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AUGUSTA. MAINE. MONDAY MORNING. MARCH 13. 1920.
PRICE THREE CENTS
VOTE ON ARTICLE TEN TODAY
SMALL HOPE OF ACCEPTANCE
Compromise Group
Working Desperate
ly to Secure Adop
tion of Reservation
^ith Strength
Enough to Insure
Ratification — Final
Vote Possible b y
Thursday
~ . t.rsrm. jlanh 14—The Sen
a> •» -diet on Article Tea by
«r. ' ts conceded that ratification
react treaty te to stand «-r
-..be pronounced tnmomir
u tuurumous consent agree
or-'iding Jar a final vote be
-r a O' srtaert
:*c-rauc and Republican advo
a:ef ■ a jcmpromoae. though dis
uragftd at most to the point of
.ntaepsnesfa. still ■were ■working'
•srrs:: tonight to secure adop
i . d a -eservation which would
nmand support enough to insor
•aatiun. Some of them hoped
_<>< cush: reach that end by altera
nt. r. toe Republican substitute
—-entec Friday Others hoped tne
•uorfUte as it stands would be ac
owt " roe -eqniHit.e number of
..•*31 tats But all leaden; agreed
.. • r.r*-.r of these possibility was
-"m'.tc.
v •.. toe support of the irrecon
,.a ■!■■: * :i! swung back into the
at -ar.im yesterday after
r.:iu secured a modification m
•:.::st.*ate Republican leaders
: a solid party lineup, eonflio
tt.tr majority of the Senate in
lie substitute and against
4jr v--.poaal to nange it. Scatter
r.r htmocratoc votes also are ex
help reject the proposed
uasunent and finally to secure
. -• the reservation in place
• tie adopted last November
'.tf ^"entually saw the admims
n::ot -aders will mean without
.at the treaty agam will fail
~ tatifi etion and that the .ssue of
itcc right will be thrust undecid
m 'he political oampaign.
•: ..e administration forces and
-mocrats who favor acceptance
Republican reservation in sub
tit are expected to make a fight
r.—>w to get in amendments that
~ tj r>emocratic .support white
y- senators have substitutes of
- tu on which they will tail
- rails. In the mam. however.
.«• moves are expected by the
be largely perfunctory un
~ ■ unexpected element is pro
tiie debate.
” - .imposition on all sides seemed
■ get it all ever with as soon
POKFibte and some senator?. were
redicung that a vote on ratification
might be -eported by Wecncs
a- -t Thursday.
De Forrest Keyes
Begins Action to
Recover on Wild Lands
.r equity was Sled m th«^
r.i- urncial court Saturday and
-■ s ;jerved on P-ank TV. Ball.
■ of state, by George C.
t.r ate George C. mg., Jr_ of
~. ""msei for the plaintiff in
of 3e Forrest Keyes of
■ t . -.^w York. against the
T -Maine.
.;.:ntiff seeks to recover ap
v. 5-s 'KK> for money which
re state for tax deeds for
which could not be locat
other words, the state gave
“■v»s rn.tning m return for his
The money was paid to the
the late Oramandel
latchfield was the state
'hr:-- -.ac Keyes has come to
— -g’.itature since that time 18
inking for re-onburse
the money which he paid
Keyes buying the land fbr
hue on it.
• was passed by the legis
■Ti t0 re-unburse Keyes.
- -usure was vetoed by Gov
—raid, the veto being sus
Tie last legislature gave
*■ —ght to bring action
‘ state in the courts.
.5 returnable at the Kay
Maine's 100th Leads
9°v- C oGiidge to Say
^®e Nice Things
■iamb 13—Governor Cool
' 'e ' jow*irnnr MiMIken of Maine
:~ot nday eonp»tBl«*iiif the
ij-nt or jtn 190th birthday.
