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VOL. XXII. NO. 51.
KAPP WILL RESIGN, OFFICIAL STATEMENT SAYS
DEMOCRATS BALK
AT BAND-PICKING
BYSUBCOMNIinEE
State Senatob Claude C.
Pittman Won't Vote in
Primary if He Can't Vote
for- Hoover
BY ROGERS WINTER
(Staff Correspondent of The Joui-nal)
CARTERSVILLE, Ga., March 17,
That the subcommittee on rules of
the Democratic state executive com
mittee, selected a dangerous time to
hand-pick candidates in a Democratic
primary becomes increasingly evi
dent to one who has traveled the
state from the mountains to the sea
and made observations in a number
of the leading Democratic communi
ties.
Many upheavals were caused by
the war, and not the least extensive
and significant among them is a
breaking away of the old political
crust. Georgia Democrats are say
ing outright that they are going
to vote an independent ticket this
year if they are given a deal from
the same old deck of cards manipu
lated by the same old machine poli
ticians who have always done the
dealing. And this growing spirit of
impatience with politics and poll-,
ticians has not been assuaged by the
subcommittee’s high-handed attempt
to enforce upon Ge.orgia Democrats
the proposition that they shall not
be allowed to vote in their primary
for their choice of a standard
bearer.
State Senator Claude C. Pittman,
who is a prominent Cartersville law
yer and whose district embraces the
counties of Bartow, Chattooga and
Floyd, said to The Journal corre
spondent:
“I consider myself as loyal to the
Democratic party p.s any member of
the subcommittee'. I consider my
self capable of exercising a sound
political judgment in a party pri
mary. I would vote for Hoover in
the presidential primary if the sub
committee would let me vote as I
want to vote.-But if they don’t con
cede me that privilege, then I am
not going to vote at all, and will re
serve the right to vote as I please
in the presidential election. I have
heretofore belonged to that element
o- faction of the party in Georgia
whose leaders are supposed to be re
sponsible for the subcommittee’s ac
tion in shutting Hoover out of the
primary, but I cannot travel with
then* on this proposition.”
Patience Exhausted
Senator Pittman is neither a bolt
er nor a Republican, nor a Socialist.
He is simply a Democrat whose pa
tience has been utterly exhausted
by politics and politicians, and the
action of the subcommittee in at
tempting to hand-pick the candidates
in Georgia’s preferential primary
was the final straw. He is not alone
in his feeling that party whose ot
ficers would be guilty of such abuse
of power cannot enforce upon him a
claim for continued loyalty and sup
port. There are many others like
him all over Georgia.
What the subcommittee undoubt
edly intended was to eliminate
Hoover from the presidential pri
mary. That is to say, to put him
out of reach of those untrustworthy
Democrats who must not be allowed
to get hold of him for fear, it must
be supposed, that they would do.
themselves or their party political
harm -by voting for him. But if
the subcommittee had been schem
ing to pile up a big independent vote
in Georgia—a thing that admittedly
would be harmful to the whole Dem
ocratic organization—they could not ,
Lave picked a better method. Demo
crats in Georgia, good, loyal Demo
crats, who have supported constitut
ed party authority and stood by the
Democratic administration and been
loyal to their government during the
war, are not in any favorable mood
to be tampered with by such politi
cal trickery.
Oscar T. Peeples, one of the most
prominent business men of Carters
ville, expressed the feeding when he
declared in an editorial in the Tri
bune-News, of which he is president
and associate editor ■with Milton
Fleetwood, that ‘‘we respect our con
stituted party authority as long as
that authority is justly and properly
exercised., but when it is not, then
that authority becomes a thing de
serving of our conter-pt.” s
“Obey, Though Mistreated”
Yet his sdnse of regularity, of loy
alty to the organization, is still so
strong in spite of his resentment,
that he admits he will “bow
his head in obedience” to the sub
committee’s ruling. In other words,
he will obey the subcommittee, al
though he feels that they haye gross
ly mistreated him.
His feeling is that the Democrat c
party ought to nominate a man who
can be elected, and he does not '
Sieve either Palmer or McAdoo has
a ghost of a showing. He does not
believe even President Wilson could
be elected to a third term. He says
he"would not vote for him third
term. His opinion is that Hoover’s
ret vice to the Democratic adminis
tration and to humanity, that his rec
ord of achevement as an orphan boy
who fought his way up to success
and fame, that his public utterances
cn the’ dominant questions of tr.e
•day, constitute in the last analysis
the very essence’ of democracy, spell
cd with a small “d.” He feels that
i,_ is an insult to- his intelligence to
be told lZ- the subcommittee that
Hoover "X: not a De—’O'-rat," and to
have a lot of other meaningless for
mulas bandied around among politic
ians. He believes Hoover could win
for the party, and that the best par f y
service, the most disinterested serv
ice, that can be rendered now, is to
nominate a man who rises abov.-
partisanship and meets, the great
American demand for Americanism.
