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'l'ho Convention City.
The Heart of the South,
Grand Opera City of Dixie.
Georgia’s Educational Center.
The “Pinnacle City” in Climate,
Federa! Reserve Bark Headquarters.
Distributing Center of the Southeast.
BOL. XVIII 24-Hour{ 1o s Taivemsa: News| Service
BPARTACISTS NAB KAPP, SAYS DISPATCH
EU TH RANDALL TELLS OF STRUGGLE 10 KEEP LOVE IN HOME;
SENATE DEFEATS RESERVATIONS OFFERED BY.-DEMOCRATS
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ade Advances, Which She’
Resisted at First—AlwaysWept|
By JUDGE D. M. BROTHERS, l
horce Chancellor of the Circuit
Court of Chicago. l
[ICAGO, March 18.—There is a.’
»n in every line of the diary of
mandall, and I wish that (>\'vry!
~ ory woman and every boy%
f an age to understand it |
that story. ‘
ne reads her life story one|
.e,cries of a heart not evili
aure, full of generous impulses, |
ing to do good. And one secsl
veart crushed and forced into
e ways by the acts of others, snmvl
blindly well-meaning, some merely
selfish, some with deliberate evil in- |
tent. ‘ l
Y '\'e‘f'y p-.e: t should take to heart]
gtory of Ruth Randall, for It
T be the daughter of any one of
ho next is driven along that
fi. When we have better learned |
le lesson of good citizenship and}
r duties to each other, we shall
ive fewer such tragedies amnnq\
irls, who really try with all their
~ oth to' be good—who pray, ov(vn‘
‘uth Randall prays in her piti-
Jde a.ary:
help me and keep me good—
little good.”
her tragic story and heip not
the Ruth Randalls you meet
er—for they are not few.
RAMATIS PERSONAE.
. Diary of Ruth Randali.)
' vail Randall, graduate of a
high school and matriculate
rersity of Chicago, who, plan
ath, wrote a record of her
life
1 own Randall, her hus
ym she loved until he neg
irt, Randall's chum, who
ed with the wife and Dbe
witness in the divorce suit.
her and wanted to marry
f ff Bleyer, whom
trovuced to her, lay siege
iffections, won her, cas. her
ind then died by the pistol
ook her own life,
iRY OF FIRST
INSTALLMENT OF DIARY
first part of Ruth Randall’s
vas printed in The Georgian
y. She started the diary on
1, 1911, a month and a half
:arriage to Norman Brown
nstallment brought her
ry up to October 25,
y beginning the bride
failure to shower on her
r which she hungered.
4 how her soul was
by A v n struggle to hold
am‘&l )
% alsg told of how she went to
York to help support them, as he had
a low-paid job. He was twenty-one
”d she was twenty.
The instalilment ended 'with her ex
pressed yearning for motherhood.
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Diary; Chapter 2
RANGEMENT,
‘—Cora was married on
onth to Wallie Nie
vfully glad for her
, well fixed now, and
ae rest of her life, I hope.
o queer to call her Mrs
I hope to heaven he gets
Yy that pays. The kid is
from worrying and I am
hin as a rail. I am weary
«xing at Mandel's. We are
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East Point,
Thy Virtues
Are Many!
The Georgian has received the sub
joined poem entolling the virtues and
joys of Atlanta's sister city:
EAST POINT.
There is a place callea East Point,
A famous place of some renown,
Just down the A. and W. P. Railroad
Seven miles South of Atlanta town.
The people are all social and clever—-
As clever and social as can be;
They meet together often
And have a jubilee.
They study famous men.
Those to the world best known-—
And in their social number
They boast of one of their own.
We have a clever mayor
And council true and tried,
Whose laws are made far keeping
And must not be defied.
Such things as fuss and fighting
Are seldom ever seen.
And scraps’ between her neighbors
Are few and far between.
And when it .comes to stealing
They know not what you mean,
Because they have a record
That's ab-solutely clean.
The union in her churches
And Sabbath schools as well,
Just shows the Christian spirit
In which her people dwell.
To those who want a nrome
‘Where peace and pleasure dwell,
We know no place like East Point
Where they can do as well
Written by Joseph H. Cook, Cook
Construction Company, 124 East Tay
lor avenue, East Point, Ga.
