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VOL. 34 NO. 281.
HOUSTON. TEXAS FRIDAY JANUARY 10 1919.
18 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS.
RUSSIAN ADVENTURE
APPROVED AND
CONDEMNED '
Republican Senators Maintain That
Intervention by America and the
1 Allies Was Unjustified.
NOT MAKING WAR ON RUSSIAN
PEOPLE SAYS HITCrPCK
Chairman of Foreign Relations Com-
mittee Explains That Action Was
lmperatJre in Order to Foil
German Plans.
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON Jan. 9. Operation
of American troops In Russia was de-
fended and criticised Thursday in the
senate half a dozen senators partici-
pating in a vigorous debate which
continued several hours.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska
chairman of the foreign relations
committee opened the discussion by
delivering a prepared speech in reply
to recent addresses of Senators John-
son of California and La Follette of
Wisconsin republicans who had
sharply criticised retention of Ameri-
can soldiers on Russian soil. Sena-1
tors Johnson Borah of Idaho and
France of Maryland republicans re-'
plied to Mr. Hitchcock and Senators
Swanson of Virginia and King of
Utah democrats defended the admin-
istration's course.
Chairman Hitchcock justified interven-
tion In Russia denounced the bolshevik
government as pro-German and declared
that the expeditions in both Northern
Kussla and Siberia were purely defensive
and entirely friendly to the loyal Russian
people.
EXAGGERATED REPORTS.
lleports of fighting by American forces
In Russia have been "grossly exagger-
ated." said Senator Hitchcock as only 12$
Americans have been killed since the
landing at Archangel. From Vladivostok
to the Ural mountains lie said there has
heen no lighting for months and the in-
terallied forces have been received by the
Russian people with "open arms.'
.Senator Borah in reply opposed any
intervention with Russian Internal affairs.
Without criticising the sending of troops
to Russia Senator Borah said. rtention
of American forces mere now is justified
only In holding military stores from the
Germans or in carrying out the general
purposes of the war agaitrst Germany.
Senator Borah said Russia should be
permitted to work out her own govern-
Continued on Page 4 Column 3.)
Germans Score Success Over
Polish Forces
Associated Press Report.
AMSTKIIDAM. Jan. 9. German forces
have recaptured the Important railway
junction of Bentschen from the Poles
according to a dispatch from Posen.
An Amsterdam dispatch Wednesday
reported that the Poles had occupied
most of Bentschen. but that the Ger-
mans held the railway station. The
Holes were said to have been repulsed In
an attempt to capture the station.
Germany Failing to Comply
With Armistice Terms
Associated Press Report.
LONDON Jan. 9. Germany has fallen
behind In the last month In turning over
material required by the terms of the
armistice. A checking to date shows a
shortage of 685 heavy guns 7000 machine
guns 1000 trench mortars 600 airplanes
4736 engines 5000 motor lorries and 130-
000 railroad cars.
Today's Calendar
FORECASTS OF THE WEATHER.
Associated Press Report.
H'ASIIIXGTON. Jan. 9. East and West
Texas Friday fair; warmer in north portion.
Saturday fair.
Louisiana Friday fair; not much change in
temperature. Saturday fair; somewhat warmer
n north portion.
Forecast for Houston and vicinity: Pair
weather.
Temperature extremes aod precipitation at
Houston ending January 0 5 p. m.:
Maximum 58 minimum 30.
No precipitation.
AtmiiMpuerU? pressure at Houston it 5 p. m.
30.28. ttea lerel reudluf-
Sunlse 7:-!0 a in.; auoiet 0:40 p. m.
Comparative record at Houston for January 0:
mi 7. iuia. iui9.
mi
10:00
in UJi 4rt AO
in . v 47
71 -til P5
in TN tHI 57
ill Til tW W
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Itrlatlvv Iinmidllj:
42 ner cent.
T0DAVS1VENTS.
Ilcadjustment Conference of Taias Indus-
trial contrresa. Sessions begin at a. m.
in city auditorium.
