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VOL. 14. NO. 283.
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA
MONDAY, DEC. 9. 1918.
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RED
CORNER
Interest Centers in the Red Cross
Christmas Roll Call and the Activi
ties of That Interesting Event
The Mill Bridge chapter is organ
ized for the Roll Call and is going to
put a team of boys into the field to
make the house to house canvass for
membership. Mr. S. A. Carrigan, of
China Grove, R. F. D. No. 2, is the
commander of the brigade of lads to
go out and offer to make the mem
bership unanimous in that section of
Rowan. The boys who are to make the
canvas.are Messrs. Wainwright Sum
mera.VJan.es Sloan, Edward Brown,
Hugh Smith, Carl Belk, and Elmer
Coodman. This would be a good plan
for other chapters to-follow.
The iRed Cross Christmas Roll Call
is a membership effort. The hope and
plan is that the present membership
of about twenty-five million members
shall be expanded to seventy-five
members. The roll is to be called next
week, and it is earnestly desired that
every man, woman and child who can
raise a dollar will be found answering
the call.
It is a very false notion to regard
the Red Cross as a war organization.
It is at home in war and alive in
peace times. It is everywhere there is
need of help for suffering humanity,
and suffering humanity being over-'
worked in war the activities of the
IRed Cross during war times is some
thing strenuous indeed. But the after
math of war. The suffering of read
justment, the home coming, the re
establishment, all this vast work
means Red Cross by the millions and
work day and night.
Let it be remembered that the Red
Cross has a tremendous task ahead
rnd it is DEPENDING on this mem
bership for the funds. There will be
no drive, no campaign, the large funds
needed will and must come from this
dollar membership and this makes it
the serious duty of every man, wom
an and child who loves America and
the American people to rally next
week as never before.
There are 4016 members of the Red
Cross in Rowan, why should there not
jte,p thousand ? Tan thousand would
he more to the point and more in
keeping with our splendid history and
latter year records. We have more
than a thousand men in the army and
navy and we should be ten thousand
strong to take care of them and bring
them home.
The American Red Cross is one or
ganization that all aija United on. !
There is no national line, racial dis- J
tinction or religious creeds to come
into its chosen activities and paralize
its efforts. It is at home anywhere in
America and it is equally self poised
and at home in the furthest field of
suffering and want on the earth. It
speaks all languages and knows the
password into every home and hut
where there is want and suffering.
Surely there is no real American who
has not the dollar and the heart for
the Red Cross.
Superintendent of county educaton,
of the county to form an organization !
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and worn ior ine itea vtobs. nnsi
could be finer than to have the school
children at work throughout the coun
ty urging membership on all the peo
ple of the county? If every school
child will carry the Christmas Red
Cross message to the one nearest and
get a member, there will be no doubt
shout the membership in fiowan being
more than doubledWhen Professor
Kizer calls on the schools, let the re
sponse be one hundred per cent.
Speaking of one hundred per cent,
that it Mr. Leo Wallace's committee,
its duties being to see that the homes
and business houses of the county go
one hundred per cent for the Roll Call.
It can be done and Mr. Wallace is the
right man to lay it before the organi
zatons, from the small two family
home to the large industrial plant with
ita .hundreds of workers.
The Roll Call is next week Decern-Ji-23.
It is everybody's business.
Jlf jfup to every one to help. It is not
chaptered right and privilege of any
one or any set of people. It Is Univer
sal. It is equally the duty of all, A
you love 'America and Americans, if
yoq love our soldiers and sailors and
want to heto them, help through the
American Red Cross.
There ought to be a thousand Red
Cross workers in the field in Rowan
next week, and in addition to this
there ought to be another three thou
sand on the side lines cheering and
pulling for the workers. . Every one
who wear a Red Cross button and
wants the Roll Call to succeed must
work next week and work bard. It is
a task that must be accepted by alL
T Sm AIM HUB fh It is A thoil-
sand times bigger jeb than any em '
man in Kowan county.
