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•jnEWt’^^rr^r-<;:T»r%-^ JjL ■• .,-e-Q'’ • ■/• ••*- . J i E NEW MODELS AT AUBURN’S MOTOR SHOW m B g B S SHOW A D VERTISER-J O U R N A L ABE YOU LOYAL? Best Way to Show I t Right Now Ia by Boosting the Auto Show. AGIST PERIL as >2?j k’ * _ __ _ __ __ IK S ; ^ ^Qpy^iiment Takes Up Reins ^irgfents Quit Berlin, Revolt ffflers to be Prosecuted—Rumor ^fiitfGhancellor Has Committed ^SiSide—Bolshevism Menaces Fath- ^•7 AMERICANS IN PERIL. '(iltaiKwch 18.— (By the Associated Press).—Two hundred Americans ^ k m ittendinjf the fa ir at Leipsic have telegraphed and telephoned (otnl H. T. Allen, commanding the American army of occupation, to keif to leave Leipsic where they describe conditions as dangerous to Ini.'-Alton .is sending a special train to bring the Americans away. 1 , A* 1 * — + _M > K h 18.—President Ebert has ordered the imperial court at btfif'Mtkm against the leaders ot the revolution, Dr. Kapp, General tfrtx, Gottlieb von Jagow, Admiral Trotha and Captain Erhardt, the says; , ^Jfath' 18.r-01BciaI advices from Berlin describing conditions there riy night said the public places of the city wero filled with crowds ^/Iwnpr. The m ilitary appeared to be of a panicky disposition. ilieBwktreops, the adviccs added, had joined forces with the Indc- .SfcWists, who were reported to have 12,000 armed men at their (By the Associated Press) !te «lbpK of the reactionary dictatorship in Berlin hasi been quickly* ! kjr the resumption of authority on the part of the old government. 'Wt fw the moment, it appears, will be to deal with tho disordered : *hitfa the Spartacans are endeavoring to prolong for tlreir own itHw stating that’ Minister of Defense Nosko, the strong arm of the liifime, was back' on the sceno in Berlin, have been followed by 1 ^ President Ebert also had returned to the capital from Stuttgart. Uijretum Vice Premier Schiffer of the Bauer cabinet to<>k over the •('affairs relinquished by Doctor Kapp when he gave up his effort “ a aw government.’ | >. mfcjwrts, current, in ^Berlin, that ex-Chancellor Kapp has commit-. , bnt these so far lack confirmation. H is prosocutioij, together y *toer leaders of the reactionary movement, is said to-have been . tj President Ebert. FS*tt Bolshevism. \ \mcnts by Doctor Kapp, as ‘.official statements from the of- ’ c Ebert government, rcflcct of. a radical uprising in Ger- ,'In fact, Doctor Kapp’s an al stated he had resigned St direction of affairs so tlint -try might be enabled to .light From various cities come t uprisings of worker?, and from'-Berlin state -that Red ffl^r command of Spartacist re marching on that city. As troops.* have not as yet re- fnll control, an attack by the Iseared, f SIMS SUMS UP CHARGES AGAINST y DEPARTMENT Makes 13 Specific Coants in In dictment, Charging Mistakes and Costly Delays— Declares Criticism Is Aimed at No In dividual Throughout Germany radical ele ments have In many placcs taken over direction of affairs, at least tempor arily. Proletarian dictatorships have been set lip at Dortmund, Gera, Dalle, Ohligs, Unna ancl Gelsenkirchen, ac cording to reports, while in Leipsic workers have driven government troops from the suburbs of tha city and were engaged late yesterday in street fighting. In the Ithenisli aijii Westphalian industrial districts it. is said the workers are ready to follow radical leaders. DUCHESS, SISTER OF CZAR E, HER HOME IS A BOX CAR toil March IS.— Grand tel* sister of the late Czar f Russia, has been found liy Red Cross workers living in -« near orvorossisk, South »ws announced today at the 1 . ” of the American Red • ^^chess, according to the V. 1 's one of 'three surviv- ,House of Roma- ■-'W? “toilin- among in* m ^*e territory re- by tho B o l s h o i , ? t a 2 f T ? ,‘9 s h c conW tedf clad in rags and rf,?y fo°d and clothing Cross annoucpmesit fol- 0l^a' sister of ussia> anrl <*» <* Rnmo ™ members of thc box 0SK workers, llv- j near Xovorossisk, mart„f®poJt reaching na- ! the RPd Cross &5t i^rvlTor ° f « court m th e world ^ WEATHER v^ORECAST Mawh 18—West r U ° fk: C,cuay and \***» and Friday; toQisht5 to fresh • Biy, “ecommg south- ^ 4«*nnoineter) 1920 i9io . ......... 