.Luncheon of Salesmanship club at Hcnder
- hotel. 1 -: 1 5 noon.
AMUSEMENTS.
Tl'KNKR HALi.:
ISIS THEATKK:
.OK THEATER:
Dancing.
'Who Cares?"
'Little Women."
"Three X Gordon."
t;KX TH HATER:
LIBERTY THEATERS "Her Mistake."
(jCKNN THEATER: "The Silver King."
KKY THEATER: "Women's Weapons."
CHUWN THEATER: "The Rainbow
Trail." '
MA.IKSTIC THEATER: Vaudeville mat-
inee and night.
MMIL.UAN DANCING ACADEMY:
Masquerade hall.
TRAVIS THEATER: Stock company In
"A Bachelor's Romance."
l'RINlIK THEATER: Vaudeville con-
tinuous afternoon. and even In n -COZY
THKATKU: Musical comedy and
picture continuous alternooa. and
.eyonlnf.
Texas Industrial Congress
Meets Here Today
Readjustment Conference of Commercial Ciyic
and Educational Interests of State to Plan
Best Means of Transition From War to
Peace Basis Begin Two Days' Sessions
at City Auditorium This Morning.
The Texas Industrial congress
dustrial commercial civic and educational Interests of the State will begin
its two days' session at 9 o'clock this morning in the city auditorium.
The series of meetings will be held under the auspices of the Associated
Industries of Texas as a readjustment conference. Morning afternoon and
evening sessions will be held Friday and all day Saturday until 5 p. m.
Leaders of the movement which resulted In the calling of the congress
declare the convention is highly desirable that the business educational and
civic Interests of the fitate may come together for the purpose of considering
the readjustments rendered necessary
of peace.
One of the most Important problems to
be discussed Is that of food production
both field crops and live stock. Better
methods of transportation to provide more
adequate facilities for marketing has
also been placed on the program as of
high importance.
MARINE DISCUSSION.
An open forum on inland waterways
and a discussion on marine trade in-
cluding ships and port facilities will
take place at Friday's session. Topics
relating to education matters of civic
interest live stock raising and many
commercial and Industrial enterprises are
included in the convention's program.
Some idea of the widespread interest
held in the conference and the scope of
its intended activities may- be surmised
by the following roster of business organ-
izations which will be represented: Asso-
elated Industries of Texas Cattle Raisers'
association of Texas; Interstate Inland
Waterway league. Lumbermen's associa-
tion of Texas. North Texas Wholesale
Grocers' association. South Texas Whole-
sale Grocers' association Southern Rice
Growers' association Texas Bankers' as-
sociation Texas Commercial Executives'
association Texas Cotton Manufacturers'
association. Texas Cotton Seed Crushers'
association Texas Industrial congress
Texas Industrial Traffic league Texas
State Farmers' union Texas State Coun-
cil of Defense Texas Municipal league
and University Municipal league Texas
Forestry association Texas Farmers'
congress Texas Grain Dealers' associa-
tion. Texas Wholesale Frul and Produce
Dealers' association Texas Butter Egg
and Poultry association exas Material
Men's association Texas Honey Pro-
ducers' association various chambers of
commerce.
HOMESTEAD LAW.
Among the other delegates to be In at
tendance at the readjustment conference
opening Friday morning at 10 o'clock at
the city auditorium are 20 Dallas citizens
headed by Gus W. Thomasson secretary
of the Associated Industries of Texas.
Two of the principal questions to be
discussed among the many important
rmatters to come before the conference.
transportation and the Texas 'homestead
law are considered by Mr. Thomasson
to be of especial Importance to the In-
dustrial commercial financial and civie
interests of the State.
The transportation question which is
demanding unusual attention from the
public and the legislator at Washington
is one of yie problems of vital Importance
4.4.4.
Many Changes Proposed
in Judicial System
Amendment to Be Offered to Legislature byTexas
Bar Association Will Result in Elimination of
Delays as Well as Reduce Cost of Litigation
and Remove Much Technical Procedure.
