Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 228, Hammond, Lake County, 15 March 1920 — Page 1

THE WEATHER HU INDIANA Cloudy tonlssht anil Th " ; probably turning to rnln on Tuesday In IVorth portion) nariurr tinlslil; colder Tuesday.

UNI Read By All the People Who Want All the News INTERNATIONAL NEWS fVLL LEASED WIfiE SERVICE. Oa at rut a atd atvuttiSt, a pmt copy. Delivered by earner 1 atmmosl aad Wait luamoil, tin si month. VOL. XIV, NO. -Jl'S. MONDAY MARCH ir, 1020. HAMMOND, INDIANA "OIL? jL us) i

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SCHOOL T BE BEAUTY New School Edifice Will be a Remarkable One in Every Aspect and All Boys and fllTld VVl I Want LO VTU i There. Every VT and girl in Hammond who ?e3 the ne.w ohn.l t. N- er. -d at the c mer of Stnrri nn-1 Howard aes. will li.vrne a yf rfec t nuisaiH-' to '"'- or ''"r 1 rents If they do' no then dwell in the Ms;, wod d:sti-.-t. And af:-r ou have l.'sr-l uhat a wonderful bui'd:n?r this -w $".:.0.'-0 ..-h-v'l will b- .nd do n-t -A !sh) tht you were an;n -n tne j grades." pml at Mas wood. th--n all the h.-oj-y of onstni.-ti.-n. economy f pace, rnode-.n eiu1pien sir.is:i"n and . - mem ii.thirc t-. you ar.J the rt.Vi j of th s i a .last-'- of time. Th.) new Mavw-od v :11 stand .he sou '.leapt cTii.r of Vorri and Jlowird flvs. The lor is 4f."x::.!. feet m -1 the bui!d:r.t r.? .f w.'.l STTxlfil John and May r in the upper crad's ii-e on tlt-ir way '.-- Myw.d s'h. -'. T :-!;! i. perhaps n--' fail. They ascend .!., hort flicltt of U t 1' ' idtnir from ;.; rris ae. and ene enter. by the east v Ubu'e. the o'.hey .y the vest. They ,.! tbem e!ve. -n a lerT-' SO- ial or i)ei i.T.aJ hall, extending 0x2T. feet, and j v. ,-h hifh .-eilir.c and beautifuily '-- j ia'-d walls. Mary turns and enters the! 'neral offl.-'-ts w'hi.-h lie between tl-ej i entranre v . .. ! lhu Ie. Sh" has to ee j th.: Drin-.-ii.-a! in th ma er of luring 1 record.1. . John, h vcr, g es uucci to n -, uiit-ci ttTli!5"i " I cias room. H:s is ltoorn Th"' are in a . . . nenty-five class r.wn. each -"v-t feet, o-.d separate rooms for domestic si-i'n. .- , ,,d manual training. Keside large win- , . s in tne side waii1. a ri.iAoo.oo rht is assured through use of sk(Continued on page two J PRESIDENT (BY .1. BIHI t I'li'i"'.-"' STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N . SERVICE! i V SH1 NGT N. March la. A curt, fat rejection by the president of Sena-, to,- Iy.d-e.-s proposed subst i ttit for the, o --c-na! reservation to Article X ren- j d. re.i ratificat'o-n of the peace treaty J l.-oie hop'.ess today. i Tt was learned that what was- d- j , r hed at the White h-.use as "another !-tter." from the president (e, Hitch- j co. --k was a short ommunicat Ion -writ- , i n the hail.' -I ! ten tiy tne p:-.-oo-..i j ,,r, be rce v ei from Hitchcock. j The -orescent wrote that the Idee ( -.b?ti'it wa unacceptable to him. j He indicated that he was dinnlea.wd trat he should hare a earn been asked to pass upon proposed reservation to ; was -t'.e':e X. which, tn his judemen -!t a o-jeet iona hie f 1st: nieh h id previous!;.- -ben a. those J s ihinitted to him. The president made i p'a'n that tin- j le thA senate was prepai'd to accept, Atti-le X suostantially as ne mmseti wrote it Into, the League of Nation .orenant at Versailles be -would refuse to deposit the treaty at Faris. He )e't no doubt !n the short, -pointed message, be Inscribed on the back of Senator H it. h.-.-ek-'s communication that he was not only vexed by the latest developments in th treaty situation : .f that he expected Senators profess!r allegiance to b ni to again vote Gainst the T.odse reservation pre-gram en in its present modified form, llit.hcock refused to make the presr. nt'p latest "note" on the treaty pu'b!ie. although at the White hou? it was stated there was no objection to the senator doing so. In discus.-o.nsr the president's "note" rc irately Hitchcock conveyed the 1mp. esslcn that its tone was a rebuke to tlc-.e administration senators who have he en "fiddling around" a rn pr. in t se oi Article X in an effort to loins about r i i "ica- ion . The p-r? dnt reorrated tlie pos'te-n 1 e assutrted at t b.e Jackson av dinn" nnd e-p other oe'-asions w hei he has eP-T-osed the ljodge and other proposed reservations as- "rutting at the heart" of the treaty and league of nations covenant. He made it known e-nee more that he favorer! the submission of the treaty t1 a rereretidum of the people in the romi - g eaiiip.i ign . The senate rejr-ctorl this afternoon a c-- - r, c t : u t e prrn.srii 1,-.- s n a t r Frelin1 -en. Tlep-: '-; : . a n. of N.-vv .Terser, to l.e !,odae re-i-erv at e -n t At ticle X. 17 to X?. Th-s sas the first move in Hie eoa! show-d'-n todav on Article X on which unanimous consent agreement between a'1 factions.

