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VOL. CIII. No. 356. WILMINGTON, N. C, Iff (DAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1920. WHOLE NUMBER 30,120. IPERS IS READY FOR WAR AGAINST LABOR'S - r;rM Is On. He Writes In 'l TIP 1 Ifi The "American Federa tionist." rABOR'S ONLY WEAPON IS TRUTH, HE AVOWS "Must Contend For Fundamen ' tals That Apply To Whole People." I (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 21. Sam ael Gompers, writing in the cur rent issue of The American Fed arotinnist. asserts that labor's non-partisan political fight will be aimed particularly at uexeab 3f those candidates who are ene mies of labor." . . "The fight is on," the article ;aid. "Labor has no weapon but the truth, no force but the force of reason and argument. Its ap peal is to the heart and brain of America. Its aim is the welfare Df the American nation, the safe guarding of the American jemocracy. ' 1 , "Labor's partisanship in Amer ica has been to principles, not to Darties or to men." , Asserting that labor's right had been "menaced by many present hold ers of political" place," Mr. Gompers .-aid the injunction process had been abused" until it "would scarcely be recognized by its originators." "More than a year has passed," : he idded, "since silence settled over the iattlefields, yet in all that time not jne measure of really constructive rharacter has been placed" oil the na--ion's statute books. The j national machinery ' of government seems to vo Vtppn nflrfllvysfl in f n .(Hi., fn.nl iion r reaction by the "cessatfonT-uf hostilities. And never was the world -i.- starved for grreat fundamental prog ess." . V When the war ended, Mr. Gompers said, "aspiration and ambition were rurer throughout the worjdthan ever More in the time of our written his :nry." Faith in "the inherent., good ness of democracy was sublime and complete," " he . said, but "greed l-rushed all this aside." V . "irbney greed, political greed, greed for place and power these. have been among us under our will and! striking . it our liberties," he said. ' j Declaring that labor "must! contend for fundamentals that apply to the whole people," Mr. Gompers con tinued: - ' , "Labor is not something impersonal. It is not like a machine nor is it like a corporation. It ia the sum total of the lives jf all .those who are useful tr the world. j " "Therefore, the interest of labor In legislation is no limited interest fall--mg between any two given points. "Congress cannot do any single bin? in which labor is j not inter ested." J. FREDERICK WILLIAM TRUSTED BY DUTCH Free To MoveAbout The Island At Will. fBj.the Associated Press.) "lenngen, Holland. March 21. ''rraer Crown Prince Frederick Wil n. of Germany, beyond the state ment that he has no desire to return im TOany at this tlme &as eiven no ritv,56 t0 the Dutch government either fm r!ard t0 an attempt to escape Jv1. eiringen or participation in V'-U'lCS, . i i ' 'i ,' HpI!1!6 &0Ve"nment. however, is -evi-for t6ati8fied with conditions here boat i7 the 8econd Dutch i torpedo withdrew and Frederick William L. 'u(ely guarded and ' free to about the island at will.: . William s Peevish. ! oon!r1f?en, Holland. March 21. The form ?acing of the sentinel behind mer Emperor -William when he ha -m the Bentinick castle garden ruler tv, J,C1 one-time uerman t"ld tv. n several occasions he has vlo9Mv EUard not t0 'How him so . out to stay out of sight.; pLANEFALLS IN BAY; ! FLIERS ONLY SHOCKED 'escued From"w7eck In Chesa peake By Tug. . ?nSne tkrn Ya- March 21. Developing Ungiey fi , i ' an arny airplane for :iUitatpri ' near Hampton, was pre CrHaDMi evml hundred feet into the Lutenfn,e J? late this afternoon. O f C- B- Finter and Morton D. txperien?.!! y 8,isntly- shocked by their reck of lu Were rescued from the folk of V e mac"ine by the tug Nor at"l'.Wri, New York, Philadelphia lan.ie',1 here rallroad rbor fleet and SElP",Xl;?:!.