51 46 ^ ‘Way fiVnV 35 84 \‘•stoteoL ; 8018 ®:09 \\Borrow 6:07. was discovered toiling among fellow refugees from the| territory recantly conquered by the Bolsheviki,' giving such assistance as she couKL although herself clad in rags and grateful for any food and clothing she could find. “Refugees have been pouring into Xovorossisk by the thousands, all re duced to the most abject poverty. Thc South Russian committee of tho American Red Cross, has bcd.i oaring for them to the limit of its resources and it was in the midst of this work ithat the plight of tho royal refugee Vas discovered. “Grand Duchess Olga formerly was the) wife of Prince Oldenburg, whom slio divorced, later marrying a young army officer, since which time, al though the old Russian law permits her to retain her title, she has taken the name of her husband and has lived quietly at Rostov as Madame Koulukovsky. She has two children, but the Red Cross report does not re veal the fate of these or her h os- hand. Another sister of the czar. Grand Duchess Xc|nia, lives in London, while the only other Romanoff surviv or is tlie Dowager Empress who lives \in Copenhagen.” Grand Duchess Olga is 38 years old. FEUDADICALS R AS KAPPUITS Q Berlin, March 18.—Ellis Loring Drescfl, acting commissioner and American charge d’ affairs in this city has informed the Stata Department in Washington, now that Doctor Kapp’s regime lias fallan, the whole danger lies in a Communist uprising. Communist fortes are reported to be marching on Berlin from various 'other cites but 3Ir. Dresel says if . a few hours more passes quietly a crisis may be avoided. Washington. March 18.—Concluding Iris long arraignment of the Navy Department’s conduct of the war, Rear Admiral Sims laid before the' Senate Investigating Committee today 13 specific counts in his indictment charging mistakes and costly dedays. Reiterating his declaration that his criticisms were aimed at 110 individual but that \responsibility for any fail ures\ rested upon ‘‘the Navy Depart ment ns an organization,” Admiral Sims said: . “If I have shown that there was lack of co-ordination on thq part of lhe Navy Department as to where its efforts should bo directed—if I havo shown that the navy was hampered by a lack of preparation by lack of es sential plans and by being held back iu the beginning—if I have demon strated thnt .victory was won not be cause of these errors, but in spite of them, and that such errors were only nulllflqd by a combination of circum stances which we would be fool hardy indeed to count upon in the fu ture-then I will feel that I have been l’ully justified in submitting my let- lor (to Secratary Daniels) of January If any individual was responsible, Admiral Sims said, the fact would necessarily, have to be developed by persons who knew the “inner work ings\ of the depart man t during the war. . Admirals’ Summary of Cliarges. ! “That in spite of the fact that -war had be^n’going on for nearly/•'three years, aiid our entry into-it. (had beon- imminent a‘t least from February 2, 1917, thc vessels of the navy were not ready for war service When the United States entered. “That the first few months after America entered thc war were ex tremely critical cues for tlia whole Al lied cause, due to the success of enemy submarines. “That this critical situation was made clear to tho Navy Department a few days aftefr America entered the war, and repeatedly thereafter by cables and letters, supported by inde pendent advices to the government ’from the American ambassador in Lon don and by Mr. Hoover. “That the Navy Department sup plied mo with no plans or policy cov ering our participation in tlie war for three months afteir our entry therein. “That, having information as to tlie critical situation of the Allies, the Navy Department did not promptly as sist them, and thereby prolonged the. war by, delaying the sending of anti submarine vessels, none reaching Europe for (nearly a month after war was declared'and 2 lr2 months elapsing before 30 vessels arrived. “That the N-nvy Department 'failed to appreciate! tue military value of time. “Thnt tho Nary Department