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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-12
TWO TRANSPORTS
ARE IN HARB0R
WITH FIGHTERS
Company l67 of Ohio Arrives
at New York-New Eng
landers Among Troops.
Brio. Gen. Edward A. kregor.
(By Associated Press)

NEW YORK, March 12-With 1922
troops the steamship Iowan arrived
here today from st. Mazaire. Units
included the 101st trench mortar bat
terry. four officers and 1873 men of the
26th division-the first troops of this
New England division to arrive home
This battery is assigned to Camp
Devens.
314th trench mortor battery, Of
ficers and 129 men of the seth divi-
sion (national army troops of Kansas,
Missouri and Colorado assigned to
Camp Dodge.
316th trench mortar battery, Of
ficers and ITS men of the Goth division
(national army troops Of Texas, Ariz
ona, New Mexico and Okla homa) for
Camps Bowie, Dix and Travis.
310th trench mortar battery, 3 Of
ficers and 142 men of the S5th div
ision (national army troops of Michi-
gan and Wisconsin, for Camp Custer
10Sth trench mortar battery, Off
GERS and 155 men, OF the 33rd divi-
sion (national guard troops of Illi-
nois) for Camp Grant.
Ohio Company Home
Also the following: 53rd company
transportation corps for Camps Grant,
Logan, Meade, Lewis and Upton; fifth
battery trench artillery for Camp Up
ton, Dix, Sherman and Devens; sup
ply detachment of 657th aero squad
ron; casual company No. 169 of New
Jersey and 16S, III and 179 of New
York
The steamship Amphion brought 1T
casuals. including Co. No. 167 of Ohio
and Co. No. 149 of Texas. This vessel,
gfrom ST. Nazaire, had sailed for New
port News, but was diverted to New
York.
Among 80 casual troops on the steam
ship Chinampa, from Lapallice, was
Co. No. 35 of Massachusetts,, one Off
Ger and 1S men.
The steam ship Surname, from Bor-
deaux, brought A casuals, including
a detachment of Co. No. % (coloredD
of Kentucky.
The hospital ship Mercy arrived to-
day from Bordeaux with 31S sick and
wounded men.
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powers have ceased to threaten. They
no longer exist. Scattered and broken
they have returned to their homes,
where hunger or privation await them
hunger and privation which are the
consequences of their own blind faith
in evil men who led them into this
unrighteous war.
Germany has suffered bitterly, is
suffering bitterly, and Germany is en-
titled to suffer for what she has done.
She has paid fearful penalty for the
crime of slugging the world into four
years of blood and fire. Today star
walton and want are the portions of
the German people. Violence and muir
der stalk through the streets of the
great cities. Political institutions, in
dustrial enterprise and the very struc-
true Of society are tottering. 1t is
the price of their own evil doing, the
just retribution for their crimes.
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sible for such ruins and destruction.
without an intense and undying hatred
for war.
Greatest Praise for French.
my friends, France has endured
unspeakable woes with a fortitude and
determination which excite the ad-
miration and wonder of the world. l
can not pick words to express the
praise l would give to the French
armies. to the French people and their
great leaders who lived through those
black days of horror, when stoutest
hearts might well have despaired.
What greater pride can a man feel
than he who is able to sayI was in
the trenches at Verdun' L fought at
the Somme." To these splendid troops
who struggled month after month and
year after year without flinching and
with high courage, France and he
world owe debt of gratitude which
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PEACE BODY
WOULD OPEN
RHINE RIVER
To NATIONS
Commission Advises That
German River be Controlled
by International Body-ln-
vestigate Intrigue Against
Czechs.
ACTION ON BOUNDARIES
(By Associated Press)

