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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30
II3 CASUALTIES
So KILLED IN ACTION

Washingto Aug. 3o-fHty ,tNo MI. i
in battle are part of the IlS soiu"is h"'il''
In casualties list issued last niSht. -
Killed in action. T0
Missing in action -.'- ;"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30

action and seven missing are included
in tho Marine Corps casualties list issued
today as follows
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30

Literally, coats by the thousands, in all
wanted materials, including plush and
with plenty of silvertone featured. All
sizes. Scores of different models.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
SCHOOLS MA ANS HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT 7
Black Oak Scene of Dis
tressing Smashup When
Teachers Attend Red
Gross Affair.
IsPEcIAL To TEE TrMrs.1


MICHIGAN CITY. IND. Oct. s.-NIiS.
Idah Dorset and Miss Corrine ODav
school teachers. are at the home Of Miss
Dorsett's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Dorsett 81 Huron street. suffering
from injuries sustained early SUNDAY
morning when an automobile in which
they were riding turned over twice at
Black Oak. near Hammond. Miss Dor
sett's right shoulder is fractured and
her left collarbone is cracked While
Miss Opay sustained an injury 10 one
Of her sides and her right eye is dis
colored. Both also have bruises about
the body.
Saturday evening people living at
Black oak gave a dance at the Black
oak school of which Miss Dorsett is
one of the teachers. for the benefit Of
the Red Cross. II was shortly after
the midnight hour that th7 Misses . O'Dsy
and Dorsett Miss Ruth Bush of Gary
and Louis Random and William Low
man of Black Oak left the school build
ing, in an automobile for Gary Mr.
Lowman was a. the wheel and at
curve i'm the road the machine left the
road, went over an embankment and
turned over twice Miss Bush who is .
teacher at the Black oak school. was
unhurt as were also the Young men
But Miss ODay. who teaches At the
Tryon school. east Of this city. and MISS
Dorset were not so fortunate
The injured Young ladies were taken
to Gary where they were attended hg
Dr. Warrington sunday afternoon the
doctor brought them. in his machine. g.
the Dorset home here.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
PLEASE[)B BY
4TH LOAN
DRIVE PEP
Congress Also HOROFS City Of
East Chicago for lis
Patriotism.

The city of East Chicago, the
first city in the United States to
complete its Liberty Loan quota in
a day and throw in more than a mil
lion dollars for good measure, has
had its patriotism officially recog-
nized not only by General Pershing
of the American Expeditionary
Forces, but formal notice of it has
been recorded in the official chroni-
Gle of the Congress OF the United
States-the Congressional Record.
With a population Of $4,000 East CHI
cago has gone over the top Nith more
than 10000 subscriptions and sales &
more than s3.000.000 worth Of bonds as
compared With its quota Of s175t.5qt
PERsHING CABLES TO COL. R-Lzy.
Word that the splendid shovins
Indiana Harbor and East Chicago u.us..
in the Fourth Loan drive has been s.l
down in the official records Of oouEre
came today from Congressman Wood
who wrote TO Chairman Riley. 4 cable
gram was received late yesterday from
General Pershing.
TIE MESSAGE FROM FRANCE.
Bearing the date of October End ard
sent from Wide Wing" France Gen
eTai Pcrsnings message read as follows
walter J. Riley,
Chairman Liberty Loan COMMITTEES,
East Chicago, Indiana.
Hearty congratulations for your
successful work for the Fourth Lib
/ erty Loan period.
"PERSHING."
! That General Pershing realizes that
I the people back home are with him IS
/ seen by his tribute to the Chairman.
+ FIRST IN AMERICA
4 Congressman VIII Wood in a letter 10
Continued On page ski
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
TURKEYS
DECISION
EXPECTED
Germany Declares Her Intention
Of Occupying the Country
Of Bulgaria

LONDON. Oct. 3.-Turkey has
notified Germany that she intends
to propose peace to the allies, a
Zurich dispatch today declared.
Germany is said to have replied at
some length, partly in a menacing
and partly in a pleading tone. Tur-
keys decision is believed immi-
nent. The dispatch says that Ger
many has declared her intention of
occupying Bulgaria. a Central
News dispatch from Paris states on
TIE contrary that the Turkish min
isterial consul has decided to main
tain the alliance with Germany and
AuStro-Hungary
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
HERE'S FIRST LAKE CO.
BOY TAKEN PRISONER
Karl Dupes of East Chicago
u. S. M. Writes From
Hun Prison Camp.

