Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 57, 17 January 1920 — Page 1

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ALLIES TO TRADE WITH RUSSIANS Resumption of Business Rela- , tions Does Not Mean Rec

ognition of Soviet Govern ment, Decides Council. . BLOCKADE TO HE LIFTED (By Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 17. Commercial re lations will be reopened between the Hied nations and the Russian people at once as result of a decision reached by the supreme council at Paris yes terday. This step which reverses the former policy of the allies toward Russia, does not imply an altered attitude toward .the Trotsky-Lenlne govern ment, according to the. statement - Issued by the council. Clothing, medicines. agricultural machinery and other necessities will be shipped into Russia from Entente nations, which will receive in payment grain, flax and other products which the Russian people desire to export. Arrangements by which supplies sent

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be made, It is understood. Relations between) the allies and soviet Russia fill a great deal of space in tms morning's newsrers. A re markable statement issued in Paris yesterday and ascribed to the British mission there practically contradicting Thursday's semi-official announcement in this city, which accompanied the information that Winston Spencer Churchill and his colleagues had gone to Paris, is printed in news columns but Is not a subject of comment. ' The dispatches from Paris show a Etrange conflict of views regarding the hurried Journey to that city on Thurs day of ministers and chiefs of the army and navy. Some advices assert they were summoned there to coneider the, danger from Bolshevism, while others declare that they were called for a discussion of the European situation. BOND ANNOUNCES FORJUDGE William A. Bond, Judge of the circuit court, Saturday made formal announcement of his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the office, at the May primaries. - ' . t ' Mr. Bond has presided as' Judge in the Wayne "county crrcult- court since October, 1918, succeeding Judge Henry C. Fox, who retired because of sickness. BOLSHEVIKI ARE DRIVEN, TO COVER l. (By Associated Press) WARSAW, Friday Jan. 16. Bolshe vik forces on the ' Lithuanian and Ituthenlan front have been beaten and demoralized and are retreating east of Dvinsk according to an official statement . issued at general staff headquarters. The reds are reported to be destroying railroad stations and bridges to prevent pursuit by Lettish end Polish units. The Lettish and Polish front now runs along the shore of Peril Lake and thence to Czereg, the report says, Strong attacks by the Bolshevik! east of Lepel have been repulsed with Jieavy losses, and prisoners have been taken by the Poles. Friends' Business Men Talk Plans for $1,000,000 Forward Movement Budget Director Levi T. Pennington, head of the Forward Movement of tho Five Years Meeting of America, and Dr. Walter C. Woodward, chairman of the Forward Movement and editor of the American Friend, presented the general plans of the movement and the financial budget of approximately $1,000.000 a year, to the group of well , known business men who gathered from all parts of the country in the conference chamber or the South Eighth Street Friends church at 11:15 Saturday morning. Late trains delayed the meeting. E. .Guerney Hill and John H. Johneon were the two Richmond attendants. . Besides Pennington, Henry White, High Point, N. C. and Woodward, the conferees included W. S. Hadley, of Wichita, Kas., Is?.ac T. Johnson, of Urbana, Ohio; Everett Terrell, of Baltimore, Md., Herman O. Miles, of Ludlow Falls, Ohio, and Stacy McCracken, of Boulder, Colo. Members of the conference dined at the Y. M. C. A. at noon and resumed work at the church immediately after. Consideration was given to the financial managership appointment, which is to be made soon. Mexican Revelations Are Held in Secrecy (By Associated Press) SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Jan. 17. Executive sessions were on the program today for the senate sub-committee which is here conducting an investigation of the Mexican situa1 ion. No inkling of the proceedings was allowed to become public. Members of the committee were aid to be especially interested in press dispatches from Mexico City emoting Hilario Medina, in. charge of the Mexican foreign office as warning Mexican residents of the United States against testifying before the commit tee under threat of being charged with treason." There was no comment forth coming, however.

