The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-21
ALI. GE..RNAN5
5HOu INTEREST
IN THE ELECTION
LARGE NUMBERS OF
WOMEN PARTICIPATE
Weather Conditions Fail to
Keep Liberal Elements
from the Polls.

LONppE. Jan. 3".--''rh" r""r7'" OF
the elections throughout in" 'i"rWIn
states, SAYS Il ui"-nIrn government wire
L.Ss di*pat,h Received her" tonight.
.'ha~ clearly proved that III" develop
men, Of Il Republican form g? govern
,n.n, interests th. whole German hn-
ton. Participation III IN" "i"ri."ES was
strong cyrrywh"rr and ~ III" $Iarp"St
contribution to the Iud.iIr r"ur" when /
N:lN, classes. especially !h' i;"ur%""'S.
l:ty,. shown on tn. nCcaS!"E "t former
..l.r,irnS Especially r""nn rkthl" waS
III" strong Dcrr"Ulapu "i women among
IN. masses uf voters and tn" I"'rS"Frr-
am" II both male and f"mal" voters
Ia rccurr! their votes, despite adverse
. veal her conditions"
BERLIN. Sunday. Jan. l?.-tRy tn"
Associated Press 9TH" Sir""tS "i f"r-
I'm today wcr. virtually huriGd nnd"r
= Lcluy, oc election dodgers. hand bills
md leaflets Will" IN" fronts of houses
.nI ava.labl" windows T"rn rlaSi"rrd !
with huge posters hung up hy cam
r,aIgn workers during ihr morning. ir"-
lucn,lv without, the knowledge or house
or store pruprctors.
Til, spectacle WAS one wholly now
to Berlin. whcr" III" hill board privi-
. lrgcs arc strictly confined 10 tn" fa'n'i-
iar columns on the street corners. Will"
The, distribution nf hand hills is "rHi-
narily severely restricted by polio" r"su-
iations.
Later however the house AMI sh"0
fronts Of tho Cntcr den Linden 1rpm
thu Par;scrplatZ to the opera houS"
v..re ono continuous billboard Plea :"
; ;h., voters. The much advertised paper
shortage. with which III" publishers
. have hccn forced I" contend. hardly Ii-
pnarcd 10 be an actually in the llEht
! Of the mass OF campaign literature with
which Berlin has literally been chok"d
! for the last few days. Th" majority
| Socialists alon" arc reported 10 have
| distributed 10000 dodgers. in addition
,n wall papcring tho city with EnErIadS
Of posters.
! Tho entire apparatus OF tho govern
/ mcuf was set in motion for the majority
| socialist ca anpaiCn which was easily
! the most effective OF any carried on for
| ,n-Gav's historic election oc members
! Of tn" national assembly. In addition
! 10 having tho strategic nIrantaE" q.
governmental control. the Schcid"mann
party was moro adept al campaigning
than the Bourgeois factions |" whom
the ca,no under present conditions Was
! somewhat new. The independent So
sialists cont ned their attempts at
! votc-gcttinE 10 public meetings ana wHr"
| not represented in the spread Of IN" vas,
| quantities Of printers ink. Tn" German
! democratic party, however, was liner
! ally represented among IN" handh!us
! and posters and in addition il cnTrl"d on
! an active house to house canvass. In"
! conservatives. clcricals and Nahoyal
! Liberals proved themselves cumnafa-
! tive tyros in campaigning methods, T"-
| l1,ip jnf1 no
i organs
! II is estimated that no less than seven
! divisions % troops wcr" placed at IN"
disposal ~ the government for III" phr-
| pose Of projecting thr polling places. y
machine gun squad was m poSiii"h
! within 4 hundred f"rt Of each voting
/ place. while strong military polio" pa
! trolls also were on guard. TIL" voters
/ cv"ry-whcrc turned our carly and tn"
! rush to tho polls resulted in tho fnrma-
| ton of long lines Of mon and wom" n
awaiting their turn 10 vote.
I CoBLENZ. Sunday, Jan. 18th" on
trcnc radicals are believed 10 have
! found little support to-day among N"
/ German voters in tho American Z0A" or
! occupation. Early reports Tonight III
/ dicatcd that til" delegates elected In tn"
| National assembly were from tho more
| conservative groups
| The American troops wcrc on tn" alert
! ihrnu shput the area Of occupation pro-
/ pared 20 suppress any disorder hut non"
| WAS reported either in tohl"n2 or III tn"
! smaller towns. Th" voting was con
! ducicd quietly. the only unusual fcatur"
hoinE tn. participation Of tn" women
! Both the CcntriSt and German democrat
| ic partirs had Il woman among thrlr l.
! candidates. Tho C"ntriSt CandidaIc was
/ Maria Schmidt. who is we'll known IN
| church circles Will" thr German d"Tno-
rratc7 had nominated Or. Lima Fischer
| Fcknrt.
| LONDON. ian. on.-EiotinS occurred
| in Berlin during last nigh, after The
! SHa-,acals had attempted I" destroy tho
! ballot boxes used in Sundays election.
! according 10 an F;xchanE" Telegraph dis
! raich from C0prnhaCrn.
! Tho S?ar;arans w"r" r"pulS"d "N"rT-
| whc7c Fighting took place. it is report
/ I'd in WilhclmStrsLsS" and l!"d'mnA
! Strnssn and at iIallrsrh"l"r Th" Spar
i,ncans also made an effort :" storm the
! Office nf thr Vorwu"r,@.
!
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