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PRESIDENT WILSON PUSHES LEAGUE OF NATIONS WORK
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Seattle Tied Up by General
Walkout—Troops Sent to
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: *SEATTLE, WASH., Feb. 7.—No
move had been made today toward a‘:
! settlement of Seattle’s general strike
called yesterday by organized labor
in sympathy with 25,000 metal trades
men who have been idle two weeks.
Labor leaders declare they will re
fuse to confer with Henry M. White,
United States immigration commis
sioner and Federal conciliator for
this district, who, with two other de
partment of labor officials, has been
designated by the Government to
seek a settlemefit. Since the strike
gt the metal tradesmen White has
made repeated effor:s to find a
ground for compromise between the
workers and employers and emergen
ey fleet corporation. Two vice pres
idents of the American Federation of
Labor are reported on their way here
from the East and anothenis declared
to have arrived here for the purpose
of aiding in settling the dispute,
No Move for Conference.
So far no official move has been
made by either side to seek a confer
ence,
Seattle business men and Mayor
Hansen are net expecting an early
settlement of the strike. The belief is
general that the strikers will weaken
one by one, but not as an organiza
tion. Already many members of the
~electricat-workers’ union working for
the municipal electrical plant and the
Puget Sound Traction, Light and
Power vCompany have disregarded or
ders of their organization and have
remained on their jobs. Despite the
sinister signs of war at every hand,
peace prevails,
Seattle’s “revolution,” as it is called
by strike leaders, after 24 hours’ ex
istencg has been marked by its ex
treme quietness, Not a ripple of vio
lence has appeared anywhere, ac
cording to the police and Federal
authorities.
With the anger of a city slowly rising
to the belief that “this is Bolshevism,”
Seattle awoke today with thousands
focdless, with thousands more ma
rooned either in their suburban homes
cr downtown where hotels could not
accemmodate them and restaurants
frowned emptily at them with closed
doors, with armed troops ready with
the police for quick call, while grave
“trouble ig ever brewing.
Industry is still utterly paralyzed
as the result of the general strike
yesterday in sympathy with the Metal
'Prades Union—which is challenging
the Macy award. PFifty-fve thousand
men cre idle. The situation is tense.
With tMe belles zrowing that Seattle
has been picked as the seat of the
first Bolshevist “revolt” in America,
citizens are beginning to coliect in
littie groypu about the deserted streets
end mutter,
. M"yor'l Statement.
Mayor Ole Hansen vcarly today is
. Bued a statement in which he said:
“Don’t let a few radicals disrupt
our entire industrial life. Operate
your businesses, open your stores,
publish your newspapers, and I will
see to it that you have ample protec
tion"-—this grimly as he called at
tention to the fact that 1,000 soldiers
hava arrived from Camp Lewis at
viovernment order; that he has 1,000
specia! police armed and machine
gurs mounted on automobile trucks.
In so far as industry is concerned
the situation remains that of the first
bours of the strike. Street cars are
dead in their barns. Only one news
paper has heen published since the
general walkout Restaurants are
c'osed and nct evan the scup kitch
ens planned by the striking union
men to feed their own. members are
in aperation and labor is a vietim of
its self-made hunger
Elevators hang lifeless in ofMce
buildings, shipping is crippled and
avery phase of industry in which un
fon labor is represented is affected.
In Tacoma the strike has grown al
most to the same proportions as In
Seattle, and there, too, the War De
¥partment was dispatched troops to
aid the authorities ig preserving or
der,
Striker Is Found Dying
Fromra Bullet Wound
(By International News Service,)
LAWRENCE, MASS,, Feb, 7..~The
first death in connection with the
textile strike occurred early today,
when Blaggio Venturo, 41 years old, a
striker, died from a bullet wound.
The police believe Venturo was shot
by a fellow countryman during a
wrangle. He was found dying and
unable to say who was responsibles
A new method of attack was adopt.
ed by the strikers and their sympa
thizers when the mills opened today.
Bottles, glasses and other missiles
¥ were thrown frogn windows on work
ers on their way to the mills and on
the police. Three arrests were ma-de
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Full International News Service
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Frighten Aviators
Uplooking Atlantans were rather
surprised Friday morning to see
four bigr Curtiss airplanes sailing
due west at an altitude of about
2,000 feet. A reception committee
from the Chamber of Commerce
was even more surprised when the
aviators ta“ei] to drop in for a so
cial call, evidently thinking this
was Birmingham or something. But
there was no anti-aircraft battery
here to fire a shell across their
bows, so they went on.