PARIS, March 12.-Recommenda-
tions that the navigation of the Rhine
be opened to all nations without dis
elimination was made in a report
to the peace conference today by the
commission on the international re-
gime of waterways, railways and
ports. 1t is suggested that the Rhine
be controlled by commission SIM
liar to the Danube commission,
The status Of Kiel canal has been
settled by the commission on the ba-
sis of the freedom of use for all ma
tions for merchant ships or war ships
in time of peace. The canal would
and operation.
The question of the fortification of
the canal is left by the commission to
the decision Of military and naval
experts.
Investigate Intrigue
An investigation Of German-Austrfan
and Hungarian intrigues against the
new state OF Czecho-Slovakia, as soon
was decided upon at the meeting Of
the Supreme Council today.
The official statement issued after
lhC ihCCtihS ICONS.
The Supreme Council considered
communications from the Armistice
Commission regarding the situation in
Poland. At the request OF Czecho-
Slovak Republic concerning German
Austrian and Hungarian intrigue
against the new state, the Council con-
sidered the reports and decided to In
vestigate them as soon as documen-
tary evidence is received.
Boundaries Fixed Soon.
"The Council then discussed the
conditions under which the Powers
with special interests and the states
in process Of formation should partici-
pate in the discussions with the great
Powers respecting their frontiers"
The decision OF the various bound
ary commissions of the Peace Confer
ence are being framed in accordance
with the instructions of the Supreme
Council for speedy action by the con-
ference.
It is expected that all the reports
will be completed by the end of the
week. The commissions have been
told that when they could not agree
they should submit the reports of
various viewpoints, leaving it to the
Council to make a decision.
The American members Of the COM
missions, it is reported, have been
coldly judicial and without favoritism,
thereby incurring criticism from parti-
san claimants almost daily.
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(By Associated Press)

PARIS, March 12.-"We have reach
ed crisis in the affairs of the world"
said Secretary OF State Robert Lam
sing at banquet given last night by
the lnterAllied Press Club in honor
of the American peace commissioners.
Mr.. Lansing was emphatic in his state
ment that the allies must feed Ger
many and give the Germans opportun-
ity to sell their products in the foreign
markets. II the danger Of Bolshevism
was to be avoided. He painted vivid
picture of conditions in the war IONS
Of France and pointed out that it was
not through pity for Germany but to
the allies own advantage to see that
anarchy was prevented In the former
German empire. Mr.. Lansing said:
1T is always q privilege for an
American who knows the history Of
his country to be present on such an
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occasion as this, where the mutual
friendship of France and the United
States a traditional friendship of
nearly century and half-fnds ex-
preston in words and response in
our hearts.
"In the infancy of our republic
across the seas the sympathy and aid
of France gave the support which was
needed to make individual liberty the
supreme ruler of the destinies of the
new born nation. From that time for
ward, liberty has been and still is the
most sacred and most compelling Inn
pulse in political life in America. Our
policies at home and abroad have
been nodded to that principle. No
American statesman has dared to de-
part from 1t or to seek to lessen its
influence over American thought. To-
day, we Americans are as earnest aud
intense in aur devotion to human lib
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the eternal memory of man only can
repay.
And now that the great conflict IS
ended and the mighty war engine of
Prussia is crushed, we have new prob
lens to solve, new dangers to over
come. East Of the Rhine are famine
and idleness, want and misery. Polit-
ical chaos and outlawry have sup
planted the highly organized govern
ment of Imperial Germany. Social or
der is breaking down under the diff
culties of defeat and the hopelessness
of the future. Like the anarchy which
for years made an inferno of Russia.
the fires of terrorism are ablaze n
the states of Germany. Over the ruins
OF this once great empire the flames
are sweeping westward. 1t is no time
to allow sentiments of vengeance and
hatred to stand in the way of check
Continued on Page Four)
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1--WE may be disposed to pity those
innocent among the Germans, but our
pity is almost dried up when we con-
slider what France and other nations
have had to suffer from the invading
armies of the Teutons. Ten days af-
ter / landed in France, in December.
l made 1t my business to visit the bat
tlefields of the Marne, Aisne and the
Champagne. l saw the ruins Of Cha
teau Thierry and Fismes; | saw the
stately and historic cathedral of
Rheims, monument to the ferocity of
the Germans; / saw the SCARED and
upturned fields of Champagne and de-
serted places where once had been
thriving, happy villages; saw the
Marne whose crumbling walls bore
witness to the frightfulness of the
war No man could see what l saw
In those days without bearing burn.
ing indignation against those respon-
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RENO B. WELBOURN
Dies AT CINCINNATI