violat ed fundamental military principles in attempting to formulate war plans of operation without having sufficient knowledge of the whole situation. “That tha department's representa tive with the Allied admiralties was nto supported during tho most critical months of the war, either by adequate personnel or by adequate forces that could havo 'been supplied. “That the Navy Department violat ed fundamental military principles in dispersing forces away from the criti cal area in order to meet diversions of the enqmy. “Thnt the Navy Department, in the first months of the war, attempted the direction of details although 3,000 miles distance from tlie scene of ac- tivq operations, where the situation was changing from day to day. “That the Navy Department, in not clearly defining tho .responsibility and delegating authority to its representa tive in Du rope, failed to follow sound principles, common alike to thc< busi ness nnd military professions. “That the Navy Department, by controlling tho operations and move ments of certaib forces within thc war area, violated the fundamental mili tary principle unity of command. “That the Navy Department failed to keep its representative abroad com pletely informed as to its plans af fecting dispatch and disposition of forces in the war zone and frequently reached decisions in such matters through information gained from sources other than its representative in the waT zona.\ Compliments Navy at Large. Admiral Sims said he was iJbt in sensible to the “splcindid work done by the navy at large or the various bu reaus and other offices of the Knvy De partment” Hia statements . were di rected “almost entirely” to pointing out defects in-the administration of thp Navy Department during the first few months of the war, he said. “Tho navy if loyally and properly «>$><$><$><$><$><?> <$><$■<«><$> <$><&3><$4>3>3><£ | EMPTY IS THE JAIL, THE BIRDS * HAVE FLOWN •s> - <3> ❖ <8> «> <S> Steubenville, Ohio, March 18.— <5> Sheriff W. T Raker awoke this ^ <S> morning to find the county jail ^ empty. Some time after midnight \$> the eight prisoners all held on <£> ❖ various charges, sAwed and cut ^ their way to liberty. Senrcbcrs <S> <s> failed to find traces of them. <S> REDS DRIVE T Helsingfors, Mnrch IS. — Finnish troops have been forced to evacuate their positions at Soutjaervi, north of Luke Ladoga, and retire northwest ward in t.he direction of Porajervi ac cording to an official statement by the Finnish general staff, which reports severe fighting with the Bolsheviki yesterday. The village of Soutjaervi is said to have been almost destroyed. This front is just to the north of the one along which there was serious fighting about a fortnight ago. Finnish Troops Starving , Restal, March IS.—Trains of sledges are rushing food from Helsingfors to Abo, 100 miles west, where exhausted and starving survivors of the central column of tho north Russian army have just arrived. This column, which was under the command of General Skobelstlin, recently cut its way through tho Bolshevik lines on the eastern Finnish frontier. Surviv ors of the column ' will eventually be interned at Helsingfors, it is an nounced. Army Leader in Kapp Regime '$>$><$><$<$><$><& & & ^ <S> <§> J BERLIN REVOLT <$> REDS TO ATTACK <3> <?> 'S’ <s- <$> PLEASES CHARLES % ------ Former <«> Genova. March 1S. '•> Emperor Charles of Austria, who <#“ i is now making his home at ^ I Prangins, is reported to have been j<?> evidently pleased when hc first ^ ,<?> received word of the reactionary ^ <S> revolt in Berlin. Ilo refused to ■®' <?> express any opiniou, however, but <S> is closely following developments “S' <£> and is receiving telegrams and letters every day. ^ <$> Former Empress Zita is also iu <S> constant communication with Vienna, and lias received, a large ^ <S> number of visitors during the last <S> few days. She is reported to be <& <S> in better spirits than she has <t> been for some time. <2><S><$><$><$><$> <$><S><$><$> <$<&<&<& Amsterdam, March “IS.