Sailors on Imperator
s Killed in Accident
By FORBES FAIRBAIRN,
Staff Correspondent Universal Service
(Special Cable Dismatch.)
LONDON, March 18.—The former
German, later American, and now
British liner Imperator has completed
the most sensational journey of her
career. For three days the giant ves
sel was virtually helpless with a list
of 45 degrees. A number of first class
staterooms were flooded. Some mem
bers of the crew were killed.
The Imperator left New York on
March 8. All went well until last
Sunday evening, when in the course
of a concert in the first-class saloon
500 passengers were thrown from
\their seats as the big ship dropped
to a sharp list which increased stead
ily., The passengers say there was
no panic, however.
The cause of the trouble is not
|quite clear as yet, though it is known
there was a considerable ash dis
charge in the stoke hold.
Chile Asked to Prevent
Bolivia-Peru Outbreak
WASHINGTON, March 18.—Chile
was today asked to act as an inter
mediary between Bolivia and Peru
to prevent an outbreak between
these two countries, facing a crisis.
Under Secretary of State Polk
conferred today with Chilean Am
bassador Don Beltram Mathieu and
asked hi mto urge his government to
take steps to preserve peace between
Peru and Bolivia.
‘Dark’ Features In
Park-Lark Limerick
Nearly every one of those
thousands of . *“‘lask
liners’’ in The Georgian’s
Limerick contest seized
on ‘‘dark” to wind up
that froggie and lark-in
the-park Limerick.
The idea counted a whole
lot in selecting the ‘‘best
last line.”’
An Atlantan gets the
‘‘best,”’ too. Fifty dol
lars in gold!
And say, folks, there’s some
big news coming on
March 31 for the Lime
rick fans.
Remember the date!
In the meantime, there’s
more Limericks for you.
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Admiral Declares His Attacks
Were Not Directed at Any Par
ticular Officials in Department.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 18.—Ad
miral Sims today declared his at
tacks were not directed against any
particular official of the navy de
partment, but against the depart
ment ‘“as an organization,” when he
concluded his testimony before the
Senate investigating committee.
“If any individual was responsible,
wholly or in part, for the failure I
bave pointed out, the fact would
necessarily have to be developed by
persons who were in a position to
know the inner workings of the de
partment dyring the period in ques
tion,” Admiral Sims said. “My offi
cial knowledge extends only to the
doors of the department and nQt be
yond them.,"
He explained the fact that an of
ficial name was signed to many ca
bles, as Secretary Daniels' was, did
not necessarily mean the official
was personally concerned in. the
matter. He urged that the ‘‘errors”
he pointed out be guarded against
“in the future.”
SPLENDID WORK.
The American navy made ‘splendid
achievements in the war, in spite of
delays, inaction and violation of mil
itary principles by the high com
mand in the first m(gxths of the war,”
Admiral Sims declafed today before
the Senate subcommittee investigat
ing his charges against the navy de
partment.
“The allies themselves have repeat
edly assured us of the vital services
rendered by cur navy and we of the
navy can take pride in the record
that we achieved,” Admiral Sims’said.
“It seems to me that these achieve
ments of the navy should gain great
er importance l(\ the public mind,
when it is realized they were accom
plished not because of an equal
amount of efficiency in the higher
command which directed them, but In
spite of long delays, inaction and
violations of fundamental military
principles by the high command. The
personnel of our navy afloat, in ac
complishing the mission assigned
them, had to struggle with the enemy,
and also endure the handicap of a
vaccilating policy of misdirection.”
RECALLS PROTESTS.
Admiral Sims introduced tables to
show that the full weight of Amer
fcan ships was not thrown into the
war until late in 1918, and that on
Armistice Day there were 375 ships,
481 headquarters men and a force of
80,000 in Europe.
Admiral Sims recounted protests
he had made that reserve officers
were sent to Europe to fill positions
that only trained men should have
had and also made charges that the
navy department promoted men at
home over the heads of men whom
he had recommended for promection
for “gallantry in the sac of the
enemy.” He sgaid he had recom
mended several aviators for promo
tion for gallantry, but that these pro
motions were not acted on until after
the armistice, while flying officers
from the United States came to Eu
rope with higher rank than those who
had proved their bravery,
Gainesville Citizens Urge
Hoke Smith for President
Petition to the State Democratic
Executive Committee of more than
100 names of prominent citizens of
Gainesville asking that Senator
Hoke Smith's name be placed on the
pre=sidential preference primary bal
lot has been forward to Secretary
Hiram Gardner by Felix Jackson,
president of the Farmers apd Mer
chants’ Bank o fthat city.