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M II Gary Will Be Playing Golf On Its Own Course By Next July. M?mhr of the new Gary Country I'lub hope to be playing golf by the Fourth of J:i!y. This they have prac- 1 j finally fi(?n assured. j I Saturday the a nr.ouncr merit was I mad that plans which are being ( ilra in hv I.. It. Iana-ford, a park ex,t of Chicago will be completed and ; t . . r-. work be started at or.ee on the construction of the rourte. the club house and other build j :nps. on the sit half way between c,ry and Crow". Point at Turkey C'reek. 1' Uet, ' r. c tnotiirte tl-fl tavinr- off of '..'..1 ... ,'... of the1 ciuh house and otbr buildings. th location of the driven and walks and site for th proposed twlmnifns poo!1 and paviiiion. Kpenditures to the amount of $l.",a,oon are to be made. As many acres of the Rolf course is natural of go'-f Kronnds, it is not Roing to take the workmen lotip !n putting the r.-.ne hole course irjto Jhape. It is planned to Jiai the ciub hou.i0 in readiness by the fl-st of Septemher. Material for the buildiiiK of the club hous and other buildings is to be hrf Tiled by th. Gary & Southern which will also erect a tie? t sta'i. ri at the t'lub House point. The. station will oonfofm with the architecture of the c'.ub hout-e. Defeat of Peace Pact Predicted Topnesy maae i nat ueiore Week-End, It Will Be in The Campaign. f ni u v.ri) The Iyjds substitute r".rvsti ric'e X was adopted by the s his afferno'-n. Ill J. BlItT TAMrilRl.!. natTSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I WASHINGTON, Mai cii n service; l 5 Iefeat of th peace treaty and its injection inte . o . r n I t r. Ke.-iT-o he flf i-L- emt w a s ; N th" prediction freely express.! on an: oa the ..mi. orenarerl for a flnel ' showdown on Article X. Bv unanim U' i acreement ail pron CT to the 1-ini' d i f p t - rt'.l SUEg'eSte,) s-lbSt :- nt.sprl r e s r a t i -ted art'- ie. and tutes and amendments mu t he voted upon before the end of today's, session In order to g-t rid of Article X. the senate is to remain in continuous session until midnight, if necessary. It must be disposed of before the end of the calarttlar day, which starts at noon. BOX CAR BANDITS