Finally, he regards Hoover as one
of the ablest business men in the
world, and his opinion is that the
United States government nee:ls a
business man as it has never needed
one before.
How the Farmers Feel
It was interesting to hear an ex
pression of opinion by Dr. R. E. Wil
son, one of Bartow county’s leading
physicians, and a man who stands
Continued on Page 8, Column 5)
®be Atlanta Sri-WteMa Smmial
MISS MARGARET (left) and Gertrude Ruane, twin sisters,
are credited with having aided in the investigation which led
to the trapping of private detectives employed by the Bergdoll
family. Gertrude was a clerk in the draft board when a de
tective is alleged to have tried to influence the girl in behalf of
Bergdoll. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll (inset) is being tried at
Governor’s Island by court-martial.
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GEORGIA FORGING
TO THE FRONT AS.
LIVE STOCK STATE
ATHENS, Ga., March 17.—That
Georgia is rapidly forging to the
front as a live stock state is indi
cated by the last monthly report of
the American Jersey Cattle club ap
pearing in the Jersey the
official breed publication. Each month
there appears a complete list es all
cows on official test throughout the
United States producing fifty pounds
or more of butter fat per month. The
animal husbandry division of the
Georgia State College of Agriculture
supervises these official tests in the
state of Georgia. The accompanying
table shows the number of cows, the
number of. breeders and the average
production for all of the southern
states having cows qualifying for
this select list:
Aver. Fat
State. Cows. Breeders. Produced.
Georgia 9 4 60.31
Texas 8 2 57.42
■Kentucky ... 2 1 52.23
Tennessee ... 2 2 51.91
Virginia .... 2 2 50.76
Louisiana ... 11 53.23
Florida 11 52.62
Arkansas ... 11 51.29
In all of the southern states Geor
gia ranks first with 9 cows in the
50-pound list. Texas, her nearest
competitor, has 8. The three next
states had 2 cows each qualifying for
the list, and the three remaining
states in the list only had 1 cow
each. It is also gratifying to know
that four different breeders in the
state own cows that made above 50
pounds of butter in the month,
•whereas, not more than two breeders
from any other state had cows yield
ing such high production. It is also
worthy of note that the nine high
testing cows in Georgia averaged
60.31 pounds of butter fat per cow.
This would be an equivalent of 70.95
pounds of butter per cow in thirty
days. In this same list J. R. Hum
phrey, of Acworth, Ga., had the dis
tinction of owning the highest pro
ducing cow in the United States on
official test for the thirty-day period
in the class of cows 3% to 4 years
of age. It\ is well to remember in
this connection that at the recent
international live stock exhibits E.
E. Mack & Sons, of Thomasville, Ga.,
had the grand champion Hereford
bull and Peacock & Hodge, of Coch
ran, Ga., had the grand champion
Duroc-Jersey boar. These unprece
dented triumphs of Georgia stock
men indicate the possibilities within
the state.
With these marvelous accomplish
ments, it is not surprising that the
400 owners of registered Jersey cat
tle in Georgia have decided to hold
a meeting in Atlanta March 22 for
the purpose of organizing a state
Jersey Cattle Breeders’ association.
Are Clothiers Profiteering?
“No,” says Mr. James D. Bell, head
of one of the largest tailoring con
cerns of America. “Most of the deal
ers are sincerely anxious to reduce
the present high costs and are sell
ing as low as they can under exist
ing conditions. The fault lies in the
present system of distribution which
requires many unnecessary expenses
and unnecessary profits which in
crease the cost but add nothing to the
value of the clothes. By dealing di
rect with the manufacturers a large
saving can be made. For instance:
the Bell Tailors, corner Adams at
Green Streets, Chicago, Illinois, man
ufacturers of made-to-measure cloth
ing, offer a three-piece, guaranteed
all wool suit for only $25.00, the
equal of which cannot possibly be sold
at retail, allowing even a small profit
for less than $37.50 or $40.00.” This
company offers proportionate savings
on their complete line, including their
fine Australian all wool F'renchback
serge, the most serviceable and high
grade fabric made. Readers of this
paper interested in buying the high
est grade clothing at the lowest pos
sible price should write the Bell
Tailors, Adams at Green Streets, Chi
cago, Illinois, and ask for a'free copy
of their big new Spring and Summer
Fashion Book No. 760, containing sim
ple charts for taking measurements,
handsome illustrations of all the lat
est New York and Chicago styles and
a large assortment of cloth samples
in many beautiful colors, patterns
and weaves. They will gladly send
them free.—(Advt.)