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Mrs. E. C. A. Reed Mrs. E. Cv A. Reed, wife of the American consul -and chief of the U. S. passport bureau in Paris, accompanied her husband ' to Washington where they are spending a few weeks before returning to France. Though Mrs. Reed is a home product her dress is unmistakably Parisian. MAIL PLANE, WITH ANTITOXIN, RACES TO SAVE M. Y. LIVES (By Associated Press) tJruuAUU, Jan. 17. carrying a precious tube of anti-toxin, the' aerial mall plane took the air at 11 : 45 a.1 m. here today, in a record breaking flight to .New York where the anti-toxin is needed to save the lives of three, persons-dying from tho. effects of betulic poisoning;" The plane cut across Lake Michigan and raced toward Cleveland, where the .only, stop " was scheduled. The usual route of the aerial mail is across- northern. Indiana, but Jack Knight, pilot of the huge ... plane, out across the lake to save mileage. "I'll make Cleveland in three hours and have the stuff in New York wlhtin seven hours," Pilot Knight declared when he . climbed aboard the ship. 4 DIE, SCORE HURT, IN CINCINNATI FIRE (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI, Jan. 17. Four per sons were killed and a score or more persons injured when an explosion blew out the east wall of a building occupied by the Newton Tea and Spice company. In tho river front dis trlct here early thia morning. The dead are Edwin S. Vahling, Ray Nop ris, William Schonecker, and Peter Buckley, firemen. The building, which was completely destroyed, adjoined the suspension bridge, spanning the Ohio river be tween Cincinnati and Covington, Kd It was on the approach to this bridge the firemen were stationed when the wall, electric light and trolley wires were torn down by the shower of bricks, adding further to the hazard of the firemen and rescuers as well as the spectators who lined tho railings watching the progress of the fire. Private automobiles were commandeered by the police and the injured rushed to hospitals. Three men were dead or dying when paced fn the automobiles. The fire spread to adjacent buildings also occupied by the. Spice company. This building was partly destroyed. The fire loss was reported as approximately 100,000. KEYS OF N. Y. TO VALERA NEW YORK. Jan. 17. Preparations were completed at city hall this morning for formal extension to Eamon De Valera, "president of the Irish Republic," of the freedom of New York voted him upon his arrival in America by the Board of Aldermen. Weather Forecast For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair and colder tonight. Sunday fair. - Today's Temperature. Noon 19 Yesterday. Maximum . .' 36 Minimum ' 21 For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy but mostly fair tonight and Sunday. Possibly occasional snow flurries. Colder tonight and continued cold Sunday. General Conditions The storm center is now on the Atlantic coast with snow in the east and rain over the far southeast. Cold weather reported over Alaska has spread south and east, now covering all of Canada and the norther states. ' Its influence is felt as far south as the 35th parallel. New York and Vermont report the lowest temperature for two years, at Montpelier, 25 below; Eagle, Alaska, 64 below. There is no indication of a general break in the cold weather. Probabilities are the temperature will be ner zero tonight.

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N. Y. MADE QUICKLY AFTER LID GOES ON (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 17. Four minutes after the eighteenth amendment became effective in New York this morning; 12:05 o'clock, to be exact, a Brooklyn cafe owner was arrested by an internal revenue inspector for selling a glass of brandy. A bartender in thevsame establishment was arrested a minute later. ?Flve hundred .cases of confiscated whiskey piled on the side walks in front of the custom house and under smart! also helDed convince New YorB ers today that there was, an official determination to enforce proniDiuon. The whiskey had been taken from bonded ware houses for export prior to the time . Vie amendment became effective and its seizure began soon after midnight. Twelve warrants were issued for arrest in . connection with the seizures. Thia news travelled in underground channels faster than prairie fire fann ed bv a cvclone and In a short time the merrymaking over the demise of John Barleycorn came to a more or less abrupt end in the greater city's cafes, restaurants and hotels. The nresence of 100 revenue inspectors in the white light district and the knowledee that the city's 15,000 policemen were watching for violation of the new law, caused the saloonkeepers and others to close their doors some what unceremoniously. The final celebration of the passing of wet era did not come up to prediction here. In some of the better known establishments the revelry resembled the traditional New Year's eve celebrations, but for the most part the interested ones declared the ast fling was a rather sad affair. WASHINGTON, -Jan? 17 Prohibtt tion was the law . of the nation today. The constitutional amendment mat ing it illegal to manufacture, sell or give away liquors or beverages containing more than one-half of one per cent alcohol, went into effect at mid night last night and today violators faced prosecution under one of the most drastic laws ever promulgated to fit a crime other than a felony. In Washington, long ago made "dry" by a special act of - congress and drier" by wartime prohibition, the coming into effect of the new law meant little and the' occasion passed without unusual incident except for celebration meetings held under the auspices of reform organizations. At the largest of these participated in by reformers who gathered here from all over the country. Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Attorney General Palmer were the principal speakers. While those responsible for prohi bition met in jollification at its com' ing and congratulated one another on a task well dpne, those charged with the enforcement of the law were at work on th busJaes&lda-ot.thepro; position tnat enecung aeiaus or ineir gigantio undertaking. .: ': UNION BANK SELLS HALF OF BUILDING Announcement was made by George L. Cates, president of the Union National bank, Saturday, that the bank's half interest in the building they now occupy had been sold to the Reeveston Realty company, of this city. This, with the purchase of the half interest owned by Mrs. LeRoy Kelley by the realty company last summer, makes the Reeveston people sole owners of the building. The Reeveston Realty company is made up largely of Indianapolis busi ness men. Edgar F. Hiatt, of this city, is treasurer. AUSTRIAN VESSELS SUNK IS REPORT (By Associated Press) GSNEVA, Friday, Jan. 16. Austrian war vessels which under the terms of the peace treaty must be handed over to the allies, have undergone a second "Scapa Flow" but on a smaller scale, according to a telegram received here from Turin by way of Lugano. The dispatch states that the allied naval commission which arrived re cently at Cattaro confirms first re ports that the Austrian fleet had been seriously disabled. The Austrians were said to have destroyed or removed the principal parts of the machinery of the ships rendering them incapable of navigation only the hulls remaining in good con dition. Repairs, it is said, will re quire several months before the ves sels can be made ready for the sea. The fleet includes one battleship,' 3 large cruisers, 4 torpedo crusiers, 12 torpedo boats and some smaller craft. The Austrians are declared to have acknowledged the damage but to have blamed the Czecho slovaks and the JUgo-Slava. The ships eventually will be towed to Toulon and Marseilles for repairs. Ferdinand Bonn Offers to Double for Hohenzollern in Perilous Trial Scene (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Jan. 17. Ferdinand Bonn, at one time the most popular actor in Germany and a protege of former emperor William, has offered to substitute himself for Count Hohenzollern and go to London, made up as the former monarch. "Not so much for the sake of William as for German honor would I do this," Bonn declared. The actor was recently hissed in various sections of Germany because he impersonated the erstwhile emperor in a film dealing with the rise and fall of the Hohenzollerna. He believes he is the only man in Germany capable of carrying out such a delicate mission and satisfying the allied demand for the extradition of Count Hohenzollern. !