' rr-Ti® said:
H-mon wealth of laaecho
^*-5 sincer* conaratnla**
the State at Maine on the
n ‘T-sary of its ahhliM
■’ .Hh von more than a con
"!«p«rlty, I wwh for you the
~ r. of •‘very aspiration that
'“two an American state. ”
yu Commander
an(i 4 of Crew Last
ln Grounding of H-l
r . ' CaL. March 14—Ltant.
.lames R. Webb and
^‘•mtiera of bur-crew were loot
•- United States eobmarlne
v‘-n: ground ax the entrance
> tc-uajena Bay, lower California.
'r to a radio despatch re- 1
Here today. ;
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HOLD SUSPECTS AT JACKMAN
FOR MURDEROUS ATTACK ON
GREENVILLE JUNCT. COUPLE
Restaurant Keeper and Wife Attacked
in Home Late Saturday Night — Husband
Shot Five Times and Dies of Wounds —
Wife Only Slightly Wounded — Suspects
Taken from Freight at Jackman—Deny All
Knowledge of Crime
SUSPECTS HELD
Jackman. Maine. Mar. 14.—William
Pomeroy and J. C. Seen were
arrested today charged with the
murder of Robert Moore and cr
dermu him i i " upon Mrs. Moore at
; GmenviHe Junction last night. The
tele.grapt. operator at the rs_lroad
station here has been notified that
tire two met: were on board a freight
train and instructed te notify the
sheriff.
When the train, hound tor Canada
polled in here Deputy Sheriff Arm
gtronp and a poss^ matit a quick
search and located the me' m a gon
dola car. The deputy ordered their,
to surrender but they made nr. mcve
I until Gran. Eoiden one nf the posse,
climbed to the top of the next tar
and covered them with a revolver
Then they gave themselves up wc
out resistance. The men will ue
taken to jail, at Dover 'nmor-ov
I No details of the alleged crime were
Known here tonight.
Robbary Probable Motive
Greenville. ile., March 14—Robert
C. Moore died tonight and “.is wife
was suffering from serious wounds
as a resnlt of an attack upon them
at their home last night. According
to the stories told by Mrs. Monrc to
the authorities two men entered tin
house forced their way upstairs, to a
-omn where her husoand was taking
a hath and opened Srr upon bun with
revolvers.
y»ve of the bullets took effect. one
entering Moore abdomen, two pene
trating his chest and two stnk.ng his
arms. Mrs. Moore said that as tier
husband fell unconscious the men
fired at ner. She was wounded in UK
head and one bullet entered each
her arms. She was about to get t
the outside door and shout for hr.
and the men ran. off.
Acting upon Mrs. Moore s charge
-bar the two men were "William
Pomerov and J C. Scott who came
here from New Tqtk iast Tuesday to
work as woodsmen Deputy She'-’ff
Rogers started a search for them.
He 'learned that Pomeroy and Sc
had hoarded a freight tram hounu
for Canada and wired orders to
Depute Armstrong to form a posse,
meet the tram at Jackman ana a -
rest the men.
Date today word was recei”ed from
Jackman that Pomeroy and Scott
had been arrested without resistant
The authorities here expressed :h*
opinion that although Moore s vrv
uables were found undisturtied. rob
bery probably was the motive for In"
alleged crime. They said they had
learned that Pomeroy had borrow d
a revolver from a resident of Grecn
ville saying that he wanted it for
protection and that both he and Scot.
nad tried to borrow money from
various persons here.
When the men were arrested they
had no weapons. They refused tc
make any statement.
DOFFERS" STRIKE
TODAY IN 29 MILLS
AT F ALL RIVER
Tali River. Muss.. Mari 14—The
Duffers' union affiliated with the
"Catted Ttextile "Workers of America
voted today not to accept a ■waare
scale offered yesterday by the Cot-on
Manufacturers" association and —n
aouaced a strike effective tomorrow
to 29 TTiidB Of tills city. The union .
mem tiers is composed of doffe-w
third handers, sweepers, and weav
ers. It was said that about 23(H) em
ployes wouid be affected.