(TE wound " l tu TO LO-ERS Q.UARREI '"istol, Va r.rim.. ' va-t March 21. Josephine hosr,w ', aRed nineteen, is in a local W()uivi ,um result of i a gunshot tonight lTto have been self-inflicted '"nptfi 's-thought that she at " ver'u commlt suicide because of auaorel earlier la the evening. RADICALS SEEKING PLACE IN LEGION, WOODS ASSERTS Reds Want To Get Inside Learn Anti-Red ':. Plans. To Indianapolis, Ind., March 21. Warn ing that radicals are trying to obtain membership in the American legion was given in a Statement Issued to night by Arthur Woods, chairman of the- National, Americanism commission, from national headquarters in Indian apolis. Mr., Woods said he had .learned that the reds" are seeking enrollment in the legion In an effort to learn what action the former service men's or ganization is taking against them and their policies. . - "No real harm, however, can be done to the legion or Its work of promoting Americanism by the presence in its rB. ip ol Bucn Persons," declared "We are working to promote public welfare and good citizenship and . the more they find out about this work the better; It will do them good. They will find it very difficult yes. impossible, -to convert to a belief in anarchy men of the stuff that charac terizes our membership, and they will run grave risk of. being converted themselves to a belief in law and or der as a prerequisite to social and eco nomic Justice and happiness." HARDING DISAPPOINTED OVER TREATY'S DEFEAT America Missed Great Opportu f nity, He Says. Toungstown, Ohio, March 21. America missed a great opprtunity when the United States senate re fused to ratify the peace treaty, Sen ator Warren G. Harding,' or Ohio, re publican candidate for the Presiden tial nomination, told a meeting of Toungstown -n steel workers here to day. ;. . "I would not have accepted ..the treaty as it was negotiated, because it bartered away American nationality, but J was ready to ratify iwlthC the reservations - which safeguarded ail American : rights," Senator Harding ' Vispit 4ef eit of the ' itrty JLmer lea will play a big nation's part.in world affairs and will, help to : bring about a condition of approximate dis armament and join in promoting peace and the fraternity of nations," he added. ..' k - TRYING TO BUY BACK U. S. GOODS IN EUROPE Selling Fifty Per Cent Cheaper Abroad. Christiana, Norway, March 21 American representatives are trying to repurchase dry goods and wearing apparel bought from, the United States from 1918 to 1920 for re-export to the United States, as the prices of these commodities is 50 per, cent lower, than those now prevailing in the American markets. Immediately after the war Norway was flooded with American dry goods and wearing apparel and Norwegian firms placed large orders in America for further delivery. The . Nowegian embargo now in force prohibits such export as de manded by the American representa tives. . ' WOMEN TAKE PART IN GOTHAM HOLD-UP Two Of - Them Participate In Latest Job. "i New York, March 21. Two women participated tonight ; in the latest of New York's, scies of daring rob beries. ' " 'With two men, they entered a Brooklyn drug store and tore a $600 ring from the proprietor's finger while their companions covered him with revolvers. Then th four rifled a cash register and escaped in an au tomobile.. ' " The two women. ywho were ex pensively gowned and heavily veiled, asked to gee cune perfume. Whlla they were examining the stock . th men ordered the druggist to throw up his hands and be quick about it. ARRIVAL DETECTIVES MIMI INNOVATION Plain Clothesmen 'To Snoop "'About In Sky. ih.i . "Mia.roVi " 21. HflrAfl.ftr aiia.mit . Dlainclbthesmen will snoop around the skies in tms viwnn one bootleggers dealing in . smuggled liquors frbm the Bahamas, for Mayor William P. Smith has appointed as special policemen the pTlots and ob servers of a commercial : aerial company- here and given them powers of arrest In-sucly cases. ' : MANY PRICELESS GEMS BORNE OFF BY THIEVES Raid Private Collection Of Ohio Curator. y : Columbus Ohio, March .21. More than 1.750 priceless - gems from the Private collection of William' a Mills, curator of the Ohio State Archaeologi cal and Historical society, have , been stolen , from the -'!Jt"iu8i2 Ohio State university. The thieves forced therJ way into the TmlMlnr smashinr window and breaking locka. fugs Of Brandy All "Dolled Up" Immigration Authorities Make Interesting Discovery On Ar rival Of Ship From Wine Growing Lands. . . . V Boston, March 21. An Italian immi grant woman's eagerness to remove from her trunk a large china doll led to the discovery by . customs, officials today of 300 quarts of. brandy hidden in various parts of the White Star liner Cetric, from Mediterranean ports. The officers saw a woman ha .ily take a doll , from her trunk and at tempt to carry it away. They also noticed two other woman on the pier were ; cuddling dolls In their