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E E N I N
E I I O N
VQL. 14, NO. 18.
RESPONSIBLE
PARTIES SEEN
TO HOLD REINS
Majority Socialists and Ger
man Democrats Will
Constitute Power.
INDEPENDENTS LOSE
OUT AT THE POLLS
Result Paves Way to Sign
ing of Peace Compact
With the Allies.
Copenhagen, Jan. 21.—The new
German National assembly will
meet at Weimar, capital of the
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Welmar
Klsennch, according to the Berlin
Loknl Anzeiger. This wis de
cided upon in a conference be
tween German government rep
resentatives and tlic Prussian
ministry, after they had agreed
that the session- ought to be held
in a non-Prussian town.
Paris, Jan. 21.—Early returns from
the German elections are interpreted
here to signify a promising prospect
for the establishment of a fairly stable
German administration at an early
date. The majority socialists and the
German democrats, who are ^ie suc
cessors of the old radical party, ap
parently will go into the constituent
assembly with a big lead over the in
dependent socialists. Friedrich von
Payer, former vice chancellor and
leader of the democrats, and the so
cialist leaders, Ebert and Sche^de
jnaUn, demonstrated their ability to
work together in the old reichstag.
They also can^. Count on Konstantine
Fehrenbach, the centrist leader as an
ally in their efforts to institute a gov
ernment with ai, basis of popular sup
port.
This consummation is regarded
in all allied circles here as an indis
pensable preliminary to any peace ne
gotiations. The coming into powers of
these groups will mean- the continua
tion of the present armistice commis
sion and the probable appointment of
Scheidemann, Von Payer and Fehren
bach or Erzberger as the, leading
members of the German peace dele
gation.
(By the Associated Press.)
Berlin, Monday. Jan. 20—It is prob
able that Former Chief of Police
Eichhorn and, Hugo Haase, former
secretary for foreign affairs in the
Ebert cabinet have been elected to
the national assembly. Returns are
coming in slowly and the results, even
in Berlin, are as yet uncertain.
Berlin, newspapers,announce that a
warrant for the arrest of Eichhorn
has been issued. It is said that various
charges, prqof of which wojild make
Eichhorn liable to punishment for fif
teen years, have been issued.
The combined bourgeois parties in
the kingdom of Wuerttemburg and
the province of Hohenzollern, Prus
sia. elected .ten delegates to the na
tional assembly. The majority'social
ists seated seven and the independent
socialists none. The combined popular
vote of the socialists are 506,000 and
the bourgeois parties 920,000.
In Mecklenburg and Lubeck the
combined bourgeois parties elected
three delegates and the socialists
"'part'*] results in Berlin continue to,
show an unexpectedly large independ
ent socialist vote.
Returns Incomplete.
Copenhagen, Jan. 21.—Incomplete
'returns from the German elections
showed last night that the democrats
polled 1,234,041 votes majority so
cialists 2,603,422 independent social
ists 401,18T Christian Peoples* party
1,11-01137 the German peoples party,
266,167 and the conservatives 467,
yd7, according to -advices, received by
the Berlingske Tidende.
While the majority socialists will
have the ascendancy over, any other
single party,-the results• indicaw, the
bourgeois parties together will have a
majority in the national assembly.
•r Charge Irregularities.
Berlin, Monday, Jan. 20.—Based on
incomplete returns available' at 8
o'clock tonight .the majority socialists
at from 43 to 45 per cent of the total
vote in yesterday's election. With the
independent socialists andv the Ger
man democrats,' the majority socialists
will constitute the left of the national
'assembly with 65 per, cent of the seats.
The democratic party has made an
excellent showing and may outstrip
the centrists in the final count. The in
dependent socialists' made a strong
eleventh hour rally in Berlin and
probably will get four out of the
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seats from Greater Berlin. The ma
jority socialists will'get Ave seat* from.
Greater Berlin, the democrats two
and the three parties of the right One
each.
