The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-21
Spartacans Did Not Allow Vot-
ing to be Carried on in
Hamburg and Other
Towns.
RETURNS FROM SUNDAY
Seheidemann and Other Majority So
cialists Thought Successful In
BaIloting in
Berlin.

BERLIN, Jan. Spartacans sue
ceeded In preventing the national
elections Sunday in several Rhineland
towns it was learned today.
In this region 1t was believed
the vote would have favored the CEN
trists (church party) and the German
democrats (liberals) 80 the apparent
country wide margin of tho majority
socialists in the national assembly is
, not seriously affected.
According to the latest n<nilable re-
turns the various parties won the toll
1oying districts.
Majority socialists CITY Of Berlin
(result close): Wurttemburg, Lor-
rafch, Mecklenburg, Lubek.
Centrists coalition OF Catholics and
Protestants)- (including sew
eral Districts; Frefburg. Waldshlt.
Sackingen, Constance.
German democrats-Mannh Dan.
zig, Barmen.
Independents Qndependent social
lists and spartacans) )-Frankfort- On
The Main, Brunswick.
Nationalist - Elberfie1d. Magde-
burg.
Peoples party (pan- n-Germans)- None
In Berlin the majority socialists ap-
parently had elected Philip Scheide-
mann, Richard Fischer. Wilhelm
Pfannezluck, Robert Schmidt and HUI
go Heidmann, the Independent social.
lists. Hugo Hasse, Police President
Eichorn and Herr Naumann and the
centrists. nationalists and peoples par
ty, cooperating, Wilhelm Karl, Herr
Won Kardoff and Herr Lodrowentz.
Later returns showed that Matthias
Frzl erger, chairman of the German
armistice commission, and leader of
the centrist party, Friedrich Won Pay
er, former vice chancellor; Herr
Haussmann and Herr Groeber also
had been elected in Berlin.
The majority socialists won an easy
victory in northern Schlesswig which
was one OF the first districts to join
the revolution. Prussia which hither-
to has been regarded as strongly
age inst that party, polled 100 900 votes
for the majority socialists candidates
against III 900 for the conservatives.
In Hanover the majority socialists
won overwhe elmingly getting 10000
votes to 5000 for the Independent So
cialists. Returns from Dresden. Brem-
en- and Hamburg showed similar vic
tories for the majority socialists over
the Independents.
All rltles Abolished.
BERNIE. Jan. 21-All titles and de.
coratfons are abolished In the consti-
tuition of the republic OF Wurttemburg
which has just been completed by
special commission.
The constitution further establishes
complete religious freedom, requisi-
tioning all church funds which would
be used in paying off church property
seized: places all schools under exclus-
i've Jurisdiction of the state and estab-
fishes landtag consisting only OF one
house which can be dismissed at any
time by a vote OF the people. It also
provides for a president and cabinet
to be elected by direct vote
Majority Socialists.
BERLIN. jan 20.-(de1ayed) Ma
jority socialists are far ahead OF any
other party in the national assembly
elections, according to latest available
returns today.
In Bavaria, the centrists maintained
their strong position. At Leipzig, inde-
pendent socialists obtained a majority
In Munich, the majority socialists
secured 151 900 votes and the inde
pendents 10000 In Baden. the centrists
polled 100000, the majority socialists
3SSO0o and the Independents 145,000
votes.
In Wurttemburg.
COPENHAGEN, Jan 21.-Social-
lists elected seven OF their candidates
in the Wurttemburg elections accord
ing to dispatch received here today.
Four democrats, four centrists and
two candidates put forward by the
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