A flat rate of 5.2f cents per 100 bob
bins was offered the emplove# yester
day bv the manufacturers but the
workers asked for a minimum ra*e
of 5.IS cents per hundred bobbins for
fining’ end a.30 cents for warpir.c.
Kr, Trank Shove president of (he
Cotton Manufacturers' association
t-wi tonight that the mills wouid
open tomorrow as usual
BARGE WABASH
FOUNDERSOFF
PORTLAND COAST
Portland. Me.. Mar. 14 -The bargre
Wabash in town of the tuer Swatara
Strunk on Richmond's Island off
Portland in the storm of Saturday
Bert waa dashed to pieces. The four
men on her took to boats and later
wore picked up by the tug. The
barge was loaded' with 110® tons of j
>-~i and hound to Portland rrom a,
coal port.** i
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HUSBAND DIES
Skc-wnegun, Mar. 14 t rp^ria. —
I >her:IT Join; A. M.ioers received a
| “elephone cal! a;>ou: 1 e clock Sun
j day morning from Sheriff Heath of
j Piscataquis county .nfortmng him
I that Robert Moor*- and ins tree Han
been siiot at ‘ireenvilie. Moore was
shot Sr? tunes and died tonight. Mrs.
Moore ■was shot in the arm, but not
j fatally
■ Moors has open a restaurant keep
er for som»* years and is woj] known
r. Greenvilie and the sit:—) unding
country. Just what caused the shoot
ing has not yet been learned. It was
suspected that the authors of the
ersme wnu.d attempt to escape by the
midnight westbound Canadian Pa
cific tram, over the border into Can
ada. and a wire was sent to Deputy
Sheriff Henry E. Armstrong at Jacfc
mar.. Armstrong hastily organized a
parr: ixianeu the tram on its ar
m a: Ja email, and got two men.
tht men wiiom the au* horities espec
ially war.: in connection with shoot
ing William Pomeroy om Xew
roundland. and J Scott of Bangor
Depart’ Sheriff Armstrong has re
mained wih the *w' prisoners, lock
eo in the immigration station ail day
’ Sunday, and will take the men to the
Piscataouis Count” jaii in Dover on
the train leaving Jackman at 2.30
Monday morning. Both men refused
: n talk beyond sa”tng they are not
the men wanted and know nothing
of the crime.
Sher-ff Mooers has tu deputies in
tipper Son rset runty watching the
tram over -he Canadian and Pacilit
-abroad uleseiy. *r. a determined ef
fort to stop the wholesale smuggling
of liquor rrom Canada, and it was
because of this fact that Deputy
Sheriff A-tnstrong was able to get
the men on such shor* notice.
Fear Further
Turkish Atrocities
in City of Hadjin
London. March 14—A dispaten to
the London Times from Con.sta.ntin
eple dated March 12 says that alarm
ing messages are ir vine from Had
jin. lying to the northwest of Ma
-aat.. saying that the remnant of tht
population of about IP.two the tnu
jorfry of whom are women, enildrrn
and aid men are ter—tSed by the
menacing concentration of hands of
Turks.
The dispute, adds that the minis
ter of tiie int-nor has mfo-med the
Armenian patriarchate that the
Turkish gcveynmenT is unable to , e
strain manifestations of nation ai
sentiment in distant provinces but
that it personally guarantees secur
tt- in the Ismid ar®a as Asia Mm >r.
on miles southeast of Constantinople,
and some 3fl* miles distant from Had
jin.
Tiie dispta :h to the Associated
Press from Constantinople Saturday
said the Armenian leader at Hadjin
had appealed for immedite relief,
s:. ing that unless help was sent tue
populace would oe massacred. In
addition to the Armenian refugees
three Amrerican women of the
American relief commission are m
Hadjin.
