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SENA TE FIGHT BEGINS
TO A PPRO VE 2. 75 BEER;
WALKER SCORES DR YS
llival Tally Leaders for the
Compromise Measure,
Which Is Introduced.
HOT ATTACK ON SWEET
Speaker Assailed for Oppo
sition to Bill Sponsored
by Returned Veteran.
FAIH PLAY IS DEMANDED
3rj Mocking Col. Gillctt's Ef
forts to Get a Hearing: by
Assembly Committee.
f"-ni to The tics A.vn tw Ions IIkgaid.
lbant, March IS. .Denied a eom
ro.ttec hearing in Iho Assembly on tho
ii' w compromise neer bill, Col. Kan-.-cm
II. Gtllett, Republican, appealed
to-day to tho members of thnt body to
'get behind" the measure adopted by
ihe wets In tho Legislature and forco
1- through in splto of tho obstacles
j-.lared in its way by the dry leaders.
The action of the Assembly commit
tee in declining a hearing was con
demned in the Senate as "unfair mid
l.rejudiced." Col. Ransom said ho had
"n informed that perhaps a hearing
might be arranged some time next
junnth, and added:
' It looks to me as if they were try
Jig to put off action just long enough
to tottle up the new bill in the Rules
nmmittee, which takes charge ten
il.iys before adjournment.''
Speaker Sweet Is chairman of the all-j-owerful
Rules Committee ami it is
conceded that any liquor measure which
reaches that body will stay there unleA
forced out by a majority vote overriding
tho Speaker.
After withdrawing his own beer and
1'git wlno bill. Cot. Glllett Introduced
tv-,;.vy tho r.cw 2.75 beer bill, to be
" mwn as the Wallter-Glllett measure,
s-nator Walker, minority leader, offered j
In the upper house. Senator Walters,
i' .i jurity leader, approves tho Mil and
it win pass tnc renair
Why don't ou Get behind this brer I mhoiw 01 a mitimon tniCKliig ron
Mil nnd put It over?" Col. Olllett asked 1 ''ern and that the whiskey and the per
1n b's letter to tho Assemblymen. , '"Its for its withdrawal were Riven into
'V.-ery one knows 2.75 beer W not in- their chirge at the mme time,
tixl. atlng and. therefore, why wait for Although the agents of the lw suspect
i:.e supremo Cuurt to act? i whiskey plot, nothing- could be more
"The State hires u to make tlir laws
and hires the Judges to Interpret them.
Why not do our Job as well as we ran
jnd stop worrying about the court?
What huslncss is it of ours what the
toiirt does next July when our con
ttituents want action now?"
Senator Walker in presenting the new
imasure assailed Speaker Sweet and the
Assembly. Ho said :
The Assembly, after giving a bear
ing on the Thompson-SIacer Indecent.
iii'lnicro and hypocritical cniorccmem nave transportation permits. He pt
MII now refuses to give a hearing on l mittcd them to start for Xew York.
t'ie bill introduced by Col. Glllett. I , however, when it was explained to him
1 "Pe the committee for this house hav- 1 that a tranr.portation permit had been
lug the hill In charge will not go that issued and would meet the consignment
lai in obedience to the bigots, or to In Xew York.
irrv fnvnr with those, narrow minded .fn, h mnic imi ift him iwiri
lifisons who are trying to control this i
legislature.
"It i3 dbgrareful that after llstnlriK Vork di-partment of hi service ami ask-
to one side for more than four hours.!, h, to ,nvestleBte Bradley and
4ii- J?;lIUl iviunuo c.cii
f a hearlnc to one of Its own ninl
CeC?sCa?mL "un vLa. demand
lor that bill. If the Senate cannot have
i Jnint hearing with the Assembly It
fouM at least go on record as favor
Ji 6 a hearing.
1 li ir not in mind tho Speaker of
t Wfinbb alone v, lien I refer to tlie :
1 prejudiced control of that body ; oU u ,)o)nts, in yew jrrney rnforce-
l i.e.,,, the man at the head of the mpnt 0lTl0P1.s paC(, nl, wvdnesday
Mtl--.iloon League, who comes hete , tMr(,,nK for u, al,d although their ai.
; . I , -nrs orders on what bills of mem-! tomobos WPrp on aH ,n(1 ,,r,icpni
' . hi he heard. I hlghwavs, no trace of the trucks was
if h majority does not agree with .ti"h(. llp
ol .idlett let's know it but nnd out, j.vd,ral" ngents. in charge of U. Ed-I-
otlng. If the doors of opportunity i .,
I de.ency nro closed on one side of j
ol we must see they are not,
I hm-.i here.
The Mute Liquor Dealers Associa
t m, la understood to have Joined with
t e Anti-Saloon League in opposing the
i w J 75 per cent, beer bill, being dls-
itisfli'd because In the compromise ar
r .rtr.e.nt the 10 per cent, wine provl-
on lut been droppe.d.
iittcj Tiro Liquor Hill.