—Cooler a I Von Luettwitz, wTho commanded the troops which, supported’ tho Kapp rcg_imo< left Berlin with his army forces, according ToTa^ES’ephpne'message received frpm Berlin. ihis ''mAriiii]\. General You Luqttwitz; who-■was ap pointed commander-in-chief of the military forces of tho now government of Gryrmany, which revolted against the Ebert regime, Chancellor Kapp taking tlie reins. B U L L E T I N S Coblenz, March IS.—Gustav Noske, minister of defense in the Ebert cab inet, arrived in Berlin by airplane late yesterday, having made the trip from Stuttgart. Genera’l Von Seocht, chief of staff for the constitutional govern ment,. has replaced General Von Luett- witz ojs \ commander at Berlin accord ing to advices. The danger from Bolshevism seems to be extreme. The ICappist troops are withdrawing from Berlin and forces commanded by Spartacau ............. „ leaders are expected to attack tlie capital of thc principality -of Rcuss- Sovere Fighting at Dresden The Hague, March 17.—Soviet re publics linve been formed at Dort mund, in Westphalia, and at Gern, 35 miles southwest of Leipsic, according to dispatches received here. At the latter place, which was formerly the TREATY CLIMAX LOOMS HEAVYIMING T BOOSTSTOCK S MARKETRICES P New York. March 18.— Heavy trad ing in speculative issues in the Stock Market here today resultcu in one of the busiest morning sessions in recent weeks, shares with stock dividend pos sibilities scoring gains of 2 to 18 points. The heavy buying and extensive short covering was caused, flnancial experts agreed, by tlie recommendation of tlie secretary of the treasury urging mod ification or appeal of tho exccss profits tax. Sales of thc first hour exceeded 500,000 shares. Thc leaders in tho advancc included motor, railway equipment, leather, tex tile and shipping shares. Stutz Motors rose IS 1-2 t>olnts to 1S7, General Mo tors 0 to 334 1-2, American Woolen ft 1-1 to 1*10, American Car 4 1t2 to 140, Crucible 3-1-2 to .' 237,. .United .. Fruit 4 1-2 tb 200'1-2; Atl.antic-Gulf-3 ;to 1.67, I'jiidicott-.Tohns'on- 0 lr2 to IIS. Texas Company 5 1-2 to 21d 1-2 and Reading 3 pqin cs to SS. These wore supple mented by food shares, tobaccos and numerous unclassified stocks, the move ment- embracing a wider variety of is sues than at any time since tho early weeks of. the year. A very large p a r t of the early trading originated with commission houses, nnd indicated that a considerable volumo of thc buying power came from Interior points. ’ ^‘Senate Rejects Reed! Reservations in Pro cess of Getting Ready for Final Vote city at any time. A consolidation of all parties to fight Bolshevism has been formed, only the Independent Socialists not being Included. Elec tions will bo held no later than June, according to latest dispatches from Stuttgart. 2.75 Beer Bill Before Assembly Albany. N. Y., March IS.—Col. Ran som H. Gillett, Republican member of Assembly from Columbia \County to day introduced in tlie lower houso Senator Walker’s 2.75 boer bill. He announced later that he would confcr with Senator Walker today and ask the minority leader to introduce his bill, designed to provide for 3 1-2 per cent, beer and light wines with an al coholic content of 10 per ccnt. in the Senate. POPULATION STATISTICS AS ANNOUNCED TODAY. Washington, March IS.—Population statistics for 1020 announced today by thc Census Bureau included: Port Jervis, N. Y„ 10,171, an in crease, of G07, or 6.3 i>er cent over 1910. Beacon, X. Y , 10,990, increase 3G7, or 3.5 per cent, over the 1910 combined populations of Fishkil Landing and Matteawan which were incorporated as the Cit yof Beacon in 1913. suported aud directed, may be count ed upon to maintain the finest tradi tions of the service,\ he added. The thought would occur to many persons. Admiral Sims .said, that “hindsight is bettor than foresight and that i t is always easy, in the light of hindsight, to point out errors com- nrittexl in any underttaking,” bnt the issue under investigation was too im portant, he added, to be affected by such theories. “Hindsight must not be blindsight,” he declared. Admiral Sims’s direct testimony filled nearly 200 large printed pages atod it took him nearly 10 hours to read it. His cross-examination by members of the committee probably ,will„be-started Friday after- Which roeriibers of bis staff/will be hcjird bp-' ford Secretary Daniels and ofiiclals of the Narvy Department are callcd. Schleiz, there has been savage fight ing, it is said. In tho fighting at Dxresden 50 persons have been killed- and 495 wounded, reports stato, and the city is isolated from the rest of Germany. Dortmund In Hands of Workmen Copenhagen, March 17.