The squadron of airplanes was
that commanded by Major Albert
D. Smith ani bent on mapping out
an aerial mail route and making a
record flight from coastto coast
and return without changing mo
tors, or a tire. There are <ight men
and a dog in the party. They lgft
San Diego, Cal., on December 4, fly- J
ing over (‘alifornia, Arizona, Texas,
Lcuisiana, Alabama, Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, and on to
New Yorg, a distance of 4,500 mies.
The trip was made in 55 hours, fly
ing time,
After ‘»e arrival in ‘New York,
the machines were overhauled and
some small repairs made to the
wings, but no change at all was
needed in the engines. Then the
return trip was undertaksn, with a
determination to beat the eastward
record.
The airmen spent Thursday night
in Columbia, 8. C., and left that city
at 7 o'clock Iriday morning. A
wire from Columbia stated that the
party probably would land in At
lanta, and the aviation committee
of the Chamber of Ccmmerce
planned a rousing welecme. The
committee husticd out to Hast Lake
and cpened its arms then apened its
eyes. It had to open its eyes to see
the flock of birdmen go sailing by.
The only eonsolation Chamber of
Commerce members got out of the
situation was the probability that
the aviators had been teld about
Atlanta’s towering skyserapers and
felt like they had to be 2,000 feet up
to safely glear the town.
Grins and
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Dav’s News
SEATTLE, WASH., Feb. 7.—By
shining the shoes of their fellow
pupils of the Summit school in this
city at five cents a shine, the Shoe
Shining Club was able to donate
sls to the Armenian and Syrian Re
lief Fund. The club has two stands,
one for boys and the other for
girls. Funds for all sorts of char
itable campaigns are raised by the
shiners.
URBANA, OHIO, Feb. 7.—!’3l!'&]
Mail Carrier Robert S. Middl®ton
was the owner of a valuable cow.
She took sick and baffled the com
bined efforts of two veterinarians
and finally died. A post-mortem
was held and wire nails and barbed
wire were found in the stomach,
“I did not know there was a goat
strain in the breed,” was Middle
ton’'s comment.
STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, Feb. 7.
An undershirt button saved the life
of James Casali, Steubem’flle sa
loon-keeper, when he was fired at
by an enraged Italian patron after
an altercation. The bullet struck
the button, imbedded it in Casali's
breast, an inch from his heart. The
bullet fell into his ghirt.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 7—All school
children in this city have been ap
pealed to save tinfoil, and the child
having the largest ball will receive
a prize. The tinfoil is to be melted
and the proceeds will go to devas
tated France,
PITTSBURG, ¥Feb. 7.—For one
black eye, $108.41. That's the award
given Nicholas Contis by a jury
here recently. Nick is satisfied, but
he doesn’t understand the 41 cents,
“Guess the jurymen had to have
their little joke,” he said.
CHICAGO Feb. 7.—'Vampires
and homewreckers,” beware! Mrs,
Josephine H. Lawrence, superin
tendent of Socia! Service, is com
piling a list which inecludes names
of hundreds of men and women
who are home-breakers and disturb
happiness of others.
AURORA, ILL. Feb. 7-—~A new
way of reforming husbands has
been adopted by two Aurora wives,
They had their husbands arrested
and had the .court grant their re
quest to “intern” them In jall until
after the saloons close July 1,
PITTSBURG, Feb. 7.--A soldier
whose power of speech was lost,
due to shell shock, recovered it
while engaged in a poker game,
according to a Heutenant just re
turned from France. “Maybe he
held four aces and got another
shock,” one of his hearers re
marked,
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ST. LOUIS, Feb, 7.—Four auto
mobile bandits today held up Louis
Cohen, president of the Cohen Gro
cery Company, and after severely
beating him escaped with $3,100,
Parents Defend Secret
Society of Tech Students
Parents of Tech High students who are
members of the secret society, 8, T M.
whieh ecame into the limelight recently
when two candidates for membership were
injured during an mm‘ginn. have taken
up the defense of the sofiety, as has also
fts alumni membership Mrs, L. P. Ros
ser, of No. 21 West 16th street, whose son
belongs= to the society, sald that as the
boys held their meetings in their homes
after school hours she did not see how the
school authqrities had any right to inter
fere. The vm:rnd students were J. M. Moo
C‘ummrh and Edward Van Winkle Young
MeCullough is sald to be suffering from
concussion of the brain. .