' - lur M -1, X, w Yen. Krmi.i)
' 1 h is t, March IS. Two other Honor
h 1,
v-,.. tntrodiKi.d to-day. Assem
l.l
in lluichill offered a measure pro- !
'"lins that all liquors containing more
1 in 4 p.-r cent, of alcohol by volume
1 -I'-lared Intoxicating ami the sale
1 'nt Ihiirrl, and Mr. Lelnlnger offered a
hill making it a misdemeanor to manu-t'i-tm.
and sell liquors containing more
'iian one-half of one per cent of al
oh.i The latter bill allows the manu
aetnrr. of beer at home.
It i.i regarded by the "drys" as prob
We that all liquor dealers would bo de
l'chtel to have tho sale of whiskey and
'"her hard drinks defined as merely a
lni 'kmeanor.
ANDERSON ADMITS
PLOT IN DRY FIGHT
rfses G. O. P. Caucus as
Weapon Against Beer Bill.
!:ant If. Anderson. State superln
t'tTtir ni nf the Anti-Saloon League, In an
f" n let'nr to the Bepublican State Com
r last night, declared tho only way
pinv could uvoid blame in conncc-
" ii i, me prouioiuon iigni in Aioany
ln have a party caucus against any
1 .ind wine bill.
'.t h loer uill is passed by a Republl-
' " '.esiidature. In which they have
" iifii-enths of the Assembly," ho
- '-'I -the party as such will be con-
i. , Kln.
1 - - Mr Anileinon made this confes-
' rh,. vntl-Saioon I.eugue." In?sald.
iiely .set out at the opening of
so to uitiss up the situation
' ' " .i t'io Democrats hnvliig the wet
- 'ii ijied ny their platform declniH
ti... P., puhllians will he beaten In
M.ii. next (all unless they come out
..irrl fur law enforcement and up-in-lnc
thr Coiihtitution. We think wo
' e nlrcjdy mado about that much
n " iiut wc can make more If it is
r.ece-sary."
8 BOOZE TRUCKS
ROLL INTO CITY
Arc Ornbliccl, Along- With
Maryland Crews, Before a
Drop Is Spilled.
U. S. PERMITS
Mystery Surrounds Itich Cargo
With No Claimants at
This Wild.
The long arm of the law thrust
from a parage in 60," West Forty
nlntli street yctcrday halted the
progress of eight motor trucks and
seized 12,600 quarts of fine old Mary
land rye.
More than 12.000 quarts of the
cargo of the trucks came from the
warehouses of the I'Mkersville Dis
tilling Company of Plkcrsville, Md.,
and the remainder from the Stewart
vafs In Hlghlandtown, In the same
State. Tho Plkersvllle contingent was
addressed to Henry Hradley at the
Forty-ninth street garage, and the
Hlghlandtown treasure to Dennis Carr
at the same address. It was because
the proprietor of the garage never
had heard of Bradley and Carr and
because tho Federal agents can get no
trace of them that the liquor Is being
held.
In charge of the liquor when It ar
rived In Forty-ninth street were six- ,
teen ncgroe3. two to each truck. They '
bore permits for tho withdrawal of the ,
whiskey from the warehouses where It
was put upon the trucks, but no pipern
granting them the right to carry it
from State to Suite. The drivers dr not ,
know Bradley ir Carr. They explained
when the whiskey v. as Mken under Gov- '
eminent protection that they were sent
to the Maryla id distilleries from the
ii"in- inni, mo manger in wmcn tnc
liquor made Its overland Journey to this
city.
The truck., of a massive pattern, and
all eight of them travelling together,
left the Slate of Maryland Tuesday
night and reached Philadelphia at noon
Wednesday. There thev were Ktnrmeil
by Leo A. Crossen, chief prohibition en- '
lorcemeni agent mere, wno was at nrst
inclined to hold them for orders from
i higher ur. because lie drivers did not
ln t),e direction of this city. Mr. Crossen
sent a telegram here notifying the Xew
'Can. Then no leiegrHpnea Droaacaei
'over tho State of New Jersey, requesting"
, i. be s,oppd thclr I
It would sepm difficult for a caravan ,
of eight trucks, laden with barrels, and 1
the Maryland whiskey train was not
. .,... ii,ii,,lf.lnhi;, nnri M
ty-nlnth street garage. They had little
tilfflculty n identifying the whiskey
caravan when 11 came roiling up xo me
garage like a travelling circus. The
man In charge of the trucks told Mr.
Hall that E. Charles Gladding, an offi
cial of the company which operates the
trucks, started for this city from Bal
timore a day after the whiskey did and
would make it clear that everything '
was nerfectly regular when he arrived!
here. The negro said Mr. Gladding was
had been delayed by some mishap. Mr. '
Gladding, he said, had the transports-
t'on permits and doubtless would con- '
duct the authorities to Bradley and Carr
as soon as he reached lorty-nlnth
street.