Sweeping changes in the judicial system of Texas are proposed in amend-
ments whici will be offered to tbe coming session of the legislature by the
State Bar association. The purpose of these changes is to simplify court
procedure to prevent delay In the administration of justice to abolish all
technical obstructions which affect ths substantive law and to reduce the
cost and expense of litigation.
One of the most radical changes will "be the extension of terms of office
tor all county officials and judges of the State from two to four years an-
other will be the abolition of many of the present courts without impairing
tbe ability to handle all litigation.
It is not intended to legislate any of the present incumbents out of office
but instead to do away with many of their offices while providing them with
duties of similar character in the readjusted judicial machinery. According
to the project to be submitted by the Bar Association justice will be more
easily accessible to the podr and Ignorant than at present the taxpayers
will bessved a large sum while Judges" will receive compensation more In
keeping with their important work and ability.
A discussion of the proposed amendment which is given fn full' herewith
and printed on an Inside page of this paper is herewith presented by a com-
mittee of the Texas Bar Association:
For a long time tbe project amended
and adopted by the State Bar association
at its last meeting has been under con-
sideration. It was written and rewritten
in an effort to avoid experiments and to
adapt to our political and social condi-
tions principles of Judicial organisation
which had proved successful in other sov-
ereignties particularly the great reforms
brought about In England In 187S under
the leadership of Lord Selborne. U
At the annual meeting at Houston in
1917 It was determined that the problem
of the Judicial machine should be tbe
principal subject for consideration at the
meeting for 19U that a plan should be
drawn up for consideration and that Boa-
coc Found dean of the law school of
Harvard university the most eminent
worker In this field in tne United States
a scholar and practicing lawyer of long
standing should be requested to address
ua upon the subject. This be did at the
mttUpK M Ull. and participated alse la
whose delegates will represent the in
in changing from a state of war to one
to Texas according to Mr. Thomasson
and the representatives of the various In-
terests throughout the State are keenly
alive to the transportation possibilities
for good or evil so far as the general wel-
fare of Texas Is concerned.
IN WAY OF PROGRESS.
The homestead law in Us present form
constitutes a serious obstacle to the
progressive development of the agricul
tural welfare of Texas and it is believed
that the conference will recommend
amendments to the law that will remove
its obstructive features without Jeopardis-
ing the best Interests of the home-
steader was the opinion expressed by
Mr. Thomasson.
When the United States entered the
world war. the government for the first
time in its history called upon the busi-
ness men of the country to actively as-
sist in the prosecution of the wy and
tbe business men successfully met the
acid test and won the confidence of the
nation and now that peace Is practically
here the business men of Texas are ready
to apply the lessons learned to the prac-
tical solution of the present problems.
The Dallas delegation headed by Gus
W. Thomasson consists of V. R. Bissell.
J. L. Brown A. C. Ebic M. H. Wolf.
E. T. Fleming. John V. Hughes J. F.
Strickland Fred E. Johnston 8. 1. Mun-
ger L. M. Cathels O. S. Carlton Frank
Austin E. W. Morton W. S. Mostier. H.
I. Seay R. H. Shuttles. H. E. Spaltl S.
J. H. Payne Homer R Mitchell and R.
C. Dyer.
The program for the two-day conven-
tion follows:
First Day Morning Session. January 10.
9:00 a. m. Convention called to order
by Judge .George W. Armstrong Fort
Worth president Associated Industries of
Texas.
Invocation.
V:0 a. m. Address of welcome .1. 8
Culltnan. Houston president Houston
i number of commerce.
9:30 a. m. Response to address. Judge
O. E. Dunlap Waxahachie chairman
Texas State Council of Defense.
10:00 a. m. Temporary organization.
Election of temporary chairman and other
officers. Enrollment of delegates and ap-
pointment of committees en credentials
resolutions and temporary and permanent
organisation.