—A message •recaived here from Dortmund, Ger many, says: _. . ‘Heavy fighting occurrcd here tills morning between thc regular troops which arrived during the night, aided by members of the citizens’ guard, and armed workmen. After receiving heavy reinforcements, the workmen overwhelmed the regulars today at noon, and disarmed them, as well as the citizens guard and security guard. Workmen's forces aro now ln posses sion of tbe town. Many have been killed and wounded, but the number of casualties ’ has not been ascertained. There has been ho plundering .and tho town is quiot at present.” Rejoice Over Kapp Downfall ___ Berlin, March 17.—Rejoicing over the downfall of (.he Kapp administra tion, the Executive Committee of tlie Democratic party has issued a procla mation calling upon the peoplo to re turn to work and restore peace. It de mands a reconstruction of the cabi net nnd the eiectfon of a president by popular vote. *Tho proclamation adds- “Te crime of the in surgent.s hns grave ly shaken tbe -existence and nnlty of tho Fatherland. To -be worthy of its victory the people must by its own strength restore peace and order “Long live tlie Democratic Republic\ BOLIVIAORMS, F NEWABINET C La Paz, Bolivia, March 15.—A new cabinet has been formed by Pres. Jose Gutierrez Guerra, the portfolio of for eign relations being retained,'by Carlos Gutierrez. Farmers- Report Labor Shortage. Poughkeepsie, X. Y. March IS. — La bor shortage! has l>erome so serious in Dutchess County that many farmers have been compelled to suspend oper ations while others are running their farms ctn a one man bafds. In one town, within a radius of two miles, sevan farmers either have retired en tirely or are planning a greatly cur tailed production . ^ _________________ _ I Economic Committee for France. Newspaper Man Dies. I Paris. March 1R.— (French wireless Fort Wayne, Ind., March 18—Clar- service) —A committee on economies ence F.’ Bicknell. president of the Nows]to be a part of the finance ministry, Publishing Company and publisher of ,'ot’ f\™ \1’ fnr H,n nf the Fort Wayno News and Sentinel. Lima, Pern, March 18.—The aide de camp of President Guerra of Bolivia, callcd at the Peruvian legation at La Paz .yesterday and expressed tho Bo livian government’s regret for tho at> tack on the legation last Sunday night, according to official advices received here today. Following the receipt of this information, Foreign Minister Porras forwarded a note to La Pnz asking for material reparation for the loss Incurred an.d tho arrest of officials included In the demonstration Detailed reports of tbo uprising In dicate that Peruvian commercial houses were looted during the disor der at LaPaz. A crack Bolivian cavalry regiment, which was sent to fiuayqul, near tho frontier, has been withdrawn to I^aPaz which city is apparently under martial law A small crowd attacked the BoliV' ian mission hern thii morning but was driven off by thc troop*. 011 guard be fore any damage rm done. Tin- pre fect of Lima Immediately culled at thc legation and expressed regrets for the incident Great indignation has been caused here by an attack upon (Vtlonel Comes of the Bolivian fivintinn service, hv a party of 4<> Peruvian':. Th'1 colonel wns attacked with ■stones and stinks and quite painfully injured, it is said Walsh Not Presidential Candidate. Washington. March IS -Senator Walsh of Massachusetts said today I 10 was not a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for president. He characterized as “local enthusiasm” announcements jjesjerrlay by W. .T. Buckley of Southbridge, Mass., nnd Major R. P. Shea of Fitchburg, that they were candidates for district dele gates to the national convention pledg ed to him. Washington, March 18.