SIMS SAYS UNITY
WITH ALLIES WAS
SOUGHT IN 1917
WASHINGTON, March 17.—Unity j
of command of the allied and Amer- !
lean naval forces overseas similar .
to that which afterwards obtained
on the western front was recom- ,
mended by him to tha navy depart- i
ment as early as July, 1917, but'was
not approved, Rear Admiral Sims to
day told the senate committee in
vestigating the navy’s conduct of the
war.
The admiral said that efforts to;
direct a large force of American ships
and men by cable and letter from
a point 3,000 miles away, gave too
many opportunities for misunder-;
standings of messages and for their;
interception by the. enemy.
“The enemy secret- service proved;
itself t obe xtraordinarily efficient,” ;
he said.
Staff Inadequate
Nearing end of his long sttatement;
Rear Admiral Sims elaborated his i
charges that the inadequacy of his;
staff abroad prevented for several
months maximum efficiency in the
United States naval participation in
the war. He testified that he was.
unable to bring the navy depart-:
ment to a realization of the import
ance of his. post and the necessity
tor providing a large staff at the■
outset’ to compile and digest allied j
naval information and direct the;
early details of American co-opera
tion on the seas.
Admiral Sims said he arrived in
London in April 1917 with but one
aide, and immediately, realizing, the
magnitude of. task confronting him.
cabled the 'department requesting j
that three additional assistants b-? ,
sent him at once. Before he received j
ed any reply, he was placed also in i
Command of the destroyer force >
abroad, and thereupon asked so; j
three more officers including a |
chief of staff, expecting that the re
quest would be granted without I
question.
Bequests Disregarded
The last of April one officer ar
rived and was assigned to the di
stroyer base at Queenstown, Admiral
Sims said, but no word came from
the department regarding his reiter
ated requests for at least six as
sistants. Throughout June he re
mained in ignorance of the depart
ment's plans and received no further
aid, the officer said. An American
civilian who had resigned from the
nfivy in 1914 to enter in business ia
London volunteered to assist him, the
Admiral said, and this man with his
sue aide comprised his entire Lon
don staff.
“My staff then <was wholly in
adequate even to code and decode
messages to and from the depart
ment,” he commented, “much fess
attempt to compile vitally necessary
information.”
In June a medical officer was or
dered to his staff, the admiral said,
and about the same time Secretary
Daniels cabled him authority to em
ploy clerical assistance and spend
any sums needed for the discharge
of his duties, but nothing was done
regarding the officers he had asked
sent to assist him in his technical
duties.
fn repeated messages, Admiral |
Sims said he urgently recommended
that a special officer- be detailed to
the British admiralty to co-ordinate
convoy plans, but never received an
answer. Finally he detached the. cap
tain from a destroyer and assigned
l-im to his duty.
In Small Quarters
“We had reached the limit of phy& !
ical endurance,” Admiral Sims'
said. “We were established in two
small rooms at the embassy and di*
patches were pouring in on us ev
ery day. I only wish that I were
capable of describing the conditions
in my office at this time.
On July 7 Captain N. C. Twining
was detailed to be his chief of staff,
the admiral said, and another officer I
was sent to assist him.
At this period, he said, continued
differences with the department were
demonstrating the need of closer liai
son between his office and Washing
ton, the admiral said, due to his in
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ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1920.
GREATEST IN
WORLD 0? 132115
MHBESS
Committee Report Would
Provide Building Campaign
Which Would Give 11 S.
47 Capital Ships
WASHINGTON,' March 17.—Tike'
United States by 1924 will have U
r-w equal of any in the world Jf
ths program outlined in 'the appro
priation bill, formally reported to the
house today, is carried out. Chair
man Butler of the naval affairs coip
mittee said. This is in spite of the
lag reductions made in Secretary
Daniels’ recommendations.
Reports to the committee are that
Great Britain is planning very little
naval construction during the next
few years, because of the heavy aft
er-the-war burdens.