Rev. C A. Owens, the new pastor
of the JMrst Baptist church, will make
a four-minute talk at the Iris theater
this evening about 8. This is the first
four-minute talk at any of the local
playhouses for some time, the epi
demit having closed the homes and
the opojrtunities. This will be the first
opportunity many will have to hoar
this most delightful gentleman now a
Paliaburian.
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PARIS IS 10 HONOR
PRESIDENT WILSON
Planning Biggest Celebration in
History of the French Canita!
for Next Saturday. A
ALL BUSINESS IN THE
CITY TO BE SUSPENDED
Series of Entertainments Will In
clude State Dinners, Official
Calls, Gala Theatre Night.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Dec. 9. Elaborate Prepara
tions are being made by the French
for the entertainment of President
Wilson. These plans include various
state dinners and official calls and
probably a gala night at the opera.
The program will be completed in
the next few days. Virtually all mer
cantile establishments in Paris have
notified their employes that next Sat
urday will be a full holiday. It is ex
pected to be a larger celebration than
any ever before seen in Paris.
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PRESIDENT WILSON CONFERS
WITH LANSING AND WHITE
On Board the U. S. S. George Wash
ington, Dec. 8. (6:18 p. m.) (By
Wireless to the Associated Press.).
President Wilson had a conference to
day with Secretary of State Lansing
and Henry White, the first conference
that has been held during the trip. It
is understood that they discussed the
procedure regarding the Xormaton- of
a league of nations. The platform of
the British prime minister. David
Lloyd George,, was also considered. "
The President today sent a wireless
message of greeting to Norwegian ed
itors visiting the United States and
also to the soldiers. To the latter he
Baid the following: '
"Cordial greetings to the boys who
have come back and who have borne
the sacrifices so nobly."
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WINKING THE WINGS
AT TEXAS CAMP
More Than 25,000 Americans Have
Won Their Wings at the Aviation
cnn. ' . . ,
"Dallas, Texas, 'Dec 9. More than
25,000 flyers have won their "Wines"
at Camp Dick, the greatest .aviation
concentration camp in the United
Statas since last January. This was
revealed for the first time in figures
made availble by the ehd of the war.
The Dallas camp, while neither -a
ground school nor a flying school, was
the neck of the bottle through which
practically all aviators who-have en
tered the service since its wtablish
ment. Jan. 30, 19L8, have passed. It
was designed as a place in which .the
morale of the aviators could be main
tained while the men we're in transi
ton from one stage of development to
another. . .
Men came to it from the five chief
ground schools, Princeton, Cornell,
and the Texas. Illinois and California
universities. The length of their stay
depened upon the room available in
the flying fields to which they were
sent as soon as possible. Unless they
could be sent to the advanced flying
fields, they were kept at Camp Dick
to await assignment. Thus the men
were able to keep up their studies in
a military atmosphere during periods
when thev could not be cared for at
the school. -.
The success of the plan is shown by
figures of (ha men enrolled. Since the
camp's opening there have been regis
tered 7,906 flying officers, 321 non
living officers, 49 medical , officers,
18,066 flying cadets, two - enlisted
squadrons of 300 men, a medical de
tainment of 90 men and a quartermas
ters detachment of IB men. The camp,
which was Conceived and established
by Col. E.'Z. Stoever, is now com
manded by Captain Ormsby McCam
mon. W g g
COTTON G1NNINGS TO DEC. 1
Nearly Ten Millie Bales Reported
Ginned to That Data by the Ceasas
Bureau Report Mad Public Today.
(By Associated Press.).1-
Washington. Dec 9-Cotton ginned
to December 1 was running
bales including 134450 round bales,
10,170 bales of (American Egyptian
and 25.741 bales of Sea Island the
census bureau reported today. - I
Prtor to Decemberl last year total
rmnings were 9.713,629 - including
175.672 round bales and 77,766 bales
of Sea Island. : iv -
Gmhtgs bv ' States Includa, North
Carolina 47.307; .Sooth Carolina 1,
141.122; Virgmin 13JK50.
