The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-02-22

LONDON, FeD. 2Z.-Ine troubles In
Munich took still more serious turn
yesterday afternoon, according to a
Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company. Church bells
began ringing, 10000 workmen from
the suburbs marched into the center
of the city. and a short time later
violent firing was heard, it is said.
The mob is reported to have begun
plundering shops. The dispatch
characterizes. the conditions now
prevailing in Munich as virtually
those of Civil war.
Ex-kaiser's Son Deported.
(By H. J. Greenwall.)
Berlin, Feb. 21.-(Via London, Feb
22.-(Exclusive Gable. |. n. S. and
London Daily Express.) 1.-The as
sassination of Kurt Eisner, socialist
premier of Bavaria, is unquestionably
connected with the royaHst plot in
Bavaria, which led to the arrest and
deportation of Prince Joachim, sixth
son of the former kaiser. .accordinf
| to information received from Munich
| today.
The present whereabouts OF
/ Joachim are unknown. He was con
! Quoted to the Prussfan frontier by
Bavarian soldiers.
Three Officials Shot.
(By Alfred G.. Andersen.)
Berlin, Feb. 21.-(Via London, Feb
22.)--Q. n. S.)-Within an hour after
the assassination of Premier Kurt
Eisner at Munich today a wild out
break of shooting occurred in the
Bavarian lantag Cat Munich), In
which three officials were wounded
seriously and a number were killed
A soldier in uniform entered the
lantag building and fired at Minister
of the Interior Auer, infiicting a Sc
rious wound. DR.. Auer was speaking
when the attack was mado.
Another bullet struck a department
chief of the war ministry.
/. Other shots came from the audi
| ence and in the fusillade Deputy
Oesel was killed and DR.. Timm, a
member of the Bavarian cabinet, was
| wounded.
| Violent agitations have followed
/ the assassinations throughout Nun
| ich. The premier's death was in
! Simultaneous, two bullets entering the
1 head.
The condition of his assassin
Count Arco Valrey, who was shot by
| a lieutenant of the guards after the
| killing of Eisner, is serious.
A sailor was mortally wounded
during the shooting.
After Eisner had been murdered g
| soldier rushed into the Iantag build
| ing bearing the premier's' blood
stained glasses in his hand and
| shouting 'Efsner has been assas-
sinated.' The widest confusion fol
lowed.
Earth Rocking Under Germans.
Quoting a speech delivered to the
national assembly by Philip Schiede.
mann, minister without portfolio ir
the new German cabinet: "The eartl
is rocking under our feet. Perhap:
| in a short time there will come g
| complete collapse"
Hundreds of civilians fled and II
the meantime. the Spartacans occu-
| pied the railway stations, to pre-
vent any exodus from the city.
Diststorship Imminent.
Geneva, Feb. 22.-Herr Rosshaup.
! ter. Bavarian war minister. was
wounded by a would-be assassin in
| Munich on Friday, said a dispatch
from the Bavarian capital today. The
man who did the shooting was ar.
rested. A dictatorship by working.
| men at Munich is reported imminent
The death of Kurt Esner ant
! Minister Auer may be avenged witt
! frightful consequences in human
blood.
The radicals held the whip-hand
( and parliament may be dissolved.
| Armed motor cars filled with Spar
tacans are patrolling the streets o.
! Munich