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MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS
NOMINATE FOUR WOMEN.
Lansing, Mich., Fell. 21. Michi
gan democrats in state convention
here today nominated four women
candidates to state elective offices
and gave women one-third on the
tate central committee.
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UNIONS VOTE TO STRIKE
IF BEER CEASES TO FLOW.
New York, Feb. 21. Strikers on
July 1. to make effective the slogan
"no beer, no work" have been
voted by the New York iron work
crs, shipbuilders, longshoremen
liatters, stationary firemen, pavers
and rammers unions, it was an
nounced at a meeting of tiie Central
Federated Union here toni-jht.
LAPEL BUTTON SELECTED
AS ARMY SERVICE EMBLEM.
Washington, Feb. 21. The "hon
orable discharge" emblem to be is
sued by the War department to sol
diers leaving the army will be a
bronze lapel button somewhat sim
ilar to the G. A. R. It was an
nounced that a design had been se
lected from IS models submitted by
American artists and sculptors.
WILSON TO CHANGE
RESIDENCE IN PARIS.
I'aris, Feb. 21. President Wilson
will not occupy the Murat mansion
in the Rue de Monceatt when he re
turns to faris. Col. li. M. House
today inspected a residence in the
Place Des Etats Unis, which is un
der consideration as a home for the
president. The residence is almost
opposite the Paris home of A. J.
Balfour, British secretary of state
for' foreign affairs.
WILSON TO STAY
ONLY A WEEK IN
UNITEDJTATES
President Will Embark for
Return to Paris March 5;
Is Expected to Deliver
Address,to Congress.
Washington, Feb. 21. President
.Wilson, arriving in Boston Monday,
will spend only one week in the
United Stales before embarking
March 5, to return to Paris.
In anticipation of a week crowded
with a cabinet meeting, a confer
ence with the foreign relations com
mittees of congress, the signing of
bills, attention to various domestic
problems and perhaps an address to
congress on the proposed league of
nations,' White House officials are
arranging the business of the exec
utive offices so that not a single
minute of, the president's time will
be lost.
Will Reach Washington Tuesday.
After speaking in Boston Monday
afternoon, the president will re
turn to the capital, arriving here
Tuesday and going direct to his
desk in the White House. His re
turn to Washington coincides with
the regular meeting of the cabinet.
Wednesday night, members of the
senate and house foreign itlations
committees will attend a dinner at
the White House, to hear the presi
dent explain the var'ous articles
of the constitution of the league of
nations. It is :onsidered certain
that the dinner will be followed by
an address to the congress, but at
the executive offices today it was
said no word on, the subject had
been received from Mr. Wilson.
Will Fill Cabinet Vacancy.
Nomination of an attorney gen
eral to succeed Thomas W. Greg
ory, whose resignation becomes
effective March 1, is one of the im
portant pieces of business to come
before the president. He also will
have to sign numerous bills, in
cluding the revenue bill. Labor un
rest also -.will be brought to his at
tention. Announcement that the president
wouli remain in this country only
one week led some members of con
gress to say they believed no extra
session Would be called until after
Mr. Wilson concludes' his work in
Europe.
Hidden German Guns
Located by American
Sound Ranging Devices
Washington, Feb. 21. American
sound ranging devices in use on the
British front shortly before the
signing of the armistice in a single
day located more than 100 hidden
German guns, placing them at the
mercy of the British artillery.
This and other interesting achieve
ments of the army engineer corps
were revealed today with the open
ing to newspaper correspondents by
the War department of an engineer
corps exhibit.
General Black, who explained the
exhibits, said that after the armistice
a survey was made of German gun
positions on a portion of the front
where the American devices were
used and it was found that the actual
position varied not more than 20 to
30 feet from the locations calculated
by the sound registers.
Here's Why British Prince
Can't Wed Italian Princess
Paris, Feb. 21. The difficulties of
arranging a marriage between the
prince of Wales and Princess Yo
lando of Italy are pointed out by
L'Oeuvre. The newspaper says that
the Catholic princess would first
have to renounce her faith and be
come a Protestant, as British law
forbids its sovereign to have-a Cath
olic wife. ,
Flies 113 Miles in 38 Minutes.
