tension. Plans for the ceremony attending the signature of the treaty were considered by the supreme council today. It is known that President Wilson favors making It as simple as is consistent with the nature of the event, and the original plans for the conclusion of "the second peace of Versailles' have been materially modified at his suggestion. The plenipotentiaries will be seated on a raised dais in the center of the vast ball of Mirrors in the Chateau of Versailles, upon which will be installed the table upon which the treaty will be signed. The program does not contemplate any set addresses, but it is believed possible that both Premier Clemenceau and the leading German delegate may make short speeches. The delega tions will come to the table when called by Secretary Paul Dutase to flx their signatures opposite the seals which will, prior to the event, be fixed to the instrument. The announcement of Germany's acceptance of the treaty has thrown the Hotel De Crillon, American headquarters, into wild confusion. - Because of the uncertainty as to the date on which the treaty will be signed, experts, officers and clerks who will return on the George Washington with President Wilson have been ordered to leave Tuesday night. Consequently, trunks, bookcases and military bags were today tumbled into the corridors in great disorder and American soldiers rushed about in an effort to get baggage to stations as quickly as possible so that the personnel of the mission might be ready to leave at once, should the treaty be signed Tuesday. ANOTHER GLUE IS FOUND TO CYCLOPS (By Associated Press) COLUMBIA, S. C, June 24. Another of the manv clews to the lost i collier Cyclops, all of which so far have been exploded, turned up here today when the mother of Otis Ramsey, a seaman on the 6hip received a telegram from New York saying he was "safe in this country again" and that the missing vessel was in a German port. The navy records show that Otis Ramsey of Columbia was a seaman on the Cyclops and he Is listed as "lost at sea" with the ship. The navy, however, knows of nothing ' that would clear up the mystery. Officials think the message probably a hoax but as they expect to solve the mystery some day thev are carej fully looking up every clew. Four Hundred Germans Sent Back by America CHATTANOOGA, June 24. Four hundred enemy aliens interned at Fort Oglethorpe will be 6ent to Charleston, S. C, tomorrow under guard to be embarked for Germany. Most of them are , sailors from interned German ships. FOOD FOR STARVING NEW YORK. June 24 Enough food to provision liberated countries ot Europe until harvest time this fall, will be In transit by July 1. v

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Few Decline to Affirm Government's Decision to Agree to Terms Haimhausen Refuses to Sign. FEW SPEECHES MADE (By Associated Press) WEIMAR, June 24. Dr. Haniel Von Haimhausen, who was on Sunday designated as the German representative to sign the treaty of peace, has telegraphed his resignation from Versailles rather than attach his name to the instrument. WEIMAR, June 24. The German delegation to sign the peace treaty probably will be named tonight or tomorrow. Before the national assembly voted today to sign the peace terms unconditionally, fiery appeals In opposition were made by the democrats and conservatives, but they apparently had little effect. When the vote was called, all but a few members arose to signify their affirmation of the government's decision to sign. Once the vote was taken, gloom appeared to descend upon the assembly. The most vigorous opponents of signing were speechless and seemed to accept the inevitable with resignation. Many wild rumors as of what would happen when it became known the assembly had voted almost unanimously to accept the terms, gained currency. One that appeared to get more support was that all the officers of the German army would resign if the government did not refuse to . surrender German leaders, especially Field Marshal Von Hlndenburg and General Ludendorff, and defy the allies to seize the former emperor. In military and Bemi-military circles a -strong insistence has developed that the former emperor is innoent and that under no circumstances must he be placed on trial except in a neutral court In some quarters the threat of the officers to resign was taken most seriously on the ground that such action might' pave the way for a Sparta can and Communist uprising throughout the country. BAUER DENOUNCES TERMS BERLIN, June 24. Addressing the German national assembly at Weimar today In reference to the unconditional signature of the peace treaty. Dr. Otto Bauer, premier, said that a "defeated nation was being violated body and soul to the horror of the world." "Let us sign," he continued, "but it is our hope to the last breath that this attempt against our honor may one day recoil against its authors." Dr. Bauer added that he assumed the assembly still authorized the signature of the treaty, upon which there were protests from the rightists. Konstantine Fehrenbach, the president of the assembly, then spoke briefly, saving that he hoped the people would unitedly undertake the great burdens imposed and commending "the unhappy fatherland to a merciful God." The sitting was suspended for an nour, arter wnicn it was announcea that the party leaders had agreed to issue a proclamation statins: that "the nation expects the army and navy, whose honor is chiefly affected by the treaty, to give an example of self denial and self-sacrifice and co-operate in the rebuilding of the fatherland." WHEAT FIELDS OF KANSAS GUARDED AGAINST I. W.W. (By Associated Press) KANSAS CITY, June 24. The antihorse thief association, which is said to have an organization in each of the 105 counties of Kansas, was today delegated to guard the wheat fields and granaries of that state against Incendiary fires. Determination to patrol the wheat belt with armed guards until after harvest, was reached at a conference at tended by representatives of insurance companies, railway police, secret service agents, L. T. Hussey, state fire warden of Kansas, and a repre sentative of the U. S. attorney for the district of Kansas. Mr. Hussey told the insurance men reports coming to his office indicated there is grave danger of the Industrial Workers of the World repeating the work of 1917, when many grain storage houses were burned. At the conclusion of the conference, it was announced that armed guards from the various county anti-thief associations, would be assigned to the grain fields. CEMETERIES CARED FOR, SAYS BAKER (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. June 24. Replying to complaints forwarded by Senator Chamberlain of Oregon that American military cemeteries in France were not .properly cared for. Secretary Baker wrote the senator today that the graves registration service was removing bodies from Isolated burial grounds to large cemeteries such s that at Surenes, near Paris. The secretary said the cemeteries were being cared for in every way.