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TWO BAVARIAN
OFFICIALS KILLED
KURT EISNER IS SHOT TWICE IN
THE HEAD ON WAY TO THE
FOREIGN OFFICE
HERR AUER ALSO MURDERED
Herr Auer Is Shot Speaking To Diet
On Eisner Tragedy—Two Others
Seriously Wounded
Washington.—Bavaria has lost two
cabinet ministers by assassination.
Kurt Eisner, the premier, was shot
and killed at Munich, while he was
on his way to the Bavarian foreign
ministry, and Herr Auer, minister of
the hiterioi', was shot while he was
addressing the diet on the assassina
tion of Eisner.
A dispatch from Copenhagen says
that Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian pre
mier, was shot and killed by Lieut.
Count Arcovalley, as Eisner was on
his way from the foreign ministry in
Munich to the diet. This is the gist
of a news item by way of Munich. The
shooting occurred in the Pranner
strasse and death resulted from two
shots fired from behind into his head.
The count was wounded severely by
a guard and is reported to be dying.
Eisner’s body was carried into the for
eign ministerv, where it lies in the
porter’s lodge. Soon after the shoot
ing and police authorities arrived to
investigate the assassination. There
was great excitement in the streets
of the city. The diet, which was hold
ing its first session, adjourned defi
nitly.
Kurt Eisner, who seized the reins
of government in Bavaria after the
deposition of the royal family early
in November, was a Socialist of the
more radical type, and recent reports
from Munich have been that he was
heading a Spartacan movement against
the Moderate and Conservative fac
tions in Bavaria. The Arcovalley fam
ily has been prominent in Bavaria and
Germany for years. Eisner, a Jew,
was born in Galicia and at one time
was editor-in-chief of The \ orwaerts
of Berlin. He was arrested last April
by the Bavarian government, and was
reported to have committed suicide
in prison.
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A Munich dispatch says that Herr
Auer, Bavarian minister of the inte
rior, has been shot. The shooting took
place during a session of the landtag,
while Auer was alluding to the assas
sination of Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian
premier. Auer fell wounded in the
left side and Deputy Osel was killed
and two other officials were seriously
wounded. The shots were fired from
the public gallery and caused a panic
among the deputies. The Diet build
ing is now being guarded by the mil
itary.
BLOCKADE HAS BEEN
LIFTED ON THE
GERMAN COLONIES
Washington.—lmmediate resump
tion of trade between the United
States and the colonial possessions
held by Germany on August I. 2 914,
is permitted under an order issued by
the war trade board.
“This authorization,” said the
board’s announcement, “permits all
persons in the United States, subject
to the rules and regulations of the
war trade board, to trade and com
municate with persons residing in
colonies which were owned or con
trolled by Germany on August 1, 1914.
This extensive authorization will in
clude the areas in Africa, known as
German East Africa, German South
west Africa, and Kamerun. It also
includes Kiauchau in Asia. Among
the islands of the Pacific included are
Bismarck archipelago, Caroline is
lands, Solomon islands and Marshall
islands, as well as German Samoa.
“In opening all these German col
onies to the resumption of trade, ap
plications will hereafter be favorably
considered for licenses to export or
import all commodities to consignees
or from consignors in such territory'.”
Although no formal announcement
to that effect was made, it was under
stood that the decision to open trade
with the former German colonies was
reached in accord with the allied gov
ernments. •
Prince Leopold Prisoner At Munich
Geneva. —Prince Leopold, former
commander-in-chief of the German ar
mies on the Russian front, has been
imprisoned at Munich on suspicion of
being one of the instigators of the
murder of Premier Eisner. A list of
the persons to be assasinated by the
reactionaries is said to have been
found, and it is asserted that it has
been decided to take twenty hostages
from among the aristocratics. All the
students in the university have been
searched.
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH GEORGIA.