San DJego, Feb. 21. What was
said to be a new world's record for
airplane travel was established to
day bv Col. Walter G. Kilner, who
flew from Riverside to Rockwell
Field here with Major Albert Smith
as a passenger in 38 minutes. The
d'stance is 115 miles and the speed
averaged was 130 miles an, hour.
Eesame
Investigator for Allies Says it
is Possible for Well Organ
ized Bureaucracy to Re
store Militarism.
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I'aris, Feb. 21. (By Associated
Press.) "The German government
is the same bureaucratic regime of
the kaiser's day, with the same atti
tude toward labor and capital and
does not represent the forces which
caused the revolution," says Dr.
Alonzo li. Taylor, food specialist,
who has just returned from Ger
many, where he made extensive in
vestigations in behalf of the supreme
food relief council.
"Count von Bernstorff is in charge
elf American affairs and the foreign
office, and the bureaucrats of the
old school are in evidence every
where," he aded. "The Germans are
becoming Russianized. They are
afraid to put untried men into the
service and consequently they toler
ate the old order of things."
Predicts Political Upheaval.
The German army has apparently
been disorganized and demobilized,
Dr. Taylor says, but, he believes it
will be possible for a well organized
bureaucracy to restore militarism.
Many Germans believe they will re
cover their battleships and merchant
fleet and do not expect to give up
any territory and, in Dr. Taylor's
opinion, a grave political upheaval
is probable with the signing of the
treaty of peace.
The present lull is regarded as
unnatural by Dr. Taylor, who says
it was possibly created by the pay
ment of large indemnities to unem
ployed persons. Unemployed men
in Berlin are paid 8 marks per day.
while railway workers and street
cleaners receive only 6 marks daily
Consequently the men prefer to re
main idle.
Public Morale Low.
Plays so immoral that they would
have "been prohibited under the im
perial regime are now tolerated;
thieving is prevalent; looting is com
mon and the general public morale
is very low, Dr. Taylor remarks. He
says the food situation is critical
and that in spite pf the great reduc
tion made in rations, the nation
cannot live until next harvest unless
supplied bv .outside powers.
The death rate has increased, es
pecially among children between S
and 15 years of age, children under
2 years faring better than the rest
through elf-sacrifice of their moth
ers. Lack of fuel and raw materials
has rinsed virtually all industries.
and the railroads are hampered be-1
cause they have little coal. LaDor
conditions are so bad at the coal
mines that there is little prospect of
an increase in the fuel output.
Monroe Doctrine Secure,
Says Ex-President Taft
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 21. Wil
liam Howard Taft, vice president of
the League to Enforce Peace, gave
out a statement here today in
which he reiterated his assertion
that "those who oppose" the pro
posed league of nations covenant
"on the ground that we should
maintain the proposed policy
against entangling alliances have a
narrow vision of our national duty.
He declared he was confident that
without "specific provision, the
league of nations, would under the
covenant as it is, maintain the jus
tice and wisdom of the whole Mon
roe doctrine."
He denied the charge that the
Carnegie peace foundation was fi
nancing the campaign for the league
to enforce peace, the next meeting
of which will be held in Salt Lake
City.
Commission to Poland is
Fired Upon by Ukrainians
Warsaw. Feb. 21. (By Associated
Press.) Members of the inter-allied
commission to Poland were fired
upon by Ukrainian soldiers while
traveling today from Cracow to
Lemberg on a Polish armored train.
The delegation, which included Pro
fessor Lord, one of the American
members of the . mission, returned
to Cracow.
The delegation from the mission
was on the way to Lemberg tcrat
tempt to arrange an armistice be
tween the Poles and the Ukrainians.
Seven Poles on the train were
wounded by Ukrainian bullets.
Before making another attempt
to reach Lemberg the delegation
will notify the Ukrainians that it is
coming, so that its tra il can reach
Lemberg unmolested.
, Germans Regret Crime.
London, Feb. 21. The attack on
Premier Clemcnceau is regarded by
the German press as a crime the
more regrettable as being likely to
strengthen sentiment against Ger
many in France, according to a
German wireless message received
today.
Ohio Going Dry as Michigan
Lays in New Stock of Booze
Search and Seizure Stopped j Sixty-Mile Highway Between
After Clause in Prohibi- i Toledo and Detroit Packed
tion Act Is Held Un- j With Liquor Caravan in
constitutional. i Blind Snowstrom.
