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, . t>4. BHB OEM. LLOYD H. BHiiT STAY IN FRINGE SAYS NEW CMP NOT REACTIONARY • i Chancellor Kapp of New Government and Luettwitz tt* «u* Prodamate. IB "MODIFY" PEACE PACT T' ^n* Commander* of Troops DeflUru Move Is Not Monarchi«ti% butto Provide an Efflclertl ^ Government. Berlin, March 38.--Chancellor Kapp • t»f the new Berlin government and Major General von Luettwitz have issued the following proclamation: v "The overthrow of the povernment must not be taken as reactionary. On '"the contrary, It is a progressive measure of patriotic Germans of all parties, with a view to reestablishing law, order, discipline and honest government in Germany. It Is an .erdue , : attempt to lay the foundations for the economic resuscitation of Germany, , enabling her to fulfill those condlv tlons of the peace treaty which are reasonable and not self-destructive. "Inspired by *eal and a desire for . the benefit of all the German people, the new povernment Invites heartily the acceptance and co-operation of the L Independents for the creation and elaboration of laws for the betterment •\ of the working classes.** The manifesto charges the socialist government with overburdening thQ ; people with taxation, falling to create : conditions for an increase of produc* r. tlon In all lines, suppressing newspapers which criticize it, and otherwise ! interfering with personal liberty, and refusing to dissolve the national assembly and Issue writs for new electlons. jsg'i, "Last, but not least," says the manifesto, "a government whose chief fc&L . spokesman Is Erzberger mast 1 be swept away." '*• f It further declares that a change of government is purely an internal af- '> 'aIr an<* a German question, which ifZ"- alone concerns the German people. It promises to use every effort to maintain Internal and external peace and prevent a recurrence of the mistakes of "a government now happily defunct and obsolete." The manifesto continues: "We readily recognize that It is of vital Interest to foreign countries not to have a government In Germany which In any way could or might endanger the peace of Europe." Gen. von Luettwitz previously had Issued the following order, in which he assumed military control: "I am personally taking over the executive power' for Berlin and the mark of Brandenburg. All decrees Issued by Defense Mlnisrer Herr Noske In accordance with the decree of January 13 will remain in force." The following explanation came from one of the commanders of the .troops: "We Jcnew that this was coming for a long time. The reichswehr and the militarised police, the one numbering 3,000 and the other 5,000, had fully agreed to act as a unit if the new government was proclaimed. They now are working In complete harmony to •control the situation and. If necessary, they can Immediately enroll thousands of volunteers and citizens to maintain order. "We do not expect trouble, for this Is not a monarchists revolution, but the peremptory action of the nation to place its affairs in the hands of men qualified to handle them. Therefore, antlmonarchlstlc radicals are not opposing, but. are supporting the change. "This is not a monarchists coup, because while we believe the best form of government Is a constitutional government with a king In name only, we realize this Is not the time to establish K. The time may not arrive for ten or fifteen years. But this movement Is not monarchists. Von Luet twits and the other men now in charge are not monarchists. "The full truth Is that they know the Ebert government is absolutely Incompetent, and with the elections postponed Indefinitely the only way to put an efficient government in charge was to use force. No more than necessary will be used." $doret£fy Baker Says* 25,000 Will Remain and 50,000 •fl.T- *» R#tum#dlfWS BONUS CAUSES ANOTHER ROW Grover C. Bergdoll, millionaire Phlladelphlan, who Is being tried at Governor's Island by military court-martial dn a charge of trying to evade the draft. NEWBERRY MAN IS ILL Paul King, Campaign Manager, Collapses on Stand. RV Physician Says Witnest I* a Physical Wrack--May Not Recover for a Year. Grand Rapids, Mich., March 1&-- Paul King, Newberry campaign manager, made a vain attempt to resume testimony in the Newberry elections conspiracy trial. Suffering from effects of a nervous collapse Incurred last Tuesday, King was exhausted after five minutes' effort to recollect happenings of the 1918 senatorial campaign. Court was suspended while two physicians and Mrs. King attended him. King started bis testimony a week ago today. He was under direct examination for portions of four court days, then collapsed during a noon recess. He had been confined to