WINCHESTER, Ind, March 12.-
Reno B. Welbourn, 40 years old, died
on the operating table at the Good
Samaritan hospital in Cincinnati, Mon
day afternoon. He was born in Union
City, Ohio, ten miles east of here, and
was a graduate Of Earlham college.
He was the first lecturer on the sub
ject of wireless telegraphy, and lee
tured in every state in the Union. He
was the discoverer of the solar en-
gine He was elected to the New York
Academy of Science, body Of the
foremost scientists of this country. as
well as the world, without application
on his own part. He is survived by
his wife and two children, his mother
and a brother
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erty as were our forebears in days
when the grandiers of France, Shout
der to shoulder with the sturdy coun-
trymen Of Washington, fought for
great principle which is the corner
stone of our republic.
Mighty Victory Won.
EFT was when the people of the Unit
ed States came to full realization
that the liberty for which they had
fought and to which they owed their
power and prosperity was in danger;
when they realized that France and
the great democracies of Europe were
imperilled from the attack of an am
bilious autocracy that the nation with
unsurpassed unanimity took up the
sword with q firm determination to do
its part in freeing liberty and the
world from autocracy.
"a mighty victory has been won.
The imperial armies of the central
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-12
WILSON TO BE IN !,
PARIS BY FRIDAY
(By Associated Press)

ON BOARD THE U. S. .. GEORGE
WASHINGTON, (by wireless to A. P.)
March 12.-President Wilson expects
to reach Brest in time to leave there
Thursday evening for Paris. after a
brief reception at the port. He took
up today active preparation for his
peace conference labors and exchang.
ed wireless messages with members
of the American delegation in Paris.
The president expects to arrive in
Paris by Friday morning. He hopes
that plenary session Of the peace con.
ference will be held within a week
after his arrival in order to clear up
some of the important questions held
in abeyance during his absence in the
United States.
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Protect the Jurymen
lRv Associated Pressl

NEW YORK, March 12.-Because
Mrs. Betty Inch was too generous in
the display of her ankle to jurymen
who failed a month ago to agree on
a verdict in her trial on a charge of
extortion, she found the witness stand
surrounded by a four foot board fence
when she appeared today in the su-
preme court for the second hearing
of her case.
What is this, spite fence?" ask
ed the comely Mrs. Inch, when she
entered the court room.
The partition concealed all but her
head and shoulders when she took
the stand. She is being tried on a
charge of extorting $215 from Eugene
p. Herman, president of the Herman
Motor Truck company.
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For Wayne County by w. &. Moore
- Increasing cloudiness tonight and
Thursday. Mild wave.
General Conditions-Weathe is gen.
orally fair over the central and east
ern portion of the United States, but
a storm over the northwest is causing
unsettled weather which is developing
over the northwestern states. Mild
temperatures prevail over the plain
states, where temperatures are as
high as GA in North Dakota, Colorado.
Nebraska and Kansas. Colder wealth
er is overspreading western Canada
behind a storm Weather is severely
cold over Alaska, 80 below zero at
Eagle. A mild wave over the west
will move east and cause tempera-
lures above normal during next "a
hours.
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Women Outnumber Men in
Chicago Registration
(By Associated Press.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 12.-Women
outnumbered men by nearly 1000 in
the supplementary registration yester-
day, when, according to complete re-
turns today 133,0S4 persons eligible to
vote at the mayoralty election April
/ were enrolled.
The total number of eligible voters
now on the registration books is $685.
903, an increase of 3S,9S7 over the
registration for the mayoralty election
four years ago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-12
Swiss Recognize Czech
And Polish Governments
CBy Associated Pressj

BERNE, March 12.-The Swiss gov
ernment decided today to recognize
the Polish and CZecho-Slovak states
and to establish diplomatic relations
with them. Poland has already ap-
pointed Baron Modzelewsky minister
at Berne.
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THE WEATHER

