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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-12
State Commissions
to Resume Functions
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. Nov 12-Railway
and utility commissioners from nearly
every state. meeting here today to
consider reconstruction problems, re-
ceived a recommendation from their
national associations war committee
that state commissions now resume
exercise Of their normal functions,
which have been held in allegiance TO
some extent since the government as
sumed railroad operation
This should be done. however, the
committee suggested. with due regard
to the unusual conditions growing out
OF the government guarantee of earn
ings, and the high price Of labor and
materials. Postronement of the eff
fectiveness Of the uniform class scale
rate. proposed by the railroad admin
istration. also was proposed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-12
% COUNTIES over
IN WAR fund drive
CBv Associated P.ess>

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. l2.-With
seven additional counties reported
over the top at noon today, 30 coun-
ties OF the state now have completed
their quotas of the s5,000,000 United
States War Work fund which was al
lotted for Indiana. The new counties
going over are:
Vanderburg. Carroll. Dearborn,
Montgomery, Starke. Union and Scott.
Four of the 25 Indiana colleges and
universities, which have entered the
campaign reported total of $5.62J.
for the first day There were Earl
ham college, $40: Notre Dame. ST.
300: St Mary's of the Woods. $3.50.
and Indiana university, $1,000.
Victory boys and girls over the
state are aiding the fund materially,
Allen county reporting contributions
totalling S2,170.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-12
Celebration at Boston
Continued Through Today
tBy Associated Press.) }

BOSTON,, Nov. 12.-Massachusett s
celebration of the signing of the arm
istice. which started hours before
daylight yesterday, was continued
with undiminished ferver today with
the observance of Victory day." pro-
claimed by Governor Mccall as a holi-
day. A carefully arranged program,
in contrast to the spontaneous celebra-
ton of yesterday, was carried out un-
der the direction of the state public
safety committee.
The principal feature was military
and civic parade in which 10000 per-
sons participated. Major-General Will
liam Crozier, commander of the de-
partment OF thS northeast headed the
parade.
Nearly all the churches were open
for services, and thousands attended.
Special meetings for rejoicing were
held on Boston Common, in Faneuil
Hall and the Old South Church
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-12
British End War on Ground Where
They First Met German Forces

to his wife and baby in "blighty" So
he stood and waited for something to
happen, he knew not what. This
could not be the end after all the
shambles and horror he had been
through
One of these tattered and mud.
caked veterans came to the cores
pondents automobile and as he sa.
luted asked falteringly: "Is it all
over?"
Being reossured, he sped back to
his COMPANIONS to communicate the
good news.
1his afternoon the celebrations and
rejoicing were making the old town
of Mons vibrate. Bands and pipers
led marching thousands about the
city. The reception given the Cana
dian commander who entered Mons
in the middle of the afternoon was
similar in its heartiness to the scenes
in Valenciennes and other liberated
towns.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-12
new Government
PHOhcD Orders TO
ACCEPT the TERMS

PARIS, Nov. 1.-THE new German
government. it appears, considered
the armistice cocditio at q sitting
late on Sunday At Berlin. Having de-
cided to accept them. it telephoned in
struct;ons from Berlin to Spa, German
headquarters. authorizing the dele
gates to affix their signatures to the
agreement.
The courier who was waiting at Spa
left Immediately for the lines and
crossed them without incident north of
Chimay. He reached the Chateau De
FRANKFORT at about two o'clock in
the morning and found the German
plenipotentiaries waiting for him.
They asked, after they had read their
instructions. to see Marshal Foch who
was in his special train on switch
near the Chateau.
Marshal Foch, with Adrniral Sir
Rosslyn Werlysa. first lord of the
British admiralty received them. A
discussion which is described by the
TEMPS correspondent as being
rather long took place upon certain
clauses, particularly that concerning
the maintenance of the blockade. The
German delegates signed the docu-
ment at five o'clock. Premier Glenn
enceau. receiving correspondents to-
day, said on the question of the block
ade:
'The German plenipotentiaries in
sist. above all, upon the question OF
food We will maintain, it is we'll
understood, the blockade during the
time of the armistice. Nevertheless,
as the situation in Germany and Aus
tria is desperate. we will do everything
possible to feed them that we can in
fairness to ourselves 1t is the ques-
ton of transport which dominates all
these problems"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-12
new CONTROL
OF GERMANY
IN HANDS OF
"ALL.REDS''
Socialists Consolidate to Form
Cabinet Support is Given
Movement by Former I'M
perial Press.
HINDENbURG JOIN S
(By Associated Press)