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SERGEANT W. N. SHERIDAN
Veteran policemen whom the Police
Board contemplates retiring on the
ground that they have outlived their
usefulness have let out™W roar of pro
test. They are as good as they ever,
were, and, by gum, they'd like to see
the color of the man's hair who says
they are not! Listen to Sergeant W.
N. Sheridan:
“Look at me,” demands Sergeant
Sheridan. 'l'm as good a man as
there is on the force. ] never felt
better or spryer in my life, and I am
ready to grapple with a stick-up man
or anybody else who comes along.
I've had many tough batties and have
always come out on top, without a
scar. Do you think I'm too old for
active duty?” |
The reporter had to admit that he
did not think so. In fact, it looked
like it might be dangerous to express
any other opinion, even if he had it.
Sergeant Sheridan does look fit, de
spite his 65 years, of which 38 have
been spent on the police force. Fur
thermore, he takes his regular turn as
patrol sergeant and frequently acts as
captain when some younger man is
lald up for a day or two. Although
not the oldest, he has gerved longer
than any other policeman. |
Sergeant Sheridan is one of the|
eight policemen summoned before
Chief Beavers to show cause why they
should not be retired as too old or
physically unable to perform their du
tles as peace officers. He appeared
Friday before Dr. J, P. Kennedy, (:ity‘
health officer, for an examination. Dr.
Kennedy will report on the physical
condition of all eight men at a meet
ing of a special committed of theé Po
lice Board Monday night, and then
the committee will make its recom
mendation’ to Couneil.
Sergeant Sheridan believes that he
will be permitted to fulfill his ambi
tion by rounding out 40 years in har
ness,
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General Slowing Doiwcn
Of Industry Reported
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 7.—~A general
and unexpected slowing down of in- |
dustry of the country is reported this
afternoon by the Fedeéral reserve
board in its January ana'ysis of husi.
ness conditions throughout the coun
try.
Frices, in general, “are falling to
some extent, but not enough to stim
ulate manufacturing and trade” the
board reports in its monthly analysis,
Sketches of Ireland
To Be Shown at Library
Water and color sketches of Ireland
will be on dlnplug in the landing de
partment of the Carnegle Library next
week. The plctures are the work of
Miss Blondelle Malone, of Aiken, 8. €.,
who is vigiting here, Miss Malone
went~from Paris to Ireland at the out
break of the war, and it was during hep
year of travel on the Emerald Isle that
she painted and sketched the pletures
to be displayed. .
COPPER MINERS' WAGES QUT.
JEROME, ARIZ, Feb. 7--Loecal
cop per enmpanies announsed u.mc.
tion of 75 cents per day in w of
mines and smelter workers today,
due, tham toAr;go'::‘ Wcflofl in
' .copper
m‘ are affected by the wage cut,
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1919
~ (By International News Service.)
JACKSONVILLE, Feb. 7.—The five
alleged “con” men arrested here sev
eral days ago charged with swindling
winter tourists out of large sums of
money by a clever horse race bet
ting scheme, and held by Federal au
thorities succeeded in having their
bails reduced from $20,000 to $5,000,
which they immediately furnished.
They were arrested, however, as
they were leaving the jail by the
police from St. Augustine, where they
were taken to answer a charge of
violating State laws. The Federal
and State authorities are determined
to put a stop to the “fleecing” of win
ter visitors to Florida, even if the
visitors are willing to be taken in
by the “con” men.
