The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-03-12
WOMEN CHARGED
WITH MURDERS
Crimes Described as Particu-
larIy Fiendish and
Cruel.
SPARTACANS DEFEATED
Driven Out of Lichtenberg.
Bloody Battles Continue
in Dusseldorf,
SPARTACANS DEFEATED

London, March l2,-Q. n. ,. CaDl'
and London Daily Express.) Twenty
women who joined the Spartacans II
the street fighting in Berlin have beer
arrested by German government sol.
diers. said Copenhagen dispatch t.
the Daily Express today. They are
charged with committing murders
which were particularly fiendish. Th'
reds used airplanes to bomb groups
of noncombatants, the machines com
ing from Lichtenberg, suburb o
the German capital. The German
bolsheviki tortured many persons
who refused to join them.
Fighting attended by atrocities
continues in the south and south
eastern part of Berlin.
The reds established base of op
erations at Koepenich.
Reds Meet Defeat.
London, March 12.-The Sparta
cans have been driven out of Lichten
berg. one of the main suburbs of Ber'
lin. said Central News dispatcl
from Amsterdam today. When the.
retired they left twelve wounded sol
diers behind them.
The Spartacans' strongholds wer'
violently bombarded by government
artillery. Fighting was renewed OF
Tuesday afternoon. The Spartacans
have turned many buildings into
blockhouses, placing machine guns
upon the roofs.
President Ebert and War Ministe,
Noske have decided to enforce mar
tial law most rigidly.
n
Spartacan leanings are shot.
The government has poured 10000
troops into Berlin to reinforce the
original army fighting there.
There is heavy looting in Frankfur-
terstrasse, the Jewish quarter.
Bloody Fighting.
Amsterdam, March 12.-Bloody
fighting between Spartacans ant
at Dusseldorf, according to informa-
broke out Sunday.
Government troops occupied all Of
the public buildings.
No Quarter Given.
Berlin. March II. via London
March 12.-Fighting is still raging
here between the Spartacans and
giving any quarter. s.-
One hundred and fifty-one army
officers and policemen. who were cap
tured at the Lichtenherg police sta
tion. were all put to death.
The revolt has developed into real
civil war.
Bloody fighting is in progress In
the eastern suburbs of Lichtenhere
and Neukfolen. Neither side Is TAX
ing any prisoners in these ha tiles.
Since War Minister Gustave Noslle
issued an order to execute every
armed (antigovernment) man there
have been more than fifty executions
a day.
II has increased the fury OF the
Spartacans' attacks.
The fighting zone is like a F'lan-
ders battlefield. The Spartacans are
throwing up entrenchments and are
emplacing harbed wire entanglements
before their positions.
Wagons were overturned In the
streets and in the newsnaner district
rolls of paper were utilized as barri-
cades.
At the Lichtenberg nolice station
100000 was confiscated by the Spar
tacans.
Twelve thousand Prussian officers
are serving as privates among the
volunteer troops employed by the
government in and about Berlin. They
are the mainstay of the government
forces.
Despite the fact that the workers
voted to call off the strike. many in
dependents refused to return 70 work
and Joined UP with the Spartacans.
The workers are generally in SYM
pathy with the Snartacaps. Thev
claim they will not return to work
until the troops are withdrawn.
The street car men failed to return
to work also.
The government ordered the dis
solution of the navy division on men,
atty of death. hut instead OF comply
ing the men Joined the Spartacans.
The escann of 5000 Russian priS-
oners from Rhuloben canrr. was con-
frmed today hv n subordinate 10
War Minister Gustave Noske. Thu
men left no clue behind +hem. and
are believed to have Joined the Spar
tacans.
There is much indignation among
the working people\ and thev are
lilhiitNhllllIls IL llltHulg dIllluue To-
wHrd the Spartacans.
7 have personally seen Spartacan
soldiers arrest looters. Sometimes
the anger OF the crowd against the
looters was so high that they shouted
to the soldiers to lynch them.
Desultorv fighting was in progress
all night in the city with the Snar-
tacans shining government soldiers.
On Monday night the Spartacans
attacked one of tho railway stations
as A PASSENGER train was departing.
Menace Berlin.
London. March 12.-Spartacans
are again menacing Berlin from the
southeastern side. where another
outbreak Aas taken place. said an
Exchange Telegraph disnatch from
the German capital todav.
The reds are still holding thc
station on Tuesday. and
had fortified il.
The Berlin public is demanding a
cessation of the artillery lombard
ments which is making it difficult 70
attack the insurgents.
Large government reinforcements
will be necessary to overthrow the
Spartacans according to the En-
change Telegraph correspondent.
The central paTt Of the city keeps
CAV despite the warfare. The theatres
were open and there was dancing in