COPENHAGEN, Nov. II. - Ger
many's new provisional government
will be alfred, that is to say, the bour-
geois parties will not be represented
in it. This will not be because of
their unwillingness to participate but
because the socialists, after confer
ence with the independents, the for
mer majority party in the reichstag,
definitely refused to permit the bour-
geois to enter the new government.
The plan is to give the independent
socialists the vice chancellorship and
two other secretarial posts There
are indications however, that the in
dependents will demand more, but
their demands have not yet taken
definite form. 1t is significant that
the majority of the multitude of proc
lamations issued daily are addressed
to Comrades rather than to "citi-
zens," and that references are no long
er made to ''tha peoples republic but
to "the socialist republic
The foundation of the new German
republic was proclaimed by Philip
Scheidemann from the steps of the
reichstag building.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-12
HUN ATROCITIES
ARE CONTINUED
TO LAST MINUTE
Americans Receive Word Of
Enemy Surrender by Signal
Corps Wire and Runners.
(By Associated P.eSs)

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE, Monday, Nov. 11-Signal
corps wires, telephones and runners,
were used in carrying the order con-
cerning the armistice and SO well did
the big machine work that even pa
troll commanders had received the or
der well in advance of the hour it
went into effect. Apparently the Ger
mans had been equally diligent in get
ting the orders to the front line.
Notwithstanding the hard fighting
they did Sunday to hold back Ameri-
cans, the Germans were able to bring
the firing to an abrupt end at the
scheduled hour.
The staff and field officers of the
American army We're disposed early
in the day to approach the hour of
eleven with lessencd activity. The
day began with less firing and. doubt
less the fighting would have ended ac-
cording tc plan had there not been
sharp resumption on the part Of
German batteries. The Americans
looked upon this as wantonly useless.
1t was then that orders were sent to
the battery commander for increased
fire.
Orench Place With Gas.
Although there was no reason for
1t, German ruthlessness was still ram
pant Sunday, stirring the American
artillery in the region of Bunser-
Meuse and MouZay to greater activity.
Six hundred aged men and women and
children We're in Mouzay when the
Germans attacked it with gas. There
was only small detachment OF Amer
lean troops there and the town no
longer was of strategical value. How
ever, it was made the direct target
of shells filled with phoagene. The
enemy hurled them into the town un-
til every street reeked with gas.
Not, contented with this the Ger
mans again drenched the place with
gas last night even while they were
evacuating Stenay, few miles to the
north. Prompt work by the Ameri-
cans saved most of the civilians from
serious consequences.
Poorly clad and showing plainly
evidences of malnutrition, the inhabi-
tants crowded about the Americans
kissing their hands and hailing them
as deliverers. They declared they had
had no meat for six weeks They vir-
tually had been prisoners of war for
four years and were overwhelmed
with JOY when they learned that an
armistice was probable.
The little children between six and
ten years spoke the German alternate
ly with French. It was the first time
they had seen Americans, they showed
plainly their amazement
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-12

President and Mrs. Wilson
Drive Among Merry Makers

WASHINGTON. d. c., Nov. 12-ln
the midst of Washington's peace cele-
bration last night, President Wilson,
with Mrs. Wilson seated beside him,
drove down Pennsylvania avenue
through throngs of shouting merry
makers. He was recognized by few.
When the president was returning
up Pennsylvania avenue to the White
House the great throng of merrymak.
ers recognized him and gave him a
tumultuous reception.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-12
Today's Temperature.

For Wayne County by w. e. Moore
Continued cold tonight and Wednes-
day. Mostly fair
General Conditions Weather re-
mains generally fair excepting over
the eastern states. Temperatures are
freezing or below over the central and
northwest Severe cold weather con-
tinues over central Alaska; 26 degrees
at T"-a~,a. Alaska
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-12
North Fleet Seized,