Hub Longshoremen
to Strike Today
Seek Wage Increase
Boston. March 14—Union long
shoremen employed at tins port by
coastwise steamship companies
voted unanimously today to strike to.
morrow in an effort to enforce de
mands for a wage advance from ST
to 8F> cents an hour and from SI to
$1.25 an hour for overtime. An offi
cer of The union will go to New York
tomorrow to see cooperation with
the! ongshor-emen> unions which art;
on strike in that city.
The docks that will be affected in
this city are those of the' Ocean
Steamship Company, the Clyde Lane
and Burton Line. The men employ
ed at the docks of the United Fruit.
Compare and the federal line will
remain at work as those companies
grant“d the increase in wages some
time ago.
Union leaders said tonight that be
tween 800 and 1000 men would walk
Chit.
The strike action was voted, it was
announced, because the companies
had take no action to adjust wages
although they had promised to do
so when the railroads were returned
to private control
! HALE REGRETS
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Inability to Preside at
Republican Convention
Wire* Chairman Ham Owing to
P"essmg Duties as Head o* Sub
Committee P~obing Naval Afhr-s
Will Be Unabie to Come to Mane
or 25th
Hon. F-auk J Ham. '-nairmar. of
_hr: Republican State comm.ttee. 5a:
xrday night received a telegram
from United States Senator F~ u
enck Hale oi Portland, staamg that
ae would be usable to act as tem
porary chairman of tne Republican
State c'invention, wdich will be ueid
a: Bangor Thursday, \tn —r 17, l*e
cauae of tus duties at W asbiugtan.
Senator Hate's Teiegram
Senator Hale s teiegram to Chair
man Ham ifc as follow?
Dear TVlr Harr.
I regret exceeding:y tc ::av‘ .a
form you that I must recall my ac
ceptance of your invitation to pre
side at the State convention on
Murrn frith. The sub comm, “.tee on
nava. affair? which :? investigating
the SimE charges and of whicn Z am
chairman is homing daily session?
and many naval officers have seen
summoned from distant points at
witnesses at the hearings.
1 had expected to finish with these
officers before the date of the con
vention but sr much time has been
*aken up us tne Senate with the peace
treaty that it :.ae beer possible to
hold only morning sessions. As a
consequence we cannot possibly gr*
tnrough before Mark filth, and I do
not feel that I have a right to ad
journ the committee and keep these
officers away from their posts of
duty.
I regret the circumstances exceed
ingly. hir you will understand that
the mu*'.er is beyond my pow**r tc
control.
I fun? appreciate toe honor that
•.be State committee conferred on me
,n asking me to Dresuie at the :on
vention. and I keenly ragr»t my in
ability to do so.
With nest winner: for a successful
convention and with full confidence
if Republican success in Septem i»*r
and November. I am.
Sincerely T turs.
■Signed' FREDERICK HALE.
Chairman Ham's Statement
On receipt Saturday nicht of a tele
gram from Washing* an to the effect
'..cat :t would be impossible for Sena
tor Hale to attend the Republican
State convention at Bangor. Cha-r
man Ham of the Republican State
committee, expressed sincere regret.
"I am indeed sorry ” said Chair
man Ham. "for w* have counted m
Senator Hale a? the chairman of the
convention. Bu* at the same time I
•an only commend our senator's de
votion to public business He finds
.1 impossible to postpone his commif
*«*e hearings and as they a re of more
vital nationa. importance than the af
fairs of ary one state, we must ac
cept our disappointment.
“At this time I cannot name tin
chairman of our convention but wf:
make announcement at the ear’.;- st
possible moment.”
Four Dead. Two
Rescued from
Wreck Str. Stetson
Hiii-ham Mass.. March 14.—The coast
guard '.’utter Acushnet rescued two mra
ton igh t !um the three-masted schooner
isian K. Stetson, hound from New Turk
for aunenaerg. X. S.. with coal, that
went aground or. Handkerchief «hoa.
four miles off Mnnomny Point Four
men w«r* drowned. The schooner was
discovered a: daylight this morning- but
how long afac- had been aground war not
known tonight as the weather had user,
thick for two days. The schooner sailed
from Vineyard Haven last 'W ednesdav
, Xo names were available. The schoon
er registered ZZ tons and hailed from
Calais. Maine.