For Indiana by the
United States Weather
B ure a U - Fair and
warmer tonight. Thurs
day cloudy. becoming
unsettled by Thursday
night.
Today's Temperature.
Noon bO
Yesterday.
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Maximum ................ 43
Minimum ................ 20
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-05

and education. The. church which
sets Itself apart from the ordinary
everyday life OF the individual rele-
gates itself to the ornamental class.
We need the practical den1onstratior,
OF the ethical teachings of religion
brought to the horne and community
life in this country ss
And that is what the Every Name
and the nationwide campaigns are
What the father preached. the son
'reiterates. carrying forward with, what
force their words may possess the
doctrines which the EPISCOPAL ma
tien-wide campaign is endeavoring
to drive home--that the church has
a mission in the new age which can
not be neglected il the vital problems
of tho hour are to be solved In the
highest interests OF the nation.
Through the campaign it is proposed
to raise more than $42.Q00.eo0 and
1900 additional workers to forward
all Episcopal activities. ,.
1t is interesting. therefore to re-
call the message which the elder
colonel left bchindi for the guidance
OF his fellow Americans. Wiling on
the duty OF public worship. he sup
med UP nine' practical reasons for
going TO church. - .'.''-t - = -
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-05
Tinker Bob k!|
|a@ gStQries 4a d
l944g&A-. byCafbsle H Aoleornb 81 g.
THE SNOW BRINGS TROUBLE.
~ Carlysle 4. Hole RIB,

When the nrst; snow OF the winter
came, the forest dweilers saw tracks
sof the Hunter and his Hound lin the
s jsek Tia Rabbit : cana :hurryins ", q
I ind Tlnker..Rob one. morning and
great danger becahse. the Hunter had
come with his friends to. hunt; and
tra p FOR a fiill season! tsg s,s. gss
#"It will be, very dangerous" said
Mr.. Rabbit. ito go forth in the day
time. for food, And when night comes
it will also be dangerous. because the
Hunters traps will be everywhere"
Tinker gEob.s:pery sad: tosg think: the
forest dwal]ers had to be ;molested
an the. winter through BY the Hunter
and HIS, friends, N s5s,ss.s ~ i "; AZ
II. 81 4 am Just teaching my 4 habtss
what 10. do when they are followed
In the snow by a man or "a dog
said, Jack the Rabbit. rtAt&
What do you do nrst?" asked
Tinker.
in the snow run to the frsti tree
or bush in sight. then run back the
same track little way. then switch
off IL circle--n,aking back tracks
every little. while until make a COM
plete circle: then j go home and let
the Hound run his head off following
the same track around and around.
But what if someone comes sud-
denly upon you unexpectedly asked
Tinker. s ~.
Then I must run fast. every few
jumps dodring from right !, to left,
until am far enough ahead to. back
t-ac'; or make CIRCLE.
"Eut suppose" said Tinker Bob,
that a, fast dog overtakes you and
comes close to your heels. Then
what would you do?"
"1f should be running as fast as
I could and a Hound was gaining
on, me so that he came close would
suddenly jump to one side and stop.
The Hound would be going so fast
that he could not stop without. rolling
over on the ground. / would turn
Immediately. back-track for few
rods End get away in the circle. You
see when. he follows my back-track
he is jus. as liable to follow the old
one as the new. He is then puzzled
and doesn't know which way to go.
While he waits to decide, I am far
awar in safety" -
You are very clever. Mr. Rabbit"
said Tinker Bob. BE sure to teach
your children correctly, less they be
captured and killed." -
. 1.-The children of the forest learn
obedience first of ALL" said Jack the
Rabbit. IF they did not. they would
soon all he lost and the forest would
be without dwellers"
/ Tinker Bob was Eiad ito know that
: the children Of the forest learned
: obedience first.
( Tomorrow-Somc New Visitors.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-05
U. S. TOURISTS Sd; a ].
ARE URGED. TO
VISIT FRANCE.