arms. Upon Investigation they found a gallon jug of brandy beneath the dress'of the first doll and a quart bot tle (concealed in the clothing of each of the others. A search of the vessel brought to light quantities of liquor stowed in ventilators and lockers behind nlles of ' life - preservers. Most of it" was j round m the crew's headquarters. No arrests were made. DELAWARE SUFFRAGE V LEADERS OPTIMISTIC Lay Plans To Exclude Socalled "Ripper" Bills. . . Wilmington, Del., March 21. Strenu ous efforts to . proven the introduc tion of "ripper" bills which might re tard the consideration of the ratifica tion of suffrage amendment will be made, by those favoring, suffrage when the special session of the ' legislature convenes in Dover 'tomorro w. Suffragists here are confident the suffrage measure will be before the assembly by Tuesday afternoon. ! In additibn to 'the' suffrage ratifica tion the repeal of the Klalr amend ment to the state prohibition enforce ment law making it Illegal, to pur chase whiskey even .oji a doc'tor.s pre.- scrlption, will be asked. ; CAMERA DISCLOSES WILSON'S THINNESS President Poses For The Moye Washington, March 21. President Wilson posed fori more than five min utes for moving" picture men today as he was leaving the white house grounds for an automobile ride. The; pictures-showed- -the President somewhat ' thinner, .than before his illness.-. . 7 :' i ' r . '" 4, Taking advantage' of the first balmy spring day of the year, the President, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and Rear Admiral Grayson, motored through the city's parks and nearby Maryland for about two hours. SPANISH HISTORICAL . DOCUMENTS STOLEN Madrid, March 21. The police have discovered the theft of documents from the national historical archieves.' The extent of the theft i not yet known, but it is believed to include a number of papers connected with the discovery of America. A vigorous search is in progress for the missing documents. An employe in the archieves build ing has been arrested and several doc uments recovered but the most import ant ones are still missing. DREADNAUGHTS TESTIFY TO PASSING OF SULTAN (By the Associated Ptcss.) Constantinople, March 20. The pass ing of the sultan's power , Is grimly evidenced by the long line of British dreadnaughts in the Bosphorus, but it is evident that most of the Turks re fuse .to accept the evidence. The sultan issued an exhortation to his subjects yesterday to pursue their usual vocations in peace, regardless of foreign occupation. SURPLUS COTTON RECOUNT ASKED Association Wants to Know How Much Of It Is Spinnable. Columbia, S. C, March 21. J. Skot towe Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton association, said to day that the association had asked congress to order a re-count of the surplus cotton in the country to see how much of it Is is spinnable and that a resolution to this end would be Introduced at once by Senator Smith, of South Carolina. Wannamaker made public the first report of . the American Cotton asso ciation for 1920, and declared that It revealed startlingly bullish conditions. A canvass of the belt, he said, showed that preparations for the 1920 crop are at leaep five weeks late; that labor Is xtremelyshort; that the mild winter with the late, start on the new crop spells certainty of serious insect damage on account of the rapid spread of the boll weevil and that- the pink worm had appeared in two parishes In Louisiana and some sections of Texas. He declared that the world - is fac ing an- enormous shortage. --. . PILOT BADLY INJURED! ? ! PASSENGER ; IS KILLED Grand Island, Neb.,: March 21Frank Button, pilot, was probably ifa tally In jured and John S. Watson, a passenger, killed, when their airplane fell "several hundred feet today- at Ogallala, during an exhibition flight. Button ,', whose home vas in Grand Island; vrks a' for mer aeuteaant in the Aviation service. MANT FIGHT. RF ,LTS FATALLY "fOR GANG CHIEFS i ' y ' ' - - New York Gunmen Clash " and I Leader Of Each Side : ' Dies. Newark, N. J., March 21. Two gangs of "gunmen"" clashed in a restaurant here today and when the smoke clear ed away tK, leader of each faction was found dead and another man, said to have been a participant,- was taken to a hospital in a serious-condition." i Enmity between gangs captained respectively by Arturo;; Papalardo ; and Patsy Benenanto, has existed for some time, according to the. ppllce. - Benenanto and his brother, the po lice say, were going home early today when they saw Papalardo and five al leged followers seated in the restau rant. ' They entered and the firing be gan. . 