his room since Tuesday, and left his bed Thursday fot the first time. King walked slowly to the witness stand, grasping at tables and supported by James O. Murfin, chief counsel for the defense. He was pale and breathing with difficulty. "I haven't enough breath to answer more tTian 'yes' or 'no' at first,"; he explained to Allen V. Rees of Houghton attorney for Myron Sherwood, Marquette, when he was asked to describe his first meeting with that defendant. • King said that early in May, 1918, Sherwood declined to do more than handle nominating petitions because of business pressure. About two months later Sherwood found time to take charge of the campaign in Marquette City, but at no time was anything said about campaign finances, either as to receipts or expenses, King said. After five minutes of this effort, King was leaning on the table in a state of obvious exhaustion. Frank C. Dalley, assistant attorney general, stepped to the bench, conferred with Judge Sessions, and then with Martin W. Littleton, and the judge ordered a recess. Dr. James B. Bradley, former auditor general of Michigan and one of the defendants, was one of the physicians who attended King In court. He sald the chief defense witness was "a complete physical wreck," and doubted whether he would fully recover from his attack for a year. Houee Committee Told That Member* of Congress Will Support Meae» ur* to Get Soldier Vote--Ford- Bey Reaents Statement. Washington, March 18.--The bodies of about 50,000 of the American (lead France will be returned to the United States, while between 20,000 and 25,000 will remain permanently Interred overseas, Secretary Baker Informed Chairman Wadsworth of the senate military committee. The secretary, who wrote in response to a senate resolution, estimated the cost of returning the dead and concentrating the bodies remaining in cemeteries overseas at $30,000,- 000. Congestion of the French transportation systems and shortage of mater rials used in the manufacture of coffins is handicapping the work, Mr. Baker said. While 111 bodies of American dead have been returned from Archangel, Secretary Baker said the same number still remained in northern Russ!a, and that it was improbable that anything could be done toward their removal for a year. Evacuation of bodies in England Is progressing, he added, while In Italy all bodies have been concentrated ready for return to this country. Members of congress will support soldier bonus legislation In order "to get votes," Frank Keech of New York, a former lieutenant colonel In the Inspector general's department, declared before the house ways and means committee, which Is holding hearings on relief legislation. I consider that un Insult to members of congress," declared Chairman Fordney. I didn't mean it as an insult, but it Is true," Keech replied. Members of congress are Influenced by the will of the people and rightly so," said Representative Garner (Dem.) of Texas. I consider it an Insult for any person to say that I would spend $2,000,- 900,000 of the public money to be elected to congress," declared Chairman Fordney. Representative Henry T. Ralney (Dem.) of Illinois told Keech he did not consider his remark ari Insult, and that he would appeal to the committee to overrule Chairman Fordney's effort to suppress freedom of speech among witnesses. What was your salary before and after the war?" asked Representative Frear (Rep.) of Wisconsin, after the wrangle had subsided. "I don't wish to give that," Keech said. "You are a broker, and you speak from the Wall street viewpoint," said Mr. Frear. "Do you know if boys on the farm who lost everything feel as do the people who live In New York?" "From conditions In New York I would say that a bonus Is not desired or needed by the average discharged soldier," Keech replied. ' NO FRENCH PROTEST TO U. S. Parle Will Take No Official Notice of Present Wilson's Militarism Charge. COAL WAGES AND PRICES UP Paris, March 16.--The French government has not and will not send any instructions to Ambassador Jusserand in Washington relative to President Wilson's alleged charge of militarism against France, It was said at the fork's0 office. Flame* Destroy U. I. Ship. Port Said, Trinidad, March 15.--The American steamship Balabac, owned by the United States shipping board, was destroyed by fire here. The cargo bad been discharged and it was awaiting orders. Commission Recommends 26 Per Cent Increase, but Labor Member ""'fcbject^/; Washington, March 1H.