WHISKEY BANDITS
GET 1,128 QUARTS
Another Attempt to Steal
Carload Fails.
Lextn'oton, Ky., MarcJi IS. Seven
men, masked with black handkerchiefs,
except mo who wore white, raided thc
! eld Tarr distillery warehouse at thc
! point of revolvers, forced two ffuards to
unlock the warehouse, and stole ninety
four cases of whiskey seized In January
at Versailles, Ky.. alleged to bo tho I
property of It. E. Wathen & Co., Louis-;
vllle.
"W'e liave come after our whiskey."
the bandits declared, according to tho
guard. They took It away in an auto
mobile truck.
PirrsBUTto, March 14. Thieves to-day
attempted to steal tVhlskey valued at
$200,000 from a car In the Pltcalrn
yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
near here. They had cut a hole In the
roof of the car and were taking out thc
cases when surprised by a detail of rail
road police. Fifteen arrests were made.
Th- whiskey was being sent from Louis
ville. Ky.. to New Vork city.
Mnrylnml Asnlnst l'rohlliltlnn.
Ass-atoms. Md.. MarcJi IS. Thn pro
hibition enforcement act waa defeated
to-day in the House of Delegates by a
vote of 33 to 6!.
.11' I HI K tnUTHEHKOnn TO SPEAK
In Hippodrome In hert chfierlnir locturei,
"Mllllona no living will never die." Sua
dar mil, Fr. All lovltd. Air.
TREATY TO FAIL;
IRISH SYMPATHY
WINS IN SENATE
Lodge's Modification of
Article X. Reservation Ac-'
ceptedby 51 to 26.
j FIX A L BALLOT TONIGHT
;
i Gerry Resolution of Erin's
Recognition Adopted Af
A130AKD fop Bittcl. Debate.
BRYAN'S PLEA IS IX VAIN'j
1
Rnfnsnl to Batifv Covenant
Refusal
by Margin of Eight Votes
Ts Predicted.
Gerry's Irish Resolution
As Appended to Treaty
WASHINGTON, March 18.
Senntor Gerry's reservation
to the peace treaty, adopted to
day, reads:
In consenting to the
ratification of the treaty
with Germany, the United
States adheres to the prin
ciple of self-determination
and to the resolution of sym
pathy with the aspiration of
the Irish people for a gov
ernment of their own
choice, ndopted by the Sen
ate. June 6, 1919, and de
clares that when such gov
ernment is attained by Ire
land, a consummation it is
hoped is at hand, it should
promptly be admitted as a
member of the League of
Nations.
.iprrbl t Tun So M Nr.w Youk HeiiaUi.
Washington1, March 18. In a nerve
racking and spectacular session lusting
far into the night the Senate cleared
the way to-day for final action to-morrow
on the German peace treaty.
After the Lodgo reservation to
Article X. had been adopted an at
tempt to obtain unanimous consent
that a voto on ratification be taken
to-morrow was blocked by Senator
Lonroot (Wis.), leader of t.he mild
reservaUonlsts. The Senate adjourned
after 11 P, M. Most leaders predicted
thnt a final vote would bo reached late
to-morrow night.
To-day's proceedings strengthened
decidedly the probability, now amount
ing to substantial certainty, that the
treaty will be rejected. It is expected
to lack about 8 votes of the number
necessary to ratify.
President Wilson apparently has
, .. ., t0 lnflueiico the'
slvc" ,up a" clTo" 10
otuio o ,v i-i"vviw
have been passing between him and the
Senators throughout this final chapter
of the treaty tight,
William Jenning3 Bryan after two
ton to induce the Democratic Senators
to desert the President and ratify the
treaty with tho Lodgo reservations
left to-night for New York apparently
having given up the fight.
Hoover' Appeal Ignored.
A statement issued to-day by Her
bert Hoover favoring tho ratification
of tho treaty with reservations at
tracted almost no attention In the Sen
ate. It served to emphasize the deter
mination of tho Senate to go straight
through with Its programme of reject-
Ing tne treaty,
stttimr a a committee of the whole
th(J adoptRd thc orlKlnal fourteen
Ige reservations and added a new one
by Senator Gerry ( Ft. I.) expressing I
America's sympathy for Ireland and the
h thlt wl)en Irelanrt attains self-gov
v . , . .,.,.. ,..,
'e'mmcnt she will be admitted forthwith i
to tho League of Nations. The fight
over this reservation occupied most of
the day. It finally was adopted In the
committee of the whole by the vote of
33 ayca to 36 noes. A separate vote
on It was demanded later In the Sen
ate, when It again was adopted by 45
ayes to 38 noes.
Remit nf thc Roll Call.
The roll call of tho Gerry resolution
follows:
For Adoption Republicans: Borah
(Idaho), Brandegee (Conn.), Capper
(Kan.). Colt (R. I.). Curtis (Kan.).