The men held are H. C. Mays, alias
H. C. Sands; C. H. Meyer, E. C. Col
lins, J. Eaton, Edward Phillips and
George Franklin Clark Mays is
chief of the gang, and carries a card
in the Y. M. C, A. of New York City,
through which he gains the confi
dence of the intended victim. Dur-
Ing the last two years more than
$2,000,000 has been filched from tour
ists The gang does not work in
Jacksonville but infests the smaller
winter resorts along the east and
west coasts,
SIOO Reward Offered
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For Crawley Outlaws
Rewards of SIOO each for Information
leading to the capture of George and
Decatur Crawley and Blalne Stewart,
who killed B. F. Dixon, deputy United
States marshal, in Union County, Jan
uary 9/ were offered Friday by Gov
ernor }lnru*v The Crawley brothers
and Stewart still are at \ur{p-, after
having baffled Government officers and
soldiers from Camp Gordon, who chased
them into the mountains and surround
ed them. Two of the (Pawleys were
captured, but the other two escaped.
The Governor also offered a reward
of 500 for information leading to the
capture of unknown party or parties,
who murdered Homer J. Davis, nephew
of Senator Clay, in Cobb County, July
18, 1918 Davis was found dead on a
road eight miles above Marietta the
morning after he is sald to have at
tacked his father-in<law, Davis was ar
rested for the alleged assault, but es
caped. Discovery of his death was the
next information of him,
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Doctor and Wife Sued
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For Automobile Accident
| Dr. 8. F. West and Mrs. West, of No.
| 115 Park street, Friday were made de
fendants in two damage suits brought
| Friday by Attorney Arminius Wright in
behalf of Mre. K. D. Grant and her
hushand, Walter H. Grant, as the re
sult of an automobile accident in West
End last October and In which Mrs.
Grant was injured. Mrs, ?rnm sued for
§5,000 and her husband Tor $3,000
Mrs. Orant was struck by the West
Auto while crossing the street. She set
out that she was rtmflly hurt.
Men Refuse to Accept Settlement
by Own Chiefs—Rail Em
ployees Hold Out.
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 7.—The subway
employees refused to obey the orders
of their leaders to return to work to
day, despite the fact that the strike
had been settled, according to a re
port in circulation during the morn
ing.
Representatives of the electrical
workers promise ‘“some surprising
stoppages tonight.”
The National Union of Railway
Menr this afternoon repudiated the
settlement of the London subway
strike. Traffic in the subway con
tinues at standstill.
Daily Express Comments.
The London Daily Express is re
garded in England as reflecting the
views of the British Government. Inl
view of that fact, the following dis
patch is significant:
“We publish an article from Amer- |
iea showing it is r.ot a strike the Brit- |
ish nation is up against; it is an at
tempt first to paralyze and then de
stroy soclety, including laborers who
are striking at the behest of the Bol
shevists,” said The Daily Express
commenting editorially on tne strike
situation todgy.
“The country which exfled the
‘Ksiser and which had beheaded a
King is not going to bow to these
tinsel Robespieres. The unauthorized
striker will learn in a day or two
that there is a l!limit to endurance,
even when it wears a smile. When
the British nation hits, it hits hard.
The Government should now act
swiftly.”
Strike of Schoolboys
Is Ended by Armistice
; By NORMAN WATSON,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S.
. LONDON, Jan. 25 (by maii). Eng
lish schoolboys are acquiring the
strike habit. They had their first
taste of it a few days ago and appar
ently liked it.
The incident occurred at the East
Grinstead School. The boys struck
because they thought one of their
Comrades had been unfairly dealt
with by the authorities of the insti.
tution. Without warning, they walk
ed straight out of the school to the
playground and held a council of war,
One youngster suggested ‘digging in,”
but a “demonstration” proposal won
the day. So they demonstrated.
The police were summoned, but the |
boys, while awed by the Bobbies, still
refused to return to schoo!. Instead
they formed into celymns of four and
nfarched to the residence of one of
the school principals. He treated
them seriously and suggested an ar
mistice, pending a peace conference
at which everything would be inves
tigated and adjusted. His terms were
accepted and the strikers raturned to
the school, each feeling himself a
hero.
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Senate ‘Hands Off
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i On Russian Situation
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, ¥eb, 7.—The Sen
ate refused this afternoon by a vote
of ?7 to 32 to take up Senator John
son’s resolution putting the Senate on
recodl as favoring the withdraw il of
all ,American troops from Russia as
soon as practical,
The vote followed partisan lines for
the ‘host part, Republican Se nators
voting for the resolution and Demo-
Crats against it
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Withdraws Intention to Resign as
Result of Tilt Over Street
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Repair Work.