Boston. March 14—The men rescued
tonight from the schooner isiah H.. Stet
son. wreckec on Handkercmef choa.
were the master 'William Richards, anti
a seaman. Joseph C. ‘Walking, accora
ng to a wireless message received her'.*
from the coast guard cutter Accsh.net.
, The cutter will proceed to Xew Bedford
lomorrow.
Dept. Justice Plans
“Cheap Meat-Week”
in Maine March 27
Washington. Mar. 14.—Weeks ir.
which the department of justice will
, initiate its plan to “save money on
moat" in the vartous groups of states
were announced today. Retail deai
■ ers will carrr unusual stocks of the
j cheaper cuts of meal, which custom
ers are urged to buy. The week be
: ginning March 27 is designated for
; Maine. Vermont. Massachusetts. Xew
i Hampshire.. Connecticut and P.hudc
. Island.
If customers would buy these
cheaper but “highly nutritious and
palatable" cuts during the weeks, the
department’s statements said. "The
saving effected will be tremendous
i *aa *Jmi slackened demand for the
j end iftrw popular will result in lower
i price* thereon.”
It that the postwar raim werW
requentlv of' to SO cents a pound
l higher than the cheaper meat
■i
I 8 DIE IN CRASH
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Express and Freignt
Near Bellows Falls. Vt,!
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Body o* N nth Victim Believed in
'^-ecKage — Both Engines Bae'y
W-Tctfen— hie Exsianation o* Cause
of A cc 1 cent
Bellows Fa-it ilarch Bight met
; mBt their lives as a result of a nead-on
’ collision petween a west hound Boston
and Montrea. express tram ana a fre-gm
i train on me E-utiaad rainad three
miles north of here today Anotner
man is miasm? and it is eared that his
body is m the w-eckage Five were
j killea outright ana three wno were
taken to a hospital succumbed to their
mtur-es tonight.
The body ol F-ancis J Hu2ert” a
train mar. was found in me wreckage
iahe tonight, bringing me death list to
eight. Search was continued tor A. M
! Granger a urakeman. who was missing
Tlie dead:
Incline' Georee Cad” and Fireman
tTUiiam Fat—<-!. in charge of the fre.rJht.
hegh of Eutiand engineer Cornelius
riilir-ar. ui the passenger tram, of Bel
lows tiaiir Francis J. F.atfer'y train
man arm Passengers J 5. Bent and F
* S. Bent of Rockingham. Enoch Buiioch
1 of Budiuw
Georg- ts -imondK of 3f. -ft. Bawence
sire-.t. Portland. Main*.
The Fntiand railroad m. a statement
:asu*~; tonight staid it tad not know tn«
•au.se 01 he .iccider- The freight train
£iu:e and .: was said a misunuer
iriiric of -tiers might have been re
isibie for the collision. At the raii
reaa jffiees tomghi it was said that the
dCHpatoner baa understoou that the twr
. -gains we™ u. pass at Bartonsville. sev
1 e» miles north of here, where there is
at aiding
friie dead include a father and son. f
21 and F ~ Bent, -espectfvely or Rock
ingham.
SEIZE STILL AND
3 BARRELS MASH
IN R. L VILLAGE
P~ '.ndenci- It. I. iiarrn 14. — r -ueral
n-ohibition agents tonight raided the
Hole*"Warwick in the village of A:—tic.
reld Adelard Couture, the proprietor
kin piaceti their own office m charge of
the hosteir”.