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Three rn---re men implicated !n the workings of "box-car Tiandits who have !iii-rs!ifu!ly replenished for months i horn larders at the expense of butter I and surar shipments standing :n tnrards of ti e Nickle Plate and '. . t railroads, were sentenced this morn.ng ! in -he c.ty ce-urt. George llord.nrld, 5(1 Turned a-, e.. ,vas fined $r,S and reee-.ved a upn.lt sentence of ?0 dars for r"- e-v,ng t !- en goods. Walter Guzek. S4 C iiipan) ifouse and And-- Neahreaski, o-1" Moss avenue, were eah fined J,ti and re.-ei,-. ed suspended sentences o-f SO davs. The former was charged with petit larceny and the latter with receiving stolen goods. The band was composed mostly of boys. So far there have been youths convicted and t it n- d '. e r io the juvenile. authorit.es and five jr.e-i who received fines or iritprionm' nt . The gang was. made up of resident' Fast Hammond ai"i co d tie to t'nief f.f Police Austgen there will he more convictions of parents wiio have fostered the thievery of their boys. "We want to teach those people." said chief Austeen this morning, "that they can not tamper w-'th th" law and allc-w their children to glow up into .rooks and highwaymen . It is abominable to think that these par-nis will urge and encourage, the y,,,.. ;0 steal. When stolen pr.per;;,- is l-rcught. into the heme it is the duty of the parents to inquire where the property come from and notify the p-Mce i;, case of doubt. Clannish f nd c'u',.hy ns I hey are. it is aim. -st possible to secure first hand evidence aga'.ns't them." NOSKE MARCHING ON BERLIN? 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERV1CE1 BERLIN. March U-iDy Wireless to N-'-w York) Gustav Noske. minister of defense in the- K'oert government, was report, d today to he marching on P.cr'nn at the heael of an army. The new government headed by Chancellor Von Knapp made forma! announcement, that it has been given assurances of support by the British.

Housing Situation Meeting

The first meeting of the bulldlngl' rrinm i t tee a ppoint .ed by I'rriflent J. ; F. . 'Wilson, of the Hammond Chamb'-ri

