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GERMANY AGAIN
IN REVOLUTION
NO ARMED RESISTANCE IS OFFERED.
Troops Occupy City.
Rifles and Machine Guns Surround
Government Building in Wilhelmstrass.
Berlin, March 13.?Germany today
is in the throes of a counter revolutionary
movement which was successful
this forenoon in turning the Ebert
Government out of Berlin and setting
up a new administration in the capital.
President Ebert and his cabinet', offering
no armed resistance to the
' i revolutionary troops which invaded
Berlin from the suburbs, have gone
to Dresden and established the seat
of their government in that city.
The new government which has
been provisionally proclaimed here
with Dr. Wolff gang Kapp as chancellor,
has declared the national assembly
dissolved and announced that new
elections would be held.
General Strike Called.
The old government* through its
majority Socialist members, including
President Ebert, has issued a proclamation
calling for a general strike
as the only means of saving Ger
many from the return of Wilhelm II.
Reports from outside Berlin declare
the counter revolutionary movement
has affected the troops in large
numbers throughout the country, the
new security guard as well as the old
f army forces.
The Kapp Government in a statement
to the press declared itself
neither reactionary or monarchistic.
Thi*events that led up to these de
velopmentfe were dramatic and rapid
in sequence.
Trace of Serious Plot.
Last evening it became known that
the government of President Ebert
and Minister of Defense Noske had
come upon traces of a serious plot
to overthrow the Republican regime.
Orders were issued for the arrest of
the men believed to be mainly concerned.
These were, first and chiefly,
Dr. Wolffgang Kapp, noted as a reactionary,
who has been prominent in
all agitations of the fatherland party
and an extreme antagonist of the republican
government, and Gen. Von
I Luettwitz, who was in command of
the first self-styled guard of Reichswehr,
or empire defense forces.
With them were associated Capt.
Pabst, a cavalry officer of the guard,
who had taken a leading part in suppression
of the Spartacist revolt last
year. Apparently, notwithstanding
the precautionary measures taken by
the government the plot had gone
too far to be arrested as the troops
selected for the seizure of Berlin
were already on the way ,and the
force at the disposal of the govern
ment was not only insufficient but
was not altogether dependable.
Propose Drastic Terms.
When the news came that revolutionary
forces from the big camp at
Doeberitz were on the march, officers
of rank belonging to the government
troops were sent to meet them, as
emissaries of the President, to order
them to desist and to return to their
quarters. The mutineers, who belonged
mainly to naval brigades with
some additions from Baltic troops
who have always been disaffected and
undisciplined met the government's
representatives of whom the chief
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was Gen. Von uiaersuausen emu yiuposed
some terms of an extreme character
which were referred to the
cabinet in Berlin.
At the same moment a proclama(tion
prepared in . advance was issued
promising the people freedom and
order and dissolving the national assembly,
declaring that the assembly's
mission, which was to establish a
constitution and conclude peace, had
been fulfilled. The leaders of the
late government have, on their part,
issued an appeal to the people, claiming
their support against the reactionaries
and calling upon them to
organize a general strike.
Leaders Quit
The late government leaders quitted
Berlin at an early hour and later
were reported at Dresden, where the
seat of the old government has been
established.
Trying It Again.
J. P.?John Smith do you take
this woman to be your lawfully wedded
wife, for better or for worse?
J. S.?For better.
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NO CAVE MEN WANTED.
Woman Denies That Women Crave
Hough Stuff From Men.
Clarice Margoles Baright, attorney
at law, does not agree with Vicente
Blasco Ibanez in his estimate of
American women or his opinion on
the proper attitude of husbands, says
the New York World.
The Spanish novelist, add.essing
the University club in Philadelphia
February 28, said:
"The American man has a meniai i
picture of his wife, standing behind I
the door with a rolling pin, either
literally or figuratively speaking, according
to social standards. They
do not like the bowing and scraping
of the American man. A woman
likes a master and not a slave."
Mrs. Baright had just returned
from a club meeting and was preparing
dinner in her flat at 219
West Eightieth street, when a World
reporter called to ask her if she
agreed with Senor Blasco Ibanez.
She made a little gesture of impatience.
"I know there is a lot of talk
about women liking the 'rough stuff'
and the 'cave man stuff,' " she said,
"but even if a great novelist says
such a thing, he doesn't know what
he is talking about.