10:20 a. m. Report No. 1 of committee
on organisation.
411 : SO a. m. Keynote address. Judge
George W. Armstrong.
11:00 a m. Message from Hon. Wil-
liam P. Hobby governor of the State.
Major John S. Townes Austin personal
representative.
11:30 a. m. Open forum.
Inland waterways section discussion
(Continued on Page 10 Column 6.)
The proposed amendment to-
gether with the introduction pre-
pared by the committee of lawyers
of the State Bar association may
be obtained by writing to the pro-
motion department of The Houston
Post Houston Texas.
the extensive debates. The project sub-
mitted was. amended and adopted In prin-
ciple by the Bar association of Texas and
a resolution .passed that a committee
should be appointed by our president to
advocate the amendment before the leg-
islature and the people. The undersigned
are that committee.
Tbe Bar association adopted this
project almost unanimously but only
after long debates. A chant must be
made for the present situation Is intoler.
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AMERICAN PROJECT
FOR PEACE PACT
COMPLETE
Col. House aiu) Secretary Lansing
Meet British Representatives
for Comparison of Plans.
PERSONNEL OF FRENCH MISSION
OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED
Peace Congress Proper Consisting of
Twenty-Five Members Kenresent-
ing Five Nation Will Meet
iSiext Week.
Associated Press Report.
PARIS Jan. 9. While awaiting the
arlval of the .entente premiers and
other officials who are necessary to
insure a full meeting of t lie supreme
peace council the American delegates
are making every effort to complete
the projects they expect to submit or
to discuss before the peace conference
ItBelf. While conferences are pro-
ceeding regarding organization of the
big conference attention was chiefly
given to the important subject of a
league of nations.
Secretary of gtate Lansing ami Colonel
Edward M. House were cluneted fur some
time with Lord Robert Cecil anil it is be-
lieved that a comparison was being made
of the plans prepared. Saturday by the
American and British specialists ononis
subject.
The Americans have virtually com-
pleted their project althnugh they are
not ready to disclose any of lis details.
It may be said however that with the
general ideas of both the British and the
French in their possession confidence is
expressed that a complete agreement
may be expected on a plan that will em-
body practicable working means and reg-
ulations between nations that will reduce
to a minimum the chances of future wars.
FOOD QUESTION SERIOUS.
Another subject which is receiving at-
tention as demanding immediate action
on the part- of the entente allies and the
Cnited States is the revictuallng' of Po-
land and Finland and also those parts of
Czecho-Slovakia and Jugo-Slavia which
can be reached only through the territory
of the central powers.
Experts have arrived in Paris having
been summoned from Sweden and other
portions of Scandinavia who are famil-
iar with conditions in Poland and Fin-
land. They report the situation very se-
rious. Relief work can be extended only
through some relaxation of the blockade
regulations stftT In f.rce utuler the terms
of the armistice. As these regulations
are mainly in the hands of the British
navy it will be necessary to secure the
(Continued on Pae 7 Column ".)
NEAR CIVIL WAR IN
BUENOS AIRES
Serious Clashes Result From Strike
of 100000 Workers.
Industry and Commerce of Sooth
American Metropolis Paraljzed
by Action of lireat Labor
Federation.
i
Associated Press Report.
BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 9 It is re-
ported that there were 150 casualties
here this afternoon as a rosult of a
clash between troops and strikers at
the Vasena steel works. The troops
opened fire on the strikers who re-
sponded with Titles
The government has stationed sol-
diers and artillery in the vicinity of
the steel works and troops from vari-
ous sections of the republic including
Rosario are beinx rushed here.
Associated Press Report.
BUENOS AIRES. Ian. 9 Another bat-
tle between the strikers here and the
government forces Ixgan Thursday after-
! noon at the Vasena Iron foundry. Mean-
While the striKe movement Is spreading
and more than ; unions hae joined.