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j THMilarly huupjn facilities, futurr proi homes win takfl nia. e to-,icht at th.-1 'hamber of Commerce, in refercne "At a meeting' of the ni'iiibrrs" munc;I of the Hammoml Chamber of CnmniArce. held on the 11th .lay of March. n-ii r .4 t i ., ...... i. ...i -.-.,;... ... V" , ...... houins situation In Hammonct and ana nuu'iers are rattier pessimistic rel ative to she outlook for bni'ding in view of the unrest that is pre va il i n g j in this community, as well as jceneralI ly, and in vie wof the hich prires lor building- material and labor. It a i seems that there is some hesitancy ' about furnishing- money for build-in:; at this time, on account of the 'nor- ! mous hith prices for buildmc mater- ' ialR and wages, and seemincly inflate,! I alup. It. Is no trouble for our coin- ! mnnity to get factories to locate here, ; but the serious eju.tiop se.n.s to 1-e t.) get sufficient bousijiR fa.-il'ti. s ',-r people h" d'-sire to rotur ti--- ! te work. We want t.o V..ep up th. j progress that Hammond lias made in the building and pi-pcurinfc- and se'.iinK' ! homes f. its people. liammoi-d ;t :i ' '' ' - ! city of home os Tiers, and in or3-r i meet the glow ins denial, d for ho.,s I it is necessary for th-- entire cornmi nity to take an active interest in pr-.-j tnotlngr. assistii g and r n. ourag int; ! t-uilding." t SCREAMING SIREN GETS A TRVQUT New Hose Chemical Cart is Called to Extinguish Truman Avenue Blaze. W C, r-e-e t !ia t sta; Sa t u rda y ti at; the .c! .-. -:.t a ft '! noon w ; r iu : i s ul Tl-.muiri e.. ti. t ;i s none ot ii" r ; MS mi ' of ,e ; f v- " i' e tn ii ;; 1 , a r t : - o n i - I'lipmcnt -' i '..- : a ny 1 i met a : 1 Il.-ff-uun. inbtna 'on 1 1 - Iv added to th' 2. o: ner The company wa a tt.lb'uorn b'.aZe a'l-d whi.-h . I t suV.d . '-I i'.t : a er. i r r h It he 1 red th. " d t I. lothes close, at 314 Tr 'The flames traveled to tt i fo'-e much ei.-. o-a-e a t n ; new apparatus was on ti l'la me -j - e xt i-gui she '. Joe Kingston. I..-fe;- 1: '.tl "'ae" Ktt-g t..n ( -. -.v n .is mpai : j h en appointed chauffeur j 1 1 : i k . I ijv.r at Roh-rtsd.iie where i No 2 located, one of ti.e " tr. pa n v r e v.- i -nii n st a ' i e. Tl,e h"lifl ' e right. ' j binatlon trucks was re. -titly and William Mitch. 'I ie, . i , ,v j or c-f g'tid.r.g l he last w.-rd in j ing machinery . f i CO. SAFE I-acking a keen ear and steady nerv robbers w lio broke into the ofi i. the Provident hrxin ".. at !'" nth ! state street, sometime between Sa'ur('lay ntaht and this morning, failed I-" manipulate the o,.p, i.tna tt..n of tne i..g - -'' n one c.rnr --f the off-, e and ! f ; v, i ii ;tj . ti revenue stamps, i 1-ooks. blank check books and ua n c ' lit in cash . ! Althe-ugh th front of the . f e was j hadly scratched the- robbers fa - Jed to make the tumblers t imble rigiillv and gave up the job. Th Provident U-an I "o., in the advertising columns of Tli: '. Times warns merchants not to cash nv e.f its cheeks without first est a! :sh i nir I the i e! e n t i t r the hee k the person pr. t r. t 1 -i - THE LATEST CENSUS FIGURES INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 WASHINGTON. March li The following preliminary population figures for 1P.0 were announced by the ecu-j suys bureau otday: Newcastle, Ind., 132" population, 14. 4?8; S.f'12 increase; 53.1 per cent in crease; 1910 population, 9.4."..'). Seymour. Ind., 1920 population. 348; 1.043 increase; 16. .1 per cent, crease; 1?T population, fi..3"o. Winchester. Va.. 1f'2" population 8S3; l.il 9 increase; 17.1 p-r cent infi -in - crease; 101" population. i.S6. j Princeton. Wis.. 1921! population, 275; 6 increase; 0.5 per cent increase; lflO population, 1,269. WHY NOT MAKE IT TWO HUNDRED? INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I CHICAGO. Mai oh IS. A group of the life of M.-thuselab to-iav- in order

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to help them atta n a life spa-i of loc Mayer von Kaufbeuren, the German veaif?. The-, have formed a "Hundred j charge cl'affaires in Farts, has sent a Year Club," pledging themselves to liv e i communication to the British foreign ofthat lone. Anyone v iolating the I flee asserting that the Happ-Luettwitr pledge will be sim-n.Tiiy expelled, .-. , cotip has not received the support of a cord Sue. to the by -laws. I majority cf the German people.