Franco (Md.), Frellnghuyscn (N. J.). ' ment knew of It.
Gronna (N. D.), Johnson (Cal.), Jones!
(Wash.), La Follclte (Wis,), Mclean j Wiekingex. Holland. March IS The
(Conn.), Mr.Nary (Ore.), Moses (N. II.),' people of Wlerlngcn to-day are mystl
Norrls Neb.), Sutherland (W. Va.) and . fled regarding the movements of Dutch
Watson (Ind ) 17 torpedo boats off the coast in the Zulder
Democrats: Ashurst (Ariz.). Gerry j7'- W!.r!,n,frn' ,w!?.erc former
(R. I.). Gore (Okla.). Harris (0a.), I Crown jTlnee William of Germany re-
Ek SriTk" .ffiffSW'X'rs
K"Ark.K Government. To-day another
gent (Idaho). Phclan (Cal), Plttman "jf; ;
(Nov.). RAnsdell (La-). Reed (Mo.).
Sheppard (Tex.), Shields (Tenn.), Smith i
(Md.). Smith (S. C), Walsh (Mass.) and j
Walsh (Mont.) 21. !
Total for adoption. 3S.
Against Adoption itepublicans: Itall
(Del.), Caldcr (N. V.), Cummins Ma.) ;
Dillingham (Vt). Edge (N. J.). Elk!ns .
(W. Va.). Hale (Me.). Harding (Ohio).
Kellogg (Minn.), Kcnyon (la.). Keyej
(N. II.). Lenroot, (Wis.), Lodge (.Mass.). .
New (Ind). I'ago (Vt.). Phipps (Col.). I
Spencer (Mo.), Sterling (S. D.). Towns-,
end (Mich.) and Wadsworth (N..V.) 20,
Democrats: Beckham (Ky.), Dial
(S. C), Fletcher (Fla.). Gay (La.),
Continued on Third Pagt.
EBER T IS AGAIN IN CONTROL IN BERLIN;
NOSKE IS RESTORING ORDER IN CITY;
12 DIE IN DEMOLISHING BARRICADE
U.S. ARMY HELD
AT 299,000 MEN
House Passes Reorganization
Bill by a Vote of
246 to 92.
A IB CORPS IS SEPARATE
Appropriations St2 5,000,000,
or Less Than Half Asked by
War Department.
WA.smxf.-roy, March 18. A peace
time army of 299,000 enlisted men and
17,800 officers was approved to-day by
tho House in passing the army re
organization bill by a vote of 246 to
92. The mensuro . now goes to the
Senate.
Efforts to reduce the authorized
strength to approximately 225,000
men and 14,000 officers, substantially
the pre-war authorization, by Repre
sentative Dent (Ala.), ranking Demo
crat of the Military Committee, were
defeated, 222 to 115. The House also
voted, 16S to 138, to reverse its pre
vious tentative decision to establish u
separate army construction corps.
Construction activities were continued
in the Quartermaster Corps, as were
transportation and procurement of
supplies.
No material changes in the military
system outlined by the national defence
net of 1916 are provided by the new bill,
the numerous changes being In details.
The principle of flexibility of organiza
tion, adopted during the war, Is carried
Into the permanent establishment, men- 1 over with tho precision of ciocKworK.
cal organization being left to Presidential , The Turkish newspapers and the Fnr
regulatlons. I eign Oflice are so heavily censored that
The combat force Is fixed by the bill !
At 1:50,000 men ami Includes the m
'antry. of which the tank corps i a
part; tho oavalrv, artillery and awatlon,
the last as u separate corps, is is the
chemical warfare service. v.itioual
Guard provisions are changed to author- .
lie Federal recognition or companies i
having fifty recruits. The chief of mi
litia bureau of th" War Department,
now a regular officer, would be ap
pointed from the National Guard under
tho bill.
While an army of moro than 300.000
Is authorized, the debate dlftcloed that
it was not expected to raich that
strength for some llmo and that ap
propriations would he on a smaller basis.
Representative Mondell, Republican
leader, told the IIouc Uiat the army ap
proprlation for the next year should not
exceed $125,000,000. or les th'in hall
asked by the War Department under Us
proposal for more than a half million
men. The appropriation measure Is ex
pected to be computed for 1S0.OO0 men
and 17.000 officers.
. n
RAISER GETS NEWS
OF KAPP'S FAILURE
Lights Shine Through Castle
Windows Until Early Hours.
Bv the Asfociattd rrtts.
A.meronoe.v. March IS The former
tJertnan nmrwrrr remained mi last nigh
long after the others in Hentiink Castle 1
Had sone 10 do ews or me rauure or
Hie Kapp levoli'tlon reached htm in the
1 evening
For several days pst the fugitive
ruler of Ocrmmy had been In a state of
1 excitement over the events In Berlin.
, Iist night he retired to nls apartment
early, but the lights In his wing of the
castle shonn tl.iough the windows until
I early this morning.
