The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13
IN
FRANkF Or IN
C|TY'5 CON TRO[
SOLDIERS FORCED TO
SURRENDER ARMS
Spartacans Demand Subshtu-
tion of Liebknecht
for Ebert.

U.nndun Times Cable. Copyright l9l9l
THE HAGUE, Jan .l@.--A traveller
who returned "Wednesday from Frank
fort .nn-Aia!n says that tine SpariacuS
uariy has mad" great progress there. y
fortnight ago they DESTROYED Il SlhESh-
ter house IN Frankfort. selling ali lh"
m.nt. MASKING nj! thr machinery ana
generally doing as much damaE" as pos
aihIc. Every da: and night ""monSfra-
IONS vrrr held and he streets OF
Frankfort are very noisy and disturbed
until tho early hours of The. morning.
when. after couple OF hours "f COM
parativc silence. h";wccn and o'clock
things begin ~ get lifriy again "hV"
the men 20 10 work.
tn. minority in Frankfort is kaiser
minded and .WQuld-.Lestare the -monar-
FThy IL possible. They say. as many
other people say all over Germany:
wv. hnd nothing 50 bad ns this under
the kaiser. II Is a pity he ever was
compelled to HhdicatH." The majority OIL
The population. however. take thr we"
tia, all tho iroubl" nn~ being expert
"nccd in Germany is. du" 20 the kaise?
and he system hr represented. Ih"N
desire thu total abolition Of ali c.a*S
DISTINCTIONS: that everybody be equal.
with no kaiser. king. arISi"crscy or mil
,tary Lass. only ono category Of pe"-
rI.. ,hat az tn" workers. For tn" pilr-
BOSE u hurryln gthiS about they pT"-
poYc t. mink ~. irtnlcrabl" for e|"ry
nn- hut themselves. strikes are the or
der Il Ia" day.
prepare for Civil War.
Ammunition ~ being made cn"rget-
ira!iv ~ Frankfort. supposed /" b" icT
u.s. n HE f"rthcnmnr civil war. Th"
8: r"":s arr" lively mith Hrmor"d in";"f
cars conveying thi* ammunition out 81
n" r:!y I.a.t Monday great m""t-
ing was hC!i in I'rankf"r; :"r th" rGr-
pose "f discussing Ill" adviSab'IiT ~
rnriuring tn. Infantry p'rrh"HS. thr
crowd de-. d"d T." =" I" tn" '':iHhtrE
In rr...Ls and -: whether the soldiers
would surrrnd r. Six hurdr"" s"uIe'S
wrrr g.!art.rcd n III" barracks. which
liz on thr Other SD" "t II" river :ia:n.
''rhr rowe. whr"h was armed with r.
rlc. ard rarlnr: rrnS$"L til" rl'"r on
pnuluon- Th. .'rrWh estimated a; tw"
thousand approHrh"d the Darruch: III
!iIuchcr*, and summoned iht
troops ~ surr-ra"r. This they d"'lin"d
70 !, and irimg "nsu"H. TWO attacks
wrr" made and twenty were killed.
Ultimately ut ? O'clock IN" attackers
CAPTURED the soldiers n In" barracks
and fnai,v ~ ;h"U N"r" innr'Soilro'
'rh" s'rankforl w"ri>'rs want the ah"ii-
tor "f IN. t:hrr.H-Srh"'dnann govern
mcr, and ia" SuhstttWtlnn ~ i.i"o-
kn",hl government.
Reds Envs Upper Hand.
tiuYo Sirinn"'s h"u-" ~ Nnlh"'h
vas plund"r"d W. rn">,ia" b. crowd
~ > thousand p""u!'. Th" police NJ
,inat-ly su"r's.i"; = s:"ppinE Inc
p!u,IrrinE. TUhlcat."f! "f tn" Muihci-
nl"r XertunE ANA th'' Mrih"imer ''"h-
.:hl Ar.z; ger Was STOPPED hy 'r0"".
Tho. Spariscsn" Hhl! hh'" IN" upper
hand N Srandau. Tho arrested several
Nn;rrl,v Socialists wh"r"upnN all the
Ny,iurLv Sur;"li.,ts rHs!cncd from the
WORKERS. and soldiers Council. which
nov consists 81: independents ard spar
racrs rn.u frurr iht Grea; factories III
Spardau. wh!ch w"ra cGmp!-"ly !nte
We,lI!. siay.