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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-15
TRACK WAS STREWN
WITH THE DEBRIS
The Five Passengers Killed
Were Riding in Combi-
nation Smoker and Bag
gage Car, Which Was
Partly Smashed - Pas
sengers in Other Cars
We're Bruised and Cut.

Bellows Falls, March l5-The num-
Der of deaths resulting from yester-
days head-on collision between north
bound Boston and Montreal express and
a freight train on the Rutland rail
road three miles from here, was in
creased to 10 this morning, when the
bodies of DIR. ". j. Hunter, an timer
ant physician, and c. w. Granger,
brakeman, We're found in the wreckage
In the confusion following the wreck,
DIR. Hunters absence had not been
noted. The dead are:
George Cady, Rutland, freight cngi-
neer.
William Farrell, Rutland, freight
fireman.
Cornelius Sullivan, Bellows Falls,
passenger conductor.
Francis J. Rafferty,, Rutland, passen-
ger trainman.
F. S. Lent and J. S. Lent, Rocking
ham, passengers.
Enoch Bullock, Ludlow, passenger.
George A.. Simonds, Portland, Me-,
passenger.
DR.. w. j. Hunter.
n. W. hTdItEtIt DEdheUlhH.
The wreck occurred on sharp curve,
where neither engineer could see far
ahead. The Williams river closely par
allels the tracks. Fireman Ralph Bean
of Bellows Falls, of the freight, had
just time to leap into the river and
escaped with. cuts and bruises. All of
the passengers killed were in the COM
bination baggage car and smoker of the
express. which was demolished.
The engines of both trains were de-
stroyed and freight cars were strewn
along both sides of the track. Two
milk ears attached to the express were
teiescoped aud the front end of a com
bination smoker and baggage car was
smashed. Passengers in day coach, a
diner and parlor car received only
bruises and cuts from flying glass.
Railroad officials said last night that
misunderstanding of orders was an,
parently responsible for the wreck.
Trainmen reported that the freight
crew supposed they had clear track
to Bellows Falls.
Engineer George Cady and Fireman
William Farrell. both OF Rutland, in
charge cf the freight train, were both
instantly killed Engineer Cornelius
Sullivan Of Bellows Falls of the pas
senger train was killed. but his fire.
man, Ralph Bean of Bellows Falls,
jumped and landed in the Williams
river in water to his waist and escaped
injury.
An hour after the collision an engine
from Bellows Falls took f. 5. Lent Of
Enoch Bullock of Ludlow
and George A. Simonds of Portland,
Me. travelling salesman, to the Rock
ingham hospital in Bellows Falls.
where Lent and Bullock died in a short
time. Simonds died shortly before II
o'clock last night ]. 5. Lent OF Rock
ingham. father Of the man who died
in the hospital, was buried in the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-15
Unless Under Specific Di-
rections from Pres.
Wilson
THO TECHNICALLY
STILL UNDER FOCH
This Statement Was Made
To-day by the War
Department

Washington, D. c., March Is tBy the
Associated Press While technically
still under the direction of Marshal
Foch, American troops on the Rhine
would not participate in any allied ad-
vance into Germany without specific
directions from President Wilson, it
was said to-day at the war depart
ment.
Officials said the situation so far as
the American forces were concerned
was a complex one The United States
is the only nation having troops on the
Rhine which has not become a party to
the treaty of Versailles, it was ex-
planned, and consequently the Amer
lean detachment still is governed by
the terms of the armistice. Under
those terms they still were subject
technically to the orders of Marshal
Foch as the supreme allied commander.
The American forces on the Rhine
consist of about $4,000 troops under
Major General Henry T. Allen.
No official reports regarding the at
titude of the remnant of the German
navy to the new government had been
received to-day at the navy depart
ment. Press dispatches last night from
Berlin said the sailors were reported to
have gone over to the revolutionists.
Surrender of the navy men to the
revolutionists was expected here, naval
officials declaring that such a move
would be a natural development" of
the situation. Sentiment in the Ger
man navy, they said, was known to
have undergone little change since the
overthrow of the menarchist regime
and might be expected to rally to the
support of the new government.
Official reports on the situation in
Germany, based on telephone commu-
nications with Colonel Edward Davis,
the American military attache at Ber
lin, were received to-day at the war de-
partment from American army head
quarters at Coblenz. They added moth
ing to press dispatches as to conditions
in the German capital, but confirmed
reports foreshadowing union of the
majority and independent Socialists as
we'll as those Of the recurrence of the
Spartacan movement at Frankfort.
General Allen also reported that
quiet prevailed at Coblenz and Cologne.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-15
FIVE l.. S. SOLDIERS
PERTSHED IN FIRE
Which Destroyed Barracks of Amer.
lean Forces at Vladivostok
on March 5.