Who is boss of the Ninth Ward? |
Council J. L. Carpenter, of thelf
Ninth, wants to know, following the
opposition of Alderman W. D, White,
also of the Ninth, to street improve
ments championed by Carpenter.
This oppesition, which brought |
about a lively quarrel between the two\
in the meeting 6f the Aldermanic
Board Thursday evening, resulted in
Mr. Carpenter’'s announcement that he
would resign from the streets commit
tee of Council. Friday, however, he
withddrew from this intention on the
solicitation of constituents, he said.
Alderman Is Sustained.
The board Thursday sustained Al-‘
derman White's position, refusing the |
improvements requested by the Coun- |
cilman. At the meeting the Alderman
said, 4n effect. that Kirkwood and
Metropolitan avenues, which Mr. Car
penter favored repairing, had never
been paved. and therefore could not
be repaired. Mr, Carpenter replied
that the two avenues were in a terri
ble state and that his idea was to re
pair them with cinders and dirt, which
certainly could be done.
Alderman White still objected,
whereupon Mr, Carpenter charged
that the Alderman was interested
only in improvements in the northern
part of the ward where he lives, and
that he consistently had hlocked re
pairs not in his immediate section.
This statement led Alderman John S.
McClelland, the Mayor Pro Tem. and
presiding officer, to call Mr Carpen
ter to order. But later Mr. Carpenter
repeated his charges and added that
If Alderman White was to be boss of
|the ward he, Mr. Carpenter, would
tender his resignation forthwith
. Following this statemen*, the board
voted not to concur in both the pro
posed repairs, and Councilman Car
penter left the chamber with the an
novncement that he would tender his
resignation Friday. Friday morning
he stateg his friends had induced him
to postpone the step. Mr Carpenter
sald that he, in company with H, L.
‘(‘(»Ili»r. Chief of (‘onstruction, had
made a thorough and comprehensive
'surv“y of paving conditions in his
ward and was seeking to expend the
$6,000 street apportionment for the
ward in the most effective way
Rate Plan Indorsed.
At the same meetige of the board
the proposal to submit the increase
in tax rate from $1.25 to $1.50 to a
referendum vote at the boud election
March 5, was concurred in, but final
action was held up by Alderman
Jones H. Ewing, who served notice
of a reconsideration
This means the board will be
forced to consider the matter again,
and it may have to go through Coun
cil again as a result. In the mean
whiie the Board of School Commis
sioners and the finance committee of
Council were scheduled to meet Joint.
ly .Friday afternoon and determine
what propotiion of the proposed in
creage should be apportioned to the
schools in the event that tne issue
carries at the polls
Alderman Ewing advécates an in
crease in the rate to $2.50 rather than
to $1.50 and a reduction of the pres
egt assessment basis to 40 per cent,
In erder to increase the eltv's revenue
while at the same time lowering the
taxes pald the county and State,
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Accident Vietims Seen
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 7 Possibil
iy of Federal aid for industrial acei
dent vietims was seen this afternoon
when the House edueation committes
ivv;w'wl favorably the Bankhead mil.
lor-dollar industrial employees' re
Labilitation bill The measure pro
Vides a minimum Federal grant of
$5,.600 to each Btate each yvear, to be
!-x.-.l in the rehabilitation of men in
| Hired in ‘the industrial pursuits of the
State
| The bill appropriates $500.000 for
the present yearms7io ) for 1920 and
'x] 000,000 for 1921 and each succeed
Ing year. The Federal contribution
lm'n( be duplicated by the States re
celving them
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Abbott Case Not Taken
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Up by Grand Jurors
A rush of business before the Grand
Jury Friday prevented consideration
of the proposed indictment agoinst
Mrs. John Abbott, held for the death
of her husband Solicitor General
Boykin said the State was roac ut
that the Abbott case could not be
reached. This will necessitate post
ponement of actian of the ‘ndictment
int next Friday
Twenty-four indictments were re
turned at Friday's session. Because
of the rush of Criminal Court busi
ness, Judge H imphries has postponed
a rest trip of ten days to Florida he
had contemplated. One of the rea
gors for a change in hix plans was
the likelthood of A& move by attorneys
for Mre. Abbott toward obtaining her
freedom on belnd,
HOME EDITION |
APaper for Atlanta, Georgia,
_ andthe South
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3 Inches of Snow
Fall Nashvil ‘
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alls at Nashville;
Atlanta may expect almost any ‘
kind of weather Saturday. The
weather man says it may rain Fri- ‘
- day night and Saturday and be- |
come much colder, but that it is
hardly likely to snow.
| But that is what he told Nash
ville Thursday—and Nashville
awoke Friday to find itself in the
grip of a blizzard, with 3 inches of
snow having fallen from 12:30 to 1
a m, .