SHORT TERM BONDS
AT HIGH INTEREST
FOR VICTORY LOAN
Fifth Issue of Liberty Bonds
Will Be Most Attractive
Investment of All, in the
Opinion of Finan
cial Experts
The fifth issue of Liberty bonds, or
“Victory Bonds” as they will be called,
will offer the investor the most attrac
tive opportunity of any issue made
by the government, according to a
tentative agreement made by Secre
tary of the Treasui’y Carter Glass with
the ways and means committee of
the National House of Representa
tives.
It is considered probable that the
bonds will pay a higher rate of inter
est than any of the previous issues,
but they will be issued for shorter
terms, maturing in from one to five
years.
The government does not wish to
assume the obligation of a high in
terest rate for a long period of years,
but is willing to pay an attractive rate
during the present unsettled condi
tions. It is expected that events will
so shape themselves in the next few
years that a holder of these short
term bonds, after drawing a good in
terest rate until they mature, will then
be able to “cash them in” and invest
the returns in business or in other
forms of securities at an advantage
ous time. For this reason it is ex
pected that the new bonds will find a
ready market.
Secretary Glass announces that an
intensive popular campaign for the
Victory loan will start not later than
April 21. It is not expected that any
definite statement as to interest tax ex
emptions or other details will be made
much in advance of that date, as con
ditions are constantly changing. But
that the new bonds will be made an at
tractive investment is considered cer
tain.
Secretary Makes Statement
An official statement issued by Sec
retary Glass follows:
“The Victory Liberty Loan campaign
will begin not later than April 21. The
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Workers Are Busy
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taxation up to a certain amount.
PANAMA-SUEZ CANALS
ESCAPE CONFERENCE
Paris. —It has virtually been decided
that there is no possibility of the Pan
ama canal or of any North American
waterway, coming before the peactT
conference as the subject of proposed
international regulations. The special
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ers, making the ground for the ex
isting arrangements between the Unit
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LANTA, GA.
“Finish The Job” Motto
Of Victory Loan Campaign
Everybody hates a quitter!
Uncle Sam is going to finish every
thing he has started.
He finished one job in France when
he helped to drive the Huns back
across the Rhine.
Uncle Sam and the Allies are finish
ing another now, at the peace table
in Europe, where they propose to stop
wars forever.
We are going to finish another at
home, by paying the big bills this
war cost us.
The Victory Loan will attend to
that. The job is not finished until the
bills are paid.
We went into this war on a big
scale, which was the only way to win.
We couldn’t provide men and muni
tions and ships and food in a hand
to-mouth way. The big scale on which
Uncle Sam went to work was one
thing that made the Kaiser quit so
quickly. He saw we were in the war
to the finish.
There is to be just one more Lib
erty loan—the Victory loan, and that
will wind up the job.
It will take around five billion dol
lars to pay the war bill. Uncle Sam
proposes to borrow the money from
his nephews, on short term bonds at a
good interest rate.
Every man in the country is to be
asked soon to do his share in finish
ing this job and wiping the slate clean.
Michigan Unable To Check Whisky
Toledo, Ohio.—The toll in
federal Qf&tteYs 'in their efforts' to
stam p out smuggling of liquor to Mich
igan was 30 arrests and four barrels,
305 cases, 20 gunnysacks, 25 suitcases]
67 jugs and 150 bottles of whiskey!
Hundreds of Michigan visitors, unabie
to get home, spent the night here in
doorways, in railway stations and in
hotels. Early cars and trains from
Michigan points borught hundreds of
persons with suitcases and traveling
bags.
German Wonder Gun On Way To Paris
Paris. —One of the German long
range guns which shelled Paris at in
tervals during the last few months of
the war. now is on its way to this city
and will be placed on exhibition in
the Place de la Concorde, according
to La Victoire. Marshal Foch, the
newspaper savs, demanded the surren
der by the Germans of one of these
guns, which was found by French of
ficers near Mayence and it is this
weapon which is being sent tp Paris.
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