Mr. Jackson also has addressed a
teloagram to Senator Smith asking
him to permit his name to be pre
sented to the people of the State.
The telegram charges A, Mitchell
Palmer with being the stalking horse
of machine politicians and says that
Senator James A, Reed is not a
candidate in his own State and is
not t© be considered a serious fac
tor i@ the Georgia campaign.
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ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1920
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Petition Signed by Citizens of‘
~ Lowndes County Makes Mis
souri Senator’s Name Elugible.l
The name of Senator James A.
Reed of Missouri will be placed on
the Democratic ballot in the forth
coming presidential preference pri
mary.
Qualification of Senator Reed’s
a candidate in Georgia was an
nounced Thursday by Secretary Hi
ram Gardner of the State Democrat
ic Executive Committee, after he had
officially acknowledged receipt of a
petition signed by 116 Lowndes Coun
ty Democrats asking that his name
be placed on the ballot,
Senator Reed is now speaking in
Georgia and will appear before an
Atlanta audience at the City Audito
rium Monday night at 8 o'clock. He
has been speaking in the nouthern'{
part of the State and. the petition was
signed by a number of those who
have heard him.
The law requires 100 qualified
Democratic = voters to affix thelr
names to a petition seeking placing
of a presidential candidate’s name on
the ballot. The Lowndes County pe
tition bears sixteen more signatures
than is necessary. °
The petition was addressed to Chairman
J. J Flynt of the State committee and was
signed by the following:
Will H. Stanford, E. K. Cooly, B. J.
Ford, J. R. Dean, J. B. Martin, H. F.
Folsom, Bill O'Neal, Fletcher Hood, B. H.
Husbands, John D. Collins, W, B, Tay
lor, H. 8. Hardin, J. P. Fonchten, W. J,
Shieder, J. B. Sentell, E. O. Trawick, C.
J. Burton, 8. M. Cannon, J. B. Coody,
R. M. Dean, H. W. Brown, 8 J. Cook,
Walter Thurs, 0., V. Brown, J. G. Adams,
J. R. Dowling, H. R. Davis, R. B. Wall,
R. L. McCrame, L. H. Townsend, A. Gra
ham, C. E. Stallings, C. T. Vickers, R.
H. Rumph, J. D. Dowling, A. B. SBhaw, J.
B. Chambers, W. L. Ricks, J. R. O'Neal,
W. G. Dampier, G. E. Craig, HyC. Clgrk,
H. C. Black, D. 8. Sellers, W. 'E Kelley,
IR. R. Hill, Cleveland Davis, W. 8. Rick
ert, J. A. Shadrick, W. C. Lewis, G. M.
Howell, W. R. Keys, W, E. Murk, G. C.
Williams, E. L. Long, B. 1. Chitty, C. E,
Zipperer, 8. A. Kirkland, W, L. Zipperer,
W. F. Arnold, T. C. Wilkes, L. F. Hunter,
J. C. Brown, J. F. Wilds, J: P. McLeod, T.
A. Judge, Roy M. Bailey, W. C. Faircloth,
John 8. Gilbert, 8. A. Chitty, B. A. Penny,
J. L. Parrish, N. B. Touchten, W. H.
Bailey. R. A. Black, J. W. Sirmans, A. D.
Williams, N, T. Bishop, David Levkoy, H.
M. TUimer, 8. L. McCrary, J. T. Mixon, R.
Y. James, H. G, Hester, R. O, Copeland,
J. A, Dowling, J. C. Easters, H. ¥. Brown,
G. L. Siebert, J. L. Wilks, J. G. Dorris,
J. A. Cowart, W. A. Jenkins. Judge N.
;t. Zipperer, J. A. Hardee, D. E. Hartline,
'G. C. Arnold, 8. M. Cook. J. T. Griffin,
W. B. Watson, J. R. Bmith, J. B McLeod,
B. 8. Davis, P. H. Boyd, G. R. Davis, D. G.
McLean, W. BE. Dowling, T. O. McLendon,
J. 8. Rountree, Willlam Christie, M. J.
Proctor, W. E. Bryan, J. V. Dasher.