The Latest News From Germany

(bulletin) x.oDON,NMrcii i5AE Berlin ftis. districts of the German caFitoi, tout no . i details were given. i , I (BULLETIN) ' INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! PARIS, March 15 Heir Bauer, chanceUor of the Xbcri g-oyerameat in Oermany, intends to ask the auie. for miiitary aid apainst the new Berlin government, according- to the Journal today. IBUI.I.ETIN) i riNTFRNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 LONDON, March 15. Unsuccessful ef. f."rts to foim a new German cabinet at Berlin continued all nigrht, said an Exchange Telenrarh tlirpatch from Bcilm this moiainir. Count von BeTasorff, former German ambassador to the United States, has left Berlin for Stuttgart to attempt new ne. j g-otlations w!tl Kerr Ebert, president of : .lie old German government, and Herr , Bauer, the chancellor. (BULLETIN) j ' INTEP NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ! PAKIS, Ms."cl 15 Fighting between rival German political factions Is threat- j ened at Hamburg, the chief German commercial port In Northern Germany, ac. : cordinif to advices to the Journal. One ( c'lspatch reported that troops led by Col. ; Schwinfnrt, were marching on Hamburg. I 'The ,i;-.at.ll Old !!t .Apl.'.ll uhclli i . liii.ss ti'. o, :' support, d. ) (BULLETIN) 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE i PARIS, March 15. The i'rench for. riga office received a long cipher dispatch ,hi3 morning from the French charge cVaffaiies in Berlin. As soon i was decoded a copy vras seat to Mar elial Foch at M-ayeace. Th:3 ttas the f.rt?t direct official telegram from Berlin iu mora than twenty-four hours. (BULLETIN) LONDON. March 15. re.sistent re ports were ciirren here today, based upon advices fvctn Switzeiland an:1, rd. laud, hat Priuca Sitel Fr.c-.Uich, sneend t u cf the ex.k.test-i-. would :o pt'cc,l.-.i-i;e::. Ccrnian fiiipoi'Ci' by t.ie uetr EerUn jrov- ' . lumect. (BULLETIN) INTFR NATIONAL NtWS t 'VICr COBLENZ, March ) 5. All la qiuet in I'.-.e area occupied by the Amci.c3r. anny. i There have been no cUnorde.-s. , Maj. Gen. Allen, the American com- ; ; mander-in-chicf, has issued orders forbidding a general strike In his ere. Dis. i tuibances will be met with force. ! (BULLETIN) t ' INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ' PARIS, M.xrch 13 A message received today by the German chaige d'acaires. , filed In Berlin at 9 p. m. last niyh. states that, the city Is quiet. ' ; The Ebert government has no intention of asking the aid of foreign governments, ' according to Herr Xar.foeuren, the , charge. He believes the struggle will ! last at. least three months. A great deal 1 depends on the decisions reached at ' Stuttgart tomorrow. Fesadowskl, the j nationalist leader, has announced I support of the Ebert government. his ! (BULLETIN) 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! PABIS, March 15 French troops on the Rhine have begun a forward movement on orders from Marshal Foch, It . i was reported today. j Heavy forces of French Infantry, sup- ' j ported with artillery, are being concenI trated in the Trench sone of occupation o i in Germany. f j The French army of occupation Is a-U ready making its way through the KhinelaVd villages, It Is reported. (BULLETIN) ' INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE' PARIS, March 15. According to the Journal a Soviet government has been proclaimed in Bavaria (South Germany). (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PAX-IS. March 15. Immediate doub. ling of the French garrisons at Weisbaden, Nieustadt and Boden Is tinder consideration by the government, according to the Petit Parisian today. The I class of 1920, Incorporated today, adds i 175,000 to the French army. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) LONDON, March 15 Formal denial that the entente has recognized the new German government headed by Imperial Chancellor von Kapp, was made by the j foreign office today. Official advices reaching the foreign : office stated that 200,000 workmen a.t