Bv the AtsoHatid rrtn.
The Hague, March 17 (Je!acd).
The Dutch Government was taken se
verely to task for what was declared to
be Its leniency toward the former Ger
man Emperor In a debate In the Second
Chamber of Pitliament Deputy Schaper,
Socialist, said he was dissatisfied with
lncrfaso , tllP aboll, tI) forn,r
i;mporor was not enough and Count Ho-
he.niollern's pledgo not sufficient
Deputy voh Havensteyn, CnmmunH.
flleclareJ bat the Government's policy of
sllenco had strengthened the general be
lief that the former Emperor came to
Holland originally with Holland's silent
approval. Count Hohenzollern. he said,
had been permitted to live the quiet,
asy life of ft retired country gentleman.
Other persons whom th Government
considered undeslrablo were Imprisoned
and maltreated ln concentration camps,
even when provided with good passports,
the Deputy asserted. Other Deputies
wanted to know how long the Hnhen
zollerns would be allowed to stay In
Holland.
Tlio Premier said the Government
long ago had stated It knew nothing In
advanco of the former Emperor's coming
and not a single person In the Govcrn-
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THRACE'S TURKS
BEGIN A REYOLT
Commander at Adrlanople De
fies Constantinople and de
nounces Armistice.
PEISAL CROWN UNSTABLE
Britain and France Bcfuse to
Recognize Title and Invite
Prince to Explain.
London. March IS. The V.vcning
Standard says it learns tho comman
der of tho Turkish troops in Thrace
has refused to accept ordcrsifrom Con
stantinople, has renounced tho armis
tice and purposes to establish a gov
ernment in Adrlanople.
The British and French Govern
ments have notified Prince Fcisal, son
of tho King of Hedjaz, that they can
not recognize tnc validity of the de
cision of the Damascus (..ongress wnicn
proclaimed him King of Syria. Premier
Lloyd George said in the House of
Commons to-diy.
Tho Prince, the Premier added, has
been Invited to come to Europe to
state his case.
Bv the Attoctaitd I'reit.
Constantinople, March 18. The sec
ond day of the interallied occupation of
Constantinople passed with entire calm.
The French and the Italians had only
small force here nnd they are far less
active than the British troops.-whlch are
i excellently organized and took the city
it Is Impassible to obtain tnc autnoriia
ttve Turkish view of the situation.
Turks with whom the corresondent
spoke, however, were free in declaring
their opinion that Constantinople was
about to repeat the history of Cairo;
that the British would remain in Tur-
Key a.i they have done in ligym
Among the prisoners taKen were
Kssad Tasha, Nationalist leader, and
Mohammed Pasha, who was Minister of
War Just before tlio great war opened
and has been the chief organizer of the
propanganda for an American mandate,
Manv other political prisoners whose
names havo not been announced as yet
will be sent to Malta, to which many
other Nationalists havo been deported.
lloth the Turkish and foreign popula
tions are largely In the dark concerning
the world situation and are Ignorant of
the details of the peace conference de
cisions resm-cting Turkey. The persist
ent attempts of certain local papers to,
prove that all disturbances nnd unrest
in the Near Kast are duo solely to the I
failure of tne uimeii niuics iu .13.11111,
the mandate for Turkey havo become
distasteful to lesldent Americans.
Meanwhile the Krcnch and Cngllsh
newspapers here are featuring Paris
and Ixmdon despatches which allege
nes nrn "'"Be 1
the United States
the expectancy that
will assume responsibility In restoring j
order in thc Near East.
Thn ceneral on nlon expressed among I
Americans here In touch with Near East I
conditions is that the occupation was j
prompted more largely oy roimc.ii mm
humane motive:
,
BROADWAY SHOT UP
i
BY MOTOR SPEEDER 1
One Man and Several Win
dows Struck by Bullets.
One man wan shot and scores of lives
were endangered early this morning
when a man in an automobile, using a
revolver on which was fastened a "si
lencer," rode north in Broadway shoot
ing holes in large plate glass windows
Policemen were warned to watch for
him and arrest him on sight. -He was
believed to be si striking g'lazlcr. out to
wreck plate glass windows.
Edward Irfiuchalre, ss years, a cnaur-
fnttr. ,f -inn TVii'knrrl j-lrent. T.nnrr T.olnml !
U.itv wa3 tlio llrst man struck by one ,
..it,, -"w ..... ,
f the soundless pistol's bullets. He was
shot In tho right leg as he walked through
Tenth avenue near Fifty-fifth street. He
heard no report, but saw a touring car
flash by at the momont tho bullet hit
him. He was attended at Roosevelt Hos
pital.
The first shot, it appeared, was fired I
at tho window or FranK campbolls
undertaking establishment at Broadway
and Sixty-sixth street. Tho bullet
whizzed by the head of Charles Mount
of 128 West Sixty-seventh street. A
dozen persons wcro near him. As he
turned his head Mount saw a man, hold
ing a revolver, sit back In the tonneau
of a big touring enr speeding up the
thoroughfare.