"There never was a time when
women more needed sympathy and
understanding from their husbands |
than they do today. The war has
made a tremendous difference in the
attitude of American women toward
their responsibilities. They have no
desire to dominate men, but they
wish to do their share as women.
They are not content any longer to
be dolls. They want to think and
work.
"Of course, every womanly woman
wants to feel that she can lean on
her husband's judgment. She likes
to sit down quietly with him in the
evening?iperhaps on his lap?and
talk her problems over with him.
Until'she has his full cooperation
her life can never be quite complete."
Mrs. Baright has dark eyes that
sparkle when she talks. She drew
herself up to her full height as she
continued:
"I wonder who these bored American
.women were who talked with the
Spanish author. He ought to visit
the public schools and go home with
the children. Then he will meet
some typical American wives. I
don't believe he will find them bored
because they aren't treated roughly.
These women will tell him that J;he
chivalry and kindness they get from
their husbands are the most beautiful
thing in their lives.
"If American women are going to
have a big share in solving the problems
of reconstruction, as I believe
I they are, it will be because their hus!
ba^ds are cooperating with them.
I Our distinguished visitor has mistaken
our new confidence and sense
of responsibility for aggressiveness, I
think. He doesn't understand as
yet."
FATHER ADOPTS BABY.
Sweetheart Makes No Objection to
Legal Movement.
Baltimore, Marcn jlz. ? juuge
Stanton this afternoon granted the
petition of Perley Spiker and his wife
for the legal adoption of the baby of
the English girl, Emily Knowles,
now the wife of Guy Spiker, brother
of Perley.
Counsel or the petitioners told
the court of Perley Spiker's dual relationship
with the two women as the
husband of one and the war-time
sweetheart of the other. He said
Spiker and his wife wanted to rear
and educate the child because the
mother was not so financially situated
as to give it the opportunities
they could, as Perley Spiker, the
child's father, earns $100 a week as
a steel worker. This motive, the attorney
said, was seconded by the
love which each of them bore for the
child. The mother of the child,
when questioned by the judge, gave
her consent unreservedly because
she believed her baby would be given
the care and the advantages it deserved
through its adoption jointly
by its father and his wife.
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Their Preparation.
"How did you like the pie supper
over at Toad Rock schoolhouse
tuther night?" asked a friend.
"First rate, myself!" replied Gap
Johnson, of Rumples Ridge, Ark.
"Wife enjoyed it right smartly, too.
But our fourteen children had been
ga'nting theirselves up for a couple
of days in preparation for it, and
they did not get more than about
half enough to eat."
CADETS' DEMANDS
TURNED DOWN
PRESIDENT AND FACULTY SUP- [
PORTED. "
Conditions Are Faulty. r
iioai cl Rescinds Sentence Imposed On
Crossland and Orders . j
New Trial. t
Clemson College, March 15.?The 1
report of the board of trustees of ?
Clemson college, which has been in- (
i
vestigating tne waiaout lasi weuues- day
of 450 freshmen and sophomores
to enforce a demand for reinstatement
without punishment of all underclassmen
and certain reforms in
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methods of cadet government, was
issued late today. Threats of the
senior and junior classmen to walk
out in sympathy with- the underclassmen
and general conditions at
the institution also are dealt with in,
the report. ,
The report is featured by the foi
lowing findings and recommendations:
Support of the president, the commandant
and the discipline committee
of the faculty.
Refusal to consider the ultimatum
from senior and junior classmen,-layind
down of certain conditions upon
which junior and senior class men
who signed an ultimatum and sophomore
and freshmen classmen who
walked out may reenter the college.
Acknowledgment that conditions of *
the mess had not been what the au- 1
thorities would have them, but that 1
economic and other conditions the!1
mi aU f f A fit n 0_ I 1
VV UI1U U V CI" aiC OULll inai txic ouuution
could not have been better under ?
existing limitations, authorizing the (
president to make improvements in *
the mess and providing him with ad- c
ditional.funds to cover cost of them j
without raising the monthly rate of ?
board for cadets. *
Conditions upon which junior and J
senior classmen may reenter the col- *
lege provided that each individual '<
who signed the ultimatum shall sign 1
and file with the president for uie trustees
by 11:30 p. m. March 21, a 1
written withdrawal from their ap- "
proval of the last paragraph of the *
document. Those failing to comply
| shall be considered in a state of sub- 5
ordination and shall be dropped from *
the rolls of the college without the 11
privilege of reinstatement at any '<
time in the future. Members of 1
these classes who do not return in
accordance with the terms of their 1
present leave, without sufficient ex
cuse in tne opinion 01 tne president,
shall be adjudged deserters and drop- (
ped from the rolls as such. Fresh- J
men and sophomores who fail to re- 1
turn by 11:30 p. m., March 21, will <
be dropped from the college rolls.