Detroit, Feb. 21. A coup on the
part of Attorney General Alex J.
Groesbeck, designed to put an cud
to the importation of enormous
quantities of liquor into dry Michi
gan, begun late Tuesday when the
supreme court invalidated the
search and seizure section of the
state prohibition law, proved only
partially effective today.
- After the attorney general had ob
tained an injunction in the circuit
court at Monroe against the impor
tation of liquor across the Ohio
Michigan boundary, with the inten
tion of holding for contempt of
court any persons engaged in the
traffic, Col. Roy C. Vandercook,
commanding the state constabulary,
expressed the opinion that the writ
did not authorize search and seiz
ure. He consequently instructed his
men not to attempt forcible search
or seizure, unless it was clearly
evident that liquor was being car
ried in large quantities with com
mercial intent.
"You will, stop all cars," he in
structed his'men, "and ask the oc
cupants if they have liquor. If there
is no liquor in sight and they say
the have none or only a small quan
tity, let them go."
Traffic on the Detroit-Toledo in
terurban system fell off sharply
with the issuance of the injunction,
but regained volume when word was
received of the later instructions.
mm wooer
IS STILL IN JAIL
T TIIE BLUFFS
Fair Sex Keeps Cell Fragrant
With Flowers; Blue
Eyes Seem to
Win Them.
Harvey Floyd Harris, traveling
salesman and woman wooer, and ex
pert in both accomplishments, still
occupies, a cell . in the county jail
at Council Bluffs because his friends
have not been willing to hunt up
the little $800 bond required.
It looks as if he will be doomed
to remain there until after the grand
jury for the next term of the dis
trict court is convened and passes
upon his case, investigating then
charge of bigamy brought against
him by a resolute wife in Des
Moines. '
Wife No. 2 Visits Him.
Harris is not altogether unhappy
and deserted, however, for there
are still women who send him
flowers and go to the jail on visiting
days. The handsome young woman,
Mrs. "Babe" Young - Benjamin,
whom he married here, the event
that brought about -his arrest for
bigamy, was a county jail visitor
Friday afternoon, and had a friendly
talk with the man who deceived her.
She left the jail with a springy
step and smiling face, and Harris
seemed to b'e greatly cheered.
Doesn't Want Bond.
It was ' intimated yesterday that
Harris would have little trouble in
getting bond but that his -attorney
has advised against it.
A traveling, salesman, who has
long" known Harris, told yesterday
of making a trip over the same ter
ritory in Nebraska covered by Har
ris. He said the man's strange
power over women has got him in
to plenty of trouble and caused him
to be hustled out of several towns
with brief time limit for departure.
"In his jail clothes Harris looks
to be anything but a woman-killer,
but his "wonderful blue eyes" seem
to still retain their potency, and the
woman or girl who sees him once
wants to get better acquainted.
British Government
Ready to Give Workmen
Voice in Management
London, Feb. 21. At a conference
of government officials and repre
sentatives of trades unions held ta
discuss ' the application of " the
Whitely system to government
establishments, Sir Robert Steven
son Home, minister of laGor, de
clared the government was ready to
apply the system,' giving workmen
a share of the management in a'!
government workshops and -yards.
The object is to insure griev
ances being handled immediately
as they arise, thus proventing
strikes. . "
A committee representing the en
gineering, shipbuilding and other
trades was appointed to draft a
constitution for the proposed coun
cils. Take Up Wheat Bill.
i Washington, Feb. 21. The wheat
guarantee bill, giving the president
authority to appornt necessary agen
cies for purchasing 1918 wheat at the
guaranteed price of $2.26 a bushel
and disposing of it at the price de
termined by the law of supply and
demand, was taken, up today by the
house with an agreement for general
debate of five hours.
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By Universal Service.
Toledo, Feb. 21. Ohio is going
dry via Michigan. The 60-milc
stretch of highway between here and
Detroit was packed solid last night
with a liquor caravan roaring along
at top speed through a blinding
snow storm. F'very interurban and
steam train that left -the city north
ward was a liquor special. As the
tide ebbs out it bids fair to deplete
the "Buckeye state's stock of liquor.
The two biggest automobile
towns in the country weren't able to
put enough cars on that wild and
slippery highway to tote the night's
cargo of joy Beverages to the parch
ed peninsula of Michigan.