A still and three ..a:—-.1 gi. mash were
seized as was aimt whiskey and wine.”
he Bote! "Windsor .1: the same viliagt
was visited and samptes taken of liquid
found there The materia, taken at
ne Hotel Warwick tilled two large mo
tor tracks when was brought to the
tVdem. building her*
Over Two Million
Loss by Fire at
Grand View, Texas
F »rt tv art!’.. T- z. idur—.h 14.—Boss es
timated at more than ttHOD.Jtt- was cam
eu anti 1.1 * people -endered homeless
nr* which tw-jr Grand V» w this aft
ernoon. The greater part of the busi
ness sections and resiaenual portion 01
, the city was destre-'-d. Three persons
were injured wnen - building collapsed.
Taking the shape of a “V * the lire
swept through the city ami burned more
■ tan 39«* houses. Every building in the
eignt blocks of the business section was
engulfed by the flames. The wind blew
with such velocity that burning brands
were earned for miles. A farm house
three miles from Grand T ew caugnt
fire from such a brand and was de
stroy ed.
THE WEATHER
FAIR AND WARMER
Northern New Enplane: Fair anti
warmer .Honda- Tuesday fan- in "asi.
increasing cloudiness in west portion;
warmer.
.'i nidi era New England: Fair and
warmer Honda;-. Tuesday increasing
cloudiness and warmer.
East New York- Fair and warmer
Monday Tuesday increasing cloudi
ness anu warmer prouaoly ram a: .
Boston Forecast
Forecast for ponton and vicinity:
Monday fair and warmer. Tuesday in
creaaing cloudiness and warmer, num
erate winds becoming southerly.
General Forecast
i'reasrue us very low throughout Hit
central west with the center of uib
turoanre over western Nebraska. the
barometer at North Platts tonight trac
ing lS.96 inches. It is considerably cold
er in New England but warmer else
where from the plains states eastward.
In New England the weather will be
fair Monday followed by increasing
cloudiness Tuasau:
Winds: North of Sandy Hook, mod
erate variable becoming south fair
sandy Hoou to Hatteras. moderate
south. fair.
Storm Warnings
New York. March U.—The weather
bureau here tooay issued the following
storm warnings:
"Continue northwest sto-m warning
E A. M. Point Judith to Eastport.
; ■’trong w«l wrnoa will ennttnue -oaav j
^ and tonight, seshaniy with sale ftlW”
leaders of Revolution Declare Only Best Interests
of Country Scuiht—New Gov’t Not Reactionary
and No Desire for Monarchy—No Intention
to Repediale Peace Treaty-Quiet Reigns
CM MOVE
To Aid in Enforcement
. Dry Law
”o Wag* Fght Under Direction
Worid P-cniBrtion Federation—All
Creens ReDresentee in Campaign
To Woe* Among Foreign Element
New Tork. Mar 14.—A new "inn,
hient -2 enforce fedi-ral prohi
bition amendment through a cam
Pu.ct. to be waged oy the cambiaet
religious tomes or the country under
leadersmp of the World Prohibition
Federation was announced today by
P.e'- Dr Charles Scanlon of Pitts
ourgh. general secretary oi the p-es
bytenax board of tampe-ance and
moral Treifare. The ant -saioon
league has not yet .turned the cam
paign.
‘"Without regard : r> creed. party
race, sen or other distinction" said
t’r. Scanlon. "W? shall work through
ti'is mc-vement against alcohol and
al. other habit forming drugs.”
The Mali anal Temperance Society
ann the Commission on temperance
of the federa. council pf churches.
'* triLs announced, have ne^r. com
bined with the world prohibition
federation, and m addition to the
various uenommationa. agencies co
operating ;n "the crusade” are the
-kind Tempiers. Sons of Temperance.
Prohibition Party. Tmted Society for
Christian Endeavor and Irtemauon
a. Sundav School Association.
The Catholic priests prohibition
league also have joined the cam
pa.gn. it was stated. A feature of
the work will be a campoach among
the foreign speaging population
through: cMipe-aiion of file .nter
raciae comm res.