When these conditions have been 1
met those cadets returning will be 1
required to subscribe anew to the (
pledge given upon their former en- i
trance and to make up all work miss- 1
ed. I
Open trial for cadets, not upon demands
from any cadet element, but 1
solely to inspire more of a spirit of <
confidence in the work of the disci- 1
pline committee of the faculty; permission
to be granted accused cadets '
to have faculty counsel of their own 1
choosing at the trial; no student rep- 1
resentative upon the discipline committee.
(
Appointment of a committee of the i
trustees to study the cadet govern- 1
ment conditions and suggest changes ?
as might be deemed advisable, this 1
report to be submitted at the regular <
April meeting of the trustees.
Consideration of the case of Cadet '<
Crossland, not upon the demand of ?
the junior and senior classmen, but <
upon the petition of Cadet Crossland, i
as provided by regulations. The
board, acting as an appellate court,
found that the discipline committee
erred technically in the trial of the
defendant and the case remanded to
the discipline committee for trial under
the proper section of the regula- 1
tions. If Crossland returns under the '
conditions laid down by the board, 1
and the committee finds him guilty, 1
the cadet can appeal to the board. 1
when the board would pass upon the
actual merits of the case. '
Sure.
"Want to read this professor's
article on 'The Women Men Marry?
"
"Nope. I know what women men '
marry."
"Oh, you do just like that!"
"Certainly. Men marry the women '
who are thereafter their wives." 1
VALLEY OF SKELETONS.
sir Sidney Col via Recalls Tale of
Trelawny.
Writing his "Personal Recollecions"
in Scribner's Magazine, Sir 1
\r i tnllc? r\9 or* intoroct^n o*
)IUI1C? VUI V III ICllO Ui. uu lubviv/uuiis
mcounter with Edward John Treawny,
the picturesque English Corlisli
adventurer and rebel. The meetng
took place when Trelawny, an ]
tged man, had retired to an English
:ountry retreat and was living on
nemories of romantic escapades in
lie early part of the 19th century?
irivateering expeditions, adventures
vith Shelly and Byron in Tuscany,
tnd as the trusted lieutenant of the
jreek chieftain, Odysseus. He had
ducked the heart of Shelly from the
loet's funeral pyre and showed his
'isitor the scar of the burn sustained
n the act.
At the time of Sir Sidney's visit
he war between Greece and Turkey
vas brewing, and the old adventurer,
liscussing the fighting qualities of
he Greeks, referred to their propensity
of guerillq warfare and the skill
>f their marksmen in taking ad.:antage
of natural cover. The observation
recalled to the visitor a
graphic passage in Trelawny's "Rec)rds
of Shelley. Byron," etc., relatng
to an incident in the Greek War
)f Liberation.
"On our way to Corinth we passed
hrought he defiles of Dervenakia;
)ur road was a mere mule path for
ibout two leagues, winding along in
;he bed of a brook, flanked by rugged
)recipices. In this gorge, and a more
'ugged path above it, a large Ottonan
force, principally cavalry, had
)een stopped in the previous autumn
)y barricades of rocks and trees,
ind slaughtered like droves of cattle
)y the wild and exasperated Greeks,
it was a perfect picture of the war
md told its own story; the sagacity
)f the nimble footed Greeks, and the
lopeless supidity of the Turkish
sommanders were palpable; detached
:rom the heaps of dead, we saw th?
jkeletons of some bold riders who
lad attempted to scale the acclivities,
>till astride the skeleton of their
lorses, and in the rear, as if in the<
ittempt to back out of the fray,
:he bleached bones of the negroes'
"ands still holding the hair ropes at;ached
to the skulls of their camels
?death like sleep, is a strange posure
master.
"There were grouped in a narrow
space five thousand or more skele:ons
of men, horses, camels and
nules; vultures had eaten their flesh
ind the sun had bleached their
3ones."
rt'atch "Brother Isaiah" Heal Sick.