Numerous votes in Berlin are being
contested by the- independent, social
ist* who charge the majority socialists
-with having used an illegal1 caption On
Independent! Defatted. *$. 2g§$£
Amsterdam, Jan.' 21.—The inde
pendent socialists generally were de
ed in the' voting in Berlin, accord
to BerUn ajlvlc^p to.theYHandels-
feated in the' voting ip Berlin, accord
ing to Berlin adviegi to. thevHandels
biad. In the independent sttdngndld,
of Neu Koln the Independents polled
only 48,760 votes against 72,745 ^or
the majority socialists.'
At Erfurt the independents polled
S'i.fiOO to 18.600 -for the' majority so
1 delists. The independents, on the
otber hand, were beaten badly in
i" Dresden, Chemnlts. Hamburg, Mas
deburg, flTuremburg. and Munich..
The majority socialists, the dispatch
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atdds, -appear likely tb get forty per
cent of all the votes,, with the German
democrat party second. The national
liberals lost more than the conserva
tives and the centrist lost more than
they gained.
At 10 o'clock Monday morning the
totals in Berlin- were:
German democrats, 33,000 majori
ty socialists, 153,000 independent so
cialists, 103,000 German peoples'
party, 17,800 German nattonal party,
62,000 centrist' 17,600. This incom
plete list gives Ave majority socialists,
four independent socialists and two
German democrats elected.
Copenhagen, Jan. 21.—The German
national peoples' party has elected
eight delegates in Baden, including
Herr Dueringer, a former 'minister.
The Christian peoples' party (the for
mer centrists) elected five delegates,
one of whom is the former president
of the reichstag, Konstantine Fehren
bach: Thre'e delegate's were elected by
the German democrats, ope being
Herr Dielsch, foreign minister of
Baden.' The
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socialist democrats suc­
ceeded in electing five delegates, one
.of .whom is Herr Rueckert, traffic
minister. Ludwig Haas, minister of
the interior, was successful as a candi
date of the German democratic party.
New Constitution.
Basle, Switzerland, Jan- 21.—The
draft of the proposed new constitution
for Germany provides that all Ger
mans shall have the same rights be
fore thq .lav and that all privileges
and advantages of birth, social condi
tion or creed shall. be abolished, ac
cording to Berlin' advices received
here. The .free exer.cise of religious
practice, is guaranteed within the lim
its of molality and pu,blic order, and
no one shall be compelled to take!
part in any religious act or ceremony
or to make known his religious -con-
(Continued on page 2.)
UEBKNECHT
SHOT IN BACK
Three Bullets Killed Sparta
£us Leader, Berlin
Autopsy' Shows-.
Berlin, Jan. 20.—(By The Associat
ed Press.)—The autopsy upon the
body of Dr. Karl Liebknecht, the
Spartacan leader ,who was killed as he
was trying to escape from a^gquad of
squad of soldiers, showed that he was
shot from behind and from some dis
tance.
The official report of the surgeon
showed that the fatal bullet entered
the back of the head. A second bul
let entered the back and traversed the
lungs. The third also struck in the
back.
The surgeons declared there was
nothing to substantiate the allegation
of the Independent Socialist organ,
Die Frieheit, that Dr. Liebknecht was
beaten over the head with clubs or
the butts of guns.
Officers of the division of mounted
rifle -guards, some members of which
were in- charge of Dr. Liebknecht
when the shooting occurred, have of
fered a reward of ten thousand marks
for information clearing up the deaths
of Dr. Liebknecht and Rosa Luxem-/
burg, thie other Spartacan leader who
was killed after arrest. I
Rosa Luxemburg's body, has not
been found, notwithstanding a eon
tinuous search.
MORE FIGHTERS
LEAVE FOR HOME
1.
Combat Divisions, Famed
For St. Quentin Drive,
Get Sailing Orders.
Washington, Jan. 21.—The 27th,
30th and 37th division, including all
attached organizations, have been in
structed' to prepare for embarkation
home, the war department announced
today.
The 102nd trench mortar battery ot
the 27th division and the 316th trench
mortar battery and 346th field artil
lery of the 91st division, already have
jailed. All other units of the 91st are
now on priority and will be embarked
aa
shipping becomes availably.