Leader of German
Revolt Bom in U. S.
New Tork. Mar. 14.—Bore in this
city m 185*. "Wolfgang Kapp chan
ce.lor of the New German govern
ment m his youth refused tD learn
German and when' be was 20 years
old and taken to that country by his
father to finish his education it was
jearned 'onigbt.
Fnedrich Kapp the boy’s father,
was active in Germany in the revo
lution of Is-is and ■dime to this city,
where he established a aw firm m
Wall street with Henry Zitz. The
firm since has been dissolved by Mr
Zitz still resides in this city.
The eider Kapp was active in pol
itics and organized a league of Ger
man-Americans for Fremont when
the latter rar. for president on the
republican ticket.
Kapp later became a friend and
supporter *i Lincoln. He also was an
intimate fnend of Carl schurz and
It Abranam Jacobs.
In 1852 he married the daughter of
the commandant of the fortress of
Coblenz in the oid hotel Napoleon.
Hoboken. She was born m Germany
ami came here at his request for the
ceremony. They Shved tp thie city
where the present chancellor and two
daughters were born.
The daughters mamec brothers
named Lichtenstein. who are at pres
ent engaged in the banning business
in Wall street.
Wolfgang was sent to a private
school which was conduced by a
Frenchman. Aooiph Douai. on the
present site of the hotel Astor.
CHANCELLOR RAPP
EXPLAINS POLICIES NEW
GERMAN GOVERNMENT
Berlin. March 14—< By the Aaso
tiated Press'—Chancellor Kapp to
day received the foreign newspaper1
correspondents in the Bismarck
chamber of the enancellory and
briefly explained to them tne gov
ernment's policy. He reiterated that
the government loyally would fulfil'
the peace treaty as far as its fulfill
ment could be reconciled with Ger
man honor and the country's eco
nomic future and added:
'"Ehe government Is not reaction
ary. It takes its stand on demne
racy. nave raised the blatk.
white and red flag to its place «,f
honor and we will suppress any at
tempt at a general strike. At Leip
zig the trial of war criminals will
proceed and the censorship will be
relaxed.
We take U»e stand point that a
Republican form of government is a
fact to which Germany must recon
cile itself. W e believe that there
must he the spShmiy return to con
satatjimal conditions.
Old Government Forced Out of Berlin
-Establish New Headquarters at
Dresden or Stottgart-Socialists aid
Working Class Appealed To—Advise
Use of Strike Weapon to Secure
Downfall of Revolution
Benin. Miir. 14. - By The Associated Preas) —The two
governments of Germany now are natcnmg wits and forces
to gam control of the republic. Dr. Wolfgang Rapp who pro
claimed the new order at Berlin and himself chancellor. is
employing all his efforts to assure the German people that
government under him and those he selects to work with him
is to be wholly democratic.
Friedrich Ebert, president of the oid government, who
with most of his ministers withdrew hastily from Berlin
when the revolting troops marched in and Rapp and Von
Luettwitz took control, is variously reported to be at Dresden
or Stuttgart and from his point of security is cal ring upon the
socialists and working classes generally, to stand by the old
government and to use the strike weapon so that the counter
revolution may be promptly suppressed.
General Strike Called
In response tc tins appeal a gen
eral strike hat been procia-ned in
tnarr places but in outer parts of
lermany the cat for a strike has not
been received with favor.
A bloodless revolution thus far has
characterized the tnrvement upon
Berlin where the people are viewing'
events with that serenity to which
they have been accustomed by the
occurrences of recent years.
There has been constant official ~e
’terauon of the statement mat the
| new government .s not reactionary:
that it. does not desire the restora
tion of the monarchy but that it has
•ome into office so that Germany
may be rehabilitated. Chancellor
Kapp. in a statement to the foreign
correspondents, saic that the condi
tions of the peace treaty would be
fulfilled, so far as they could be
reconciled with German honor and
Germany s economic condiuon.