An estimate of the amount of
whisky sold in Toledo along to
thirsty Michigan was $2,000,000.
The federal authorities tried to
stop the saturnalia but were obliged
to give it up. One hundred and five
automobile rum-runners were arrest
ed and $500,000 worth of liquor con
fiscated and stacked up in the cus
toms office. But it wasn't a drop
in the bucket.
At 1 1 o'clock last night more than
10,000 package runners were ma
rooned here. At that hour the in
terurban line announced that it had
carried 7.000 heavily laden passen
gers into Detroit. The police say that
20,000 persons made the tHp via the
highway in automobile. Vehicles
ot every sort and description were
called into play. In places they
were moving along the highway
three abreast.
At Monroe one car went into the
ditch and 30 others piled tip on top
of it. Three persons met death
when their car, loaded with whisky,
was struck by an interurban car at
Wyandotte.
Drivers who were making their
second or third run declared that
the whole road is dotted with
wrecks. Every farmhouse is filled
with unfortunate victims who are
paying $10 apiece for the privilege
of ' having a roof o.ver their heads.
All along the highways farmers are
serving meals at $2 a head.
ERSIlIGSEflDS
70RD WILL HOT
SEEK HONORS
Letter from General in France
Indicates He Is Thinking
Only of Military Duties
and Not of Office.
(By Universal Service.)
Sharon. Pa., Feb. 21. Gen. John
J. Pershing, commander of the
American expeditionafy'orces:. will
not be a candidate for the repub
lican nomination for president in
1920, according to a letter raceived
here today by James Brackin, Mer
cer county republican leader, from
Col. Carl Boyd, the general's secre
tary. The statement came in a reply to
a letter sent to General Pershing by
Brackin congratulating the general
on the allied military victory and
stating that in response to the wish
es of returned soldiers the repub
lican party probably would nomi
nate him for the presidency at the
republican national convention in
1920. In reply Colonel Boyd wrote:
"My dear Brackin: General Persh
ing has asked me to acknowledge
receipt of your cordial letter of No
vember 14 and to extend his hearty
thanks for your high appreciation of
the achievements of our armies, and
of himself as commander-in-chief.
"As for the other-matter mention
ed in your letter, he thanks you for
the compliment which you pay him,
but he is interested only with his
military duties and feels that he
could not consistently become inter
ested in anything which woi'ld di
vert his attention from them. He
asks me to extend you his best
wishes."
Government Takes Steps to
Buy Fuel Oil at Fair Price
Warning Given United States
Buy from Independent
Companies and Cre
. ate Competition.
By Universal Service.
Washington, Feb. 21. Unless the
Standard Oil and other big inter
ests consent to sell fuel oil to the
United States shipping board and
the Navy department for a fair
price, the government will go into
the oil business, will buy from the
independent companies, ship to sta
tions thoughout the , world, and
create a 'competition in the oil ma'r
ket unknown in the past decade.
Knowledge that the government
and the oil interests have come to
grips over the matter of the future
relationship was revealed today
when it was learned that the Unit
ed States shipping board had called
for new bids for the supply of fuel
oil to themcrchant vessels and that
Commission Has Evidence
Sufficient to Convict 20
German Submarine Com
manders of Murder.
London, Feb. 21. Reuter's limited
says it learns that the commission in
quiring into German submarine ex
cesses has sufficient evidence to
convict 20 German submarine com
manders, nearly all of whom are in
Germany, of murder.
Seven commanders in particulat
have bad records, according to Reu
ter's advice, and the opinion is ex
pressed that their surrender and
trial, possibly by an allied naval
tribunal, should form a claure in the
armistice terms.
Germany Able to Pay.
Herbert Gibbs.' a well-known
banker, in an address here today,
declared that, having made a special
study of the subject, tie was able
to say that the savings of Germany
were very great. Germanv could
easily pay $3,000,000,000 yea'rly, the
burden of which, he asserted, wouM
fall not on the wage earners but on
the people who had made the war
He believed that an allied commis
sion should sit at Borlin to receive
the money in marks at the gold rate
of exchange.
It was quite possible, Mr. Gibbs
said, that for the first three or four
years Germany would find great
difficulty in paying, owing to her
economic and political condition,
and he suggested that, these yearly
amounts should at first be received
in merchant ships to the value of
$2,500,000,000 and from the earnings
of the railways. -
Repatriation Refused.