Cologne would hold a mass-meeting of,,,,,n lof,k -lk oi,j times when a r,ud at I protest against the revolution Monday i 3T -Cedar st . Jndiar,a Harbor, nrtt-d land that a similar mass-meeting was ; ,wt.tlfv-fwo Negroes who had been deeplv I being planned at Stuttgart for Tuesday. ! in, Prf.st Pd jn a "incndlv game of gatr hI These advices denied hat any shooting ; !lnR-- v.i!h the little cubes. The riid

naa taien place at; .iei. (BULLETIN). 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! LOl.OON, March 15. There was ac tlvity at the foreign office during the. - . I greater part of the night. It was under stood that official reports from Germany were being prepared for Premier Lloyd George. The nature of these reports was not revealed. (BULLETIN) ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I LONDON, March 15. Dr. Wllhelm

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! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! LONDON. March 15. Civil war has broken loose in Germany

'ancj violent hrhtinK was reported mar, Eisenbach and Frankfort. A there had been a flare-up of showed this report to be premature. dicrs and marines on one side and dlcrs ancj marines on one side and . i ir. i - .i.i at Mel. Warships are reported to occupied by armed workingmen. - .. :.K L l . l j .l

vvuu uic utt) unci diiu uiuvc inc vtuiNcib lruui uicii uusmuus. Advices from Berlin this afternoon said that the extent of the

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: MTrPNTIONAU NEWS SERVICE! V.' NSi! -o;T...V. March ln-The war ' -' " i .'.o rt t! -m Mai. ion. Henry 'i . Alien n i-nmtiijnl of American troops lni ..cniiany. as to t.te e'frct of. the ;ei " "'i.-n l'"n i'-e an,.., iorc-.-. ,

Marsha! Fo.h was to have conferred; which he cemmands. i with Maj. (Jen. Allen today and it was j Advices to the state department ait expected that detailed rep.frt of the: to the revolution have thus far been P'.iiis e.f th.- allied leaders would be j meagre and hue been no more than forwarded to the department. j a .summary of press reports. Mlnie officials h.-re declared theyj Prediction that the German revolucar.not comment upon the situation in; tion is part e-f a German plan for a

Germanv until they have more complete information, it was generally believed that the American forces would b- ordered to maintain peace in the dt-t'iois ..yet- which they have jurisFOREIGN POLICY OF GERMANY fJ'T II I II M i:. M .n 'STAFF COftESPONOFS T I SERVICE ! n.-w g. ! '. iilil.l N. 1 :. TV, , 11 tia Tic ui I f-r-igc poh.-y of r--,na I tepe-d declared lay in an interview, prcsftit situatp-n as ci i d I. in- in! ti-ei r int. rna !. Throtigiior.t the int. -i view, Pr. Kapp spoke German, although he tpe-aks pert.ct ICngiish. !iaing l-t-en horn in the 1 n : t d St a ' - s. In outlining tie pn'coy of the new - o e . M i). n t , il' Mild. The te .-tiis .f ti..- peace treaty will i e i-nrr - d on in i vny respect which is compalil d. with our national h.onot and fidelity, am; so far as 11 "iocs not m--an t lie nation's suicide. Strikes and sabotage will be ruth(essiy suppressed. The new govern ment guataniees tl.e ft- dom Union and re-establishment of re -f re! is io;:s educational institutions." Tr. Kapi d-claied that he wished to emphasize that this is not a mo em nt for a monarchy. He describe. l his government as a "civil d i t a t ors li i p." "A monarcliy is far distant from .ur thoughts," he said. "Tiie Kh'i't gov ernment was powerless. it vns nii.-a, v ith corruption and those w no nave have fultaken over the government filled a patriotic duty to the falhr j land. i "Germany is ready and anxiou .ie I asserted, "to establish cordial relations j with the Western powers, and particji lnrly the 1'nited States. Concerning Soviet Russia, Or K a p p ; declined to talk. 'Y.n must understand, gentlemen." 1 he said to th- correspondents, "that at this time I cannot discuss .ijest ion? ..f a diplomatic nature." Gamblers Leap Out of Window Raid on African Golf Game At Harbor Puzzles the Officers The East Chicago i-olice started son e- ) t V, i e e stitnrrhir n : ph T and made the stanetted n ' I.ittv b.-x" full of change. also dice and some . ards. Several escai'id by divine through a i back window and onto a concrete paveI -rl, ,,-i,.l.e,- c cmyira! ff-ot ohnvp , ." th pavement and the police are unable understand how the Negroes escaped v. i ' houf injury. other arrests made by the police on Saturday night brought the total arrests to thirt y-riine-. 4 U. S SOLDIERS DIE i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! I.uMnjN', .March 1.".- Fire in barracks of the American forces Siberia on March f th. resulted 'n l he In t he death of four men. the war department was advised today by Gen Craves, in command in Vladivostok