Whiie adherents to the new gov
ernment have been promised by
some of the outside states. Saxor.y
has denareu against 1: and Bavaria.
Wurtemburg and Baden have joined
in denouncing the movement, de
•'taring it a crime aga.rafr the Ger
man peopie that the progress;' e ue
veiopmentr f the stiuthem ‘German
states should tie disturbed from Ber
lin. These states announce their
-ecoeiution only of the nations- as
sembly
The Nationa. part;, refuse?; to have re
lations with the ivnpi g..v r„m>—.. ana
the conservative leader Count Posadow
sky asserts that he will not identify
himsetf with the new chancellor Hair,
burg and Darmstadt are said to be ir
reconcilable.
The Saxon proclamation stales Ger
many is threatened with civil war on
account of the military and tariff com
plete ruin and calls upon peopie to pro
tect democratic and iawfu: government.
Meanwhile one of the great tigures in
the German nationa. life. Field liar
snai von Hindenburg. has kep; himself
m the background. Bis former ciose
associate Genera.’ Dudendorff. credited
with being the brains and moving spirit
of the German army in its belligerent
days, has had a conference with the
new chancellor 'What passed between
the men of course is not known. It is
possible, however that Ton Hinden
burg. who already is a candidate for
the presidency may loom large betore
events take definite shape.
With the advent of the general strike
proclaimed throughout German y by the
Independent Socialists aflihaied with
the trade unions and other organiza
tions. Berlin already is lie ginning to
fee! the pinch of suffering again. The
water supply has been large: y cut off
and food is scarce. Hate is are shutting
down and if the strike continues means
of transportation botn passenger and
frejAt wQi be a: ar. end. -
t»5tav Xoske. min'ater of defense In
Conti nuad an Pag* Cat. St
15 KILLED IN
FRANKFORT FIGHT
Ixroaon. March 14.—Turing the figur
ing :n r-ar.Kfor* IE persons were killed
and a hundred wounded, says an Ex
••hang» Ter-grapn dispatch rmm Berlin,
anti the police compelled to ience the
town in '-onwquence of the mod seis
ing an arms depot.
Seek Arrest Ebert
and Bauer Charged
with High Treason
Monuur.. March 14—The 3er!in cotiy ■
apondent of the Central News System
says that Irr Kupp is taking steps to
hare Efoer* and Bauer ar—estad on the
charge of high treason.
SOCIALISTS PROCLAIM
N ATION WIDE STRIKE
Berlin. March 14.—"By the Associate-..
Cress —The Independent Socialist par
ti' with affiliated trades union and. other
o’-gantaarions has proclaimed a genera.
t strike .hroughout -let-man.".
SIX DROWN
When Coal Barge
Sinks off R. I. Coast
Captain Mieoginty and Ftvw of
Crew Loot—Barges No. 7 and 10
Brea* from Tow in HnrTti—f
Gaia—Survivor* Reacn Snore ,n
Exnauotod Condition
Block Isianu. 31. I., March ~1 '~tp n n
JaiTWF MacWeenej* of 'Tharteatowc.
■Milan . wan drowneu and four or five
other men were probably lost when two
uarsrs. No. 7 and No. 10. with coa:
from Norfolk for Boston and owned by
the Cor.Bolida.rod Coal Co. of Bottler
broke c»»r of a three-barge tow and
sank s:s miles northwest of be** eariy
tudar. Four survivors from No. 10 said
that Captain ilacWeeney refused to
leave his --esse;
The survivors rowed to the West Rar
Iwr breakwater, where they landed in
an exhausted condition. They reported
tha.: the barges parted m tow ahort’v
after 1 A. M and that No. ]fi sank
within a lew mutates and *tm» Sc. 7
remained afloat. When last sighted the
tuc Oeorpes Creek with the So. 7 in
town about* 2 A. M. a ®-mile north- ,
west sail, was mow ms at the that.