Washington, Jan. 21.—Two {trans
ports, the Conia^and the Susquenanna
and the Cruiser Frederick are on the
way home from France with more
than six thousand troops.
The' Conia is expected to reach
New York Friday with nearly 8,000
troops, mostly from Ohio and West
Vlrgipia.
The Frederick is due at New York,
January 29 with
11,500
na^cretorv,Daniels
men' also
mostly eastern troops.
The Susquehanna, due at Newport
News January 30 has aboard- New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Idaho.. Missouri and Georgia tr'oops.
New York, Jan: 21.-r-Brlngi'ng
home 3,114 officers and men of the
American Expeditionary Forces, the
transport George Washington arrived
here today from France- The troops
are mostly from Ohio and western
Pennsylvania.
The transport De Kalb arrived with
621. troops. .These include meii from
Indiana, Kentucky and. West Virginia
Oh the Italian steamship Gluseppl
Vprdl, in from Genoa, were 49S offi
cers apd men of the American naval
aviation service.
CHIiAir7l£AVE FOR FRONT.
Berlin Monday, Jan 20.—(By The
Associated Prets.)—A squadron ot
the Third .guard Uhlans, according t6
the local Artwifpr left Potsdam this
norninc (or the Polish front..
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EAGLE BOATS
FAULTY, SAYS
FORD EXPERT
Declares Walls of Craft Are
Weak and Plates Likely
to Buckle.
Washington, Jan. 21.—Harry E. Le
Roy of Saginaw, Mich., formerly em
ployed as a contractor at the Ford
Detroit Boat plant, testified before
the house naval committee today that
the Eagle boats built for the navy at
the plant were seriously faulty in de
sign and construction. He said the
walls of the craft were weak, particu
larly about the engine and fire room.
When he reported his observations to
his employers, he said, they knew
nothing about boat construction, be
ing automobile builders, but prom
ised to. report the criticisms to the
Rear
Admiral
Taylor, chief 'constructor, and Rear
Admirals Griffin-and Earle listened to
LeRoy'ss testimony. The three rear
admirals recently testified to the
plans drawn and' Inspections made
by naval experts, Admiral Taylqr say
ing the Eagles had conformed to de
signed characteristics and were useful
both for war and peace purposes.
Steel plates furnished to speed up
quantity production of the Eagle
boats, LeRoy asserted, were
together and loosely bolted, insuring
buckling and corrosion in actual use.
LeRoy also criticized the character
of workmen employed at the Ford
shipyard, declaring most were for
eigners, including many Germans and
Austrians unable to speak to, or un
derstand theip superintendents Who
had to' give orders by manual signs.
SouthDakota Stops
Phone Rates Order
Pierre, S. D., Jan. 21.'—The
Dakota' supreme court today:
public an order restraining telephone
companies in. the state from ,putting
into effect the increased toll rates re
cently ordered by Postmaster General
Burleson. The rates would have be
come effective today. Arguments on
an application for a temporary, in
junction will be heard by the supreme
court on February 4.
WILL URGE LARGE
APPROPRIATION
FOR WATERWAYS
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 21.—The Mis
sissippi Vajley Waterways association
officially will, launch its campaign to
day to urge a government appropria
tion of approximately $400.000,MO for
the development of all inland water
ways throughout the United States.
The plan of the association con
templates a 12-foot channel from St.
Louis to New Orleans and a 9-foot
channel from here to St. Paul, Minn.
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NORTH DAKOTA'S NEWSPAPER
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Intimate Portrait Given of
Man Who Now Polls the
Wires at Bismarck.
INNER CIRCLE IS
IN FVLL CONTROL
Townley Reveals Himself as
Master of Effective Psych
ological Artifices.
(By Staff Correspondent.)