New Orleans,, March 11.?While
crowds early tonight still jammed the j
streets leading to the little house |
Doat of John Cudney, of Canada, who
2alls himself "Brother Isaiah," plans
were being made by city and state
medical authorities to investigate the
?ublished statements of persons who
claimed to have been "cured" of va
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nous ailments, some ui rnajui
tance, by the boatman's "laying on of
hands."
Dozens of sick persons were
brought to the house boat during the
day, many in cots. Sermons were
preached by "Brother Isaiah" and
"treatment" was given. To all who
would listen certain residents of uptown
New Orleans told how they had
been "healed."
Although the presence of the aged
Canadian boatman at that section of
the city where Calhoun street joins
the Misissippi river levee was not
generally known until early today, before
noon crowds numbered hundreds
and included persons in all
stations of life. The crowd by late
afternoon was more than a thousand
and vehicles, ranging from mule
carts to limousines, were parked
along the levee.
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\ I?ATAnofp."
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The wife was having a small
bridge party at the house for a company
of women and one of the guests
failed to appear, leaving a vacant
place at one of the tables, so she
called up her husband at the office
and asked whether he woyld n'ot
come home early and "fill out."
"But why can't you play with a
dummy?" he asked, evidently having
no relish for the game.
"Why, the girls have invited you,"
was the wifely response.
Changing Diet.
Rover?I haven't seen a bone in a
dog's age, brother. I wonder what
is up.
Nero?Meat, you poor boob. Why,
[ became a vegetarian more than
two months ago.?Buffalo Express.
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LODGE RESERVATION
ADOPTED IN SENATE
BELIEF THAT RATIFICATION
MOVE WILL BE KILLED.
Adoption Vote 56 to 26.
Fourteen Democrats Line Up With
Republicans On Propo
Washington, .March 15.?Reaffirming
its disagreement with President
Wilson on the dominating issue of
the peace treaty controversy, the senate
adopted today, by a vote of more
than two to one, the new Article X
reservation framed by Republican
leaders.
fts action brought to an end, at
least for the present, the protracted
effort for a compromise that would
insure ratification, and the senate's
decision was accepted generally as
hastening the treaty toward another
deadlock, from which it could be released
only by a verdict at the polls
next November.
Fourteen Democrats voted with the
united Republican membership for
the reservation, but this defection
from the administration ranks fell
far short of the number that would
be required to ratify. It was conceded
that others probably would
swing over on the ratification rollcall,
but administration leaders,
backed by a definite assurance that
the new reservation was unacceptable
to the president, evidenced no apprehension
that their forces ' would
dwindle beyond the danger point.
Tuo-thirds Majority.
The vote for adoption, 56 to 26,
showed on its face a t^o-thirds majority
for the reservation, but it by
no means indicated that two-thirds
would vote for ratification on that
basis. Included in the majority were
the irreconciliables, holding about a
score of votes, which, on the ratification
roll-call, will be cast against the
treaty.
The reservation, adopted after
many efforts to modify it, had been
polled under tne solidly united ite-i
publican majority, follows, in general
form, the one adopted last November.
It is as follows:
"The United States assumes no
obligation to preserve the territorial
integrity or political independence of
any other country by the employment
of its military or naval forces, its
resources or any form of economic
discrimination, or to interfere in any
way in controversies between nations,
including all controversies relating
to territorial integrity or political independence,
whether members of the
league or not, under the provisions
of Article X, or to employ the military
or naval forces of the United
States, under any article of the treaty,
for any purpose, unless in any
particular case me tuugicoo, waivu,
under the Constitution, has the sole
power to declare war or authorize or
employment of the military or naval
forces of the United States, shall, in
the exercise of full liberty of action,
by act or'joint resolution so provide."
Vote Was 46 to 33.
On adoption of the original Article
X reservation last November the vote
was 46 to 33, with only four Democrats,
Senators Reed, Gore, Smith, of
Georgia, and Walsh, of Massachusetts,
voting in the affirmative.
The vote on Article X completed
the senate's reconsideration of the
fourteen reservations adopted in November,
but several new proposals
remain to be disposed of before the
vote on ratification. Most leaders
thought tonight, however, that the
end would come this week.