Washington. D. G., March l5.-Five
American soldiers are believed to have
perished in fire which destroyed the
barracks occupied by replacement bat
talions Of the American forces at
Vladivostok on March 4, Major General
Graves reported to-day to the war de-
partment
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-15
wM. soMERvILLE's FUNERAL.
Held Saturday AfternOon-Burial Is to
Be in Montpelier.

The funeral Of William Somerville.
an OH time resident Il the South
Main street district. who died At the
Barre City hospital last Thursday
evening after an illness Of several
weeks with influenza. was he'd from
th. R. ". Hooker chapel saturday aft
ernoen At I o'ciock
A number Of friends of the deceased
q delegation from the carpenters un-
ion of this CITY. Of which be wa a
mrmber. and Mr and Mrs Lco BroUu
Of sfidHlesex ATTENDED the funeral The
remains were takaa 20 the Cufler vaulf
in Montpelier. shere burial aa bc
made later.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-15
FAVOR GERMAN CONROL
IN SCHLESWIG I'D ZONE
Majority Was Strong Rgainst Danish
Control-Some Of Results Not
Yet Known

Copenhagen, March l5.-Latest un
official figures relative to the plebiscite
held yesterday in the second zone in
Schleswig show that l3,o25 votes were
cast for Denmark while 43,l4S were in
favor of German control. The districts
of Goting, Hedehusum and Utersun
show Danish maiorities. Results in
four districts have not as vet been
learned.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-15

Berlin, March l5.-Leaders of the
Ebert government, ousted from power
by the sudden reactionary revolt Sat
urday morning, are apparently gather
ing their forces to combat the new re
gime here. They are being aided by
forces of labor, which have declared a
general strike throughout Germany, as
a protest against the change in the ma
tion's government.
Prussia seems to be the nucleus
around which the military leaders have
built up their movement. Reports from
various cities in other parts OF Ger
many would indicate that Gustav
Noske, minister of defense in the old
government, has forces az his disposal,
and that there is popular opposition to
the new regime. Even in Hamburg,
the old government is said to have
taken control of strategic points and
the Hamburg Senate has issued proc
lamation denouncing the new govern
ment and asserting It's intention to re-
tain control in that state.
the government headed by DR.. Wolf
gang kapp have not as yet secured po-
litica support. although a statement
issued last night declared the prestige
OF the government has increased in
south Germany since Saturday. Fa-
,alities in fighting at Frankfort, and
adoption e resolutions by workmen at
Dusseldorf, Essen and Cologne against
the revolt would not reflect sentiment
In those localities favorable TO the re-
gime installed in Office on Saturday.
Strike orders were issued yesterday
In this city, and it is expected the criti-
ca moment for the new government
will come when working men walk
out. Chancellor Kspp has announced
that he would take decided steps to
suppress any insurrcction by strikers,
but II does not seem probable he can
prevent a wholesale stoppage of work
In Berlin and throughout Germany In
some sections of Germany thes strike
order ia said not to be viewed with ia
vor, but there ave Indications the so
cialist parties will attempt to bring
shout total tie-up of business to-day
or tomorrow.
Chancellor kapp has issued NANTES.
toes In an attempt to convince the peo-
pie the government over which he is
presiding will ensure the establishment
n real democracy in Germany. Prom
lses that elections will be held as soon
as quiet is restored have been given
and the people have been informed
that maintenance of order and pro-
lection of the country's economic life
will be the only reasons for the taking
Of drastic steps by the government.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-15
PLAN TO PROCLAIM
SOVIET GOVERNMENT
Independent Socialists and Communists
Held Conference at Mannheim
and Reached That De-
ciSion.