Mount's repoct to the West Sixty
eighth street stntion was followed
quickly by a second front a policeman
nt Broadway and .Seventieth street. The
window of thc United Cigar Stores Com
pany's storo at that corner had been
thattered. Fragments fell at the feet of
paHseraby. A third report came from
Broadway two blocks further north,
whoro a window In the store of George
Plumls, tnink repairer, had bten broken.
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Bolshevik! Say Alaska
Seeks Rule by Soviet
fptcial Cable Pttpatch to Tub ScX ind
Ji'bw Youk Hiiuld, Copynglit, 1M0,
bv The Sun ind New Youk IIehild.
PARIS, March 18. A Soviet
wireless despatch from Mos
cow picked up hero to-day Bays
that the people of Alaska arc
seeking to break away from the
United States and set up a Bol
shevist government. It says:
"It is announced that the
population of Alaska are seek
ing means of separation from
tho United States and are pr-.
ganizing a Soviet republic."
This is tho first indication re
ceived here that Lenino and
Trotzky agents arc busy in
Alaska,
CIVIL WAR GRIP
ON PROVINCES
Severe Fighting in Mulhcim
Seven Reported Slain
in Plauen.
RED ARMY OX MO YE
Communists Control All Rhen
ish Westphalia Industrial
Districts.
Betxin. March IS. Serious news is
coming to Berlin from tho provinces
to-day. Bitterfcld, Saxony, Is re
ported to be in the possession of
Workmen's Councils, and the whole
of the r.henMi Westphalia Industrial
district to have turned Communist. A
lied army Is reported to Ikj marching
from the south on Munntcr. Severe
fighting Is said to have taken place at
Mulheim, and toven persons are re
ported to have been killed and fifteen
wounded at Plaucn.
Falkensteln Is in tho hands of Com
munists apd Melnlngcn and Langen-
salza are In control of tho workmen.
There were conflicts between troops
nnd a mob yesterday in the Xeukoeln
quarter as a result of attacks by a
mob on tho military pickets, some of
whom were thrown Into a ravine. The
troops were summoned and dispersed
tho rioters.
Copenhagen-, March IS. A telephone
rom mmbure to-day said
tnore was V0,ent chtlnc between troops
and students on the one side and work'
men on tho other proceeding at Kiel.
The message said the workmen were
attacking with bombs, ' hand grenades,
machine guns and trench mortars, and
th. ,,., wrann.o h.Kl been killed or
w(mnJM.
A despatch to thc licrlingsU Tidende I
,, ,T.K,, .uof rfiirinp ticht. '
7, " "tebOT
ra)roaj station twenty peisons were
Wed and many others wounded. Thc
l troops remained in possession of ttu.
towll,
A despatch from Halle says an ar-
worcd train and shock troops of the
regular army In automobiles and motor
i,nri,nn,l nf Hsleh-n. Saxonv. where lted
lorries were sent ycsieru.ij ueis"
t i i r i rrii.-i ..itui-tofiK mlrlu
that the troons took the Elslchen sUtlon
after a lively night of fighting and that
further advances are being made, by
Sburand e'ngagrd the reVo.mlo j
arles.
Bv the Attoelaltd run.
Tub Hacub, March IS. lleporta re-
celved hero from tho Rhino provinces
aro conflicting. The .Viettr fo(terdom.cie
Coiirmit reports severe lighting at Elbcr-
feld slnceM o'clock this morning. Spar-!
tacans having stormed thc town hall at ;
K.irmen and seized the anns tored 1
...t..i ...m.i., u. v.lKrn1,,
llltlf, ,tn.aviru mv it,,,,.,.. l i,wvt.v.
.,",, uuini itcly captured thc town.
Tho Uandelsblad takes tho view that i
no one should bo frightened by de
apatchos announcing that. Soviet repub
lics have been proclaimed here and there
ln Germany. Tlieso proclamations, says
the paper, are only the work of troops
and armed laborers, supported by army
descrter -whoso political convictions
"depend largely on a couplo or hundred
marks and a pleco of bacon." i
"They occupy a town hall, chasa out
tho trembling burgomaster. Install
themselves comfortably behind the sreen
table and proclaim a Soviet republic."
the newspaper adds. ''This Is only a
matter of a few minutes, but to chase
tho whole government away It would
take longer."
In Ttnstook Mecklenburc-Schworln. bv 1
,bmn uim Rfnrmrft thn ni.irn nn.i I
then announced that they had pro
claimed a Soviet republic Is reported by
tho llandr.Uiblad'a Berlin correspondent.
Nearly tho whole of western Germany
Is ln tho hands of Extremists, the cor
respondent adds. In Cuxhaven, a Soviet
republic has been proclaimed. In Bax
ony and Wuerttemborg there Is Bolshe
vism, he says, as well as In Mecklenburg.