1 , , Papalardo was found by the police sitting in a chair, clutching an empty revolver, with twelve bullets in his body. As an officer was examining Papalardo, Patsy Benenanto staggered in irom a rear room mortally wounded He died a few moments later. " Walls," mirrors and windows of the restaurant were puncturect with bullet holes and the police found six revol vers on the floor. The restaurants employees denied knowledge of how the flght started. JN STRAW VOTE New Jersey Man Fa I vored In Georgia. Macon, Ga., March 21. Ballots being collected by mail by the Macon Tele graph throughout , the .state of Georgia, to,! feel thepulse of the people on the coming Presidential '"preference- pri mary, show" that to date Governor Ed ward I. Edwards, of New Jersey is the favorite. Thevpte for anuninstruct ed delegation to San Francisco, comes second. , . v ' . ; LIQUOR WORTH NEARLY $200,Q00 CONFISCATED V if AuthoritiesMake; Rich: Hall In Miami,' Fla!,' March "21. Six - hundred and ninety-two cases of liquor valued at ! nearly $200,000, according to local prices, were . seized here during the twenty-four hours ended at 2:30- a. m. today by federal, county and city .officials- Much .of the liquor was taken from boats Just in from the Bahama Islands. ' . PLANS ALLIANCE -Bucharest, March 15. Former Bishop of Odessa Platon. who recently has been ln Bulgaria, says he has been charged by King Boris to form an alliance between Bulgaria, Jugo-Slavia Greece in order to insure the mutual safety of these countries against the communists and also to settle the dif ferences between them regarding frontiers. ASSERTS FEDERAL POWER ACHIEVED SENATOR'S RUIN Newberry Manager Declares . Vindication Will Yet Come ' v To Accused. Grand Rapids, Mich., March 21.- Paul H. King, campaign manager for Sen ator Truman H. Newberry Inv19l8, and one of the seventeen men convicted Saturday on charges of criminally con spiring to violate the federal corrupt practices act, issued a statement to night characterizing the outcome' of the ' notable trial just concluded,, as "indication of the power of the ad ministration, with all the agencies of the government.at its command." Senator Newberry'3 campaign was "the cleanest ever conducted,", the statement said. The "right of Mich igan voters to choose their senators without Presidential, interference," Mr. King said, would be vindicated in a higher court. The statement follows In part: "The result of the trial indicates the power of the administration, ..with all of the agencies of the government at its command, backed up by great ;in fluence and vast, wealth of Henry; Ford. "No jury and no court can make criminalHout of me nor out of my as sistants.1 We are the only- ones who can do that, and' that we have not done nor will not do.- 'There Is, , thank God. another day and another court in which Justice will ultimately be done and this mon strous thing made right. 'The rights of f Michigan republicans to conduct heir own .primary without Presidential interference, and the right of Michigan voters freely to choose their own United States senator will eventually be vindicated. . "With that will come personal vindication of, each one of the men who have already sac rificed much, - but who are willing to sacrifice more If need, be." While no definite announcement; has been made, It is understood Martin 'W. Littleton, chief of defense counsel, :will argue the case on appeal to, the United States supreme court. It has been in dicated the appeal will be. based large ly on. the constitutionality of the cor rupt 1 practices ; act and. Judge Sessions interpretation of the act In his instruc tions to the jury. - ' Practically all the defendants and attorneys had left Grand Rapids today but' Mr.. King, who has been confined to hie-hotel -room -for -a week follow ing -a" nervous breakdown. , . PEACE RESOLUTION HOLDS ATTENTION AT CAPITAL NOW Republican Leaders Of Two Houses Begin Conferences , Today. FORM OF RESOLUTION MATTER FOR ARGUMENT For Present, Knox Offering Seems To .Have Right Of Way. Washington, March 21. Although active' steps to declare a state of peace bycongressional resolution are not expected until late this week, re publican leaders of the