Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1914 — LIEBKNECHT IS NOT SHOT [ARTICLE]

LIEBKNECHT IS NOT SHOT

Bryan Wires Headquarters of the Socialist Party That Rumors Are Incorrect. Chicago. Aug. 21.—Dr. Karl Lieb knecht, the noted Gdrman Socialist leader, is not dead. Secretary of State Bryan made inquiries as to the truth of Liebknecht’s death at the request of American Socialists and sent the following telegram to Walter , Lanferssiek, national secretary of the Socialist party: " Telegram received from ambassador at Berlin states that Liebknecht has just left me. Says absolutely no ground for fantastic rumors.’ ” .News dispatches recently stated that Liebknecht had been shot by a squad of German soldiers after refusing to obey the call for reservists. He is a lieutenant of cavalry.