Paris. Feb. 2. Mathias Erzbcrger,
head of the German armistice com
mission, has been informed by the
allied war council that at present
there can be no discussion of the
repatriation of German prisoners of
war, except of wounded men or
men who are seriously ill. .
Sundry Civil Bill
Carries No Funds for
Employment Bureau
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Washington. Feb. 21. No appro
priations for the continuance of sev
eral government agencies created
during the war, Including the De
partment of Labor's employment
service, are continued in the new
sundry civil appropriation bill re
ported to the house tonight by Rep
resentative Shirley of the appropria
tions committee.
Four members joined inxa minor
ity report claiming that the employ
ment service ('should be continued.
Secretary Wilson wrote Repre
sentative Keating of Colorado to
day that maintenance of the system
of labor exchanges established by
the federal service was "absolutely
necessary to keep industrial unrest
at a minimum."
Hun Grand Duke's Claims
Are Not So Very Modest
Berlin, Feb. 21. (By Associated
Press). Grand Duke Friedrich Au
gust of Oldenburg, who was de
thoned when the revolution broke
out, has, according to Vorwaerts,
presented a financial claim to the
Oldenburg Diet.
He demands a yearly allowance of
150,000 marks for the grand ducal
family over a period of 50 years, and
the claims states that the present fi
nancial situation of the grand duke
is "extremely precarious."
the Navy department M combine
with Chairman Hurley in demanding
that huge reductions from the prices
endured during the war shall be
I made.
i It also was staled for fie first
j time today that' following survey
of the fuel oil situation, the Navy
! department and the shipping board,
failing to secure a fair price, will a!
once put into effect a sweeping plan
for purchasing oil directly from Hit
producer and shipping it in govern
ment vessels to supply depots to be
erected at strategic points -of the
world. -
It is said by officials in close touch
with the situation that the action
of Chairman Hurley and the Navy
department has caused a small panic
among the powerful interests, which
have boasted a control of the oi'
output of the western hemisphere,
an output which is approximately
80 per cent of the entire production
of the world. It is said that theri
is a strong possibility that the gov
ernment may force a reduction of
one-half in the price of furl oil.
House Debating Bill
to Assure Farmer of
$2J2G for 1919 Wheat
Washington, Feb. 21. The
house remained in session until
a late hour tonight in an effort
to reach a vote on the bill pro
viding means for the government
to carry out its guarantee of $2.26
a bushel to the farmer for the
1919 wheat crop, v
Objection to the bill was made
by both republican and demo
cratic members because it does
not specifically provide that the
wheat be sold to the consumer at
the price determined by the law
of supply and demand.
After adopting amendments
changing from October 15, 1920,
to June 1, 1920, the date on which
the government guarantee would
expire and give the president pow
er to prohibit imports of wheat
should unfair tactics be used in
trying to force down the price,
the house adjourned without
reaching a vote on ths bill.
HOUSEFAVORS
ILL TO LICENSE
CI8ARET SALE
Second Debate Over Measure
Results in Order to Engross
It for( Third Reading
in Lower Chamber.
By a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Feb. 21 About the hot
test parliamentary battle yet in the
house, exceeding in interest the one
the previous day, on the education
bill, took place duri;:g the afternoon
session, on the bill regulating the
sale of cigarets. The bill was con
sidered in committee of the whole
and it passed the danger of being
killed by indefinite postponement by
a vote of 36 to 32, with a number of
members absent. It was then or
dered engrossed for third reading
and recommended for passage.
The debate started when Vance
of Adams moved for indefinite post
ponement of House Roll No. 297,
which, as amended, prohibits the
sale of cigarets or cigaret materials,
as well as the gift of the "little
smokes' to anyone less than 21
years of age. It also provides a li
cense fee of .$300 per year for whole
salers, and licenses varying from
$10 to $100 to retailers, and provid
ing strong penalties for the viola
tion of the law.
Want Workable Law.
Different amendments, most of
them made for the purpose of kill
ing the bill, were proposed and vot
ed down, while friends of a worka
ble and enforceable law confined
their efforts to strengthening the
bill so that it would have the force
of public sentiment behind it.
A. Sensation was created on the
floor by Fults of. Furnas, who de
clared that any man who would puff
cigaret smoke was a degenerate.