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Ifs easy to say "Let Rossis stow
in her own Juice,' but the pot is boil
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PRESIDENT WILSON'S RED CROSS
CHRISTMAS ROLL CALL MESSAGE
The White House, Washington, D. C, .
Nov. 26, 1918.
To the American People :
One year ago twenty-two million Americans, by
enrolling as members of the Red Cross at Christ
mas time, sent to the men who were fighting our
battles overseas a stimulating message of cheer
and good will. They made it clear that our people
were of their own free choice united with their
I government in the determination not only to wage
war with the instruments of destruction, but also
by every means in their power to repair the rav
ages of the invader and sustain and renew the
spirit of the army and of the homes which they
represented. The friends' of the American Red
Cross in Italy, Belgium, and France have told, ad
will tell again, the story of how the Red Cross
workers restored morale in the hospitals, in the
camps, and at the cantonments, and we ought to
be very proud that we have been permitted to be
of service to those whose sufferings and whose
glory are the heritage of riumanity.
Now, by God's grace, the Red Cross Christmas
message of 1918 is to be a message of peace as well
"as a message of good will. But peace does not
mean that we can fold our hands. It means furth
er sacrifice. 'Our membership must hold together
und be incased for the great tasks to come. We
must proe qgjnclusively to an attentive world that
America is permanently aroused to the needs of
the hew era, our old indifference gone forever.
The exact nature of the future service of the
Red Cross will depend upon the programme of the
associated governments, but there is immediate
need today for every heartening word and for ev
ery helpful service. We must not forget that our
soldiers and our sailors are still unp!er orders and
still have duties to perform of the highest conse
quence, and , that the Red, Cross Christmas mem
bership means'a great deal to them. The people
of thenBadderied lands, moreover, returning home
today where there are . no homes mustfhfcve the
assurance, that" the hearts of our people are wiih
them in the dark and doubtful days ahead. Let
us, so far as we can, help them back to faith in
mercy and In future happiness.
As President of the Red Cross, conscious in this
great hour of the value of such a message from the
American people, I should be glad if every Ameri
can Would join the Red Cross for 1919, and thus
?send forth to the whole human family the Christ
'mas greeting for which it waits and for which it
stands in greatest need.
WOODROW WILSON.
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Volkee Zcitung Waats Him to Visit
1 That Place and Meet German For
eign Ministry ladpendent Repub
lic to Be Proclaimed.
(By Associated Press.)
(Amsterdam, iDec 9. President Wil
son is invited to visit Cologne by the
Volka Zeitung of that city which sug
gests : that representatives' of . the
German foreign ministry meet him
there.
The independent republic of Schls-wig-Holsteln
will soon be proclaimed,
according to the Weser Zeitung of
Bremen.
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RESTRICTIONS REMOVED
PrehSWion Against Foreign and Spec
ulativ Spot Selling lav New York
and New Orleans Removed.
(By Associated Press.)
iKew York, Dec The prohlbtion
against foreign- and speculative spot
selling; of .contracts on the New York
and New Orleans Cotton Exchange
which was placed io effect on No
vember 13, as an emergency measure
duo-to the signing of the armistice
was removed today by order of tha
committee on eotton distribution for
the war industries board.
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. For an . Illinois railroad a derrick
ear has bean built which can bandit
twenty-five ton loads at a reach f
thrity-fiTs foot. ' -
WILSON IS INMD
TO VISIT COLOGNE
ropaganda Is Brought
S TRYING ILEI
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Philip Scheidmsna Ssys the Former
Emperor Has Been Punished Suffi
dnetly But Essential That His Part
- In Causing the War Be Established
Clearly.
(By Associated Press.)
'London, (Dec. 9. William Hohenzol
lern already has been sufficiently pun
ished but it is essential that his part
in causing the war should be clearly
established, says Philip Scheid
mann, the former German secretary
of Ananco and colonies, in sn inter
view with the representative of the
Express.