senate and house are to begin conferences to morrow on the exact form such a declaration should take, Some senators and representatives want to phrase the peace measure In the simplest affirmative terms, others prefer to repeal the declaration of war and go on record as demanding cer tain concessions from Germany, while still others are forlnclusion of some sort of a declaration of international collcy. . - . The principal opposition to a poli cy declaration is expected to come from the treaty irreconcilables in the senate, some of whom have told tne majority , leaders they consider the time inopportune for congress to take any binding stand orj the subject. These senators do not like even the r6ndinar Bears rpsnlntinn htr .QamatM. Knox, republican, Pennsylvania, which re-affirms the belief of congress in an international tribunal and disarma ment. For the presept, however, the .Knox resolution has the right of way so far as the senate program is concerned. It was reported by the foreign rela tions committee in December and un less present plans are changed will form, the basis of ogening discussion of .the subject late this week on the senate floor.. ; " In the house the . situation A ial- less definite, the reDufolican leaders v there naviBg-ioimuiaiea o poucyt '.-hk do cember they declined 'to let the ques tion of a peace declaration come up at ali, but many house members believe the case may be different now that the senate again his refused to ratify the treaty. The house foreign affairs committee already has several peace measures before it and Representative Britton, republican, Illinois, an nounced tonight he would . Introduce another tomorrow. With the treaty back at the white house and plana for a peace declara tion still in their formative stage, -a respite of several days generally is expected in congressional, debate on the issues raised In connection with the establishment of peace. . BANK POSTS CASHIER AS AMONG MISSING xta:. o rPW:-i' rri , j- xuwv;c oajra ,.iimtx ixiuuaauu , Dollars Also Went. Cochran, Ga., March 21. A notice was posted on the frontvof the Citizens' Bank of Cochran late today stating that the cashier, U. H. Patrick, was reported to have disappeared and that an audit of the books of the bank dis closed an alleged shortage of $30,000. The last statement of the hank dated March 18' showed individual deposits of J4V0.112. . The total resources are given as $575,692 in a statement dated March 10. - ' The directors signed the statemeht on the door of. the bank, which added that the, shortage had 'been made good and that the bank would open as -usual Monday morning, R." P. PeScock hav ing been fleeted cashier. - ANOTHER: SOVIET : MKISFPCAST Seigel Declares A Large Con signment Of Reds Must Go Soon. New, York, March 21. While "Big Bill" Haywood, I. WT W. leader, was denouncing at one meeting here , to night "indignities" to which the de partment . of justice hkd subjected "communists, socialists, ' anarchists and Russian workers," Representative Isaac Siegel - was announcing at another gathering that 400 more "reds" would be deported from America with in the next four weeks. According to Mr. Siegel, a member of the house immigration committee, the next contingent of ' "reds" to leave these shores will not travel ,"de luxe" like their comrades on the "soviet ark" Buford, nor will Red Cross nurses be detailed as "cliaperons." They will sail in broad " day light, however, in stead of at mldiiight, Mr. Siege! . said. Haywood, who spoke at the people's house under the auspices of the Ameri can civil liberties bureau, to create a sympathetic spirit" for the 116 I. W. "W. convicted in Chicago, was . hailed by some of his audience as "the Ameri can. Lenlne. . . , "They talk about Russia being 'the 'darkest spot.'" said the speaker. "The darkest, spot InMhe world today is America and the brightest and ; whit est spot In the world is Russia. "I think mary of us are looking forward to the time . when America will be as good as Russia is today to the time -vhen America . will take a step "forward as they are dolne'" in Germany today" V ' 3,000 PERSONS SLAIN IN LEIPSIC FIGHTING, AMERICANS REPORT PREMIER PROMISES TURKEY HER DUES Question Of Religion Not Con . sidered, Lloyd-George Tells Delegation' London, March 21J Premier Lloyd- George yesterday discussed the Turk ish question with the Indian Caliphate delegation headed by Aehamed. All, who