Rodman of Kimball interpreted the
remark to mean any person who
smoked a cigaret and challenged
Fults to a declaration, and the latter
qualified it by saying he meant puff
ing in the presence of a lady.
Sturtevant , precipitated another
scene when he declared that cigarets
were doped with opiates and he was
told that the Harrison drug act was
enforced to the letter by the fed
eral government and if his statement
were true the sale of cigarets would
have been stopped by the govern
men.t To Protect Youth.
Wildman of York said he was
against the use of whisky and he
wanted to run tobacco out . of .the
state the same ,as intoxicants.
Speaker Dalbey, Representatives
Snow, Foster and others contended
that they were not in favor of
cigaret smoking, but they were in
terested in devising a law that
could be enforced and whifh would
be a means of preventing persons
(Continued od Page Two, Column Three.)
Stock Swindling Operations
Declared Cause of Unrest
Washington, Feb. 21. Operations
of stock swindlers, growing larger
daily as the market created by the
campaigns for the sale of Liberty
bonds is realized upon, were declar
ed by bankers and government offi
cials appearing before the federal
trade, commission today to be a
prime cause in social unrest.
"We have investigated 130 national
swindles during the past year" Rich
ard H. Lee representing the vigilance
committee of the Associated Ad
clubs, testified, "and we have found
tht the machinery at the disposi- 1
lion ot me rosionice department
is not sufficient to meet the need"
"Will you lend us. your rogues'
gallery lit we find a chance to in
ter v en e iskedChairmanCo 1 v e r.
Rhine Provinces Opened to
Commerce by Allied Council
Washington, Feb. 21. The Rhine
provinces of Germany occupied by
the American and allied arm es were
opened to commerce today by the
allied economic ""ouncil at Paris,
subject to such limitations as the
council may prescribe.
This announcement was ' made
tonight by the War Trade board
which said the action was taken in
agreement with the military authoi
ities of the army of occupation and
was expected to alleviate distress it.
the .occupied territory due to unemployment.
Bavarian statesman oiaini
by Count.
DI3. BIJNEU
Kurt Eisner, who seued the reins
of government in Bavarii after the
deposition of the royal family early
m .November, was a socarst ot tile
more radical type and recent reports
from Munich have been that he was
heading a Spartacan movement
against the moderate and conserv
ative factions in Bavaria.
Eisner, a jew, was oorn in Galicia,
and at one time was editor-in-chief
of The Vorwaerts of Berlin. Eisner
always had been opposed to the
German majority socialists and since
his rise to power in Bavaria
had repeatedly attacked President
Ebert and his colleagues. Eisner
was not a delegate o the German
national assembly, having been de
feated by n overwhe'ming vote in
the elections.
IX INJURED
il SIASH OF
TOT MACHINES
Autos, Driven Viy John Sulli
van1 and C. J. Miller,
Collide at Street
Crossing. ...
Six persons were slightly injured
shortly after midnight when an au
tomobile' driven by John Sulliyan,
2211 North Twentieth street, col
lided with another car, carrying five
persons, driven by C. J. Miller, 3105
South First street, at Eleventh and
Jackson streets.
Mrs.C. J. Miller, Mrs. Emma
Kearnes, 1120 Haskell street; Mrs.
William Tarns, 1712 South Seven
teenth street, and Elizabeth Miller,
two-year-old daughter of the driver
of the car, suffered severe cuts and
body bruises. Mr. Miller was cut
about the face.-
M iss Ruth Davis, Girard, Minn.,
who was with her sister, Josephme
Davis, and Dan Depugh. discharged
soldier, in Sullivan's car suffered
severe iuts about the right side.
Sullivan wa sarrested and booked
for fast and reckless driving. He
was driving north on the Eleventh
street viaduct, and in attempting to
lessen the speed of the car at
Jackson street, skidded into the
car driven by Miller, who was going
south. Miller's car was damaged
beyond repair. Sullivan's car
crashed into the railing of the via
duct, narrowly escaping falling on
to the railroad tracks below.
Miss Davis was given medical at
tion at . the police station. She was
taken to her home at 1508 South
Thirty-fourth street. The other in
jured were able to go to their
homes.
Sergeant Depugrh. who was with
rRiith and Josephine Davis, was
booked at the police station on a
charge of being drunk. The party
were just returning from the Union
Station after having taken a friend
there.