Bismarck, N. D., Jan,' 21.—If the
shades of Alex McKenzie and his ad
visers ever hovered over the state
house of North .Dakota, they have
long since been put to route, for there
is a new power in control out here in
Bismarck—a new man pulls the
strings, and he does the Job more
thoroughly and more successfully
before
5i?i?
than any one man ever did Deiore.
storms that rise
tvlor^c^ieP^onltruc^'an^R^i ^the^minoHty S too
Eagle a hurry, the minority is properly ana
South
madeH
His machine is heavily camouflaged remarkable as the assembly of the
with the paint of democracy, and it ..DaU Eireann." which is Irish Gaelic
travels its coursf without delay and for "irish Parliament," that will be
without trouble, never harmed by the called to order in Dublin's ancient
dangerous, or too obstreperous, or
throws sand in the gear box, the ma
chine Ms hauled in for the day, and
the engineers are dragged into the
secret caucus at night, where every
thing is prepared for the next day's
job. The next day, the machine slides
through the particular bit .of work in
a hurry, the minority is properly and
As has been said, the program will
be carried out in every detail. Why
speak so assuredly, you ask. Consid
er, for a few minutes, the inner work
continued on Page 3.)
Reading Uncle Sam's Future By Morris
e-Si
GRAND FORKS, N. D., TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
occasionally from out I mansion house this afternoon to pro-
thrown promptly ditched, and Townley et al presides Field Marshal
again are 'firmly in the saddle.
No Donbt As to Outcome.
Townley and his advisers (you
know them—Walter Thomas Mills,
James Manahan, William Lemke and
others of their ilk) have outlined a
very ambitious program for them
selves, and they are going to carry it
through. There may be "dirty work
at the cross roads" a night or two
during the struggle, some one's feel
ings may get "mussed up" a little, but
they care not about that. They've got
the program under way, and they're
going to complete it. Soon the -indus
trial commission- bill, wtytch will' give
Townley abouValf-'th'e control of the
state he wahtis the State Bank bill,
which will give him -ahd his following
control of sta^e finances the bill pro
viding for state-owned flour mills,
terminal'elevators and -Warehouses,
and the Home Building association
bill, will be reporte'd out of commit
tee (not that this is necessary, but one
must follow the legislative form, you
know), and the minority may argue a
point here and there and advise the
leaguers to go slowly and consider
wisely and fully, but the program will
come through with flying colors. The
war will be over, and the good folk
of North Dakota can settle down to
the greatest Socialistic experiment
the country has known. It is an ex
periment—even the leaguers will ad
mit that—and its working out is go
ing to be a mighty interesting study.
^imDAKOTA MILITARY SUPPORT TO FACTIONS
"DA1L EIREANN"
ASSEMBLES FOR
CONFERENCES
Unique Irish Parliament
Meets in Dublin's Man
sion House.
Dublin, Jan. 21.—Tho Seln Fein
assembly mot at the Mansion
House this afternoon. The as
sembly stood while a declaration
of independence was read, an
nouncing the establishment of
an Irish republic and demanding
the evacuation of Ireland by the
British garrisons.
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Dublin, Jan. 21.—(By the Associat
ed Press)—Probably no country ex
cept relanl
could present an episode
independent
re"
public.
About half the Sinn Peiners elected
to membership in the British parlia
ment •tfrlll participate, the other half
being in various English prisons
charged with sedition or held on sus
picion under the defense of the realm
act.
The Sinn Feiners will meet under
the shadow of Dublin castle, where
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Viscount
French, the first viceroy in many
years to give Ireland a purely mili
tary government They will meet
with his full knowledge ahd tacit con
sent ,to take measures which are pure
ly seditious and in direct violation of
explicit law.
This is one paradox. Another is
that these Sinn* Feiners. elected by
about half of the voters in Ireland on
a platform of independence from the
British empire, were chosen members
of the British parliament, but speci
fically refused to recognize that body
and to call themselves members of
the British parliament.
In the shabby Sinn Fein headquarr
tevWi srfe.ated in a decayed" old house
whicn. as at one time one of Dub
lin's firiest mansions, courteous'young
women secretaries give cards of ad
mission to today's meeting quite im
partially to'friend and foe to sup
porters of the Sinn Fein and to corre
spondents of English newspapers
who hold the Sinn Fein and all its
works anathema.