Senator Hitchcock did not disclose
details of his communication with the
White House, but informed his colleagues
he had been told that the
president found the Article X substitute
quite as objectionable as the
original reservation.
Spoiled it All.
They had been dining in state in
the dining car. Husband, who is a
teacher of English, was glad that
111x1 - hn /I cr\
111116 uaugllier UCIU ucnaicu ou fectlv.
Mother also was in a happy
frame of mind. There were numerous
other diners in the car and the
parents were proud of their child.
Not a single thing had happened to
mar the serenity of the occasion.
Finally the meal was over and they
started to leave the car. Their way
took them past all the other tables.
Suddenly the little girl felt impelled
to ask a question.
"Mother," she called in a shrill
voice, "aren't we going to wash the
dishes?"
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WASTE PAPER PROBLEM.
Elimination of Space Grafters Would
Help Solution.
The chairman of the house postoffice
committee has written to newspaper
publishers throughout the
country asking to reduce consumption
of news print ten per cent, because
of the acute paper shortage, and at
the same time reminding publishers
that the committee has before it various
bills to restrict the size of pub
lications because of tbe paper shortage.
All of this may be very well and
may result in some measure in relieving
the situation. But if the government
is going into the paper saving
business we would like to suggest
an additional field in which we believe
it could labor with very satisfactory
result. That field lies in the
great avalanche of "propaganda," of
almost ten thousand various hues,
which is constantly moving through
.
the channels of the post office department,
choking the mails and
hindering the handling of the important
matter. While it would not be
j,
possible to prohibit the mailing of
such "junk," it does seem that some
sort of repressive measure might be
adopted which would discourage the
sending of all this "junk" through
the mails, and when that had been
done there would naturally be less
<r-.
white paper devoted to the printing
of this propaganda.
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No one who has not worked about a
- newspaper
olfice realizes the tremendous
volume of "publicity" matter
sent through the mails every day to
ho noircnanerc hrrvnchnnt the* Mlin.
try. In this connection the Charlotte
Observer has an interesting editorial
setting forth some interesting facts
regarding this same subject. It follows:
Major Conrad, chief of what is
known as the Recruiting Publicity
Bureau for the United States army, at
New York, recently had his curiosity
aroused over the fact that only a
small fraction of the matter he was .
sending out to the newspapers found
its way in print. He originate a
questionnaire intended to bring out a
line of information, and in reply he
heard from about ^000 papers. The
answers were convincing. Reduced
to "composite" form they indicated
that the newspaper offices were receiving
"boxes, barrels and carloads"
of free publicity stuff, of
which less than, one-half of one per
cent, was used; that z.to per cent, or
it was unfit for putting into print
unless rehashed; that as for news
value, "now and then a raisin is
found in it; and that there should be
"another Volstead act for suppression
of near and unpaid publicity."
Whereupon, the Major is moved to
throw up his hands and quit the
waste in paper and postage. "After
turning in our dark lantern, our gum
galoshes, our false face and our
skeleton keys," he advises the editors,
"we renounce membership in
the Space Grabber's Union and will
hereafter endeavor to lead an honest,
straight forward life." Major /
Conrad's experience in gathering information
about the free advertising
scheme in its various forms ought to
have general circulation for the benefit
of other "publicity bureaus." The * .
newspaper offices of the country simply
cast away tons of this sort of
stuff during the course of a year, and
yet the bureau seems hard to discourage.
The Observer can trecall * *
several agencies that persist in wasting
paper and spending postage although
not in any instance has any
of their matter has been used in this
office. And if Major Conrad could
break into The Congressional Record
with his questionnaire and the'
answers, the enlightening effects
might result in national good.?Anderson
Daily Mail.
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Self Evident.
The popular author sat in his
study,- his brow creased in thought.
Across the flat desk his secretary
waited, pen poised above note book.
"Ah," the author said at last, his
face clearing, "I have it! We will
begin. Take this: 'John Smith was
an exceptionally intelligent young
man, hardworking unmarried!'" v
The author paused abruptly and
frowned. "No," he said. "There's
something wrong in that."
He paced the length of the room.
"Ah!" he suddenly exclaimed.
"Of course! Strike out 'unmarried,'
please and we will go on."
Foolish Wife.
He?My dear, I have just paid off
the mortgage on our home.
She?Im so glad. Now you can
put on another and buy an automobile.?Baltimore
American.
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