It means that the vanguard of
the blizzard that has been sweepn
ing from the Northwest has come
to the Southeast, and that Atlanta
may expect its share,
The snow came to Naskville as a
surprise, as the weather forecast
Thursday afternoon was that rain
was to be expected—like the ‘fore
cast here. A sudden drop in the
temperature, however, crystallized
the moisture, ana Nashville is un
der a white mantle. The cold wave
is moving southward, according to
reports,
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By ALERED G. ANDERSON,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8.
BERLIN, VIA LONDON, Feb, 7.—
Four ecivilians and one sailor were
killed and twelve persons were
wounded in a clash, between Govern- ‘
ment forces and Spartacides at Ham
burg today.
Two thousand Spartacides marched
to Governmen* headquarters in Ham
burg to protest against the shipment
of food from Kiel to Bremen. The
food was intended for the Govern
ment forces that have been engaging
the Spartacides in battle at Bremen.
Hun Government Plans
Conquest of Hamburg
By H. J. GREENWALL,
(Exclusive Cable by the I. N. S. and
The London Daily Express.)
WEIMAR, GERMANY, Feb. 7.—
The Ebert government is preparing
for a conquest of Hamburg, similar
to that carried out at against the
Spartacides at Bremen. The cgbinet
[has decided it is necessary to main
| tain control of the ports owing to the
|.-xpw~u~% arrival of food ships from
the Ent®nte,
The cabinet was advised today that
the Spartacides in Hamburg are fran
tically organizing themselves for de
fense against Government troops.
New Revolt Started |
To Aid Hohenzolerns
(Exclusive Cable by the International
News Service and London
Daily Express.)
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 7.—~A pro-
Hohenzollern revolution has broken
out at Sigmaringen, capital of the
principality of Hohenzollern, in Prus
ria.
Prince William is leading the upris
ing, according to information received
t here today.
Presidential Contest
Is Close in Germany
(Exclusive Cable by the International
News Service and The London
Daily Exoress.)
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 7.—There is a
apirited contest at Weimar for the
tresidency of Germany. The race be..
tween former Chancellor Prince Max
imilian, of Baden, backed by the
Catholics, the Nationalists u‘d Dem
ocrats, and Demobilization Minister
Noske, who is supported by the So.
clalists, is so close, it was reported
from Weimar today, that a Jdark horse
may bg selected. Former Foreign
Secretgry von Kuehlmann and Herr
Wermouth, Burgomaster of Herlin,
were spoken of In this connection,
The Berliner Tageblatt predicts
Chancellor Ebert will be elected,
Serfous rioting by Spartacides has
broken out near Weimar, in Saxony,
ond elsewhere in Germoany
(Welmar is the seat of the national
assembly.)
The rigters, who are equipped with
thousands of guns and™>who are well
supplied with money, are perpetrat-
Ing outrages on the population. The
'hnrghvr.fi at Dusseldorf, where the
Spartacldes ars In control, have is
sued an ultimatum, threatening to
precipitate a general strike unless
freedom of the press is restored,
Spartacides Threaten
Railroad Workers
(By International News Service.)
HAMBURG, Feb. 7.-The Sparta
cides are threatening to shoot every
third person and imprison every fifth
among the ratlroad workers who re
fused to transport Red troops toward
Bremen The Spartacides also are
threatening to withhold bread cards
The Spartacides seized the arms
from four patrols of the BSeventy-
Sixth Infantry and attacked food
stores, but were repulsed. Then they
threatened !.u set fire to warehouses,
A
Conception of Thef!
Is Protested by Ebert
(By International News Service.)