Paris, March l5.--Tndependent So
cialists and communists met yesterday
at Mannheim and decided to take ad-
vantage of the present situation in
Germany and proclaim soviet govern
ment. according to adviees from Basle,
the news having reached that city by
telephone.
Paris, March 45. Majority and indie
pendent socialists throughout Germany
appear to be uniting against the mill
tary movement initiated at Berlin on
Saturday, according to Basle dis
patch to L'Information.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-15
ALABAMA MAN
REVENUE C0M'R.
William Martin Williams Is
Appointed by Pres.
Wilson
TO TAKE PLACE/OF
DANIEL C.. ROPER
Williams Is at Present a
Solicitor in Department
Of Agriculture

Washington, D. c., March l5.--Wil-
liam Martin Williams will succeed
Daniel C. Roper. as commissioner of in
ternal revenue.
Mr.. Williams selection by President
Wilson was announced to-day at the
White House. He is solicitor for the
department of agriculture.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-15

have taken place. General Lettow -Vor-
beck former commander of the Ger
man troops in German East Africa }
has taken charge of the troops, who are
supporting the new government. Sax
ony is quiet and the troops are neu-
trail. General Meriken has ordered that
no strikes take place. Stetin, Han
over and South Germany are quiet.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-15
ALLEGIANCE TO NOSKE.
Is Declared by the South German Gen
erals and Saxon Troops.

Berlin, March Is fBy the Associated
Press 1T is reported here that the
South German generals and the Saxon
troops have given their adherence to
Gustav Noske, the minister of defense
in the Ebert government.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-15
BERNST0RFF POPS UP.
Is Reported to be Planning Conference
with Ebert and Bauer.

Berlin, March l5.-Count Won Berns
tortf, former German ambassador at
Washington, is reported to have gone
to Stuttgart to negotiate with Presi-
dent Ebert and Premier Bauer Of the
government which was ousted on Sat
urday by the reaotionary revolt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-15
STRONG OPPOSITION
TO NEW GOVERNMENT
GROWING IN GERMANY
COMMUNICATION WITH
BERLIN WAS CUT OFF
THIS MORNING.

Copenhagen, March Is. -Tele-
phone communication between
this city and Berlin was inter
rupted at s o'clock this morning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-15
knows Her Business.

NY new maid is quite clever
-Is Sher~
Whenever a ycunr nan calls aIth a
box % candy. she Eet- Possession 1f
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Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-15
Forces of Labor Are Said
to Be Joining With the
Old Regime - Gustav
Noske Is Said to, Have
Military Forces at His
Disposal - There Is a
threat of a Soviet Gov
ernment.

London, March l5.-An official dis
patch from an American source in
Hamburg, received to-day, says:
"a general strike is in full force
here. The city is under military con-
trol. No disorders have yet occurred" !"
Paris, March Is tHavasl sl.-The Kapp
government, it was announced in Ber-
lin advices to-day, has fixed April ii
as the date for the election of a new
Rcichstag.
Evening star., 1920-06-13
BIDS FOR LEVIATHAh
TO BE OPENED JUNE 80
Each Offer Must Be Accompanied
by Certified Check
for 100000.

Terms of the sale of the former
German passenger liner Leviathan,
bids on which will be opened June 81,
were announced today by the Shipp--
ing Board. Each bid must be accom-
panied by certified check for 100000,
and the purchaser viii be required to
pay 90 per cent of his bid in cash and
the remainder in installments eX-
tending over ten years. Details OF
these installments remain to be
worked out.
The International Mercantile Ma
rine Corporation offered S3,5oo.0oo for
the liner at the auction sale in Feb
ruary. which was halted by the IN
junction obtained by William Randolph
Hearst. Officials OF the board con-
fidently expect even higher offers in
the private bids. Estimates received
by the board. for reconditioning her
for passenger service call for the eN-
penditure of between SS.0oe.ooo and
S10.000,000. From year to year
and a half will be required to COM
plete the work, 1t is said. .
Evening star., 1920-06-13
M NOT WYATT" IS MUCH NEEDED POLICY
IN EIJROPE'S WIDESPREAD STATE OF CHAOS