Paris, Nov. 17--(Mail. il.)-American
tourists are being urged by the gov
ernment to come to France, Hun
dreds Of thousands of them, possibly
a million. are expected TO bring here
millions Of dollars that will help to
rebuild France. Aside iron, the idea
Of cementing the two nations friend
ship through better acquaintance, the
tourist movement Is regarded by those
interested as great new business en-
tcrprisa Immediately and immensely
profitable and one that will grow.
incidentally, it is said. the coming Of
Americans who can afford European
travel at its present cost will aid IN
the various forms Of foreign financial
aid France is seeking.
4 government department called
the national office of touring was es-
tablished recently to engineer pub
licity campaign for foreign visitors
and to supervise service bureaus. to
make travel pleasant and to prevent
oycrchargins. An unofficial corpcr-
alton supported by railroads. hotels.
travel agencies and others who profit
by touring has been organized. 1t Is
the French Touring company.
Through it agents are being sent TO
the United States and elsewhere.
Americans will he offered French rail
tOfu ttketS. LE"Sci pi oSI ans .1hN
similar inforna ton.
Newspapers have not been enthusi-
as,ic over the plan. The Excelsior
said 1.-The public fears the economic
disturbances their coming might
cause" in referring to the proposed
visit of the much talked of "million
Americans" 1t explains that "everE-
thing is already beyond reach in price
and there is no room in the hotels
What will conditions be when it be-
, comes necessary to lodge and feed
these new guests who do not look at
the cost Of things?"
To remedy such conditions. the gov
ernmental agency suggests that whe''
(! heavy travel begins in April condi
tions will be more nearly normal. 4
definite plan to reserve rooms for
coming tourists has been inaugurated
already. All hotels in France. mum
bering about $4,000 have been asked
to submit their rates and to pledge
themselves not to- charge more in the
case Of the government-conduc
travellers.
The lodging difficulties and the high
cost Of everything is recognized by all
but it is believed great food of
travel will come in spite of the cost.
The governments aim is to see that
travellers are not charged more than
the information agencies estimate
and that they are give> benefit\ot ad-
vice and aid in making their stay in
France entertaining. &c .
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-05
AIRPLANES MAY BE =.
USED TO MAP AMAZON

Para. Brazil Nov. 4.-Mail il>-Air- |
planes may be employed TO map the
valley Of the great Amazon river. II
the French are successful in their ef- !
fort 10 use aircraft for surveying the !
routes Of the rivers OF French Guina,
it is Understood the Brazilian govern
ment will apply the same method to
the survey OF the Amazon and its af
fluents. A Flcncl, company is said
to have been formed in Cayenne. with
hangers on the. Maroni river. and
French aviators '--ith f'ying expert
ence' gained in tlro war are being
employed to ran TIE twenty five hy-
droairplanes said To nave been fur
nished by the government.
In addition TO nrakins macs the
ma chimes will be employed f"r carry
ing valuable freight. mails and oas-
sengers There are immense rivers
in French, Guiana which, becaus" OF
the presence OF man. rapids. arc now
only nayigah'e in canoes wh:-;' take
weeks to ira 1s,,ort fright. ov"r dis
tances which the ',ydroairr'' 'n'c' ran
cover in as man: hours. with always
large stretches OF smooth wa'rr osTer-
ing a suitable surface fer landings
and "take-offs.
! The freigh, charges are said to be
nigh. and the traffic is expected to
consist mainly OF gold. ba alto and cs-
sence Of rosewood which ara the prin-
cipai exports of the colony. The
! passenger business is not expected to
be heavy.
| These hydroairp:anes will also be
| used for prospecting the fo"eats for
balato trees which gro. in groups
/ SO t',at the foliage can. it is said. he
! readily distinguished by aviators fy-
] ing low over the tops of the forest
trees In the past the securing OF
fresh sources OF balato has heen a
work Of rnuc!, danger and difficulty
Specially trained haiato workers, vel
armed. travelling in bands Of fifteet
or twenty. have been employed to ex
plore the forests and they had to car
!, rr with then, supplies to cover man!
monthe,
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-05
Assemblyman Roosevelt Follows His
Fathers Rules Of Duty to the Church

vim and energy which he, was wont
to put into his every act, his voice
rumbled the message Of the anthem.
He believed firmly in the influence
Of religion In the affairs Of the world
and counted that man lax In his duty
and. believing, failed to- set an ex-
ample through the faith that was. in
him, by openly processing that belief.
This Is recalled by the. fact that the
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt of to-
day has just given public testimony
10 his belief in the potency fof re-
ligion in meeting the vital problems
which the world faces.
The young Colonel Roosevelt was
invited recently to address a meeting
in behalf OF the Every Name CAM
paign of the Episcopal church. which
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-05

is the contribution of the diocese of
New York to the Episcopal nation
wide campaign to arouse the Christian
citizenship Of the nation. Previous
engagements prevented Colonel
Roosevelt from accepting the invita-
ton. but he dispatched this message
TO the committee in charge of the
campaign:
II most heartily agree with the
movement to vitalize the churches.
At this time in the history Of our
country the prime need Is for action