Karl Dupes Of East Chicago is in a
German prison camp
Dupes. who is a member Of the United
states marines, is The first Lake county
boy reported prisoner OF war.
Karl Dupes. who was officially report
ed missing in action last July. sent a
letter which was received here yester-
day by his parents. Mr., and Mrs. D w
Dupes. of s446 Fir street. and written
July 1st- He tells Of his capture and
how he was takes 4 prisoner Of war.
The letter has regA ~ 4 70. > great extent
tho awful anxiety and suspense under
which his parents have labored during
the lapse of time since they first receiv-
ed the information The letter was Sc
verely censored by the Germans and
great black lines drawn through many
sentences. He tells of his being most
fortunate in having a knowledge of the
German language and that ne has been
selected as interpreter for many prison
ers who arc at loss to understand what
is told them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
To AID IN
FIGHTING
INFLUENZA

That help viii be given ali communi-
ties to combat the Spanish influenza
where the communities themselves arc
unable to help themselves was indicat-
ed today to tho various civilian relief
chairme min Lake county by the receipt
Of the following telegram
AT reques; Of Surgeon General Blue
department public health Red Cross to-
dag agreed % help in combating present
epidemic influenza by taking charge.
supplying nurses and emergency hos
pitsl supplies where local authorities
arc unable to provide War council ap-
nropriated five hundred sevonty-hve
thousand dollars for this purpose. Red
Cross participation in campaign Will be
in charge Of special commltte Of which
Frank Persons viii be chairman, refer
h dirision managers letter. october
first. u sH chapters for further in
formation follows
"CsignedD JAMES Il TIEsER
Division Director Civilian Relief"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
CLERKS OFFICES TO
OPEN TWO EVENINGS

The clerks offices Of the superior
courts at Hammond and Gary and the
federal court at Hammond will he
open Friday and SATURDAY. evenings
to accommodate persons desiring to
secure first papers
Under the Law first papers cannot
be taken out at any time within thir-
~ DAYS of en- election md therefor
no first papers VIII be issued after this
week
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
BIG NEWS MAY
COME SOON

WASHINGTON. oct 3.-Winter viii
find Belgium and northern France out
of the grasp Of the Teutous. military
authorities predicted here ;odaT fol-
lowing the beginning of the German
retreat from LaBasse canal region. The
retirement is expected % reach as far
as Antwerp. The objective Of the
allied forces since the Marine turning
point battle has been the wrecking
Of the German armies. Today there is
q chance that an attainment Of that
object VIII come far sooner than has
heen anticipNted.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
ITALIANS LAUNCH
OFFENSIVE

III %iIEp l-FtESS-j
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-The
Italian army in Albania has launch
ed an offensive against Austrians
there, cables to the Italian embassy
state today.
The purpose OF the offensive is 70
demoralize and destroy the Austrian
army in Albania with view 70 facili-
tating the expected surrender Of turkey.
The cable explained.
General S Errero. operating three
columns is advancing victoriously with
tie object Of eTectins a junction with
the left wing under General Espert
Tie Austrians arc resisting vigorously.
aiming 10 hold the allies in cheek at all
costs until reinforcemonts arrive
The advances already made by the
Italians IN tho south following close on
the heels Of the retreating Austrian
army are threatening the latter with
citation from The nor.a.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
HAVE YOU
REGISTERED?

Hammond republicans are going ~
fool themselves in the matter Of voting
next month if they do not register They
have only n few days more to look efter
it and there are hundreds who have not
registered Norris Dobson. who is look
ing after the registration i'm Judge
Frank Prest's rooms in the Emha
block. says about Is or % day are COM
ing ir hut that's not fast enough
said Morris. We ought 10 have zoe
DAY. Toll them 10 hurry"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
CROWN POINT MAN
MISSING IN ACTION
After Being Wounded Gle
ment Beam Reported AS
Missing by War Dept.
LsrEc1AL To TEE TINES. ]

crown POINT. IND. oct. 3.-Mrs.
Clemnt Beam Of this city received a
telegram from the War Department on
Wednesday that her husband Clement
Beam had not been heard from since
July gath. The last time Mrs. Beam
heard from him nc told her that he had
been wounded in the leg and possibly
the limb might have TO be amputated.
He was % years of age and enlisted
gust a year ago today October end. the
day the news came telling Of his death.
At the time he left his baby was but
ten days old. lie left with the hrst
draft contingent from this city The
family moved here from Hulburt
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
NEW U-BOAT OFF
ATLANTIC COAST
LBr UNITED PREss.I

AN AILAN u FON T. Oct a.--Re-
ports Of German U-boat in operation
200 miles off the Atlantic coast were
brought here today by two merchant
vessels. Both vessels reported they re-
oeivod s. O. :. calls which told Of
Smelling by the submarine but neither
was able to catch the position or name
of the vessel attacked.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
NO GERMAN TAUGHT IN
". HAMMOND SCHOOLS
Patriotic School Board Has
Cut It Out Alto
gether.