declared that Turkey should have air her pre-war territory restored. The premier-replied: I do not understand Mr. Mohamed Ali to claim Indulgence for Turkey; he claims justice, and justice he will get. Austria has her Justice, Germany has had justice pretty terrible justice. Why should Turkey escapje? "Turkey thought she had! a feud with us. Why, did she come in) and try to stab us and destroy liberjty through out the world while we were engaged in this life and death struggle? "Is there any reason why we should apply a different measure to Turkey man we nave meteo out to tne enrjs tlan communities of Germany and Aus tria? j "I want the Mohammedans in Indlr to get it well into their j minds that we are not treating Turkey severely because she Is Mohammedan. We are applying equally the sane principle to her as to Austria, which- is the greatest Christian community." Referring to the temporkl power of Caliphate, the premier said he could not 1?,teJferf, ln a reSiou ue8on- in which Mohammedans themselves differed. The delegation requested that "the Armenian massacres be investigated by an international . commission on which the Moslems were represented. MINERS' COMMITTEE . WILL MEET TUESDAY Decision On. April Walkout Ex " - expected Then! r'ew .oj.; arcn r?fJB" cite miner 'operators have "been notified that the general scale comnittee, rep resenting the mine . workers of " the hard, coal region, - will, dpcide next Tuesday . whether there jshall be a suspension of. -work Apriil Impend ing the outeom'e of - the negotiations for a new wage agreement. ,. The request of the operators that the 1170,000 miners in the anthracite field remain at work after March 31. when the present - agreement empires, was discussed at a three-hour session of the scale committee. : The committeemen are almost unan imous In the opinion that work should be suspended April 1, unless the oper ators, agreed to make any -Wage award retroactive ' The operators at the meeting this afternoon of the . sub-committee of miners, and operators appointed to ne gotiate a new wage agreement; ac- cepted the decision of the scaie corn Hope of mittee : without- comment, RI1.ftdinir UD the negotiations and reaching an agreement by April l nas been virtually abandoned by the sub committee. WILL OUTLINE FISCjAL . POLICV FOR CANADA Awaits The Return Of Borden. Sir Robt. Montreal, March 21. A new fiscal policy for Canada will be outlined in the house of commons on tne return of Sir Robert Borden about May 1, ac cording to announcement by C. C. Bal lantyne, minister of marine and Mr. Bal'lantyne intimated the pro posed tariff will not be class legisla tion ' nor free trade policy, but one that will grant favors to nqne , and will cover the diversified interests of Canada. . The government has notf arrived at a fiscal conclusion regarding building of passenger ships,, according to Mr. Ballantyne, but sixty-two cargo ships will be completed. Mr. (Ballantyne said that the Dominion Steel company would' within the next few days be officially informed that thie govern ment would take its capacity of 75, 000 tons of steel ship plates. URGES EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR JEWS Spiritual Famine Among Them. Louis Marshall Says Philadelphia, Pa., March 21. The im mediate need of greater religious edu cational facilities for . the Jewish pop ulation of the country was emphasized by . Louis Marshall, who headed the Jewish delegation to -the peace confer ence, in -an address .it the annual meeting here " tonight of he Jewish Publication society or America Mr. Marshall said there i$ a greater spiritual famine among the Jews in this country -than the-temporal famine of those in the war-torn countries of Europe. " Simon , " Miller, Philadelphia, elected president of the society. was REDS ANNOUNCE SUCCESS IN TWO BATTLKj REGIONS London, March . 