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fragment of a radiogram indicated fighting in Berlin, but later advices A pitched battle between soispartacists on the other, 'occurred! spartacists on the other, occurre i r r .1 have opened hre on parts or tne ciry The soldiers and sailors charged l r l : :.: jdiction. There wer Som that th g.nera, Mrik,?s would cause th" first trou atpress reports i r.e.ning Washington indicated that! Mai. i(ti, Allen had cri-ii ord--rs ?hy would tnlif nvfr control if strikes; d.'trtcti threatened the order of the conp d tat. which includes the economic and political domination of Russia, was made here by Princess Can-t.u-uzeno Fperansky, formerly Miss Nellie Grant, riausrhter 0r ;.-n. Grant. Germanys Kaleidescope Spectacular 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! Two German governments are engaged in a gigantic political struggle te.day for control of the German nation. The new government headed by Imperial t'hancellor Wolfgang von Kapp toriirohs Iteriin. The old government of President Friedrich Kbert has been established at Stuttgart and is attempting to rally ail of .outii Germany to its support. lifforts are being made by the new regime to enter into negotiations with the Stuttgart government and fount l.assador at Washington, reported

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to have left, llerlin as an emissary to j a constant atrenm of motor ears were Stuttgart. I going; and ronilng from the ri-Lalsrr's I'tic-nfirmed reports were printed by residence Sunday, the Paris Journal that violent fight-! The former ironn prince. in his ing had broken out at some places in j lonely refnge on the Island of IVIer-G.-rmany ami that fifty persons were, ingrn Is reported to he deeply aarltnkiiled at Kiel and thirty at. Us-sen. j ted nnd aniions for Ihe Intent new Marshal Koch arrived today at May-! from (.rrmant.

j i tice. headquarters of the French s'-j j my or occupation lor a conference with! I the Itritisli and American commanders.! Th0 French were repotte.l to he mov ing troops forward into Germany. There has been no fighting in I'erlilt, according to latest reports. A military dictatorship prevails there. A ge neral strike has been called t n roil g cotii irfftnany. out ttie tieans ot the new regime announced that they ,,,,,,, n.ai wan lannr iroiio.es wmi , 7 ..e.-i iKn.t l jiuo-s ui puuiu: lii'.i us ir ie.s lor ingn I treason. Gen. I.udendorff is active in German political affairs and held a long conference. with Imperial Chancellor Von Kapp and Gen. .'uettvvitz. the new German w a r m i n i s t r. The British foreign office formally denies that the new gov errimt nt has l.e-n recognized. i IF ARE VERY BITTER Wilson, Lloyd George .and Clemenceau are SeverelyCondemned by Editor. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 PARIS. March 15 The morning news paper severely condemn President Wils -n. Premier l.!cyd George and ex-Pre. niter Clemenceau for failing, through the treaty of Versailles, to -Its-arm Germany more completely. The Matm said: "If President ' Wilson knew that the French was militaristic why cou'd he not have foreseen the German eoup." The M-it,n attacked the po'i'tes of the p.ig Three." pointing out that one of the first results of their peace treaty wa sthe return to power of The German monarchists and the German General staff . "Where is the peace of Wilson and Clemenceau?" asks the Pc-polo Romano. "The world is tn -hao.." FIRST VICTORY FOR NEW JERSEY WASHINGTON. March 1, - The -u-prem court today granted the petition of New Jersey to file its bt'1 attacking the constitutionality of the pro hibition amendment and th Volstead . act.

