The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13
SPARTACANS.
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complete destruction Of this Taluabl


complete destruction Of this valuable
building. -----
MUNICH Bavaria. Jan. 1:.-PTemicr
Eisner Of Bavaria has telegraphcd as
follows to the Berlin government. The
telegram says:
With the growing horror We feel the
nurdcrous civil war. 1t must end I'M
lcss ali Germany is slowly 10 perish.
Bcrlin's example everywhere is having
a demoralizng effect and is producing
an epidemic Of insanity. Only means Of
salvation appear % DO government
sustained by the confidence Of the pco-
pie comprising all Socialist parties and
resolved to bring democracy and Social
ism 10 victory. Everywhere in South
Germany the anger against Berlin is
growing At the same time sinister
persons hero are calling also FOR frat
racidal warfare.
BERLIN, Saturday. Jan. l1.-(By As
soci Ated Press. )-(ieOrGc Ledebuur ana
Ernest Myer. Independent Socialists.
have been arrested by officers and sol
dicrs. The charge against them has not
been made public. Lcdebour has been
one of the most active leaders against
the Ebert government.
BERLIN, Saturday. Jan. l1.-(By AS
sociatcd Press).-The plant OF the Nor-
waerts was recapturcd by government
troops this morning in heavy fighting.
Three hundred Spartacans are reported
TO have been taken prisoners More
than 20 SpRrtacans were killed and ~
wounded in the fighting The govern
mcnt losses arc said 10 have been
slight.
The building was attacked from nd
Joining streets and house tops. The al
lacking forces used light artillery.
mine throwers and gas, bomhs IN all all
night bombardment Tho Spartscans.
who wore bRrrIcadcd in the building.
replied with heavy riflo and machine
gun fire. Panic rciGned throughout the
nciRhboring district during tho bonn
bardmenL
Newspaper Row. where the plants OF
the Tageblatt. Eossische' Zc!tunG and
Lokal AnzcIger are located. WAS tempo
rarily quiet this morning as the result
OF a truce patched up Friday night nc
tween the government forces and thr
Spartacans. Tho arsnisnee, which was
not without clements Of humoT. was
dictated BY the urgent need OF IN"
civilian population living in tho dun
Eer xono 10 attend 70 its marketing
| and 10 afford the business firms IN the
|
over the situation.
By the terms OF the truce hoschtcs
can only be resumed after twelve
| hours notice given By either party. The
! government troops anu the SpartacanS
are dividing the work OF pair"ltihg
| tho streets leading to the big pubic
building plants. whose owners are sun
excluded from their property. Street
| traffic In the district "as Resumed nm
! mcdiatcly after tn" signing OF the
! truce. The TaGrblatt building is BADLY
Sc rrei from rfIAaud machin" gun iir"
and all tho front windows have been
| blown IN. In IN" windo" spaces INC
| psr,acans have piled up rolls Of print
| paper as oaIricades-
! The losses Of the SPartacanS during
| tho fighting in this district Friday hTt
! said TO havo been heavy. whilo the InH'
| crnmrnt ,roops declare that only l"l
J Of their mon were wounded.
! During Friday afternoon squad oil
! Spartacans attempted to enter the
. Tagcblatt building in n motor ear lily
| Ing n Red Cross flag. on thu prrteSi
! ,h1I hey were to brIns out tn" d"n'1
and wyu:.L"i The government troops
| halted the car and found tina, III" ,'c't-
pants wore armed with reviewers AND
| hand grcnadcs.
! Tho SpartaCans arm said 10 hav" lost
twenty dead and forty wounded in th'
: three days' lighting around tho Bran
! dcnburg gate. nj th"w cStern md ~
Inter den Linden.