- He said the establishment of a state
tribunal to try all persons guilty of
causing the war is being discussed but
must be decided upon by tha natonal
assembly.
Jierr iScheidmann, according to the
Express, said further that Dr. W. S.
Soli, foreign minister, -emains In the
government because it is believed he
has the confidence of Great Britain
and America.
The eventual government of Berlin
will bo republican in form of "a Unit
ed States of German," llerr Scheide
mann predicted.
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Baseas Girls' Club Psoptoned
' Tha Business Girls' club which was
to meet tomorrow evening has been
postponed indefinitely.
BILL DOWN LIGH
MA
STRONG SERMONS
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i New Methodist rastor Opens His
Year's Work With Two Very
I Strong Sermons Loral News
I Items of Interest
I (By A. W. Hicks.)
Spencer. Dec. 9. Two strong ser
mon on live sublpcts by the newly
( appointed pastor, Rev. E. E. Williams,
marked the beginning of a new con
ference year Sunday with the Central
I Methodist church in Snencer. Good
; congregations greeted the minister at
each service, and the attendants were
(Wnly imiresned and much pleased
with the burning words of the new
pastor.
I In the forenoon Rev. Mr. William,
(son spoke on "Modern Chivalry" as
founded in. Romans 16:1. He gave
the ancient setting of chlvalrv as al
:'iitrntei bv real Knights who were
knighted only on account real servie
, rmdered a worthv cause an1' declared
that it is the, same today. He showed
the need of strength, spiritually.
mentally and phvsiealW, in order to
meet the demands of a real Christian
life. He cited the Christian gospel
as an antidote for all the weakness of
' mankind and urved his hearers to use
every bit of their strength for the'
good of others. "See in everv man a
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I innnr"- mm neip nim was ine nev
note of the discourse. The sneaker de
clrade the sublime tragedy of the
nresent day is to see the strong trow
ing weaker fof the lack of exercise In
the 'development of character.
Pree"!nj the sermon a uet bv
Mrs. J. Ed. Smith and W. S. Hedrick,
"Rock of Ages' was srreatlv en loved.
On Sunday night Rev. Mr. William
son nreftched acain to a rood size'
congregation on "Sinking Peter."
show'ne how eisy it is for man to be
swallowed up by the waves of temo-
i launn ana evil just as reter pgan
to sink when he attempted to walk on
the water. Temperament and en
vironment riven us some of the
(nnses for failure. Here Rev. Mr..
Williamson urged h' hearers, to use
every means of fortification against
sinking, the home influence, the
-huMi and its organizations, the fsm
ly altar and other agencies at hand.
I Sunday was an interesting dav with
the Methodists who have just welcom
ed their new pastor snd with whotr
; he" re delighted. The first official
I meeting of the board will ba held to
) night and regular services may be ex-
j pected at this church hereafter.
I Yadkin, the new twn on the rivr
inear Spencer, was visited today by
Rev. D. A. Braswell, of the Methodist
' P'-otewtant church in North Carolina.
His object is to establish a church in
the new mill town provide ufficem
encouragement is given locally. The
place is growing rapidly and a church
and postoffice are among the im
provements to some soon.
, Bullctine were posted in the Spen
cer shoos today calling for nine hours
; work for the employes of the locomo
tive department instead of eight as
formerly. The car department will
continue to work eight hours a day.
The increase in hours is made in or
der to make possible a larger output
The Southern Railway has agreed
with the War Board to handle War
Savings Stamps in the Spencer shops
and a supply of stamps will be found
'n tho hands of Supt. C. L. Bunch for
sale among the employes. The work
men have already purchased heavily
of Savings Stamps.
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Disturbances There Call for Military
Interference Jteportod Red Offi
cers snd Opponents Have Been Riot
ing. (By Associated Press.)
Alx la Chapelle, Friday, Dec. 6.