Under the present program the
United States in 1924 will have 4i
fighting ships of the first and sec
ond line, as compared wiUi sixty of
Great Britain, Mr. Butler said. The
difference in numbers wil Ibe' offset
by the fact that most of the Amexfl
can warships will be of the latest die
sign and armament. The vessels of
Great Britain will be older types.
In addition to the big ships, the
navy will than have 340 destroyers
aid many auxiliary craft.
“As an all-round 'fleet the United
States navy vzill then be the equal
if not the superior of any in the
world,” Mr. Butler said.
The house committee in the ap
propriation bill allowed $104,000,000
for construction during the next
fiscal year. This is 'to continue the
building program of 1916 which the
committee plans to complete by 1924.'
It calls for .10 more battleships at
ah estimated cost of $12,750,000 each,
ir addition to six battle cruisers of.
the latest type. The latter will haW
a speed of 33 1-2 knots, an armament
of 16-inch guns, a horsepower of 180-
000 and a displacement of 40,00$
tdns.
FAIWERSUNITE
TO FIGHT GAINS
sytownlaegr
CHICAGO, 11l. —A million Ameri
can farmers have banded together
to fight short hours and high wages
of city labor. These farmers are
members of the American Farm Bu
reau federation, the national organ
ization of which was perfected here
recently.
“We desire to point out that a
large factor in the high cost of liv
ing is the curtailment of production
through short hours, lessened ef
ficiency of labor and strikes,” the
federation formally declared.
Delegates insisted the high cost
of living is due to the high cost of
labor, and to the fact that “city labor
no longer produces as much per man
as it did before the war.”
Farmers Blaine City Labor y
“And yet,” as one speaker pointed
out, “these same short-hour workers
in cities are complaining loudest be
cause food products are higher in
price. Os course food is higher. It
costs more for the farmer to grow
food. It costs more because city
labor ' has forced up farm labor
wages, and has increased prices of
everything the farmer buys.
The American Farm bureau move
ment began about three years ago, in
Missouri. The originator planned a
first-aid-to-farmers organization.
It spread rapidly into practically
all agricultural states. Today there
are a million members.
It’s Conservative Group
It is the most conservative of all
farm groups, and is bitterly opposed
to such radical farm organizations as
the Nonpartisan league. The na
tional convention opposed “govern
mental interference with the economic
law upon which great industries are
founded.”
This was interpreted to mean that
the federation is against such gov
ernment regulation systems as is pro
posed to curb the Big Fjve packers.
The packers were well represented
at the convention. The keynote
speaker was Thomas E. Wilson, one
of the “big five.”
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Show Proportionate Sav
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tlie gasoline consumption of any mo
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gasoline bills from one-third to one
half, is the proud achievement of the
Air Friction Carburetor Co., 213 Mad
ison street, Dayton, Ohio. This re
markable invention not only increases
the power of all motors from 30 to
50 per cent, but enables every one to
run slow on high gear. With it you
can use the very cheapest grade of
gasoline or half gasoline and half
kerosene and still get more power
and more mileage than you now get
from the highest test gasoline. Many
Ford owners say they how get as
high aS' 45 50 miles a gallon
of gasoline. So sure are the tnanu
facturers of the immense saving their
new carburetor will make that they
offer* to send it on 30 days’ trial to
every car wner. As it can be put
on or'taken off in a few minutes by
any one, all readers who want to try
it should send their name, address
and make of car to the manufacturer
at once. They also want loeal agents,
to whom they offer exceptionally
large profits. Write them- today.
.(Advt.)
SENATE VOTES DOWN
IRISH RESERVATION
TO TOO TO 21
'Leaders Celebrate St. Pat
rick’s Day by Refusing to
Ask England to Set Ire
land Free
0 WASHINGTON. March 17.—The
1 senate today laid on the table the
I question of Irish independence, along
with the whole question of self-de
-. termination for subject peoples.
By a vote of 54'to 21 the senate
tabled a reservation to the treaty,
•offered by Senator Owen, Oklahoma,
t Stating that the United States under
t 'Stood that the British protectorate
. over Egypt would be ended. The
reservation carried an amendment
, recognizing the Irish republic and
• stating’ that the United States un
. derstood that Great Britain would
f also recogryzez Irish independence,
> and further amendments of the same
■ Import as to Korea, the Philippines,
- Porto Rico and Hawaii.
After Ireland,, Egypt and Korea
f are disposed of, there are many
other reservations to be considered,
: but Senator Lodge said he relieves
> .they will not consume much time.