IOSDON, March 18. An artillery bat-
itery at Wetter. Westphalia, has heen
, wiped out hy Spartacans, according to
' an official Rt-rlln despatch filed Wednes-
ifay afternoon. The SpnrUeans killed all
the officers of the hattrry and nearly
;i)l the men. the desp.itch says.
. Orllclal despatches say that thc situa
tion in Munich, whero a general strike
Is reported, ts serious. There in onlj a
few dajn' food supply in the city and
tho peaMnts are declining to send in
more food until the fltrlko Is ended.
The advleea add that the strikers
have demanded the release of all polit
ical prisoners, and that the police are
to be supplanted by organized workmen.
FRANCE IN FEAR
OF HINDENBURG
Danger Seen That He May At
tempt to Intcrvono as "Sa
vior" of Germany.
AMBASSADORS IX SESSION ;
' j
Marshal Foch Appears Before;
Them to Discuss Situation I
Across the Rhine.
I.Ai:ni3NClS HILLS.
Staff CorretjtMVient of The Sun and Nrw
York HtntD. Copiriaht, IfcJO. by The
SrN and New Youk Hmuld
Paris, March IS. All eyes are now
on Field Marshal von Hlndenburg.
With disorder and revolt spreading
throughout Germany, tho timo seems
ripe for htm to take command in tho
guise of the "savior of his country"
and through tho advocacy of compro
mise measures attempt to rally behind
him partisans from both sides. But
this, in the eyes of tho Trench, would
be a mere mask for military control in
Germany.
With the disappearance of the mailed
list as exemplified in tho militarist
movement by Dr. Wolfgang Kapp and
Major-Gen. Baron von Luettwitz the
spectre of Sparticism .now is rising in
many parts of Germany, with which
the Ebert Government may be too
weak to deal, thus paving the way for
a Hindenburg dictatorship, and tho
Marshal'H communications with the
Kapp mow-mcnt when it was in force
and with tho Ebert Government
seemed to be a part of such a move.
The same was seen ln tho offer of
Kapp and Luettwitz to retire in favor
of the Vice-Chancellor, which reports
received here ascribed to tho ulti
matum by tho Independent Socialists
to Kapp that a Soviet Government
would be set up.
All reports show that utter confusion
reigns throughout Germany. President
Ebert dismissed Gen. Merker for his
negotiations with Berlin, this dismissal
occurring while Merker was on his way
to Stuttgait with an offer of new com
promises. With such chaotic conditions obtain
ing In Germany, the Council of Ambas
sadors decided on Tuesday not to bend
the letter drawn up recently demanding
guarantees of safety of the control mis
sions. Premier MUlcrand wanted the
letter sent to both Kapp and Ebert, but
other members of the council voted to
await development until to-day, when
Marshal Foch appeared bofore the coun
cil. The situation ln Germany was dis
cussed. Tho Allies have not taken any
action so far except to Instruct the mil-
itary leaders to preserve order in nil
. i . ..
placM Vmn V0 .zon0 01 . "P"10"'
and at the same time to abstain from!
k,i. 1
In consonance with this the entire
French press, Including Georges Clemen
ceau's newspaper, L' Homme Libre, ays
the militarist upriilng makes one thing
necessary, and that is tho disarmament
of Germany. Thc view Is expressed I
v i upiwcvu,
tlint thr
that the Allies havo no right to Inter-1'
fere In Germany's political convulsions
or developments, but that the present
pht.ava, ,,rovC!j tho rcrn of leaving
"-any with guns to be used as play
things. Thus, says L'llommc Libre,
there should be enforced every clause
of tho Treaty of Versailles and the dls-
armament clauses should be made even
raore drastic than they are at present
,
j
MnHiKS rrt...
Paris. March IS. The later' news ,
from Berlin has given rise in IMrtti to
th .-rtnli- Irtn h;it thn Tinlltlrml mnvp- !
w..... ,
tnent toward the party of tnc ricjit js
likely to result, if it is successful,
In
the election of Field Marshal von
Htndenburg as the next President of
Germany, and that tho power then
would have to be shifted from the So-
clalist.1 toward the conservative ele
menta Replying to demands for a discussion
t .. sum to-itav: "I liavo noth nir to
report concerning tno events mat arc
happening In Germany. As re.ginds our
own action and common action by thc i
! Allies, tho French Government ha-
Jtaken and will continue to take every
Initiative for safeguarding our Interests
and wcurlty.';
mier. said ho counted u)on the Govcni-!
nwnt to sec to it that the Treaty of ,
Versailles was complied
with by Ger-
many In all particulars.
LADY ASTOR PLACES
WIPJS lV arhPIA 1 1Q.M
But She Believes Ideal Con
ditions Are Far Off.
London, March 18. Lady Astor, M.
P., made a declaration to-day In favor
of Socialism 'n an address at a meeting
of women employees of the civil service.