West Hammond has the advantage Of
Hammond. It's citizens can truthfully
say that the teaching of German has
been entirely cut out in the West Ham
mond high school. Meantime Hammond
people are forced TO try and explain how
it happens that tho Hammond high
school was unable TO cut out German
This year owing to the fact that some
pupils studied it last year and must Of
course finish Up this year
West Hammond schools are progress
sive and al the Same time very patriotic.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
HUNS IN NEW
"SUCCESSFUL"
RETREAT
IUNr-rD PEEss CABLEGrAm.I

LONDON. oct 3-The Germans are
retreating On the twenty mile front
between Armentferes and Lens. Field
Marshal Haig announced today They
are evacuating highly organized posi-
tons which they held since the begin
ming of trench warfare The retire
ment ALREADY has reached \ maximum
depth OF two miles and the British
advance is continuing. The British
attack north Of s. Quentin was re
ncwed this morning
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
BULGAR
PREMIER
SPEAKS

HUNTED PRESS CABIEGPAM1
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 3.-"We were full
Of the greatest loyalty toward our allies.
but We had no other aim than tho dis
charge of our duty toward our duty"
declared Premier Malnof. speaking
from the throne TO members of the
Bulgarian parliament Monday. says a
Sofia dispatch today.
Malinoff said he desired only to give
his country an honorable peace COM
nensorate with the previous sacrifices
it had borne
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
BAD WRECK ON
PENNSYLVANIA
lBr UNITED Press ]

CL.N EI-AND. UCl- - y cn " wv
workmen were killed and two injured
early today when a Pennsylvania pas
senger train pIowed through them as
they were leaving a work train at
Bedford A heavy fog is said TO have
obscured the passenger trains ap-
nroach.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
IT IS JUST HUN
CAMOUFLAGE

cent appeal for a recognized .'peo-
pies government" and another appeal
which is now issuing but of which no
details have been received. are re
garded by authorities here as Camou-
dage to fool the German public and
the entente statement
Nothing Resembling a democratic
government viii result from the pres
ent crisis The Reichstag majority has
adopted a program cndorsins the July
1917 peace resolution.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
GEN. PERSEIlNCa GABLES COL. W. ). RILE
tiB m dnb dnb dnb CID @D dB @D GB GID HD qD
TURKEY NOTIFIES GERMANY OF PEACE TERMS -o-a
THE HORRORS
OF WAR
ESPECIAL TO THE TrnEs1

ESPECIAL TO THE TMEsl
ST. JOHN, IND, Oct. 3
Doll Connors finally got his.
His brother Robert was notifi-
ed today that Doll was in a base
hospital in France.
Doll fought at the battle of
the Marne, at Chateau Thierry
and mixed with the Hun time
and again. He saw his COM
rades fall on both sides of him
but seemed to bear a charmed
life himself and never got
scratch.
Now he's in the hospital.
He was stepping into a "Y"
canteen when he slipped and
turned his ankle.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
OPEN WARFARE
MADE POSSIBLE

TJNITE0 IREss tABLEGEAH
WITH THE BRITISH IN FRANCE.
oct. 2-The supporting trench system
back Of the Hindenburg line has been
broken. Beaurevoir has been q ptured
by the British and Austral lians, who
have also taken Brancourt eight miles
north of St. Quentin.
The French have pushed eastward
above st, Quentin. Utter destruction
Of the enemy's defenses seems TO be in
sight open warfare has been made
possible.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
ANNOUNCE
PEACE DEMANDS
tBT UNITED PEEss.l

WASHINGTON, OCT. -.-oerbla and
Greece today announced their peace de-
mands on Bulgaria. They are.
l. Reparation for all damages in oc-
cupie1 territory.
>. Abandonment Of all plans Tor dom
nation Of the Balkans.
3. Guarantees for Greeks living on
Bulgar territory
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
u. S. BOAT SUNK
IN CHANENL
LEY I-wIrEn PREss ]

wAsHINGTON. oct. 8.-The Z. S. S.
Tampa. a former coast guard cutter.
was sunk in foreign waters. the navy
department announced today. All aboard
were reported lost.
The Tampa was sunk of the English
coast i'm the Bristol channel September
IS Reports received here indicate the
ship was torpedoed at night while en-
gagged in escorting = convoy. Ten Off
GERS ana 1oo enlisted men besides ore
British army officer and hTe civilian
employees on board were reported lost
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
HUN RETIREMENT
BEFORE YANKS
FUxITEp PRESS CAsLEeRAm