British troops have been hurried to
Cologne to maintain order but what
the nature of the trouble there has
been or how serious ft is is not stated
In the brief unofficial announcement
It is reported that red officers and
their opponents have been rioting and
that the situation demands armed
British forces.
la the meantime British infantry
has pushed iup as far as Duren which
was entered tortight. iStrkjt ordens
have been issued along tha British
front forbidding any one not actually
member of the army of occupation
grossing tha border without special
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Own era of a cooper ' smelter In
PEN
R CHURCHES
BRITISHTROOPSAR
RUSH TO COLOGNE
feet high, believing its fumes will bclterest of tho plan to homestead re
carried out to sea. . taming soldiers. .
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U.S. 10 RUSH
MILITARY HELP
Lvoff and Lebedeff ObUln Promise
f or Umsk Government or Ma
I terials Necessary to Fight Bol
sheivkl.
By JUDSON C. WELLIVER.
(Staff Correspondent of The Globe.
Copright, 191, by J. C. Welliver)
Washington, Dec. 7. That tho
United States government is taking
steps to supply the anti-Bolsheviki
?overnment of Russia, commonly re
erred to as the Omsk government,
with Military necessaries became
known today. The extent to which
this absolutely necesssary assistance
will be provided is not announced.
Prince Lvoff and Colonel Lebedeff.
credentialed by the Omsk govern
ment, recently conferred with the
President and foreign affairs offi
cials. They explaned carefully the
nature of the Omsk government,
which is composed largely of dele
gates who sat in the constituent as
sembly that was broken up at bayo
net point in the autumn of 1917,
when the Bolsevikl came into as
cendancy. With these and represen
tatives of the Volga and farther east
ern provinces, and of Soviets and po-
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uoisnevjsm, uiey claim to be the
nearest legitimate government in
tho county.
Tell of Promises By Franco.
In September last, thev sav. Am
bassador Francis posted a proclama
tion encouraging the Russian people
tto back the fmak ftovernment and
promised assistance, especially mili
tary supllies. Tha mission of Lvoff
and Lebdff is to secure the execu
tion of this promise. They say that,
aided by the Cxecho-Slovaks. their
forces are holding a lino about 400
miles in the Volga reifion. but thev
cannot hold it indefinitely without
help. They ask not only for these
supplies but for assistance of mili
tary forces of the allied states and
America.
The storv indicates that tha allied
expedition which entered Siberia by
way oi vaiaivostok has not pene
trated far, inland, and has not been
very aggresively handled. Thev ask
that it asslime a more active policy
and give the forces of the Volga
real support. Not onlv the milltarv
but even more the moral effect of
such assistance they say, would be
valuable to them.
Made Excellent Impression.
These emissaries made an excel
lent impression, both at the White
House and with members of the for
eign relations committee with whom
they talked. They explained that in
giving them assistance the entente
and America will still be fighting
Germany; for the backbone of Bol
shevic opposition to the Omsk gov
ernment is a nodescript force largely
handled by German officers and in
considerable part embracing releas
ed German prisoners, who were held
in Russia.
Inquiry at the War Department
disclosed that arrangemnts have
been made to turn - over the Omsk
authorities certain military supplies
mat me united states has on hand
and that, in view of the armistice, are
not now necessary. Tho extent of
this transfer is not known; but tho
admission that such steps have been
token is considered highly important
for it is a step toward active co
ojeratlon with the Omsk government
and suggestive f a possible expans
ion of this co-operation on a large
scale.. . . r . .
Washington opinion is fast turning
to the conclusion that, whenever an
authority is in- sight ' in Russia,
strong enough and sans enough to
jusuxy eo-operation, it must bo ex
tended and the concessions to
tha
long step in this direction.
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GEN. DUPONT IN BERLIN
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 0. General Du
Pont of the French army has arrived
in Berlin according to advices receiv
ed hero : and has established head
quarters in tha valaca formerly occu
pied by tho French embassy. .
Oeneral tUuront has been entrust
ed with the transportation and repat
riation of Frtnch prisoners held in
Germany. .. , . .