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NOW-SEEMS-flEi'H Dutch Take Precautions to Prevent Escape of Kaiser and Crown Prince. (Bulletin.) r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE' PARIS. March 15. Fifty persons have been killed at Kiel and thirty at Essen in fighting between rival flcrmAn farrtrvn arrnrrlmer j to a dispatch to the Journal toI J,,. Firrktir oercor,c r v-,!,-J J , . ,

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yjec ie acjds. . . . . (Lssen is the seat or the Krupp works-) (BuUetin.) r"--fr LONDON, March 15. Reports reaching London at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon indicated that fighting had broken out in Berlin. According to a dipsatch from The Hague, based upon late reports received in that city from Berlin, Imperial Chancellor Von Kapp's revolutionary troops now control only the government buildings that were seized Saturday morning. Kl M.KTIN. THE H(f.l K, March 15 Sprrlal precautions hiire been taken by the Dutch covrrnmriit to prevent thr escape of the ex-kniser and the former l.rrmnn crown prince by airplane. The rrondu at Amerongen. rrhere the ei-kaler la llvlna. and those on the German border have been increased. A heavy force of Dutch rnal moante.1 police, commanded by a cavalry rnptnln from the rearular army, 1 dolnic sentry duty at Ameronrrn. I There I (treat activity at The f'nstle ; or Count Bentlorl. BY FRANK MAJOX 'STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE: PKP.I.I.V. March 14 (Midnight -- Fredcrich Khert. president of the old German government, today refused to enter into negotiations with the new regime headed by Imperial Chancel' -1 j Wolfgang von Kapp. Germany has two governments The new regime holds Berlin. The old government was . , 0,, . 1,1 1 r v. t-.-.j ; tt iiii.iini 11,1 " 1 a. u 1 1 .1 11 ' v (, l'I t. O'JTIl i Saxon y but Is reported already ttJ have moved to Stuttgart,- in Wuert temburg . Koth sides are preparing for a hitter struggle for national supremacy. THHKE Sl'PPORTIXC F.BERT. j Bavaria. Baden and Wuerttembrtig are said to be supporting Kbeit and j Bauer the chiefs of the old govern- : me nt. j One foreign nation, presumab y EnrJland. is understood to have received notification of the revolt In aelvance. This foreign nation is aaid to have given assurances it would no; intervene. All political factions and the workmen are becoming involved 'in the strife . (iUXKRH, TR1KE. . The general atrika 1g jpresidfng swiftly through the nation. Leaders of the conservatives and th nationalists (the supporters of the Von Hindenburg presidential candidature) have promis.id to support the Von Kapp regime if It appoints "experts' to the ministry. G-sn. I.udendorff. one of the mliitarv idols of the country, called upon Gen. Baron von l.uettwitz. commander-in-chief of the new government's army, but It Is not known if he offered his support to the new regime. FOa 'ATIOAL ASSEMBLV. The Imperial chancellor had promieej to issue election writs with; i sixty days to elect a "national assem bly." Gen. fv."ol!et. head of the French military mission in Berlin, attempteel foir times on Sunday to confer with the responsible beads of the new government, but was refused permission. Many agitators have been arretted. The government Is showing an "Iron fist" and announced that all rubl'c utility employes who went on strtke would be arrested for high treason. A foreign office official declared "there would be rivers of blood If a general strike is attempted as the soldiers are itchinK to begin shooting." mnops (,kt n t-:rit i it. The troops supporting the new go . eminent received numerous recruits throughout Sunday. Many university students volunteered to serve. The only resistence to the occupation of the (Continued on rage ten ).