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REPORTS OF ANARCHY IN LEAVENWORTH TO BE INVESTIGATED KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Jan. 17 Preparations for carrying Into effect or ders of Federal Judge John C. Pollock that a "sweeping and comprehensive" investigation, be made into , conditions aif tfiefeeraFolscipHna barrack! 'at Fort Leavenworth, Kas., were begurt today by Fred Robertson, united 'States district attorney for Kansas. Mr. Robertson said his plans as yet were entirely tentative. . He added, however, that he expected to go fully into charges made yesterday at the trial in Kansas City, Kas. of eleven former inmates of the barracks that for several months in 1919 the institution was governed by a "soviet" committee of prisoners and that their regime sanctioned by the officer who was commandant at the time, develop ed into a "reign of terro during which crime flourished and prisoners openly were mistreated. The committee it was declared came into existence as a part of the settlement cf a general strike called in protest! against the release of 113 conscientious objectors. As evidence that Judge Pollock be lieved the barracks investigation should be a far-reaching one, court officials today pointed to his instructions to the jury in the trial at which evidence was Drought out Judge Pollock said,: "That portion of the case which to the mind of the court is one of the most unusual and singular things that has ever been heard in the history of this government, one of the most unusual situations ever presented in a court of justice, is this: "They had a strike in the military prison; the convicts refused to work; with the approval of the government this institution was turned over to be run by a committee elected by the prisoners. Those there for punishment operated the prison. As a re-

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what any reasoning man should have i known would result, a rule of anarchy. ClKUP",n aDd Sing-in short, a mob rule. U. S. Withdrew From Siberia To Get Oat of Hot Water, Washington Informs Japan (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan.. 17. The United States, in deciding to withdraw its troops from Siberia, where it has participated in guarding the districts under allied control, did so because of present conditions there which make it impracticable to send reinforcements and for the added reason that the purpose for which the troops were sent into Russia has been accomplished, the state department has informed tho Japanese government. A note replying to a recent communication on the subject from Tokio was made public last night. After setting forth its reasons for adopting the course announced, the American reply expressed the belief that to maintain the status quo might involve the government of the United States in an underaking of such indefinite character as to be inadvisable." ' HUN SHIP CARRIES FLAG OF ENGLAND (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 17. The former German passenger liner Zeppelin,' recently turned over to the British ministry of shipping and allocated to the White Star line, .will leave today for Liverpool on her first voyage under the British flag. She will not carry visitors.