21. A bolshevik! communication received here today says: j .' "In the direction of Novorossisk we have Reached the river Kuban and captured six thousand prisoners and twenty guns. v ; j VIn the region - of -Takatefinodar we have taken 15,000 prisoners -and- a large number of guns and much booty. Victory Of Government Attended By Violence And Bloodshed,, Refu gees Declare. QUIET IS RESTORED Kapp Regime Succeeded By Reign Of Sovietism And Anarchy In His toric German Town. (By the Associated Press.) " Coblenz, March 21. Three V thousand persons were killed in the fighting at Leipsic before the government troops captured the town Friday, according to state ments made by three American business men who arrived here tonight from Leipsicr which . place they! left Saturday night. Up to Wednesday there was strike agitation in Leipsia . against the Kapp regime, then anarchy and soviet control, until -government troops shelled the Volkshaus and labor headquar ters Friday afternoon, the Americans say. xiiere were 2,000 Dersons An the building who were shot down as they made their exit. The shells finally set fire to the build, ing, killing , hundreds of pther persons, ;;v There was a demonstration on March in which thirty-six persons wen killed.. Then the workmen obtained arms j and street fighting was heavy until. an armistice was arranged Wed. nesday . (March ; 17) at noon. The ar. mlstice ran-' nntiJ?' ifoon on Thursday. A Saxon aviator'5 flyjng over theity -os Thursday was 'shot down by rille flra ' The fighting continued from Thurs day between the workersusing riflei and grenades, and the Iteichswehr and loyal . volunteers until the Volkehaul affair Friday 'afternoon. The the trou- ' ble gradually quieted down. The Americans who Drought the de tails of the fightiner in Leinsle ar Da. vid S. Block, of Washington; Irving Gilter.and Samuel T. Barron, of New York. . . .. ... (By the Associated Press.) Berlin, March 21. The cf President Ebert, which left-Berlis a week ago when Dr. Wolfgang Kapp and his reactionary troops entered th city, is again ln pt wer in the capital. i-resiaent HJbert and the memberi of his ministry reached here at 11 o'clock this morning from Stuttgart, and soon afterward the order for a state of intensified seige was with drawn. - - . Meanwhile, the signs i.nd symbols ol the Kapp dictatorship, the wire en- ' tanglements and the barricades wer being removed. Public services have In a measure - been re-established and it is hoped that Berlin will soon resume its nor mal activities, though it will be a long . time oerore tne damage wrought, ma terial and moral, will be repaired. A cabinet council dellberate4 throughout the afternoon to determine . the steps necessary to bring Germans back to her position prior to the , re- volt. This, It Is believed, will requln considerable marioeuverlng and delicat handling, for the independent socialist! . anas workmen are making heavy de- ; mfgds for concessions, to which thes feel they are entitled because of th commanding position some of th groups hold in other parts of German "outside of Berlin. The situation it parts of the country appears sorlousi From the group of industrial center! -on the Rhine and the Ruhr district continue to come repoVts of spartacaa agitation. In several places, partlcu larly in Ruhr districts, the spartacani are said to be In absolute control. Her their available force Is estimated at 70,000 men. i Loyalist Concentrate. ! - Concentrations of loyal government ' forces, however, are taking place, and their arrival at the scenes of disordei is, expected to bring quiet. The future position of Gustav Noske minister of defense, is the subject ol discussion. While his resignation hal been demanded by the radicals, It li considered probable that he will retail ' his position for a time at. least in or der to restore the confidence of th Berlin population generally. , There are rumors that later Noskt and Dr. Heine as well as Chancelloi Bauer and Foreign Secretary Mueller -who are represented as personifying i system of policies which has failed ' will be omitted from the new adminis tration. President Ebert, who Is pro tected by the constitution, will un ' doubtedly remain until after the new elections. - J Basis of Agreement.' O Stuttgart, March 21. A government ' announcement today give the terms ol the agreement - reached . by Chancelloi Bauer and government representatiyei with leaders of the striking element in Berlin, -v" The. statement enumerates eight, points to which the government agreed in ' order to secure a cessation of th general strike. The points follow:;' Revision of the cabinet. ... ,. Disarmament, and punishment :. 7 ol thoee who participated In the : Kapp, revolution. : ' - - Changes in the personnel of certaifl federal offices. - . . - - --., (Continued on Page Two.) HI ill i1 T I 1 - K 1 it I i r I- i 'A w 1 1 1 I M ? I i . ft 'I n I V ( '1 1 1 i 1 i i' if c4
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