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Streets Of Berlin Turned Into
Battle Fields When Govern-^
ment Troops Strive To Drive
The Rioting Bolshevists from
Public Buildings
Reports Say Ebert Is Ousted „
PaMs, Jan. 9. — According to
Berlin advices which reached this
city «hls morning, the independent j
Socialists have wrestes! the control |
p; Ihe Government trom the Kbert ;
government.
Today reports reaching Berlin!
from various sections ot Germany J
indicate that many government
troops are deserting the Ebert gov*
ernmeLt and joining up with the
socialists.
Civil war is spreading throughout
♦|j0 empire, and desertions from'
the a niy are becoming greater
eveiy '.lour.
Cnanceilor Asks Allies hid
London, Jan. 9. — Accroding to
an Amsterdam London Exchange
Telegraph despatch today, entente
truops, at the request of Chancellor
K.'irt will occupy Berlin.
The despatch states that the Ger
man truly classes of 1S1U and ly20
h&ve joined the Spartacans in
their effort to overthrow tl»e Ebert i
govetLiueut. 11
\n Express despatch fiom Ber
lin received this morning «ays that I
♦ he revolution is hi'io.u'Atrg' througlr j
out Germany.
Government trcops have been or
dore*' from many garrisons to rush
to Berliii in autcuioHles.
21) Killed In American Umbassy
Berlin, Wednesday — (This des
patch was Med yesterday but did
not come through until today) —
Twenty persons were Wed in the
American Embassy today (Wednes
day). The building was badly dam
aged by the rioting mobs.
Governor Xoske, who has been
rfiveu lull power to suppress tha
Spartacang revolt left here this a£
teruoon and hag gone to Jueterberg,
wkicj. is 3:> miles south of Postdani |
for the purpose of bringing back
reliable government troops to assist j
iu saupressiii); the rioteis an<Jf rebel*
l*uug scldiers.
Today tiie government l'orces eiu- |
;.lo>eJ artillery iu the streets of
Berlin, and forty of Liebknecht'a
followers -were killed while making \
an attempt to seize the chancellor's j
prjaco.
Hundreds Killed In Last 3 Days
Copenhagen, Thursday. — Berlin
des'jAtchea received here todaj- say
that hundreds of persons have been
killed iu the fighting which has tak*
oa placs in the streets of Berlin d"r
lug the *>ast three day».
The despatch states that Lieb
knechi and Ebour Choltz have form."
ed a new government, and have
established their liedquarters i"j
the central police station.
It :s further learned through the
despatch that fighting has occurred
at Dusseidorff, where a Bolshevik
government has been proclaimed.
Two persons were killed in a bat*
t'e which took place in Munich in
which machine guns were nsedf.
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Your MONEY Work
Deposits made here before January I Oth draw
interest for the full month
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Hero the Bolshevik were led by sail
ors who seized the barracks.
Tim public buildings at Schwerin
wero seized by the revolutionists,
bui later they were driven out by
the government troops, a number be
ing tilled in the battle.
Government Troops Control Situation
Basel, Jan. 9.—The Frankfort
Zeituu^ today sayp that German
traoDa from potsdam have arrived
in Berlin and that these fresh
troupe are supporting Ebert's S°v"
ernment.
j TUpi reoort says tjiat Liebknecht'a
followers have been routed from
certain sections of the city, and. that
] i* is believed that the government's
| troops now have the situation falr
| ljr w "»I1 In hand.
SUING LONGSHOREMEN DELAY
LANDING OF RETURNING SOLDIERS
New York, Jan. 9.—Longshoremen
and marine workers went out 011
strike today ag a result of a dif
ference between tlie workers and
the shippers in coming: to an agree
ment over the question of a new
wa^B scale.
The action of the men is greatly
Handicapping the disembarkation of
Anielicau troops returning from
Europe.
Washington, Jan. 9. — Secretar
ies Baker and Daniels of the War
nntf Npvy departments together with
the heads of the railroads helfl a
lone conference this morning rela
tive to the longshoremen's strike
in Ne-v York city.
Mil WILSON 10 GET 001
10 SERIOUS ill if ONCE
Paris Jan. 9. — President Wil
son announced this morning that ha
has cancelled all plans which
bracsj side tripa from Paris, aad
that from this time forward he in"
temis to get down to hard work
and Until his assistance to the Allied
nation's representatives in solving
the peace uroblenig uith which, they
are confronted.
The President-^ mail, which is
coming in from all sectinos of Eu
rope Is of enormous volume.
FLAG HIDDEN 4
Paris, Jan. 9. — How the regi
mental flag of the Second French
Cclouialg ■wag gaved from the hands I
of the Germans and returned to its
owners has just been revealed.
The flag was left in the hands of1
♦he inhabitants of the little village
of Villers-suh-SemO}- by Lieutenant
Roudlere, wounded August 22, 191-0
when the Germans entered.
Mma Warimont and her liUle
son stole ooit at the dea<i of night
an" buried1 the flag in their little
garden.
During more than four long years
the regimental flag remained bid
den in the soil.