Marshall Objects to
Name in Primary
WASHINGTON, ‘March 18.—Vice
President Marshall, through his sec
retary, had instructed Georgia friends
that he will not consent to the use
of his name in the Georgia presiden
tial preferential primary. He says he
s in favor of uninstructed delega
tions.
Fulton May
Choose Any Candidate
Voters of Fulton County may vote
for any candidate for President in
the primary of April 20, regardless
of whetner the name {8 on the of
ficia! ballot, according to a ruling
Thursday by the subcommittee of
the county Democratic executive com
mittes.
Under this ruling, supporters of
Herbert Hoover or any other can
didate may insert his name with pen
or pencil on the official ballot and it
will be counted.
BLANK ON BALLOT,
Claude C. Mason, chairman of the
subcommittee, said a blank will be
left on the official ballot for in-
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Slip by Porter
May Cost Good
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Customer Wife
(By International News Service)
CHICAGO, March 18.—An
Ethiopian faux pas, perpetrated
by a Pullman porter is expected
to win a divorce here today for
Mrs. John A. Martens.
Mrs. Martens testified in the
hearing of her case that when
she hparded a train with her
husband, often taken by him on
business trips, the porter looked
her over appraisingly and re
marked to Mr. Martens:
“Well, boss, yo' sho’ made a
pretty good pick this time.”
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Per-ecution, Neglect and Cruelty
Charged to Him by 1
His Wife. ‘
. (By Universal Service.) |
LOS ANGELES, March 18.—Mil
dred Harris "Chaplin, vouthful bride
of Charlie Chaplin, has found mar
riage with her film comedian hus
band a failure. Mrs. Chaplin today
adamitted she will file suit for di
vorcee, |
And with her confession, made at
her home, 674 South Oxford street,
that she and Chaplin had separated
several months ago, ¢ame a story
of heart aches, cruelty, mneglect
and charges of persecution. It
is on one of these grounds that Mrs.
Chaplin will seek ner freedom.
Without cause and so frequently
it has made life unbearing, Mrs.
Chaplin asserts her husband has left
her alone and neglected) while she
waited for him in wvain at home,
finally deserting her altogether and
making his residence at the Los
Angeles Athletic Clun.
Several times since, she declares,
he has appeared at her Oxford street
home with declarations that unless
she accepts $25,000 and file suit for
divorce in Nevada on ‘“nominal
grounds” he would institute a di
vorce action against her. After these
threats, she said, detectiyes followed
her constantly from home to studio,
from studio to home' of friends, mak
ing inquiries and making life un
pleasant.
Pleas, she declared were in vain.
Finally, unable to stand the strain
of persistent worty and the pity of
her friends, Mrs. Chaplin asserts she
placed her case in the hands of an
attorney. The plans for the divorce
action followed.
When informed that her plans had
become known, Mrs. Chaplin, showing
the effects of the strain of trying to
keep her marital troubles a secret,
broke down and wept. She declared
she had hesitated at a divorce be
cause of the publicity certain to fol
low and because of a dislike of taking
the stand and exposing to the gaz»
of the world her family secrets.
U. S. Denies Asking
Conference on Russia
(By International News Service.
WASHINGTON, March 18.—For
eign reports that the United States
had asked a conference March 20
of the allies to discuss resuming trade
with Russia, were denied today by
the state department.
‘Most Pathetic
Story Ever Read.’
That’s what Mrs. Martin Kent Northam, of the State Board,
Illinois Federation of Women'’s Clubs, said after she had
read the diary of Mrs. Ruth Randall, the Chicage beau
ty, who committed suicide after killing Captain Ciifford
Bleyer.
““It contains a great lesson for all of us. . ~ We can not be
too patient with such girls,”” added Mrs. Northam. -
““Ruth’s Diary’’ will be printed in full, daily and Sunday, in
The Georgian and American. .
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Lodge Seeking to Clear All Loose
~ Ends for a Decision Friday
~ Senate May Remain Tonight.
By J. BART CAMPBELL,
Staff Correspondent of the |I. N. 8.