Nearly all the industries of the city ln-
I cludlnft the transportation lines have
j been paralyxed hy a 54-hour general
strike called in protfst against the "use
j of force by the Siale" in the fight Tues-
: day in which five metal workers were
i killed and 3" wmnnled. The strike was
'declared by the regional labor federa-
I tlon. which was formed a few years ago
i by trades unions expelled from the fifth
labor congress bo nuse of alleged anar-
chistic tendencies -
Since noon ro si red cars taxlcabs.
horse cabs or iliviury vehicles have heen
moving. The sliiKe Includes moro than
50 branches of trade and affects more
than 100.000 laborers.
Strike committees visited commercial
houses and department stores during the
afternoon unci ieii"'"'d employes inclose
their plnees of loir-mess IrT order to en-
able their cinplo.Mf to Join the "one day
strike
By 4 o'clock all the big houses down-
town had closed their doors and shutter-
ed their windows and the employes were
In the streets throughout he afternoon
as there was no means of transportation
out of the city even if they had desired
to leave.
There was violence in all parts of tbe
city as the strikers forced all workers
to Join them. They unhitchod horses and
turned them loose in the streets and at-
tempted to burn the iolice station near
the scene of Tuesday's righting. Three
policemen and several laborers ere
wounded.
In another section an automobile car-
rying a police chief was fired upon after
the chief refused to get out and walk.
The street car employes according to
the officials refused to leave their cars
until they were forced lo do so.
Police armed with rlflea are pa troll ng
the city tonight assisted by armed fire-
men. The only motor ears allowed to
operate undisturbed are those flying the
red flag which Indicates that they are
carrying strika agitators fc 4
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Battle of
Crushed
Associated Press Report.
COPENHAGEN Jan. 9. Government troops have occupied all the public buildings in Berlin and thousands of
government troops are still entering the capital.
The Berlin correspondent of the Berlingske Tidende who sends this information declares that Spartacans hava
been beaten and that quiet was partly restored today.
AMSTERDAM Jan. 9. A state of
city.
(The proclamation probably was
Spartacans Suffer Heavy Losses.
COPENHAGEN Jan. 9 Bloody fighting occurred at the Anhalt railroad station Wednesday night
Spartacan groups tried to occupy the building according to Berlin advices received by way of Frankfort.
were repulsed by government troops who inflicted heavy losses on them.
There was lively shooting Wednesday forenoon at many points including the Brandenburg gate which the gov
ernment forces had captured during the night. Several iwrsons were killed or wounded.
The troops of the government directed an incessant fire from machine guns on the roof of the chancellor's palace
in the direction of Unter den Linden and Wilhelmstrasse. Later the firing increased in intensity especially in
the neighborhood of the Brandenburg gate and many more people were killed.
Serious Spartacus riots are going on at Dresden Brunswick Dusseldorf Essen and Dortmund according to the
Munich correspondent of the Polltiken. Several towns in the Ruhr district are in the hands of the Spartacans.
BAVARIAN 8 AROUSED.
Thraaten to Make War on Berlin In-
less Disorder Is Suppressed.
Associated Press Report.
BERLIN. Tuesday. Jan. 7. War on
Berlin to restore order is threatened by
Bavaria according to a speech made to-
day in the Bavarian chamber of depu-
ties in Munich by Herr Auer. the min-
ister of the interior. Bavaria he said
proposed 4o intervene with anns if condi-
tions in Berlin continue unsettled.
"It Is time that the men in Berlin un-
derstood that Berlin Is not Germany"
Minister Auer said "and there is a limit
to the patience of even the most tolerant
people. Up to now I have opposed the ap-
plication of armed force but unless Ber-
lin comes to Its senses and order Is soon
restored we propose to intervene with
arms.
"There bas never been a political party
which reached such a low level as the
bolshevik spartacans. I deplore the fact
that the independent socialists are not
doing their share to prevent this national
calamity."
FIGHT AT BRANDENBURG GATE.