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Emma Will Return and "Save" U. S.; She Asserts to Reporters

(By Associated Press) -HANGO, Finland, Friday, Jan. 16 United States army' transport Buford, having on bord 249 radicals deported from America,; arrived . here at 3 o'clock this afternoon. -. Finnish pilots could, not dock the vessel and a 6erman pilot was summoned. - Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, . who ' have ' been considered the leaders of the deportees, have declared they will not remain in Russia, but will "return to America to save it". The Reds on board the Buford will be taken to the Russian frontier by United States labor bureau and immigration officials. After the Buford had docked Berkman and Miss Goldman led a proces sion of radicals down the gang plant, a large number of persons assembled on the wharf gazing curiously at the landing. The Reds made up a motely throng, their faces being full of curiosity as to what their future might be, while there were traces of anxiety lest they might be attacked after they had left the protection of their American guardians. Finnish authorities will look after the safety of the deportees, After they had landed, Berkman and Miss Goldman' talked willingly with newspaper men. Asked to give her opiniod of her deportation the latter replied: "It was melodramatic to keep it secret." "It was unfair and stupid", interjected Berkman. "Yon can't kill an idea like that. The czar tried and failed. He is dead and forgotten." "U. S. Need New Government" "Do you want to overthrow the American government?" Miss Goldman was asked. "You need a new government' she nswered, "and I hope the election wui provide it. It is her intention to return oKVrsne at RochesTeV; K Y.. in ; m7 declared the co'urt decre'e ls. rr Q-r Vtr iittiA rt K Aw tMom'4flrA - Too. sued in 1909 cancelling Kersner's cer tificate of naturalization was illegal Miss Goldman was divorced from Kersner in 1889 but she claims this did not alter her status as a citizen of the United States. "As Nietzche said: 'The test of love is the power of endurance'." She continued, "that is what will be my lot until I return to America. It will not forsake Americans." Asked what her plans were Miss Goldman said: "I shall not. impose my advice upon the Russian government but shall remain affiliated with the Bolsheviki. I hold my deportation was an injustice. We were not given a chance to prepare for it." She drew a sharp distinction between Bolshevism as it is known in the United States and in Germany and as.it is practiced in Russia and ex plained the significance of world Bolshevism or anarchy. She asserted it was nearly 200 years old and meant approximately a brotherhood, which disapproves of all governments and demands etfuality among all citizens and a division of all clothing, supplies and products. - She evaded making any reply when ' objections were raised to this program. ? Voyage Is Dangerous. 'During the three days' journey from Kiel to Hango," the voyage was dangerous in the extreme because mines in the Baltic have not been removed by the German government, according to various officers of the Buford. - WThile the Buford was at Kiel, it becameknown that three sailors had climbed over the side, taken a stplen

fishing boat and with it smuggled on board nine huge bottles of rum, with which the descipline of the ship would have been demoralled, according to an officer. The story had a tragic Bide for the sailors, because the commanding officer sent the rum back. -'

jThe Bolshevik! on board led a very monotonous life, wnlc was made more irksome . b ecause ' of the stormy weather, when they could not be given their daily exercise on deck. After tho Buford left Kiel, however, the weather cleared up and the deportees were on deck for long periods. Their greatest pleasure seemed to be in singing "Red" songs, including the "Internationale," the "Marseil laise," the "Black Flag," "Arise Ye Workmen," and the "Song of Hate. PROBE TO BEGIN OF NAVAL PRISON (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Immed iate investigation of charges of Im morality among inmates at the Ports mouth naval prison, transmitted to the navy department by agents of the de partment of justice last October, will be made by the naval authorities, As sistant Secretary Roosevelt announced today, upon his return from an inspec tion of the prison. "Whether there Is any foundation for the charges of immorality I can at this time venture no opinion," said Mr. Roosevelt. The investigation which is to be conducted by Rear Ad mirals D.inn and Halstead, commandants of the first naval district, and the Portsmouth yards respectively, assist , ed bv Commander Thomas Mott Osborne, commandant of the prison, will l:be thorough and If the evidence war rants the appointment of inquiry that step will be taken Mr. Roosevelt said he could not ex plain why the charges of Immorality lodred with the navy department In October never had been acted upon by the department or brought to the attention of Commander Osborne beJ f0re his recent visit to the prison Mrs. Rosevelt Completes Trip for Sake of Health 0. , (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Jan. 17. Mrs. Theo dore Roosevelt today completed round trip to Brazil for the benefit of her health. She left New ork on Nov. 19 and returned here today on the steamship Vauban, on which she had departed. Her son, Kermit. accompanied her to Rio De Janeiro from New York, but remained in Brazil in connection with i a coffee houe venture in New York city on which he and his brothers have embarked. Mrs. Roosevelt returned alone. AMERICAN LEGION MASONS ORGANIZE SEPARATE POST (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 17. Formal organization of a post of the American Legion in Brooklyn composed entirely of members of the Masonic fraternity, was announced here today. The post named Fraternity No. 612, announces that Major-General Leonard is an honorary president and that he will speak on "True Americanism" at the installation of officers on Jan. 27. Another speaker will be Lieutenant Robert Bullard, commander of the Department of the east, also an honorary president.