One upon which a great deal of talic
l is likely, however, was presented
l yesterday just before adjournmexit
s by Senator Lenroot, Wisconsin. It
provides that “it shall be the de-
- dared policy of this government that
• the freedom and peace of Europe be
: ing again threatened by any power
> or combination of powers, the Unit
) •ed States will regard such a situa
? tion with concern, and will
i consider what action it will take in
, the premises.”
:. This is aiong the line of the state
s ment of policy by Senator Knox ’ast
b December. Senator Lenroot believes
: there are enough Republican votes
I 'to adopt 't.
While not many members of the
administration forces have had op
portunity ’to study the reservation
and its effect, some senators pre
dicted that its adoption would pal
liate resentment over the reservation
lo article ten, which President Wil
son has declared would “cut the
heart” from the League of Nations.
PEACE RESOLUTION
INTRODUCED IN HOUSE
WASHINGTON, March 17. —A res
s olution declaring peace bptween the
> United States, Germany and Austria,
. with the provision that a government
. I body be appointed to assist in the re-
> sumption of normal trade relations
between the countries, was intro-
t duced in the house today by Repre
sentative Britten, Illinois.
His plan provides that the secre
-1 taries of state, commerce, labor and
the treasury, with the chairmen of
' the federal trade commission and the
shipping board, shall serve on this
; trade development commission.
Castle as War Memorial
1 1 LONDON, Eng.—Standing on a
| rocky eminence and a landmark for
i many years. Clitheros Castle, Lan-
1 I cashire, will probably be purchased
5 as a war memorial.
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Governor Edwards Signing New Jersey Bill
Which Legalizes the Sale of 3.50 Beer
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( ?<eTvsJersey now has a law legalizing the manufacture, sale and
transportation of beverages containing up to<‘ 3.50 per cent alcohol
after peace has been formally declared. This photograph shows
Governor Edward I. Edwards signing the Barrett bill. Behind him,
left to right, are Senator Alexander Simpson, of Hudson county,
who handled the bill in the senate; J. Harvey Foley, secretary to
the governor, and Assemblyman Hugh Barrett, of Essex county,
Democratic leader, who presented the bill in the house. Attorney
General Thomas F. McCran will use the measure as a ’basis for a
test in the’ United States supreme court against the federal prohi
bition amendment and the Volstead enforcement act.
Would Cut Freight
Rates on Coal in
The Summer Months
WASHINGTON, March 17.—'Sena
tor Frelinghuysen, New Jersey, to
day introduced a bill requiring rail
roads to reduce freight rates on coal
15 per cent during the summer, as
a means of stimulating coal
buying in that period. As a com
pensation the bill would allow the
railroads to increase the rates 15
per cent above the normal tariff in
the winter.
The bill is one result of the re
cent senate coal investigation. Sen
ator Frelinghuysen in a- statement
to the senate on the bill said that
250,000 coal cars that are idle in
summer could be used if price of
coal and the freight rates were low
enough to induce consumers to buy
then rather than waiting until fall.
Senator Frelinghuysen also intro-
No. 1 Fights No. 2
In Ex-Wife’s Suit
To Regain $65,000
LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 20.
Former husband No. 1 acted as at
torney, while former husband No. 2
played the role of defendant, in a
suit brought here by Mrs. Ethel Rich
to recover $65,000 from Robert B.
Rich, No. 2. No.. 1, Leon Samuels,
acted as counsel for Mrs. Rich. Mrs.
Rich says she gave the money to No.
2 during their married life, but that
he has refused to return it since they
have chosen separate ways.
duced a bill creating a federal coal
commissioner, to investigate coal dis
tribution, sale and storage; and an-\
other repealing war powers over coal
distribution conferred on the presi
dent by the »Lever act.
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GERMHIII SOCIALISTS.
AND COMMUNISTS
PLAN ODN PSCT
List of Killed mid Wounded;
in Various Cities Is Grow
ing-Confidence Felt in
Ebert’s Restoration • '
700 Killed, Hundreds
Wounded in Revolt ‘
Nearly 700 persona have been
killed and hundreds wounded in
fighting resulting from the Ger
man counter revolution since Sat
urday. Unofficial dispatches re
vealed the casualties distributed,
as follows:
Kiel, 400 to 500 killed, many
wounded; Berlin, 60 killed, large'' <
number wounded; . Dresden, 59
killed, several hundred wounded;
Essen, 30 killed, 80 wounded; Ha
gen, 29 killed, many wounded;
Frankfort, 20 killed, 200 wounded;
Duisberg-, 14 killed, 80 jvounded;
Leipsig, 9 killed: Hanover,
“some” killed: Schwerin, “bloody
fighting;” Breslau, Hamburg,
Weimar and Gorlitz, “fighting.”