Spartacan forces and government
troops clashed Tuesday afternoon at the
Brandenburg gate where I nter den Lin-
den terminates at the Tiergarten. Ma-
chine guns were used in the fighting.
At 3:46 o'clock the Spartacans entered
Wilhelmstrasse the government strong-
hold from Unter' den Linden cryingr
"bown with Ehert and Scheidemann!'
A handful of government troops proba-
bly not more than 20 backed up slowly
for 100 yards and then fired Into the air.
The Spartacans fled and lna few min-
utes had disappeared.
VILNA GIVEN OVER TO
MASSACRE
Bolsheviks Slaughter Civilians After
Defeating Polish Army.
At Lemberg Poles Here Still Holding
Oat at Last Reports Against
the Knthenlan
Besiegers.
Associated Press Report.
WARSAW Wednesday Jan. S. Vilna
has fallen into the hands of the bolshevik
army several thousand strong which
drove out the Polish militia. A massaere
of civilians began at once partly because
the Poles had offered resistance and had
arrested or shot the members of the local
bolshevik committee.
The Polish troops who had no cannon
and only a few cartridge per rifle and
were under command of General Veltku
retreated to LAnovarova where they were
disarmed by the Germans and '.ent to
Klalystok. There they were ...Boed by
the Germans and were started off for
Polish territory'.
Lemberg where the Poles are defend-
ing themselves against the Ruthenians
appears safe for the time being.
The political situation at Warsaw is
stationary. As a result of interviews Ig-
nace Jan Paderewski has had with Gen-
eral Pllsudskl. Paderewski has agTeed to
form a new cabinet provided the sc ial-
ists now holding places In the ministry
withdraw from their predominating posi-
tion. General Pilsudskl expressed himself
as not wishing to use his authority to
force the withdrawal of these socialist.
Paderewski Is working hard and making
appeals to lp.it riotlsni. He de tares that
he himself is willing to sacrifice every
ambition if onl a cabinet can be formed
which (he allies can recognize and cxtcn-l
&id to with safety to themselves us they
fear that a certain soi t of cabinet would
loud to headlong boMiovism.
General Pilsudskl and other leaders are
being told cry plainly that the allies will
help only when Poland Is internally
united
Lloyd George to Make Few
Changes in Cabinet
Associated Press Report.
IjGXDOX Jan. 9 -Premier IJoyd
George is expected to announce his re-
constructed ministry Friday. It is under-
stood there will be few changes in the
personnel but a redistribution of rite
offices.
The premier will follow precedent by
taking the post of first lord of the treas-
ury. Andrew Bonar Law will be minister
without portfolio and thus will be free
in bis duties as government leader in the
house of commons. Winston Spencer
Churchill will become secretary for war.
It Is understood that Walter Hume Iong
will go to the admiralty and Edward
Phortt. now chief secretary for Ireland
will become hocne secretary.
Berlin
After
Street Fighting
State of Siege Proclaimed.
siege has been proclaimed in Berlin
made by the Ebert government.)
City Given Over To Terror;
Dead Litter Streets
BY JOSEPH HERRING.
Special Cable. By Leased Wire to The
Houston Post.
(Copyright 1919.)
BERLIN Jan. 8 (Delayed). The third
day of the second revolution finds the
city in a state of utter disorganization
and lawlessness. There are what mlittht
he called fortresses in various parts of the
town wirti guns thundering and machine
guns sputtering deadly missiles night
and day with now and then Interruptions
of minutes or half hours at the best.
Rome of these fortresses are held by the
government some hy the SparLicides
and some have changed hands twice and
oftener within the last 24 hours. There
have been sanguinary battles all night
long In the newspaper district which
ended with many looses on the govern- i
ment's side and with Spartacides remain-
ing in possession of most of the buildings
until noon today.
The correspondent is informed how-
ever that the government's attack will
be renewed this afternoon with field
guns as machine guns avail littJe against
the heavy walls of these buildings behind
which the Spartaeldes are almoFt secure
while the government's force found little
cover in the streets.