Today's program in "Independence
Hall," will differ in respect from the
solemnities of 1776 at Philadelphia.
It will he carried out in the Irish lan
guage, which is virtually a dead
tongue.
Three items are expected to con
stitute the body of the program—a
declaration of independence, a. mes
sage to the "free nations of ihe
world" and the appointment of dele
gates to the peace congress.
No one predicts any trouble or dis
order. The revolutionary flag floats,
quite freely over the homes of Sinn
Feiners in Dublin. Members of the
party expect protection from the au
thorities of the nation whom they are
defying.
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QUARANTINE TO CUT OFF THE
SOVIETS FROM WESTERN EUROPE?
LOOKED UPON Wmi FAVOR
Danish Minister Gives Opinion Of Slav Situation Before
Council League 01 Nations Plan Is Assuming
Concrete Proportions.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Jan. 21.—The peace conference now has the Russian situation
under examination, while the plans for the league of nations are being fast
brought into shape and were expected to be taken under general considera
tion for the first time when the supreme council of the conference re-v
assembled today.
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The latest information available was that ail the associated' govern-'
ments were prepared for the presentation of the plans that had been
variously formulated in response to the call for them issued last Saturday.
President Wilson had in hand this morning the memoranda on 'the
subject prepared by the American mission.
The council was ready to hear when it assembled today, the statement
on the Russian situation which Harold Scavenius, Danish minister te
Russia, was prepared to make. His views on conditions in Russia follow
ed those presented yesterday by M. Noulens, French ambassador to Russia,
who was heard by the council yesterday.
RED TROOPS
IM NARVA
Esthonians Adpiinister Im
portant Defeat to Bol
shevist Forces.
London, Jan. 21.—A notable suc
cess has been won against the Bol
shevik! by Esthonian troops operating
to. th» northeast .*f «WJ &££ ot £rpiacr«m££n«
mem recen«.a wireie at btfpK beine exoressed within
holm today and transmitted here.
They have taken thi' 1 own of Narva
on the Reval-Petrograd railway line,
together with a large amount of pris
oners.
Finnish troops co-operated wilth the
Esthonians, the statement says. A
quantity of booty fell into the hands
of the victorious forces. The prison
ers included divisional and regimental
staffs.
Leon Trotzky. the Bolshevik War
minister, it is stated, was present in
Narva during the fighting and fled
after the Bolshevik defeat.
Negotiation Under
Way For The Sale Of
1919 Canadian Wheat
Ottawa. Ont.. Jan. 21.—Negoti
ations for the sale of the 1919 wheat
crop, of Canada are under way in
London between Canadian represen
tatives and the British authorities.
Official advices so far do not convey
word of a definite agreement having
been reached.
J. A. Maharg, member of parlia
ment for Moosejaw, and Dr. MaGill of
the Winnipeg grain exchange are now
overseas, approved by the dominion
government to act as special repre
sentatives of agricultural interests.
They are co-operating with Premier
Sir Robert Borden and his colleague's
with a view to a satisfactory arrange
ment with the British government.
Concerning the purchase of Can
adian wheat by the British govern
ment, unofficial dispatches from Lon
don agree that it is quite possible
that wheat prices will be fixed for this
year's crop, but at a considerable re
duction in prices paid for the last two
years.
HERR UND FRAU
HOHENZOLLERN
WELL, THANK YOU
Amerongen, Holland, Jan. Si.—(By
The Associated Press.)—Former Em
peror William and the -former 'em
press have both so far recovered from
their recent illnesses that they are
able to resume their former mode of
living.
Herr .Hohenzollern is reported in
much better spirits.
NEWS SUMMARY
London.—A revolution has broken
out in Portugal, according to a wire
less dispatch from Lisbon.
Paris.—Germany, Austria, Bulgaria
ahd Turkey cannot be admitted to the
league of nations at present, accord
ing to an opinion by Lord Robert
Cecil. y. .,.'