House tfl Jnsist on the -One-Year
Enlistment Plan
Washington, Feb. 21. House con
ferees on the bill authorizing re
sumption of voluntary enlistments
in the army were appointed today
with instructions to insist on the
house amendments, .providing that
enlistments be for one year with no
requirements for further service in
the reserve army. 'Ihe bill originally
provided, as did the pre-war law, for
three-year enlistments and four
years' service in the reserve.
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Premier Shot Dead in Street
by Count Arco Valley;
Spartacans Defeated
in Uprising.
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BULLETIN.
London, Feb. 22. A German
wireless message received here
quotes Philip Scheidmann, Ger
man chancellor, as saying that
Herr Rosshaupter, Bavarian min
ister of war, and Herr Auer, min
ister of interior, in addition to
Premier Eisner, have been assin
ated. By Associated Press.
Geneva, Feb. 21. Kurt l-jsncr, the
premier of Bavaria, was shot dad
at Munich this morning at 10
o'clock.
Herr Eisner, with Herr Merkle,
his secretary, was walking along the
Prannerstrasse to attend the open
ing of the landtag where he intend
ed to deliver an important speech.
Suddenly Lieut. Couut'Arco Valley,
formerly an officer in' the Prussian
guards, shouting "Down with the
revolution, long live the kaiser" fired
at Herr Eisner, from behind at a
distance of a few yards.
Two bullets penetrated the pre
mier's head and he fell dead on the
pavement. A sailor shot down his
assailant, who is roported to be
mortally injured.
The first news of the tragedy
reached the landtag when a Bavar
ion soldier holding Herr Eisner's
blood-covered spectacles in his hand,
entered shouting, "Eisner has been
murdered." The assassination has
created,. great sensation at -Munich
and grave troubles are feared as
Herr Eisner was the idol of the
population of the. city.
Auer Shot in Landtag.
At the session of the landtag,
Herr Auer, minister of the interior,
vas shot while alluding to the assas
sination ot Kurt Eisner, the Bavar
ian premier. . ,
Auer fell wounded in the left side
and Deputy Osel was killed and two
other officials ' were seriously
wounded.
The shots were fired from the
public gallery and caused a panic
among the deputies.
The Diet building now is being
guarded by the military.
Herr Auer was a member of the
majority socialist party. He first
came into prominence last Novem
ber, at the time of the revolt in
Bavaria, taking the portfolio of min
ister of the interior in the new
cabinet.
Forced to Resign.
The following month when the
period of unrest in Munich became
grave Auer was compelled at the
points of revolvers of revolution
ists who visited his house at night,
to resign. '
A short time afterward the min
isterial council of the people of Ba
varia expressed its anger over the
forcing of Auer to relinquish his
position and declared that his res
ignation "naturally is void and the
minister remains a member of the
government." The document was
signed by Kurt Eisner, as minister
president. Last December 17 prominent men
including one Bavarian duke, were
arrested in Munich, charged with
having been engaged in a conference
with the local soldiers' council. It
was asserted that a revolutionary
plot was on foot and that Auer was
connected with it. In a speech in
the Bavarian chamber of deputies
January 7, Auer said he proposed to
intervene with arms against Ger
many if the unsettled condition's iu
Berlin continued.
Announced by Scheidemann.
Berlin, Feb. 21. Herr Scheide
mann, speaking iu the national as
sembly, today, iaid:
"With the greatest sorrow and
indignation I have to inform you
that the Bavarian premier, Kurt
Eisner, champion of the revolution,
has been shot by a fanatic. Munich
is the scene of a bloody civil war
and my friends, Rosshaupter and
Auer, are said to be dead. i
"The government expresses trie
(ContlDiird on Pe Two, Column Two
Americans in Russia
Rejoice Over News of
Withdrawal in Spring
Archangel, Feb. 21. 'Ihe an
nouncement from Washington that
'the American troops in north Rus
sia are to be ''withdrawn at the
earliest possible moment . in the
spring was received with joy b
the troops themselves, but official
circles and also the Russian popula
tion are anxious to know whether
other troops will be sent to re
place them.
The American troops affoi ted ave
the 339th infantry and one battalion
of the 310th engineers, nil dmt;
forces entitled to drmo'iilizatio
after the conclusion of the