The government yesterday told the in-
dependent socialist committee w1iih
sought compromise that they would only
consent to listen to propositions if the
newspaper offis and public buildings
held hy the Spartacldes were at once
rvaeuated. The Spjirtacides refused
pointblank and so did the independents.
NOISE OF BATTLE AROUSES CITY.
At once the government prepared to
f-Ject them forcibly. There had been des-
ultory shooting all day in the newspaper
district and the inhapitanta of this dense-
ly populated section got so used to It
that they went lo bed at the usual cary
hour prescribed by the necessity of sav-
ing gas. Suddenly towards 11 o'clock
attrr comparative quietness the dreaded
noise of battle woke everybody in the
whole district. Rudolph Mosses 111 -steins
and fcYieilers three of the largest
publishing houses and Wolff's bureau
the official news agency were attacked
simultaneously by the government forces
to eject the Spartacide. The inhabitants
of the adjacent houses rushed to the win-
dows but shouts from below warned them
to retire and extinguish the lights.
Then beg;in a terrible fusillade com-
paring with any battle fought in French
or Belgium towns. The attacking troops
paid dearly for tbe government's fatal
policy of indulgence for the Spartacldes
had stocked each of the buildings at-
tacked with machine guns and with tbe
connivance of the city police had accum-
ulated masses of hand grenades that were
now rained on the unprotected soldiers in
the street.:.
The Spartaeiden had no need to expose
themselves for the government had given
them atnple time to place the guns in
such position as to cover the whole length j
of the streets and every approach with- I
out becoming visible from below. I
BUILDINGS WRECKED.
The Kittle raged fiercest around the
Tageblatt building. SOiueixenstrasse and
the Woltf bureau in "harlottenstrass.
All the buildings still bore traces of fight
when I visited the district this morning.
All the w tndovt s w etc battered and the
walls covered with marks of bullets.
Some of the neighboring tenements farej
no better. There were a dozen corpses of
government men in a neighboring store
while many wonnil'd had been removed
to hospitals during the night.
The correspondent was unable to ap-
proach .Mosses. I'llsteins and Scheiis
buildings the Spartacldes being in ctinrge
and tbe streets closed to all but the in-
habitants. Very few of these Sparta-
cldes wore uniforms but they are a most
desperate lot. full of fanatic during one
youngster of ly told me the government's
losses had been heaviest at the Mosses
building surpassing those at Wolff's bu-
reau. Their own losses were a very few
wounded.
"A committee of printers has come o
Mosses under a white flag wishing to
persuade us to evneuate because they w ill
lose their wages." he explained "but they
have no chance of success."
"What if the government's forces re-
turn with field guns"-' I asked.
"Well w're prepared even for sucn
treachery as that." he replied but then
a mun who svemed in charge of the street
patrols explained the suspicion that the
correspondent might b a Schctdemanu
and told him to claar out which he did.
Oft the way to the- central telegraph of-
rinds; Rebels
Sanguinary
according to a rate dispatch from thai
when
They
fice I passed a building near the royal
stables where a whole battalion of newly
enlisted Sparlacides were armed with
rifles. They looked (as if just released
from jail. They passed six at a time
through the doors on one side of the
building and came out with rifle and
knapsack on the other side and imme-
diately lined up with the men already
armed. This was being done without the
slightest attempt at concealment. Tho
central telegruph office where I am writ-
ing is filled with soldiers and there is a
terrible noise. They are preparing for an
attack by the Sparta'ides.
Nobody who has not witnessed it cart .
possibly form the slightest picture of the
awful confusion existing here the antag-
onizing parties clashing almost at evorjr
street corner in the central part of ih '
city violence and wild shooting prevail- .
ing every where. In many cases men -i
owed death or wounds to the silly mis-
takes caused by the general nervousness.
Only three newspapers appeared this
morning the Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Freheit and lie Rofe Kahn and their-'
accounts of what actually happened after
darkness yesterday are extremely poor.