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WATCH ALLIES, SIMS ASSERTS "Would Just as Soon Fight Entente as Central Powers'f Admiral Says Department Told Him. ; ; - - r OTHERS TOTE HEARD (By Associated Press) " WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Rear Admiral Sims told the senate committee investigating naval awards today that when he was ordered to England in March, 1917, Just before the United States entered the war, he was instructed by the navy department "not to let the British pull the wool over, your eyes," and that "We would just as soon fight the British as the cen' tral powers." The admiral also charged that the American naval headquarters in London did not receive co-operation from the navy department, and that the department did not arrive at any decided plan of action until 10 months after he arrived in London. He added that "it was 10 months before we really came to the aid of the allies or acted on their recommendations." -Admiral Sim's testimony was in the form of a letter to Secretary Daniels entitled "Some Naval Lessons of the Great War," which Mr. Daniels received several days ago. -v The letter criticised the department for attempting to administer the de tails of action by the American naval forces overseas and alleged that th department demanded that it be per mitted to pass fully on all plans, even those regarding action against the enemy. When Admiral Sims finished read ing the letter, Chairman Hale announced that the full naval committee would be asked either to empower th present sub-committee to investigate Admiral Sims' charges or to appoint a separate sub-committee. .. No Officers for 4 Months. " Admiral Sims' letter says that al though he asked repeatedly that officers be sent to London to assist him. the department did not send any offi cer until four months after the United States entered the war. During that time only one officer was assisting him, he said, adding that the depart ment said no other officers were avail able for this duty. I was trying to get the department to understand that I was confronted with a physically Impossible staff if I had but one aid, the letter said. "It would be hard to conceive of a more complete misunderstanding than existed at the navy department regarding what I was confronted with. When General Pershing arrived in France, he was accompanied by a nucleus staff of more than 80 offic ers. The term 'not available should have been applied to other activities of vastly importance than the command of American naval forces in the war zone. The letter said Rear Admiral Renson, former chief of naval operations, cabled admiral Sims that there was much discussion in the United States regarding his complaint about not receiving aid from the navy department and advising him to send a 'strong statement of the situation. Admiral Sims was expected to con clude his testimony today. A number of other witnesses have been summoned by the committee, but it was not thought likely any of them would be called before Monday. These includ ed all officers who made recommenda tions for awards of medals or crosses to men under them and will be heard before either members of the Knlgh: board or Secretary Daniels are called. In his testimony yesterday Admiral Sims reiterated former statements that the morale of the naval service had been destroyed because of the methods followed in distributing war honors but denied he had intended a personal attack on Secretary Daniels in criticising the secretary's policy. COUNCIL DEMANDS WILLIAM OF DUTCH PARIS, Jan. 17. The supreme council's letter to the Dutch government demanding the extradition of former emperor William has been sent to that government. It was forwarded officially during the night. Democrats Gather in N. Y, for Lunch Meeting NEW YORK. Jan. 17. Homer S. Cummins, chairman of the Democratci national committee arrived here today to preside at a noon conference of the committee on arrangements for the Democratic national convention to be held in San Francisco next June. Mr. Cummins also was expected to confer with party leaders while in the city. 1 Members of the committee on arrangements present for today's conference included Mrs. George ' Bass, Chicago: Miss May E. Foy. Los Angeles; J. Bruce Kromer, Montana; Wilbur M. Marsh, Iowa: Edward fJ. Hoffman, Indiana; Clark Howell, Georgia; Fred B. Lynch, Minnesota; Charles Boeschensetein, Illinois; E. H. Moore, Ohio; Arthur F. Mullen. Nebraska; Dr. John W. Coughlln, Massachusetts: Isador B. Dockweller. California; John T. Barnett, Colorado; Patrick H. Qulnn. Rhode Island; Robert H. Elder, Idaho. . ,, .v ,TWO DIE IN TRAIN WRECK.; NAPOLEON. Ohio. Jan. 17. Two persons were killed and six injured, two probably fatally, when a Detroit Toledo and Ironton local freight collided with a wrecking train at Hamler Friday. The freight ongine ploughed through the caboose and upset the stove, setting fire to the wreck.