---A 25 per cent wage increase for bituminous coal miners Is recommended in a majority report of the commission appointed by President Wilson to settle the coal strike. The wage increase proposed will absorb the 14 per cent granted when the miners returned to work last November, so that the actual Increase is 11 per cent over present wages. No change In working hours or conditions was recommended. John P. White, representing the miners, held out for a higher wage Increase. St. Louis, March 13.--Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of the coal operators' scale committee In the central competitive field, asserted the price of coal would be raised if the 25 per cent wage increase be granted. . Negro Shot to Death. Montgomery. Ala., March 15.--Wilbur Smith, a negro, and a former soldier, was shot to death by six masked men near Legrand, after his arrest on a charge of attacking a six-year-old white girl. Two Little 8lster* Kilted. 1 Escanaba, Mich., March 16.--Leola and Lillian Brule, aged eight and four, were killed when they were struck by a Northwestern train. Snow banks were too high for the children to climb over. -Gives Diamonds for Armenians. S'.itew York, March 13.--Diamonds valued at $40,000 are to be sold and (the proceeds given for Armenian relief, by Mrs. Andrew D. White, widow ot the former president of Cornell university. : French Revenues Big. '• fltfls. March 13.--Government revenues from taxes during February iamounted to 794,000,000 francs, an increase of 215,000.000 over the budget estimates, and 840,000,000 pver February, 1919. • V Greeley Succeeds Gravtth Washington, March 16.---Appoint ment of Col. W. B. Greeley, assistant forester to succeed Henry S. Graves as chief forester when the latter retires May 1, was announced by Sec* retary Meredith. Millers Protest Grain Export Rate*. Washington, March 13.--A delegation representing the Southwestern Millers' league called on Chairman Payne at the shipping board to protest against the differential now existing In export rates on grain. WMUrn Newspaper i/nlon- ^ .s. ORDERS 'U. S. GRAIN INQUIRY Probe Is Aimed at Hoover--Ashurst Suggest* That the Senator* Investigate Themselves. Washington, March 12.--An investigation of the United States Grain corporation was ordered by the senate. Senator Reed's resolution, proposing the Inquiry as the result of the recent report of the federal grand Jury at Spokane, Wash., was adopted after much discussion. The investigation will be made by the senate manufactures committee. The committee, of which Senator La Follette (Rep.), Wisconsin/ is chairman, will Inquire Into the reported wheat pool, as well as the "dealings, operations, speculations and manlpu latlons if any there has been" of the corporation or Its officials. During the debate Senator Ashurst (Dem.), Arizona, charged that the resolution was directed primarily at Herbert Hoover and that It was a "part oi a policy* that Is being pursued tc throw mud upon men who rendered valuable services during the war." "Instead of investigating public offl dais, let us investigate ourselves and find out why no vote has been taken on the treaty," he said. 'I am as much opposed to a White House irre concllable as I am to a senate Irreconcilable." 8enate Confirm* Benson. Washington, March 16.--The nomination of Rear Admiral William S. Benson to be a member of the shipping board, to succeed John Barton Payne who is to become secretary of the interior, was confirmed by the senate. • • V Would Abolish Cabinet Job. Washington, March 16.--A bill tc abolish the office of postmaster gen eral and to provide for creation of a postal commission to direct the bust Iness of the post office department wai Introduced by Representative Igoe. Chinese Bandits Seize Englishmen. Yunnanfu, South China, March 13.-- Two English missionaries were seized by bandits In the same locality where the captora of Doctor Shelton, the Ohio missionary, a**~ located. Om Englishman escaped. Sever* 8torm at Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, Pa., March 15.--Damag« estimated at $1,000,000 was done the city and vicinity by a 72-mile wind that swept over the district. Thirty derricks in the gas field were wrecked. Many persons were injured. German Crfels Ends, According to Dispatches Coming Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, just retired from active service lifter 41 yearti of continuous duty with our army at home and overseas. A colonel of cavalry and commandant of Fort Myer, Va. He served under General Miles against the Sioux Indians In 1879, and In the Apache war, 1885-86. During the Spanish-American war he bad command of the only mounted troops in Cuba. He was made a brigadier general August 5, 1917, and left a command in Hawaii to take over his national army duties at Camp Lee. He commanded the 116tb Infantry brigade overseas, retiring only a few months ago. ,, ^ / COAl WJftDlCTED 125 Operators and Miners Charged With Conspiracy. Indictment* Drawn Under 8ectiena o» Lever Act and' of the Criminal Code. Indianapolis, March 13.