L l.
German troops at the Beverloo camp
in Belgium, have mutnied and are
marching with their guns, toward Hol-
land.
The entire German northern fleet
and the island base Of Helgoland are
in the hands of soldiers councils, ac-
cording to a telegram from Bremen.
An agreement has ben reached be-
tween the socialist and independent
socialist parties in Germany and the
new regime seems to have secured
ample support from the press. In ad-
dition to the Wolff Bureau. the social
lists are now represented by three
newspapers. the Vorwaerts, the Lokal
Amzeiger, formerly the emperors fa-
vorite newspaper and now rechris-
tened the RED Flag" and the former
semi-official organ. the North German
Gazette, which has taken the title of
The International"
The revolutionary movement is con-
tinually spreading Koenigsberg,
Frankfort On-Main and Strasburg are
now controlled by the soviets. 1t is
officially reported that there are no
disorders.
The statement issued by the Berlin
soldiers and workers council says
that all public service have ben placed
under the control of the council and
that all the leading offices are being
filled by the comrades. The admins
tration, it adds. is retained but its
leaders are inspired with the new spir-
it of liberty"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-12
NAoM RESIGNS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-Romulo
S. Naon, ambassador from Argentina,
has forwarded his resignation to Pres
ident Irigoyen.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-12
RECRUITING SUSPENDED

tBy Associated Press)
LONDON, Nov. 12 - The British
government has decided to suspend
recruiting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-12

Fer Indiana by the United States
Burcau-Fair tonight and Wednesday,
Continued cool.
Today's Temperature.
Yesterday.
Maximum ................. As
Minimum ................ %
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-12
SCHElDEMANN AT HEAD

AMSTERDAM, Nov. - = German
socialists and independent socialists
have reached an agreement to form a
joint cabinet from both parties, ac-
cording to a Wolff bureau announce
ment. This cabinet, it is said, con-
sists of Philip Scheidemanti, vice.
president of the reichstag; Herr
Lansburg, member of the reichstag,
and Herr Getiert. socialist. and Hugo
Haaz. Richard Barth. editor of the
Vorwaertz and Wilhelm Bittmann,
member of the reichstag Independents.
A soldiers council has been formed
at the front and will submit its de-
mands to Field Marshal Won Hidden
burg tomorrow. according to Wolff
news bureau dispatch from German
general headquarters received here
today.
AMSTERDAM, Nov 12-Field Mar
shal Won Hindenburg is not in Hol-
land. according to telegram from the
semi-Cficial Wolff bureau of Berlin He
remains at main Headquarters and ad-
here's to the new government.
The telegram adds that Grown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavar'a. com
mander of the German northern army
group. has not fed, as some reports
have declared.
The sun., 1918-12-09
DICTATOR AT OMSK
OPPOSES SEMENOFF
Admiral koichak Orders Ar.
rest of General.
By the Annotated press

NLADrosToK, Dec. (delayed).-Ad-
miral Kolchak, the anti olshevik die
tator at Omsk, his issued orders depos =
Ing Gen. Semenoff, the anti Bolshevill
military leader in Siberia. from COM
mand OF the Fifth Army Headquarters
at Chita and diminishing him from the
service. The grounds for dismissal
were interrupting communication and
Jeopardizing the Siberian army. Col.
Nslkov was named as Semenoff's sue
cessor and orders were given him to
arrest Semenoff
This was Admiral Koichak's reply
to the recent ultimatum OF Semenoff
that kolchak should renounce the die
tatorship on penalty OF the formation
OF a rival dictatorship by Semenoff in
the eastern provinces. Col. Valkov is
reported to have arrived at Irkutsk
with troops bound eastward. At jap
anese headquarters It is said that IL
Is purposed to avert at any cost a
clash which would be calculated to dis
rupt railroad communication.
Bolshevik prisoner train which
was turned back from Nlkorsk has
reached Tsitsihar. Out OF the 500 men
on board ESQ were i'll with typhoid,
dysentery or the grip. while eight 9th
ers were insane. The Railway Ad-
ministration has issued orders against
the unloading OF any OF the prisoners
within the boundaries Of Manchuria.
The train will proceed to Chita.
The sun., 1918-12-09
BRITISH RESENTFUL
OF SEA CURB TALK
Believe Agitators Trying to
Emborruss Wilson.
Special Despatch TO THr srN