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''SEC LANE AT WILMINGTON
(By' Associated Press.)
Wilmington. N.. O. Dec. 9. Secre
tary of the Interior Frankling K.
Lane and party of noted engineers
arrived hero early today and are in-
swettnr rfrainag districts m this
vicinity. Tha party will visit thou
sands of acres of cut over lands in tha
eastern part of tho state in tho in-
to Light:
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German Consult Ordered to Stop
All German Subject! on Work
Intended for the Allies.
A BRUCE BIELASKX LAYS
EVIDENCE BEFORE COMM.
All German Subjects Above Rank
of Common Laborers Were to
Be Withdrawn from Plants.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 9. -More letters
from the secret flies of Count to
Bemstorff were read to tha Senate
committee investigating German and
brewery propaganda today by A.
Bruce filelaski, chief of tha bureau of
investigation for the department of
justice.
Among the letters were instructions
to all German consuls in tho United -
States to get German subjects out of
filants producing material for tho si
tes. The consuls were ordered to stop
Germans above the ranks of common
laborers from working in snch vlants
under a section of tha Imperial coda '
and tn renort to tha German consulate .
in New York.
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Paris, Dec. 9t (Corerspondenco of '
tha Associated Press ' Selling ba- :
bios to soldiers," is Murray G. Saw
yerfs chacterlxation of his activities as
a Red Triangle man with the Ameri
can Expeditionary Force. Mr. Saw- ;
yer comes from Minneapolis, Minn.
"Horrible, isn't it, but true," ha
ssld to a friend who met him in a
French village and asked what ha was !
doing. "My particular outfit of menv.
Ut&ve sold ten bsbles in the last ten
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days and we expect to sell a hundred
more within tha next two months.
Why it's the greatest business in
Franco today this selling babies to
soldiers. t ,
"We hove been working a bunch of
men up pretty close to front lately
and when pay day comes around
there's nothing much to do with their
money. So we Y. M. C. A. men began
to figure out something to offset that.
"There are 59 men in a platoon, and ,
we suggested that platoon should t
sdopt a baby on pay day. It costs 600
men in a platoon should pay 6 francs V ,
francs to take cars of a baby for one
year and that meant that all but nine ;;
each on tho first installment, -and five '
francs each on the following pay day, .
Making a payment each time of 260
francs, or the 600 in all. Each pla- t
toon elects a leader who acts as a go-
between, for the babies ' are' bought
through the baby department of tho V
Stars and Stripes. On payment -of
the second and final installment tha, v
leader gets seven pictures of tho thild
in various poses, ' - .- ..
to take six babies a year,-for it would ,i
mean about a dollar from each man
on every pay day, which comes around
about twice in two months.
"On man said to mo the other day,
"Gee, Sawyer ,thls baby business la v.
groat Who wouldn't rather have a i
baby than a jag 7" ,
"And that's tho way we Y. M, C A?
men have figured it out.: Wo have
sold ton babies in ten days, and we are
going to place one hundred right In -our
Division before next pay day rolls .
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Dr. Karl Leidknechr Stages an Open
.Air Meeting and Calk Upon Maaaea
.. to Organize Red Guards and Beat
' Off Counter Revolutioa. i
(By TAsBoeisted Press.) '
. Berlin, Sunday, Dec & Eager to
make members of tha Spartoeus party
martyrs aa a result of Friday's riot
ing, Dr. Karl Leidknecht, tho leader
of this faction lost no time-in staging
spectacular open air meeting at tha
Tlergarton last Bight. He made an
address.' 1 ' - -' ' ' ,
Dri Leldkencht hsranged tho crowd -In
hi familiar stylo, charged Fred
erick Ebert the nremier. - Fhilin .
Scheidmann and other "kaiaer social
ists' of complicity in Friday's riotir ?.
He called apon the masses to orj-o: .
rod guards snd beat off atUc. J t
couuer revoJuUonuts, .
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