WASHINGTON, March 18.—Final
actlon on the peace treaty by thg
Senate is scheduled for Friday—
four monthsg after its firet defeat on
November 19,
Late Thursday Republican leaders
were making an effort to secure an
agreement for a final vote on the
treaty before adjournment.
| By a vote of 27 to 48 the Senate
rejected this afterncon a reserva
‘tion proposed by Senator Reed, Dem
‘ocrat of Missouri, that the United
States reserve “exclusively the right
to decide what questions affect its
‘national honor or vital interests.”
| The Senate took up another reser
’vo,uon offered by Senator Reed that
“the United States assmues no obli
gation to employ its military or
naval forces or resources Or any
form of economic discrimination un
der any article of the treaty.”
It was defeated by a vote of 17
to 52. {
' Senator Reed offered a tmr;d reser
lvnum-n that the United States assume
no obligation to employ its military
or naval forces or resources under
any article of the treaty.” It was de
feated 16 to 57.
GERRY RESERVATIONS. |
The Senate then took up a reser
vation offered by Senator Gerry,
Democrat, of Rhode Island, that “in
consenting to the ratification of the
treaty with Germany the Unitéd
States adheres to the principles of
self-determination and to the reso
lution of sympathy with the aspira
tions of the Irish people for a gov
ernment o ftheir own choice adopted
by the Senate June 6, 1919, and de
clares that when self governmer.t is
attained by Ireland, a consummation
it is hoped is at hand, it should
promptly be admitted ‘as a member
of the League of Nations.”
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of
Colorado, offered an “amendment so
as to include Korea in the Gerry
resolution.
A tie vote of 34 to 34 resulted in
the defeat of a motion to table
Thomas Korea amendment, made by
Gerry, author of the Irish reservation,
who urged the question of self-de
termination for Ireland be passed on®
alone,
LODGE SUBSTITUTE,
Senator IL.odge, the Republican
leader, proposed a substitute for the
;Gerry Irish reservation by which the
Senate in ratifying the treaty would
adhere to the expression of sympathy
for the aspirations of the Irish people
as expressed in the resolution adopted
June 6, 1919. The reservation stated
it to be the *“hope” of the Senate
‘that such Irish aspirations may be
consummated and Ireland admitted
to the League of Nations, |
lodge objected to the use of the
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Kaiser Decreed
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Right to Live
In Holland
(By Universal Service.)
LONDON, March 18.—Queen
Wilhelmina of Holland has
published an official decree
granting the ex-kaiser the right
to reside in Holland, according
to an unofficial dispatch from
The Hague,
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Spot Staple Reaches 42.15, but
Sale at Higher Price Is
Reported Here.
While Atlanta spot cotton here
Thursday was officially quoted 15
points higher at 42.15 cents a pound
basis good middling, the Cotton
Warochouse Company seold 335 bales
for H. H. Fitzpatrick of ,Madison to
the Latham-Bradshaw Company of
Greensboro, N. ~ at 43 cents, basis.
“This is the highest price ever nald
for this grade of cotton here in more
than 50 years. At 43 cents this meant
that each bale brought §215, or the
entire transaction involving more
than $72,000. Atlanta spot cotton
last Saturday was officially quoted
at 41.40 ceats a pound.
New high records were recorded in
all future options,” with March con
tracts at New Yory selling up to 40.29
and October to 32.35. Continued
rainy weather, scarcity of tenderable
cotton in New York and better po
litical news from abrcad were the
outstanding stimulating items.
Newberry Case Given
To Jury Late Thursday
' (By International News Service.)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.,, March 18,
The case of Senator Truman M.
Newberry and eighty-fougco-defend
ants charged with conspi‘cy to vio
late election and postal laws in the
Michigan senatorial campaign of
1518, went to the jury in the United
States District Court heer late Thurs
day afternoon.
The court urged the jurors to lay
aside any political bias or prejudice.
“This is not a political case,” he de
clared. “It involves vastly more!im
portant elements than that—the very
rights of American citizenship. No
political party is here on trisi.”
Judge Sessions then delivered his
expected interpretation of the mean
ing of the conspiracy charge con
tained in the first court.