Paris.—-The American Red Cross
will begin immediately the Work of
providing relief for the Russian
prisoners in Germany.
Bombay.—One hundred' thousand
cotton mill operatives here are on
strike.
Stockholm.—-ihe Esthonians haye
recaptured Dorpat from the. Bolshevist
forces^ .-1
Paris.—Authentic information re
ceived here concerning recent 'devel
opments in Russia, indicate the
strength and preetlge of the Boi
shevlkl government has weakened.
Washington.—-An offliial
from Belgrade tb the Serbian boreafc
hfcresaid popular feeling against *he
Italia*amy grows every.
Serb, Grjmt and Aonm
ir in the
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M. Sasanoff, former Russian for
eign minister has been in confer
ence with members of the American
delegation, urging the admission to
the conference of delegates from the
Omsk government in Russia, which
he represents here.
After the conference has heard each
reports as are available from men
'ftho have first hand information on
Russian conditions and has consider
ed the memoranda from. the various
governments, it will attempt to reach
some decision as to what unified ac
tion may be taken to deal with tho
situation.
U. S. Against Intervention.
In the [riwril infilling illiiniwirtirT"
which is taking place outside tffi
that
tmdv
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being expressed within that body, the
two considerations given first place
are believed to be whether to atteiript
to build a wall or establish a quaran
tine around Bolshevik Russia through
giving assistance in the setting up of
governments in the independent states
surrounding maximalist territory, or
whether to attempt to relieve condi
tions in European Russia which re
lief many statesmen believe would re
move the cause of Bolshevism. The
third consideration is the question of
extending armed aid to the forces
within Russia which are openly fight
ing Bolshevism in the field.
Of all the courses suggested it
would appear that the last mentioned
is the least favored, certainly by the
United States, ahd it seems also that
the first named is attracting support
The recent agreement of the factions
in Poland Is looked upon by some ob
servers as a step in this direction, the
assumption being that it was taken in
the belief by Poland that the associat
ed governments might consider the
sending of some armed forces in the
plan for budding a wall around Rus
sian Bolshevism so as to cut it off
from .western Europe.
The food situation in Germany also
is being kept under close scrutiny in
the same connection.
As President Wilson is convinced
that the people of all the recently lib
erated countries must be fed if they
are not to be in danger of lapsing into
Bolshevism, it is considered evident
that the provisioning problem con
tinues to occupy a prominent place
in the discussion now going on.
The- plan for league of nations are
continuing to develop and it is deemed
not improbable that the conference
will get to its first, full discussions of
that subject by the end of the week.
Paris, Jan. 21.—President Wilson
will be received by the French
chamber of deputies Monday, Febru
ary 3, at 6 o'clock in the evening.
According to present arrangements
President Polncare will accompany
President Wilson to the Bourbon
palace'where they will be received by
the president of the chamber.
The two presidents will be conduct
ed to seats in the chamber and M.
Deschanel will deliver a speech ot
welcome.* President Wilson will reply
andi his speech will be at once trans
lated into French.
Sues Moorbead Far
$20,000 ClaiauHe
Brake Leg Oa Walk
Moorhead, Minn., Jan. 21.—A dam
age suit for $20,000, filed by W. R.
Tillotson of Moorhead against the city
of Moorhead is being heard in Clay
couhty district court. Mr. TiUotsoii,
alleges that on August 2, 1917, he
tripped on a wire stretched across the
rfidewalk in front of the Moorhead
postofflce, 'breaking his right leg and
wholly
suffering injuries which have
incapacitated him. He is unable
walk without assistance.
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WILSON HIGHWAY PLANNED.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. jl.Hpt eip
tablishment of Wilson highway as
trunk road from Ely,. .Minn- id |B1
Paso, is embraced in the program of
the National Highways oonfecence,
which was begun here today.
Saint's .highway, D* M«lhM i»
Kansas .City, would' haeMM part •£,
the Wilson highway under tbf -phus*
THE WKATHEK.
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