WITH THE AMERICANS WEST OF
NERDTN. Oct. 3--The Germans. it was
further indicated today. are withdraw
ing from their advanced positions to
the Kreimhilde-S line
Their retreat is protected By strong
ly placed machine gun positions in a
difficult terrain between their adSanc-
ed lines and the new defenses
Artillery lighting increased early
this morning
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03

The second Red Cross War Fund
pledges are now due and payable at
LIBERTY HALL. Those knowing
themselves to be in arrears will con
serve a fund sorely needed at this time
BY saving the committee any expense in
appealing TO each one personally
Our boys arc in the great fight today.
Let US. without delay. fulfill our pledge
to bind their wounds.
T. ". OBERLIN.
Chairman Red Cross Chapter.
4. NJ. TURNER.
Chairman Second Red Cross War Fund
Commiree. 10-S-2t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
AUSTRIAN TROOPS
MAKE PROGRESS

TT7NrrEp PRESS CABLEeRAM1
LONDON Oct. S.-"Australian troops
yesterday took 1900 prisoners. two guns
and forty machine suns. seventeen miles
north cast Of Damascus it was an
nourced today
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
BELGIAN BRITISH
IMPROVE POSITIONS

Tg-N1TFD PRESS CABLEGRAM.1
HAVRE. FRANCE. Oct 3.--"Our local
pushes at different points have improv-
ed our positions" the Belgian war office
announced today British troops have
captured Cheluwc LeBiset and La
FIancuue Farm British airmen destroy
ed nine enemy machines and two bal
looms
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
FRENCH ADVANCE
IN CHAMP ACNE
fUxrrED Press CARLEGRA,fl

PARIS. oct 3.-French forces con
tinue to advance In the Champagne
and Vesle region, the war office an
nounced today
Challerange "a mile and half east
Of Montpis) was captured Yesterday
evening North OF Rheims the French
took Louvre.
The French attack was resumed at
daybreaS.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
GEN. DEBENY
OUTFLANKING
LA FERE

PARIS. oct. 3.-General Debeny. at
tacking on the fifteen mile front be-
tween St. Quentin and La. Fere is near
ing Berthincourt and is rapidly out
danking La Fere
Between the Vesle and the Aisne
and the Aisne-Marne canal General
Berthlot has cleaned out all the Ger
mans except in a small area south
where French advance elements are
progressing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
VIENNA JUST
THINKS" IT so
TUNr7ED PRESS, CABLEeRAM- ]

tA-fiS' a h~AeAf-N-'A' ~ g. 90 +'t- - % idii w
serters advancing on Sofa have been
driven back by government troops ac-
cording to dispatch from the city
by way of Vienna today Sofia is now
out Of danger. the dispatch said
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
HUNS SET FIRE
TO ROULERS

TTNITED PRESS CABLIcRA1f-T
PARIS. oct ?. 1915 p- m.-The Ger
mans have set fire to the Belgian city
of Rouiers. twelve miles northeast Of
Ypres.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
WELL. HE OUGHT
TO PLEASE THEM!

IJNlTED Press CABLEGRAM-I
LONDON. Oct 3.-Prince Max of
Baden has been appointed German
chancellor succeeding Won Hertling ac-
cording to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03

Southside Voters:

Register tonight at Waivers Ice
Cream Parlor cor. Harrison and Conzey
avenue. 1913
DEMOCRATIC CITY CENTRAL COM.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
ANOTHER
100 PER CENT
CONCERN

The J. IT, Mcguire Plumbing es-
tablishment with G Inscription 90 $500
for the Fourth Liberty Loan is 100 per
cent each employe having taken
bond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
Eleventh Precinct
Republicans

Can reg ister a Douglas and Hon
man streets from s g. m. TO s p. m.
FRIDAY. October (. 1o31t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
rhey Didn't Rcmove Eats
Rad Subscribed $4,000.