WASHINGTON. Dec. S. President
Wilson may be seriously embarrs ssed
at the outset OF his peace mission by
the efforts Of certain OF his supporters
to make II appear that the principal
reason for the Presidents visit to Eu-
rope Is to curb British sea power and
substitute some sort OF international
agreement for the dominance OF the
British fleet.
The announcements by leading
British statesmen showing that the
leader OF every party is unalterably
opposed to any such plan are regarded
in diplomatic circles here as highly
significant. But reports from London
given great prominence by Lord
Northcliffe's London Times. stating
that cheap Jack correspondents are
speaking for President Wilson" and
that somewhat pitiful stun is being
sent here, some even alleged to be
wireless dispatches from the Wilson
ship" have focused attention strik-
ingly on what is termed an i'll timed
propaganda directed at British sea
power,
So far as can be learned here after
investigation President Wilson has
never sufficiently defined his ideas OF
freedom of the seas 10 permit any one,
even Senators who have talked to him,
TO know what was meant by this
phrase or whatever 1t really implied
diminishing Britain's naval suprem-
acy But falling to obtain a defini-
ton from the President some OF his
supporters appear TO have made gen.
eral definitions of their own and these
almost invariably are given twist
distinctly distasteful. II Is said, to both
Great Britain and France
Tho Presidents absolute silence on
this and other phases OF his peace pro-
gramme has made II easy for gratul-
tous interpretations to be made OF his
attitude. How seriously the British
and French Governments take those
interpretations is of course not known.
The British reference TO alleged
wireless messages from the Wilson
ship which referred to the Presidents
interest in Winston Churchill's state
ment that the British feet could not
be substituted by an international
agreement indicates that public
opinion abroad has not been favorably
impressed by the yelled hint that the
President might seek TO make his own
views on British sea power prevail.
Were 1t not for the fact that the
censorship ban has been raised public
opinion in England and France. IL is
feared, would regard such statements
as inspired not by the President him
self, but by some OF his spolkesmen
aboard the George Washington.
The sun., 1918-12-09
BAVARIAN MINISTER =
FORCED TO RESIGN
Armed Soldiers Visit Auer's
Home in Munich.

MUNICH. Dec. S.-A crowd OF armed
soldiers Friday night went to the resi-
dence Of Herr Auer, the Minister OF
the Interior, and after forcing an en-
trance demanded the Minister'S resIS-
nation. which he conceded.
Revolution!sts also stofmed tho
newspaper Offices. except one. They
withdrew several hours later at the
earnest request Of the PdvarIan Pre-
mier Kurt Eisner, who hurried 10 the
scene.
Two minutes were given Herr Auer
to decide at the point OF a revolver.
He was then forced to put his resigna-
ton into writing. At first he wrote:
II have been overcome by about 800
armed men in my dwelling and forced
10 resign the office Of Minister Of the
Interior. | declare herewith that, sur
rendering TO force, | lay down the
office OF Minister OF the Interior"
This did not satisfy the revolution
lists, who demanded a statement that
the resignation was voluntary. The
crowd was led by the former editor.
Erich Muehsan, They proceeded from
communist meeting to the Office OF
the Bavarlan Courier and appointed a
woman as editor OF that newspaper
They remained in the Courier office
until Premier Eisner went there with
guard.
The NeucStc Mach rtchten was the
only Munich paper able to appear this
morning.
The sun., 1918-12-09
URGES ITALIAN COMPACT.
Agreement With France and Eng.
land Suggested by Newspaper.

ROME, Dec. S.-The Giornnlc dTtGIid,
commenting upon the meeting OF the
allied Premiers in London, urges that
a perfect agreement be reached be-
tween England. France and italy.
naturally reserving that any definite
solution be agreed to with the powerful
American nation worthily represented
at the peace conference by her great
President Wilson"
Continuing the GioynHlc dTtaIid adds
that an Anglo Franco Italian under
standing would be OF the greatest bene-
At, not only for the three European
nations but for the world and Civili-
zation, as a union OF the three demo-
cratic powers Of Europe would form a
bond for the maintenance OF world
peace representing first a movement
toward an effective constitution Of a
society OF nations. which IL the
luminous ideal and aspiration OF the
great American people and their Presl-
dent"
The sun., 1918-12-09
BRITISH LEADERS
TELL NAVY'S FEATS
Lloyd George, Geddes and
Pirrie Contribute.