BERLIN, March 17.—1 t Is officially
announced that Chancellor Kapp at
1 o’clock this afternoon decided to (
•resign.
SOVIET RULE AND
RUSSIAN PACT PLANNED
LONDON, March 17.—Independent
Socialists and communists In Ger
many have commenced a violent agi
tation In favor of a soviet republic
and an alliance wit£ soviet Russia,
according to a Berlin dispatch to tha
Exchange Telegraph company.
MANY KILLED AND
WOUNDED AT DRESDEN
NEW YORK, March 17—(Sum
mary of European Cables to the As
sociated •Press.) I—The 1 —The forces of ex
treme radicalism are asserting them
selves in various German centers.
There are increasing Spartacan dis
order's and growing talk among the
radicals of the possibility of utiliz- •
ing the present disturbed conditions
to establish sovieu rule.
(The list of killed reported from
numerous Germah towns and cities in
clashes between demonstrators and
troops is mounting into the hundreds.
There has been no direct confirms- .
! tlon 4of last night’s reports of 400
, killed in a bombardment of Kiel by a
warship, but there are apparently re
liable reports of 100 killed and 300
■ wounded at Dresden, probably more
, than 100 killed in Berlin suburbs ami
the killing of from a half dozen to
a score of persons in others of the
; twenty-four German centers where
i clashes have been reported.
Expressions of confidence in the
speedy restoration of the Ebert gov
[ /eminent to complete control ’ come
from the headquarters of that gov
ernment in Stuttgart. Minister of
i Defense Noske is quoted as declaring ;
he expects with the aid of his troops *
to secure the return of normal con-J
ditions in gix or eight days. I
MACHINE GUN FIRING
. IS HEARDIN BERLIN
LONDON, March 17.—Machine gun ;
firing was heard in Berlin between
11 and 12 o’clock last night, says a
message to the Exchange Telegraph
company today from the German
capital. ■;
During the day a detachment of
soldiers passed through the 'ferunnen- .
strasse, headed by a band playing, ;
‘Heil Dir Im Siegerkranz.” Workmen •
immediately charged the troops and ,
a skirmish ensued in which a number i
of men were killed and others
wounded, the message adds.
At Spahdau sixty-nine persons, ;
nearly all workmen, were reported
killed, and the fighting is continuing.
The correspondent reports that big
trucks are constantly passing through
the streets loaded down with armed
soldiers who point their guns in the
’direction of the sidewalks.
ALLIED FORCES ON
RHINE SUFFICIENT
MAYENCE, March 17.—Marshal 1
Foch and the allied commanders have
decided the allied forces now along
the Rhine are sufficient to meet any
emergency caused by the German rev
olution. Foch has returned to Parle.
PROMINENT GERMANS
TRY TO SEE KAISER
THE HAGUE, March 17.—Several,
prominent Germans arrived In auto
mobiles at Amerongen yesterday for
a visit to the former kaiser, accord
ing to advices here. They were not
admitted to see their former emperor •
despite repeated attempts.
1 Considerable excitement was caus
ed here on Sunday by an attempt by
a mysterious German woman to visit
former Emperor William. She ap
peared at the gates of Bentinck cas
tle but was denied admittance and
later had a conversation with the
steward at the castle, leaving a bou
| quet of flowers for Count Hohen
i zollern.
I • There , were rumors that her name
! was Kapp, which is the name of the
chancellor of the new German gov
ernment, but there is no confirms.- \
tion of this report as yet.
The former emperor is still engag
ed in sawing wood and has not been
permitted to leave the castle even
for a visit at Dooiyi since Saturday. '
CURED HER FITS
Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 916.
Fourth street, Milwaukee, Wis., re
cently gave ou,t the following state
ment: “1 had suffered with Fits /
(Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doctors
and medicine did me no good. It
seemed thsit I was beyond all hope
oS relief, when at last I secured a
! preparation that cured me sound and
j well. Over 10 years have passed
! and the attacks have not returned. I
j wish every one who suffers from this
terrible disease would write R. P. N.
I Lepso. 13 Island avenue, Milwaukee,
j Wis., and ask for a »bottle of the
I same kind of medicine which he gave
I me. He has generously promised to
j sepd it prepaid, free to any one w'ho
| writes him.”—(Advt.)