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[ HAD! Li REA I r I All the lat I on sale. II fj Hat or Dr 1 you, whetl By seeing < are in a p selection w get the late: which you Had< I ABBEVIl ION-WILSON CI KDIES DY-TO-WEAI fl arments est Spring Styles are : you want a Spring ess we are ready to ler you buy much or our New Spring Style: (osition to make your rith the assurance tha st styles at the lowest p will find very reason Ion Wils Company jle, south carol: J. n > now I Suit, I serve I little. 8 3 you I own I t you I >rices, 1 able. I on r\i a jl Settlement Is Nearer Says One Report Stutteart. March 22?There appears to be hoDes in official circles here that a peaceful settlement of the trouoies in ihe Ruhr district! will be effected. Such hopes were expressed by officials in commenting: uuon the situation 'ate last niarht. Official confirmation was riven of news disualch has announc 1 ine- the resignation of Gustiav ; Noske. the minister of defense, and its acceptance by President ' Ebert. j Uhlans Attacked. Aix La Chappelle, Marca 21.?A ae-j tachment of Uhlan^ was surprised | Monday between Dusseldorf and Duis-j, burg, southwest of Essen. The offi-1 cers and young soldiers of the detach-1 ment were shot as enemies oO th* working classes, according to a i wounded Uhlan who was rescued by a |; Belgian post and told of the attack. Disaster Inevitable. Copenhagen March 23.?The whole , western industrial district of Ger|many is held solidly by radicals and | j disaster is inevitable if the govern- J | ment troops try to interfere there, acIcording to information received from Berlin this morning by telephone by , the Berlingske Tidende. The Social Demokraten learns that a purely purely workers' government is on point of formation wihout cooperation with the bourgeois parties. Another Battle Reported. La-Chappele-Rhenish Prussia, Mar. ' 23.?Another battle is reported to be going on between Spartacans and 1 troops of the regular army at Wesselr 22 miles northwest of Essen. The[! regulars, the report says, appear to j1 j have been outflanked by the Sparta | cans. * Allies Hands Off. J London, March 23.?The situation j in the Ruhr valley, the stronghold of i the German Reds, is expected in dipj lomatic and military circles here to remain virtually unchanged until the 1 peace conferees in London decide! i whether German government troops, !shall he allowed in that district* < The conference had before yesterday a protest by Czecho-Slovakia against such action. It failed to ; I reach a decision and put over to to- : ! day the question whether the valley [should be allowed to remain as it is j or if the Czech protest should be i ! overridden. j This is the only instance where the < ; Entente may take a hand in the Ger- i man disorders, and then only because ; ; Germany, under the provisions of the i i treaty of Versailles, does not control that section of the country. It is de- \ clared here that Entente is still maintaining a handf-off policy, notwithstanding the recurring reports that the British mission in Berlin is attempting to dictate to tne n.Dert government. This mornings official message state that the Reds in the Ruhr valley possess no effective artillery or tanks, but are plentifully supplied with ri' I J. M. Spring Suits Take a p< Suits, and yc fine tailoring Seems to c< get into a b season. You may s< and know th in the new st I And new S] ties for you t Come in and \X/rarrv IT T VVAi. JL J Our 1 91 I J* III# I CL< fles. r Heavy Fighting >'ortli of Spandau 0 Berlin. March 22.?Heavy fighting ' between regular troops and insur- s gents occurred today north of Span- ! T dau. Strong bands equipped with ma- ? (.liine guns, which had plundered the i village of Boetzow, encountered a com- ' ^ pany of regulars near Henningdorff, i5 and the latter were obliged to retire 1 temporarily owing to their inferiority js in numbers. Arrival of reinforcements. r%however, was the signal for a system- j atic attack, with artillery preparation. | f and house-to-house fighting ensued, g The insurgents were finally compell-i8' ed to retreat, leaving 14 dead and ja many wcronded on the scene of the 'f fightiiig. They were pursued by regul- j11 ars. i b Government troops occupied the ja bridges across the Havel river near ! d Spandau. Coblenz, March 23.?Negotiations between the government and leaders of workers were going on in Berlin a yesterday, according to advices receiv- s ed here, but the general strike had not t been settled, as the larger labor ele- t ments and the independent socialists were demanding guarantee* a- f< gainst militarists and more conces- b sions from the government. Some v trains were moving on suburban lines out of Berlin yesterday. Baltic troops and units of the naval KricraHflc nrifVirlmirn frnm Pa^lin P yi lliniuiuii li ilUUi iJCl *111 rt UU1& j Dr. Walfgang Kapp left the city, are I" now in camp 15 miles west of Berlin, it is said. Communists Hold Dozen To\\T>s j' Copenhagen, March 22.?A despatch ' to the Berlinske Tidende from Ber in ' says the communist army in West-i phalia aggregates fully 10,000 men who are equipped with mine throwers, i, armored cars and machine guns. Tiie p army is being constantly reinfv.ro3d. p It already holds about a dozen towns. Copenhagen, Magch 23.?Work was resumed in the shipyards at Hamburg 1 yesterday. according to dispatches re- 11 ceived here, and a telegram from !s Kiel says that workmen there unv? de- jn cided to resume their posts in the t most essential public services. Socialists Strengthen Forces Dusseldorf" .March 2.'!?Small squads I af independent socialists, wearing i ^ Red brassards and having army rif-,s les slung over their shoulders, are 1 a arriving here to strengthen the forces jo numbering several thousand men. i which are holding this city, while a-1 waiting a threatened attack from gov-j eminent troops. The Red army, in | which many communists have enlist- ? ed. is now drilling near the town. So- p cialists are patrolling the streets, but ^ are not molesting the public. No dis- g orders were reported today. t The people of Dusseldorf. expect f povernment troops, which were forced a to retire to Wesel, 32 miles northwest j nf here, to be reinforced sufficiently to \: recapture the city within a week. Concentrating Near Wesel r London, March 22.?Latest reports r from Germany show that state and c government troops are concentrating near Wesel to move against the ex- | tensive districts now occupiied by I communists, says a Rottendam dis- I ANUfcKSU 0TH1NG STOF 5 for Men and ^ Are Here eep at the advance stylei iu'11 see some handsome s] ? and smart style. oax the bashful season so rand new Spring Suit et sleet a Suit from the new i at you are getting first cc yles. pring Shirts are flaunting o see, new Spring Neckwe see our new line r the best line in fc !0 Stetson Hats a 3THING STOP atch to the London Times. On the ither hand, the communists are moblizing after the method of the Rusians with great speed, and it is iir.ioss:ible to prophesy the issue r-:' the 0111 irig battle, or when ii vill be ouglit. The communists ;.re hamiereil by a lack of food, one ropert aying they have supplies for only hree days, and that when this :s con timed it is anticipated they will proeed to rob the countrv districts. The dispatches quotes a message rom the correspondent of 1 he Teleraaf describing- the conquest of Esen by the communists. As far jack s Thursday, he say^, there were ights between the Reds and governlent soldiers in the suburbs of Essoin ut the city itself continued cuiet nd normal. The strike had been eclared off, and evrybod7 there had Hsumecl work. Both Sides Use Artillery. Copenhagen, March 23.?A Liepic telegram received here last night ays that fighting at Halle and in he neighborhood of that place coninues with undiminished vio.ence, oih the troops and tho workers orces using artillery. Halle h:*s een completely cut from the outside .'orid Want a Labor Part? London, March 23. ?The proposal ut, before Gustav Bauer, the German premier, for the formation of a abor government for Germany, excluding the bourgeois parties wa3 Iviiuced by the independent sucta!st*. thf Kxchanee Telee-aoh corres i- ?t Berlin repoil.v He also dda: ' The n ajoritv of the people would ndoubtedly vote again;;: such a prcosal, (mring it woula result in a iroletarit-;i t'ictatorship "1; oh a rovernmenL were formd it would M rr hnve to t';?? lational assembly or else retire as oon as it '.ame into conflict with the lajority of the pleople's representcives, which would be almost cerain to happen upon the introduction f its socialistic proposals. "Premier Ba.'er informed the inependents (hat it would be neceiary to consult I'll the parties before 11 nnuivdr /viiilrl hp banded to them n the question." Situation Is Confused. Paris. March 23.?The situation 11 Berlin is extremely confused at iresent, according to advices to the. oreign office today. There is apparently a conflict between the miliary and the civilian members of the overnment. Generq.1 Von Seecht, lie commander of the government orces, favors prompt and energetic ction .against the Spartacans in tho tuhr Valley, while the civilian memlers of the government are still se'kng to assuage the trouble by comiromise. Nothing definite, it was eported. had come out of yesterday's nmnrnmiso npentiatinn"?. The foreign office dispatch report government troops in possession of ^eipsic, but that Halle is likely to )e caDtured by Red forces. N CO. I IE I foung Men % 2 s in Spring % Decimens of 1 me what to ?? irly in the p| stock here jj| >rrect word j| their beau jar, too. 1 'of Oxford >otwear re here j