—Resuming consideration of pending reservation* to the peace treaty, the Sonata soon after mooting today, rejected 48 to 27 a reservation presented by Senator Reed, Democrat, which would reserve to tho United States for decision ques tions affecting “its natural honor or ita vital .interests.’’ Thd Senate ithen ’ defeated another reservation by Senator Reed providing that tho United States would refuse to assumo any obligation to. employ its military or nnvnl forces, Its resources or any form of economic discrimina tion under any article! of tlie League covenant. , Final voto on ratification, of tlie, peace treaty looms imminent. While' plans were not. ’being made, for a 1 showdown before: touiorrow^'iindp 2 r - 1 haps not until Saturday; ; gen'Kt'ot leadr ers weer prepared to put’thfc jwpt to a test immediately, if all the remaining’ reservations were disposed of ' bafore. adjounrment A night session was re garded as likely in the even it seemed possible to bring a conclusion to the famous controversy which has been’’ before tho Senate many months. ,Hoover Urges-Ratiflcmtion.. ' Now- York, ' M a r c h 18. — Herbert’ Hoover, In a statement issued from his offico here today, advocates ' e»rly>. ratification of- the peace treaty \so: long ns the flnnl form gives us freedom of action” and with reservations which \should satisfy the most-timid as to entanglements.-\ Tho statement wns issued, it was ex- pained,,,in rcsponse^to a.request of the Washington Star for his views on the, subject. Despite the feeling of-President Wil son, and. his .associates '-that the Strength of- the .-Xicaguc Is somewhat undermined by the reservations, Mr. Hoover expressed tho opinion “they also should accept” them.\ , \Regardless of what any of us may think should have been the provisions of either the League or the treaty,” he asserted, “we and the world should not bo kept waiting longer for a settle ment.” 'died at a hospital here toiay. follow ing an iUncss of several weeks. He was 55 years old. Cruelly Alleged, Removal Asked Albany, N. Y., March 18.—Removal of the present superintendent and the1 first assistant superintendent of the •reformatory for women At .Bedford Hills, N. Y., is recommended in the re port of John S. Kennedy, president of tho Stato Commissions of Prisons, who investigated the management and affairs of the institution, to Governor! SmiLh, which wns submitted to th»| Legislature today. “The management” the report say*,! “contends that there has been a sys-l tematic propaganda carried on by dis-j charged employes, alleged disloyal em ployes still in scrvtee and other out-t side influauccs to discredit tho present) superintendent and first assistant su-j perlntendcnt and to secure their re-i moval\ ! \Due consideration has been given 1 testimony which, even remotely,, showed a taint of any such bias,” Mr.) Kennedy assprls. \I have come bo tho conclusion,”* says Mr Kennedy, “that certain pun-, ishraents have been inflicted which; were cruel and unusual and had not justification under thc necessities of I thp situation as developed. It was; proven to ray satisfaction that young' women, found difficult to control, were, Iiandcnffcd with their hands behind* their backs and fastened to the cell j grating by another pair of handcuffs 1 attached to those on their wrists so that, in some cases, their toes, or the halls of their feet, only touched the floor, and. while thus suhspertded, their faces were dipped into pails of water until subdued. Prisoners also were lifted completely off their feet and suspended for various periods of time.\ _______ I Arctic Explorer Resigns. Ottawa, Ont., March 18. —Vilhjalmnr Stpfansson, the Arctic explorer, has resigned from the governmental com mission inquiring into tbe possibilities of northern development for moat pro ducing purposes, according to an an nouncement by Arthur Meigh'cn, min ister of thc interior. Stefansson has stiiled for England and it is understood 1 has been formed for thc purpose of curtailing the national expenditure. The committee has wide powers in | that, the purpose of bis trip is to seek ’ investigating thc various governmental j to interest private capital in the pro- ‘ departments. ] ject.