When the war ended and the Ger
man BOldiere marches out, General
Aut/e entered the Tillage at the
head of the very same Colonial
rogiment that had been driven from
ft lu the first days of the war. Noith
er *he woman nor the s°n who had •
hidden the flag were there, but the |
inhabitants knew that it had been
hidden and it wa§ recovered in the i
liVlo garden behind the shell-wreck
f»d home of Madame Warnimont
another body
FROM SOPHIA WRECK j
Juneau, Jan. 9.—The b°dy of anl
unidentified' boy from the wreck of
the oophia wa<> found on the shores
of Admiralty Island January 2d. The'
boy Is at the Young's undertaking '
parlors.
The boy wore a. ring with the in
itlala "G. G. F." and On the inside ,
w?e inscribed "From Aunt Effie."
There wag also a watch, stickpin I
^»d other small jewelry. The body |
is oadiy decomposed and the cloth
ing torn to rags.
LATER—This afternoon it waa
believe! that the body wag that of J
the Tackstron boy, of RuDy, who
wag lost wit& the other members of J
fhe family en the Sophia.
ERTEB CIRCLE
London, Jan. 9. — At least ten
now states will be representer in
thg diplomatic circlcs of the prin
cipal governments of the world1
whe - oeace is made permanent.
Three more will ]>© added to the
ten 'f Bavaria, Wurtemberg and
Saxony establish separate govern
ments.
The ten now assured as a result
of the war are:
Poland
Hungary
Lithuania «
Esthonia
Livonia
Finland
CzecLo-Slovakla
Jugo-Slavia.
Armenia
Th, Ukraine.
The necessity for providing quar
ters 'or *he diplomatic suites of all
these countries is already agitating:
official circles here and elsewhere,
and it Is suggested that the plan
followed in Toldo and Pekin of
grouping them might well be follow
ed London.
JACK LONDON WILL
CONTEST IS SETTLED
Santa Rosa, Jan. 9.—Th® contest
over the estate of the late Jaclc Lon
don was settled in the superior
count a few deya ago. Mrs. Bes
sie Loudou, th0 writer'® divorced
wife, contested the settlement of
tb. estate for herself and two daugh
ters, Joan and Beso London. The
settlement of the contest wag sanc
tioned ny all the interested parties
and approved' by Judge Denny. The
lo daughters will receive ; 150 a
montih until they are 22 years old,
Or until they marry. Mrs. Bessie
London ig given gome real estate,
ami Mrs. Charm!er London, the wid
ow, received the remainedr of the
estate.
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BUM HIHMIHG UK FIRSf
i London, Jan. 9. — The London(
Dally News says that after; a careful
study of Field Marshal Haig's last
retiort, covering thg operations of
t''e Allies on the western front dur
lug the period.1 from April up to tha
time of the signing of the armia
tic(» leveals the fact that the Amefi*
can 'orceg were the first troopa to
break the Hindenburg line.
WORKING OUT THE DETAILS FOR
FORTHGOMING PEACE CONGRESS
Paris, Jan. 9.—Early this morn- •
ing the first informal conference for ,
th, ourpoge of designing 3n out
line 'or the actual work of the I
peace congress wag scheduled to be
hel-1 with President Wilson, it was
t'lA intention of haying Great Brit
ain's premier, Liloyd George, the
French Secretary of Foreign Af
fairs Piehon, and President Soniilno
raee4, with President Wilson, but the
non-arrival of Prim§ Minister Lloyd
George has compelled a postpone
ment.
Later 'n t^e forenoon President
Wilson conferred with secretary
Pichfln, Premier Orlando and
Japanese delegates informally ia
the Fiench Foreign office.
BEHGER FOUND
GUILTY BY JURY
Chicago, J^n. 9. — The c^e of
Congressman Berger and ll)e four
socialist leaders who were being
tr'ed for conspiracy jn violaton of
ihe espionage law was given to the
jury 15st night, i ; j I
This morning the jury notified
the court that they had agreed up
on a verdict, and upon being re
turned to the court room their ver
dict as found to be guilty.
CREEL'S RESIGNATION
IS DENIED BY AIDE
Paris, Jan. 9. — George Creel
chairman of the American commit
ter on public information, hag r©"
turned.to Paris from a trip to Ver
dun and the Argonne region. Ed
gar E. Sissocs, hig principal as
sistant, who accompanied' him, stat
pd that the report that Mr. Creel
had resigned wa$ untrue.
•Seattle, Jan. 9.—Althought the
l-ajiroud which the federal govern
ment has been building in Alaska
ior tiit: past three years hag had
for its objective the opening up of
AlasK^s vast coal fields, the gov
ernment is shipping coal to Alaaka
for itj> own uge.
An order has been placjjj with
one o' the steamship companies
operating to Alaska for the delivery
of a full cargo of coal to Seward
for use of the railway and machine
shops.
A consignment for th0 same pur*
pose was despatched from thia
city on Monday .
AUXILARY MEETING
The Women's Church Auxiliary
will meet next Friday afternoon at
• he homo of Mrs. L. C. Gault on
Sixth Avenue.
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