The complaining witnesses then show
ed that they had subscribed for bonds
and stamps as follows: John Sofana.
s7o0: Nick Rociu. S2,SoO; Dan Cosna.
$3.50: Chas. Nan. $3.50. and Alex Puscas.
1925. The commissioner then pointed
out that the ten men had subscribed for
over $4,000 in bonds ana stamps ana In
that particular had probably done bet
ter than any ten americans in their
community under similar conditions.
The men we're then told that all must
remove their hats In government meet
inFs and that they must all work to-
gether for the good Of the country. The
defendants claim that their actions were
misunderstood and that they meant no
offensc and did not attempt to conduct
street meeting in opposition to the meet
inE in the hall. on the commissioner
request the five men on each side then
shock hands and promised TO work to-
rether for the government in every way
Special Agent Green Deputy L 5. Mar
shall Ream and Attorney Critics, who
represented the defendants. then joined
in the hand shaking and the hearing
ended in Roumanian-American love
feast.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03

But Where Can You Find
Ten Americans Who've
Done as Well as These
Roumanians in Buying
Bonds and Stamps?

Two Roumanians. John Danciu and
Nick Timariu Of Indiana Harbor were
arrested yesterday BY Deputy I. S
Marshal Ream charged with interfering
with the sale of Liberty Bonds by break
ing UP meeting being held by the
Roumanians al Indiana Harbor on Sat
urday evening
The meeting was presided over by
John Cosme and the speaker was John
Sufana of Fort Wayne. who was sent
by the I 5 Treasury Department
Speakers Bureau.
They Didn't Remove Eats.
1t was claimed that the defendants
refused to remove their hats in the
meeting and finally left the hall and
started q street meeting i'm which the
speaker of the evening sent by the gov
ernment was called q liar and other
similar names. The evidence. however,
did not altogether warrant the charges
and in trying TO untangle the matter. L.
:. Commissioner Surprise found that
defendant Danciu had subscribed for
Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps
amounting to $3.50 and that defendant
Nick Timariu had bonds and stamps
amounting to $l435; that their wit
nesses had invested in bonds and stamps
as follows: Nick Filicia. s1,9S0: Nick
Dan $50. and Naler Popescu. S265.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-03
Red Cross War Fund Notice

City Chairman Republican Q
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-09
RUSSIAN PEOPLE ALMOST
S0LIDLY AGAINST SOVIET
RULE OF COUNTRY

Continued From Page One.)
>~~~-~~~-~~-~-~-~-~>-~>>~~>-
Slovaks, the detachments of the army
of the Russian people took Syrian,
Symbirsk, Kazan and other important
Volga cities. In Kazan the forces
under Colonel Lebedeff took posses
sion of 100000 roubles in gold two
thirds of the gold reserve of the old
Russian empire. This vast sum hJd
been in the possession of the Bolshe-
wiki, and part of this gold would have
been transferred to Germany in ac-
cordance with the supplements to the
Brest-Lltovsk treaty. At the same
time these forces, under Colonel Lebe-
def captured large quantity of
silver, securities and other valuables,
all of which was forwarded by the
colonel to the directorate of five.
chosen at the congress of TIA, and
sitting at Qfubk
Colonel Lebedeff was sent TO this
country by the congress of Ufa. His
recent military experiences have been
entirely on the Volga front, where
month after month, waiting for aid
from the allies which failed to come
he and his forces struggled against
superior. numbers but were finally
compelled to retreat before the Boil
shevist menace.
Russians Against tBolshe, ism.
Colonel Lebedeff, in speaking of his
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-09
SOL DIERS FORCE MUNICH
MINISTER TO RESIGN
OFFICE AT PISTOL POINT

tcontinucd From Page s,>. o9e0
badly hurt rushing through broken
show windows seeking cover. a
group of soldiers stormed the editorial
rooms of Karl Liebknecht's pewspa-
per and attempted to destroy the
plant. Frustrated in their raid on
the newspaper offices by government
orders, the soldiers then attempted to
arrest the members of the executive
committee of the soldiers and work
mems council, the soldiers apparently
laboring under the misrepresentation
that their officer had been ordered
by the government to make the arrest.
This occurred at the same hour as
the clash between the government
troops and the Spartacus insurgents.
The executive committee was holding
a meeting in the former Prusslan
house of deputies. The chamber was
invaded by the armed forces and a
demand made for the surrender of
the council of twenty-eight in the
name of the Ebert Hasse government.
! Peoples Commissioners Barth. who
also is a member of the committee,
faced the invaders with a challenge
for their authority.
Leaders Detained.
| Meanwhile inquiry was made at
government headquarters and resulted
| in the detention of the leaders of the
insurgent forces. who were armed
with hand weapons and flame throw
ers for the purpose of establishing
responsibility for the attempted revo-
luton. 1t developed that the men hao
been invited by unattached officers t6
meet at given hour at the Branden'
burg gate for the purpose OF raldlnt