WEIMAR, GERMANY, Feb, #-
VIA LONDON, Feb 17 -Chancellor
Frederick ¥bert, In opening the na
tional assembly today, protested
against any “conception of robbery™
being introduced jn the peace confar«
ence and threatened that Sermany
might refuse to participate in the ne
gotiations,
The responsibility for Germany's
downfall, the Chancsllor said, lay in
the thoughtless overconfidence of the
militarists,
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Draft of Constitution Expected
To Be Given Peace Conference
'
in Next Few Days.
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Feb. 7.—The United States,
France, Great Britain and Italy have
agreed that Belgium shall receive amny
:ndemnity of $2,000,000,000 from Gers
many, the first installment to be pald
immediately, according to the news=
paper L'lntransigeant. ”
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N, 8.
PARIS, Feb. 7.—President Wilson
and Premier Lloyd George, of Eng
land, the two great Anglo-Saxon lead
ers, conferred this morning. It s
understood they discussed the Rus
sian situation and the league of na
tions as well as the knotty problems
of the peace conference generally,
The plan for the league of nations
is teing rapidly pushed to completion.
It is now hoped it will be possible te
complete the plan in time for its rati
fication by plenary session of the
peace conference Tuesday or Wed
nesday next, just prior to President
Wilson's departure for the United
States.
The committee on the league of na
tions has decided not to reveal any of
the provisions ugti! they are all come
pleted and the members are in accord
upon them.
- This plan, it is believed, will phe
vent undue eriticism in America and
Great Britain, It Is learned from (hg
British delegates that Premier Lloy:
George expects to submit the league
of nations plan to Parllament while
President Wilson is submitting it to
the American Congress. Thus the
two delegations will get the arproval
of the two great lawmaking bodies
before the scene is actually accepted.
Premier Llovd George will leave for
London this evening, 3
Attitude of Germany
Becoming Aggressive
By ROBERT J. PREW,
Staff Correspcrdent of the I N. 8.
FARIS, Feb, 7.—The aggressive at
titude toward the Ertente, which has
leveloped in Germany since the de
feat of the Spartacides, was among
the questions discussed at the meet
ipg of the supreme inter-Allied war
council at Versailles today.
The existing German Government
will be called upon to explain the
meaning of the advance of German
troops against Poland and why ob
stacles are heing put in the way of
the dispateh of the supplies toward
Peland through Danzig as was stipu
-Ited B the armistice terms.
Held Up Passports.
When the Allies notified the Fbert
government at Berlin that they in
tended to send a mission into Ger
many to draw up a list of the Allled
properties that had been seized the
Cerman Government refused the nec
essary passports until the French
Brip on German property in Alsace
and Lorraine was loosened,
The movement in Germaay against
letting go of Alsace and Lorraine and
the German colonies is being allowed
to gather force also,
£ifred Helenferich, former member
of the old Imperial German Govern
ment, has declared the Aliies must
not expect any indemnity
All of these developments are held
to constitute a new provocative atti
tude with which the war counecil alons
is competent to deal
Peace conference disgus<sions were
suspended for the day to allow the
war council to consider these matters.
Situation Summed Up.
The situation today regarding the
league of nations seemed to be as
follows:
The United States commissioners
are urging that all questions be sabh
mitted to an international tribunal,
created by the league of nations, and
it appeared that this Tuggestion
wonld b« vlopted
Great Britain, because of the ex
tent of her empire, is likely to have
more controversies on hand than the
Mnited States or France and for thris
reason has been opposing compulsory
arbitration « il questions. If medl.
ation as we 18 arbitration is In
cluded in the final draft the former
81l be not 1 ¢ wily binding,
France has objected to compulsory
arbitration un) wssured that the
league should have behind it power
that could enforce decisions and at
the same time be strong enough teo
maintain the peace of the world
against any power geeking to dis
turb |t
Attitude of U. 8,
Whether the United States dele
gation is In a pesition to give pledges
that America will guarantee this
force is a question, It is pointed out
that Congres is the only American
body authorized for the smployvment
of much force The answer of the
American delegates to this objection,
however, (s understood to be this:
All treaties negotiated by the ex
ecutive branch of the American Gov
ernment are conditional and depend
ent upon =2toa of Congress for
their foree, For instance, when the
purchase of the Danish West Indies
was negotiated by Secretary of State
Lansing Congress had to furnish the
purchase money—s2s,ooo,ooo, There
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