LONDON. Dec. S.--Articles On Eayl
and merchant marine affairs By Pre-
mier Lloyd George. Sir Eric Geddo..
the First Lord Of the Admiralty. and
Lord Pirrie. the Controiler-General o.
the Merchant Shpbuilding. are printed
in the current number OF an educa-
tional journal.
Lloyd George. referring TO tie sur
render OF the German fleet. says it was
a significant event because il symool-
lied in a fitting manner the absolute
triumph of the allied cause
1T was our day. the suprcmr hour
in Great Britain's history. the tus;.a.
cation Of all the sacrifices and suffer
ings Of the last four years" the Pre-
mier writes. THE German fleet Was
beaten because the hearts of tho men
who manned II were not s;eelei b.
the consciousness OF righteous
cause"
Sir Eric Geddes. describing tho in
fiuence OF the navy on the cnurs" y
the war. says that when last March TIE
Germans made an overwhelming a.
tack on the British limo II was tie
navy that enabled Great Britain % re-
pair her losses. so that within q for
weeks the front was at least as str.G-
in men and material as before.
Lord Pirrie deals mainly VT to
British mercantile marine and tic ol'-
put OF shipping. pointing out no" u''.
many tried to catch up with Brian n
colonial and commercial development
and, he adds, found it impossible.
The sun., 1918-12-09
FOCH SOON TO HAVE
1000 ENEMY AEROS
The Marshal Quickly Puts an
End to Evasion of ARMS.
tice Terms.
AIRDROMES EVACUATED
Aerial Cameras, Wireless Ont.
fits and Other Equipment
Turned Over.
AIRDROMES EVACUATED

LONDON. Dec. S.--The surrcnde- Z.
the 1000 German airplancs reoi,,l
under the terms of the arm,s,iro =,
proceeding and il Is expected tire : I
complement OF machines will SHORTY
be in the Allies hands.
The taking over OF SO vast n
has taken time, az the German arn,i.,
in their retirement are leaving ~,
planes behind la their evacuated ,r.
dromes. Certain difficulties and f.
tempted e,tsions are being adjusted =,
response to. firm Representations N.
Marshal Foch.
Some light Is thrown upon wha, IN
gigantic surrender of aircraft mean.
to the Germans 10y the official Bri,,.,
figures OF air fighting upon the Brit.
western front from JanudrF I. lrI. "A
the date of the nrmistICe Thee ..-
ures show the number 81 enemy r..
chimes destroyed in asriIl combat,
the British to have been 306U wi, a
enemy machines driven down o.. :
control numbered liza.
Germany Is known to have 'ns, W.
over 5000 airplanes during the nyesc (;
year
The terms OF the armistico :r..ris
the giving up Of the complete col.r-
ment OF the various machines. tn 4,
taking in a large number q aer |
cameras. bombs. sights. machine sJnl
wireless ransmitters. &c
The sun., 1918-12-09
PETTY AFFRAYS ARE
SWEEPING AUSTRIA
Allied Detachments Needed to
Prevent Futile, Costly
Struggles.
"SPEECH ISLANDS" RISE
Communities Demand Sepa-
rate Government on Ground
of Dialects.
ny JAMES NJ. JEFFRIEs.
Special cooh De,potch to THE suS from 4

Special Cable Despofch to THE suS from the
London Times Strrice.
Copyright. 1915: oil rights rese"red.
VIENNA. Dec. 4 delayed Allied de-
tachments are sorry needed in the
eastern portions OF the former Aus
trian empire, where the various popu-
lations are engaged in a futile strug-
gle, costing many lives for the pos
session OF towns and countryside In
the areas Of debatabe nationality
There was a typical useless ARRAY
yesterday close to Marchegg, near
Pressburg. The Czechs occupied the
bridge over the March and the Hun
garians attacked them. train hap
pened to arrive with returning de-
tachmcnts from Mackensen's army.
who Joined the Hungarians using ma
chine guns and hand grenades. From
Marchegg a detachment OF German
and Austrian troops hurried UP. They
also Joined the Hungarians apd forced
the Czechs TO retire.
All this bloodshed probably would
have been stopped by the presence OF
a few allied soldiers.
The ancient kingdom Of Poland is
at the mercy OF the Ruthenians. who
are contemplating new military action
for the encircling and starving out Of
Lemberg and other Polish towns. Be
tween the Poles themselves and the
Czechs are germs Of d!scordance aris-
ing over mining properties and the oil
supply
In addition to the larger disputes
between the States. putative States
and pseudo States. there has arisen a
craze for INSTRUMENTATION. which If
allowed to continue will lead to chaos.
Communities are declaring every
where that they are speech islands"
that is they have a different tongue
from those around them, and there
fore they must have new self-govern-
ing institutions.
Maps in support of these speech
islands" are appearing everywhere.
These are being prepared in great
numbers and the peace conference will
be Uttered with them.
Meantime the disorder and disarray
are inconceivable. Those who are
trying to wind up the Austrian empire
so that new republics may be made at
least to know where they begin and
what they own, are making insult
ficient Roadway with their task. on
the eastern horizon there continually
movers the shadow Of Bolshev!sm.