--Indict^ ments charging conspiracy were returned against 125 mine operators and coal miners by a special federal grand jury in the United States district court here. The charge, as reported, is conspiracy to enhance the price of necessaries by restricting distribution, limiting manufacture, and by other means, and conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, is defined in the criminal code. All the men are said to be active in the fight which embraces Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and western Pennsylvania. More than one-half are said to be mine operators. The indictments are drawn under sections of the Lever act and of the criminal code. The penalty upon conviction is said to be a fine not exceeding $10,000, or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both. The grand Jury was called Into special session to Investigate the affairs of the coal operators and miners. The jury offered its report 49 days later. It was convened on December 17, 1919, but adjourned from time to time. Judge Anderson's determination to call the grand jury was based largely, according to Mr. Slack's statement, on the alleged facts disclosed in an Information filed with the court that officials of the miners' union had violated the injunction and that there were Indications that a conspiracy to violate the Lever act might be traced far beyond the officers of the United Mine Workers of America and the mine workers themselves. The Information set out the alleged acts of the defendants and others, showing that the Injunction had not only been disobeyed, but that the Lever act had been and was then being "grossly, openly and defiantly violated." ROBBERS MAKE GREAT HAUL Open Two Safe*"in Philadelphia and Get Away With $410,000 In Bond*. Philadelphia, March 15.---Safeblowers opened two safes on the seventh and eighth floors of the Weightman building and secured $410,000 worth of bonds, of which $118,000 are negotiable. Bonds valued at $300,000 were stolen from the Ocean County Electric company and $110,000 in bonds were taken from the safe of the Hydro-Electric Finance corporation. The bandits left no due. Via Paris. Tornado Kills Five in Mississippi Greenville, Miss., March 16.--Five negroes were killed, between twenty five and thirty-five Injured and twenty- five tenant houses were destroyed by a tornado In Washington county, near Percy. $5db,000 Fir* In Havana. Havana, Cuba, March 16.--Fire which started in the acid deposit room of the National Shoe and Tannery company virtually destroyed the plant, causing a loss estimated at $500,- 000. PEOPLE TO ELECT PRESIDENT Reported Agreement Between Old and New Government* Permit* Ebert lletaln Office Until Hla- Successor I* Chosen. . " Berlin, March 17.--The militarist revolution has collapsed. Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, its chief organizer and self-proclaimed imperial chancellor, has stepped aside to let Frledjich Ebert resume the national presidency. In the midst of nation-wide bloody rioting the new and old regime negotiated all .day and finally came to an agreement by which Doctor Kapp abandoned his usurped powers and Kbert resumed the reins pending elections of a new national assembly (relchstag) and a new national president within two months. In the meantime the old Ebert government is to be reorganized. Inclusion of ministers representing the Kapp-Luettwltz movement is believed to be one of the conditions stipulated in the agreement. Doctor Kapp negotiated on behalf of the militarists while Gustav Noske aided Ebert in the pourparlers. The collapse of the Kapp-Luettwltz regime is a victory of the striking working masses on the one hand and of the anti-Prussian southern states on the other. The rebel government, however, far from surrendering unconditionally, won two of the main points of Its program: It obtained guarantees that It is to collaborate In the formation of the new government, and that elections for the relchstag and a new president will be held Within the next thirty days, Instead of next autumn, as was the Ebert regime's original plan. Leaders of the conservative partiep and such Industrial leaders as Dr. Walter Rathenau, president of the German General Electric company, had condemned the movement. From all the Information thus far received, It was added, the Impression in official circles was that the military party might' hold possession of Berlin and other important centers and prolong the state of uncertainty for some time, possibly a month or two, but that without the support of other political elements than the Pan-German party the movement was doomed to failure. Herr Rathenau, according to an official dispatch received at the Qual D'Orsai, has characterized the leaders of the counter-revolution as "brutes." London, March 17.