Kor instance they have only vague ru-
mors about the battle on WllhemplaU.
whic'ii was doubtless the most sanguin-
ary and important encounter between tho
government and the enemy.
FIGHTING RENEWED.
1 described in my message lat night
how that sudden lull induced ine to de-
scend to the battlefield thinking all was
over as in fact the soldiers holding the
entrance to the subway on Mauerslrasoe
assured nie. Hardly was this news .ent
from the telegraph station when sudden-
ly a furious fire of field guns and rifles
a git in drowned every other noise in the
wide square. The thunder of guns came
from the direction of the chancellors'
palace but the ritle fire seemed to ema-
nate from the direction of Leipsigcr-
strasse. " Jet out of l ip way you civilians-"
shouted the soldiers and they hustled me
with a few others down Mauerstrasae to-
ward Linden. Then from that direction
too. shots were fired and lo escape oeing
caught between two tires we fled mo
a dark doorway. Here we remained for
h long time.
Now and then the fire would calm down
a little when suddenly the bouni of that
-big gun at tlie chancellor's palace gave
sign for a renewal of the hellish concert.
DASH FOR SAFETY.
We decided to run for our lives and
we reached Jaeger strasse and safety
with an effort perhaps quite unnecessary
because l he shoot ing became desultory -But
bke all other places in the viclnitv.
even the dan e halls abounding here mv
friendly post office had closad and further
transmission of news became impossible.
Karlier in the afternoon there had been
a shooting affair between the Herrenhaus
and Wertheim's department stores. Thera
was a battalion of Sparticldos there pre-
paring for an attack on the war office. A
profession of regular social democrats
en route to Wilheliuplatz exchanged re-
marks with the impart icido. w hereupon
the latter begun to fire. The street was
crowded wlU people and a panic ensued
women shrieking and fainting and people
running hither and thither.
Fortunately the fiiv ceased m a fmv
seconds. There were some -0 dead nnd
wounded lying in th street. Afterward
the Sparlacides managed U' yet inside the
war office but toward 7 o'clock the sol-
diers began to shoot at ilw windows
here the Sparta- ides w re isi'du and
much afterward the latter .-bowed a white
flag and surrendered
A similar shooting iitn.c- ... . lured at
the corner of Uindi a .ui I l-'r sd' i'-h-tiaae.
where Sparta id - in i "S heidi-man. '
BothVartb'S w t - .niti ; tin Sjm nacide
opened foe :nd - wi.d S--ln i.leineii IT-
plied w itb the r.-.-idi r i w o dead a;nd
five wounded. .-bat ' ring the
windows of neighbor: n' hotel-.
The Sparta-ide alc d on l!ie build- :
ing oi t he (;!'. ml i adv. i lii- h was
only weakly deb nd. d. and took It.
CITY HALL ATTACKED. v
Tbe attempt i .ei'. lie ity hall wu$
rvpu1.--.ed by artie-d tin;;-.!.. I b re. loo a
number ot i a:ialti- .-. were tvorded.
Kierc battles it t.m-'ht at several bur- '
nicks. In the pieiie. ' barracks in Kos-
niekerstrasse tin- S. Id idemen came out i
victorious. The ..ixiilties were 16 tie a 1 v
H'ontinued on Page 1 Column 6.) r
Blood) Fighting lu Progress. '
A. -.so 'UitfHl l'ross Report.
IN'IiN. Jan. !'. 1:37 p. 111. Qsrman '4
Knveriiiwnt im-ssHiirs picked up by wirs
loss I'rro a iIihI parts of Berlin r .(;
MCfiwa of l.kxwlv Itch ting. The sroverti f
incut it i Mtided. is taking ull neccs
fary nn'Hsures to drt;lroy ttie "reign of 1
tt?rro;" v
Thr messages ny that some parts rf "'
Berlin are without light nd water. Pro-
vision depots have been stormed by tnfl .
Bpartscan and the feeding ot soldiers -and
civilians basbea interrupted. ' -
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