1 hopo some day we sha1! all be 0
cialists," said Lady Astor. "It is a far
better state than the present, but wc
arc a Ions w-ay from it yet. That is the
tragedy of It. We do not ficvo enough
of the communal spirit."
DANGER IN WET FEET
You ron avoid colds by Ukln Fthtr
John'a ittdlclm to build itrenfth, Aiv,
Jtoguliirs Guard Streets,
Kapp's Soldiers Firing on
Crowds as They Leave.
LABOR IS DISSATISFIED
Demands Disarmament of
Troops and a More Radi
cal Government.
WORKERS VEER TO LEFT
Democratic Leaders Say Pco-
plo Have Triumphed nnd
Urge New Elections.
lly the, Attocinted Prett.
I!ehmn, March IS. The libert Gov
ernment Is again in control in Berlin.
Vicp-Chancellor Schlfrcr. in whose
linntls the Ridden retirement of Dr.
Wolfgang Knni temporarily plnccd
the administrative power, and Gustav
Nosko. Minister of Defence, are en
gaged ln hiinglng about order In the
city nnd restoring activities to their
normal basis. The full Cabinet Is
expected hack in Berlin Friday.
Regular troops loyal to the Kbert
regime are guarding the streets, and
detachments of them spent part o(
tho day lu tearing down wire en
tanglements and biirricadcs which tho
revolutionary soldiers had erected ln
profusion. In this connection there
was an unfortunate accident, where
in the firing of a mine to destroy .1
barricade nt Kottbuser, in south
eastern Berlin, the explosion killed
twelve perons and Injured twenty
eight. Ilaltle Troops Klrc on Crovtd.
Tho Baltic troops, leaders of the
Insurgent' bands that marched into
Berlin Saturday morning, took ven'
geanco on tho jieople who hooted and
Jeered them In Wilhelmstrasse and
Unter den Linden. They were lined
up for their departure out of the
city, and after withstanding the Jeofo
for n time more or less impatiently
they opened lire, wounding several
1 The crowd rushed to take refuge ii
the Adlon Hotel, where the wounded
were treated.
After the troops had pas-sed the
Brandenburg gate they tired a part
ing volley with machine guns, wound
ing a score or more, and the terrified
mob again rushed to tho hotel, the
gates of which wcro torn down in tho
ensuing panic.
Dr. Kapp's descent upon Berlin nnd
ftis fnihseauent retreat have nerclol
""""""t it nun uui piiuin
fated
n T'arllnmpntnrv rhnoo which
. . . .... . , . . .
promises Indefinitely to clog tho legls.
latlve machine and thc activities of
I the National Assembly. The coalltloi
parties must construct a new Cabinoi
which Is expected to reveal at least
half a dozen new faces, with the pro,-
. f f, Mlntttnrlnl flian.
"" ... ' . 6
U!? A result of the June elections-
, The Assembly will not be dissolved
! immediately lwcuuso it must first ap
prove the budget, dispose of further
taxation measures nnd tho law de
creeing the nationalization of the
1 '
'aw-
Pnnlshmcnt for Knpp.
-., ... ..
llieio are conlllctlug reports con-
eerning amnesty for the late rebe.-t
and this matter iromii stormy
1 .1, .....t t..,. Al. .
'"'--'" " viuiii iui-vuiib iu iiut
j Assembly, as Ihe popular feeling in
Berlin favors severe punishment for
Kapp and his adherents.
Xo gTcat Improvement in tlio eco
nomic situation is to bo observed us
yet. Tlio railway men have resumed,
but the organized workers generally
".- uchmhu uic uiou.iiu.i-
mem. .-i uw, aim u,u inclusion
In the Government of moro radical
elements.
One otitcoirie of Dr. Kapp's brief
reign Is a greater tendency toward thc
Left among the workers, nnd it is
generally believed that the comlni:
v ertlon!? will return Independent So
clallsts in greater force.
Kapp's coup
was thc greatest disservice ho could
havo rendered to thc Conservatives
who now arc discredited and dis
trusted. mt J V-1 i t . . . .
i mo ceusorBiup iiaa ran mica ana
tho newspapers are allowed to appear.
d'AfTalres, has taken tho first oppor
tunity to publish an emphatic denial
that tho Allies gave any support or.
sympathy whatever to tho Kapp Gov
ernment. Tho Independent Socialists' . immlt
tee has issued a manifesto, saMnq In ef
feet: "Tho counter revolution hut been
suppressed
but the Btiuer-Nn-ke Goi
crnmont Is tr1ng to restabll?'i the old
rfgime by cowardly crmpnimi.-c An
otlier Junker, von Secoht, r pl.i'-es the
Junker Von Lucius iU A .lle of ife
Is maintained and tho Prtis.an Gov
ernment has Intrusted the protection of
Berlin to the Retehswohr and the Se
curity Guard, which, means Uiat a mili
tary dictatorship persists.
"Thero has been change In the tj-