--Premier Lloyd George, referring to the German revolution In the house of commons said the allied governments would regard with anxiety any move representing monarchlal or military reaction, but that it was well to await developments' before taking any definite action. SCHLESWIG AREA IS GERMAN Second Zone Down* Proposal to Rejoin Denmark Nearly 4 to 1--Vot* 8tands 48,148 to 13,026. Copenhagen, March 17,--Latest unofficial figures relative to the plebiscite held In the second zone In Schleswig show that 13,025 votes were cast for Denmark, while 48,148 were Is favor of German control. The districts of Gotlng, Hedheusum and Utersum show Danish majorities. Results In four districts have not been learned. That part of Schleswig comprising the first or northern plebiscite zone voted February 10 to rejoin Denmark. BARGES SINK; SIX MEN DIE Capt. Jame* MacWeeney of Charleston, Ma**., and Five of Crew Lo*e Live* Near Block Island, R. I. - Block Island, R. I., March 17.--Capt James MacWeeney of Charleston, Mass., was drowned and five other men were probably lost when two barges, Nos. 7 and 10, laden with coal from Norfolk for Boston, and owned by the Consolidated Coal company of Boston, broke clear of a three-barge tow and sank six miles northwest of here. Roumanian Cabinet Resign*. Bucharest, March 17.--The cabinet of Alexander Valda-Voevod, premier and minister of foreign* affairs, resigned. The king has asked Gen. Fofoza Averezoo, minister of the interior in the outgoing cubtpet, to form a ne«f ministry.'. ;/M; vv * ; •ar ft The (lavol lasts-arid the electrically, sealed J package -: brlnat WRIGLEYS to you witb all Id goodness perfect U» preserve*!. Sealed m nere's to teeth, appetite, H E digestion! \ 9 MARTIN fc. 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Just as seriously the druggist replied : "Lady, we dont sell it by the drop." The ludicrous side of the situation struck the women spectators and they began to laugh. One of them remarked : "Well, at that price I think a smell would be sufficient."--Indianapolis News. Consistency. "That speaker has such • halting delivery." "It matches his lame argument** ' Some women who wouldn't think of taking boarders are glad to accommodate a few remunerative guests. Bear's Head, Served in Realistic Looked to Youngster as If Very Much Alive. Governod Goodrich of Indiana saM In a discussion of old Christmas diatoms : "The old customs that have fallen out of use were a little too coarse and brutal for these ultra-refined times. Take, for instance, the old custom of serving a boar's head at the Christmas dinner. "I know a rich man who thought he'd revive the old custom on Christmas, and accordingly a boar's head formed the dinner, a lemon in the mouth and the fierce eyes staring glassily straight ahead. The effect was tremendous. "The rich mah, serving slices of the head, came to the turn of his little son. "«weii, wim* win yoi kave someT he said; , < " 'Yes, papa,' Willie answered In an awed whisper, 'but please cut me off a piece where it isn't looking.'" ' Making Up for It. Wm. Qabblns--"Do you believe -to heredity?" Her Husband--"Not mudkt Your grandmother was dumb." Sweet are the smiles a man's wife hands him on pay day. Ex-8enator 8. W. Blair 1« Dead. Washington, March 17. -- Former United States Senator Samuel W. Blair of New Hampshire died here Sunday, death being ascribed to his age, eighty-five years. His son, James B» Blair, is an attorney in this Japanese Revolt in 8iberia. London, March 17.--A revolt has broken out among several units of the Japanese army in Siberia, according to a wireless dispatch from Moscow. The officers tore off their shoulder •traps and substituted red ones. Killed in 8parring Match, New York, March 15.--A boxing exhibition staged by Columbia university students resulted In the death ol Milton Sternfield of Albany, a former United States army lieutenant and Dost-grnduate student •win m, Woman Gets Twenty Yesrt, Rhinelander, Wis., March 13.--Mrs. Stanley Blomskl was sentenced to serve 20 years at the state prison at Waupun for the murder of her sixyear- old son, Albln. Her husband, tried on the same charge, was acquitted. Votes Against Mine 8trfke. London, March 13.--The special trade union congress, In session here, voted unanimously against the strike policy and In favor of continued efforts by constitutional means, to effect the nationalisation of mlnea. Stunt With Plane In Air-Fatal. Memphis, March 17.--Grover C. 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