“If you are satisfied that the de
fendant, Truman H. Newberry, was
informed and knew that his cam
paign wculd require the expenditure
of more money than is permited by
law and, knowing this, became a can
didate and thereafter participated in
the expenditure and use of an unlaw
ful sum of money, you will be war
ranted in finding he did violate this
gtatute.”
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Judge George Hillyer
Has 85th Birthday
Judge George Hillyer, Atlanta pi
oneer, former mayor and former
member o fthe Georgia Railroad
Commission, was 856 years old Wed
lnesday, and still strong in body and
‘mind. He spent the day at his
home, 668 West Feachtree street,
with children and grandchildren
holding a family reunion at dinner.
Judge Hillyer has for many years
been one of the most prominent cit
izens of Atlanta. "He helped to re
store the city in the reconstruction
period, was one of the leading spirits
in building the improved city water
works system, and until a few years
ago took a prominent part in all
civic affairs, He is a veteran of the
Confederate army.
Former Turkish War ‘
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Minister Arrested
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, March 18.—The allies at
Constantinople have arrested IDjemal
Pasha, formerly Turkish minister of
war, according to a Reuter dispatch
from the Turkish capital. A prince
and a senator also were arrested.
Allied forces took over Comuntl-‘
nople after a short clagh with tnative
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Soviets Said To Be Springing Up
and the Spartacist Movement
Appears To Be Spreading Out,
(By International News Service.)
London, March 18.—The Central
News Agency circulated a report this
afternoon that Von Kapp, who re
signed late yesterday as revolution
ary chancellor at Berlin, has been ar+
rested by the Spartacists. According
to advices to this agency, communists
in Westphalia were attacking both
the Von Kapp and Noske troops.
The Central News is authority for
the report that ‘the allies are ready
to advance into the neutral zone (ly
ing just beyond the allied military
lines in Germany), in the event of
further disturbances. 1
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, March 18.—~An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam
said that in addition to rdering the
drrest of Von Kapn and General
Luettwitz, President Ebert had issued
orders that court actions be brought
against Von Jagow, Trotha and Ehr
hardt.
(By International News Sarvice.)
WASHINGTON, March 18.—~The
state department has received official
confirmation of the resignation of
Von Kapp, leader of the German rev
olution. No advices were received as
to the return of Ebert to Berlin. -
(Summary of Cables to International
News.) :
NEW YORK, March 18.—The real
situation in Berlin today was un-=
known, as no messageg had been re
ceived direct from that city from
midnight up to this afternogn. Nu
merous reports from Copenhagen, The
Hague, Liondon, Paris and elsewhere
indicated the Spartacist movement
was still making headway and it had
gained impetus from the collapse of
the revolutionary regime of Von
Kapp and Von Luettwitz,
There were conflicting rumors as te
the fate of Von K? One uncon
firmed report from®Berlin said he
had committed ‘suicide after fleeing.
A later report had him arrested by
the Spartacists.
It was unofficially reported Presis
dent Ebert and Minister of Defense
Noske of the Ebert government had
arrived in Berlin; but this was doubt<
ed by the German charge d'affairs
in Paris. ¥
The Hague heard a report that Von
Luettwitz, who fled from Berlin fol
lowing the collapse of the ‘“‘upstart™
government, had begun negotiating
wit hthe Spartacvists for the estab
lishment of a soviet republic under
military co-operation:
No further reports of fighting in
Berlin had been received this after
noon, but the Spartacists were said
to have erected barricades throughout
many suburbs ahd ‘were strongly
armed. There was a violent battle
at Leipzig where twenty more per
sons have been killed. Spartacists
have seized the barracks at Nuern
berg. A soviet has been proclaimed
at Furth, one of the biggest indus<
trial cities in South Germany,
Von Kapp and
His Chiefs Flee ’
By FRANK MASON, "M
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S,
BERLIN, March 17 (11 p. m.).—+—
Three of the chief leaders of the
revolution—Wolfgang von Kapp,
(ieneral von Luettwitz and Colonel
Bauer—have fled from Berlin, it was
learned tonight. Von Kapp and Von
Luettwitz left immediately after
They handed in th{%x‘ resignations to
Vice Chancellor Schiffer (of the old
Ebert constitutional government).
General von Seecht, who was leit in
command of the revolutionary
troops, promised to remove them
from Berlin immediately. - ol
The situation is bad. TUnter den
Linden, the chief thoroughfare