ing return to the old order by COM
bining their votes cannot hope to dom
mate the reichstag. Socialist rule is
a matter of conjecture. for the gulf
between the independents and majori-
ty elements is wide one and ap-
parently cannot be bridged. Neither
can the majority socialists effect
combination with the more conserva-
tive non-socialist elements for the
same reason. President Ebert. ac-
cording to Berlin reports, has indicat-
ed his refusal to run again for the
presidency, and the general political
situation is chaotic.
Pending some definite settlement of
the German situation the present ele-
ments in power cannot be expected to
proceed with assurance in treating
with the allies in regard to the carry
ing out of the peace treaty and neith-
er can the allies expect that decisions
reached at the coming Spa parley will
be definite and binding.
1t is but natural that there should
be talk of continuance of the Spa
meeting, particularly so as the al
lies themselves, it is declared. have
not yet agreed among themselves as
to what their individual reparations
demands shall be.
With all their troubles. gradually
increasing through the march of time
and their own procrastination, the al
lies are confronted with difficult days
and unless a policy DO" rather than
WAIT" is adopted, present troubles
may pale into insignificance.
Evening star., 1920-06-13
NY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

Allied governments in Europe are
LEARNING that honorable negotiations
be conducted with any regime
or government that knows not the
first principle of honesty.
Premier Lloyd George defying the
ppre1udtces Of France. getting merely
political support from Nlttl OF taly'
went about to restore trade relations
with the Russian soviet. Already. as
predicted, he is finding that. ad-
yisable as 1t is to bring about some
agreement with the Russians in re-
gard to the near east. II force Is
not used, he is being betrayed.
Pledging a halt to bolshevik military
activities in Persia. and other OF the
smaller regions of the near east. the
reds sent their envoy. Gregory
Krassin, to London to open negotla-
tions relating to the resumption OF
trade with England and the world.
The soviets hoped these might lead
to allied recognition of their own
perfidious regime. which has succeeded
IN making Russia shambles.
soviet Promises Barren.
Soviet promises to desist in the near
stance as their makers. Not only has
Lloyd George found that Russia is
in no position to trade, lacking
adequate stores and communications,
but the bolsheviks have ushered in
revolutionary movements in Persia
and the whole of the near east, as
well as forming a coalition with
Mustapha Kemal, the Turkish ma
tionalist leader. This can lead to but
one thing, the inflaming of the whole
region stretching from Thrace far
into India, unless herculean efforts are
exerted by either Great Britain or the
combined forces OF the league OF
nations.
1t matters not how much krasstn
may reassure the executive council OF
the league of nations in London on
Monday His words may be deemed
as empty as at the moment when lie
pledged abandonment of the near
east offensive for the sake of the
resumption of commercial parleys.
| The American government, realizing
Evening star., 1920-06-13

collectively or under the banners of
the league Of nations, there can be
but one logical conclusion, i'll light OF
the Turko- bolshevik union. and that
the day of Moslem warfare against
Christianity is but hastened. The
possibility of Turkey escaping many
Of the peace treaty stipulations is
made more certain. The fact that the
whole Of southeastern Europe and
Asia Minor will become a prolonged
battle ground is taken for granted
The union of bolsheyiks and Mus
tapha Kemal cannot be minimiZed In
the slightest degree. Were the Turk
ish nationalist leaders forces of minor
character still there would be danger
of bolshevization of a people which
would show no mercy to contrary in
terests, but the fact that kemal has
reached a point where he dominates
Turkey despite the sultan's political
and religious influence. makes the
situation doubly dangerous to all the
tenets of recognized order and brings
the peril to Christian Europe immeas-
urably nearer.
Were conditions in Persia and 9TH
er sections OF the near east reason
ably quiet the enforcement Of the
Turkish peace terms would create an
acute problem for the allies, but the
Turko- -bolshevik union makes the task
at hand immeasurably harder.
The coming six weeks possibly will
decide whether the allies are to be
mocked or whether the kid-glove
methods of dealing with the defamers
of world civilization and order are
permitted to rise to the ascendancy
Any assumption of supremacy. accom-
panied by flouting of existing gov
ernments in Europe. but opens the
:, door to revolutions In several Euro
lpeah countries today, where socialis-
tic interests openly are flirting with
| the reds.
situation I'm Germany.
The results of the German elections
have not added one whit to the cas-
ing of the general critical situation.
The coalition government. composed
as it is largely of majority socialists,
received it's walking papers in the
| reichstag elections. The domino mt
| ma jority passes and unless there be
| some union between the majority and
independent socialists hope of def
! mite governmental progress in Ger
many is lost for the moment. The
conservatives and those elements fac
Evening star., 1920-06-13
$4,000 DRAFT DESERTERS
s,a SOUGHT; REWARD, $50 EACH

was followed by voluntary enlistment
in some branch of the service, some-
times under an assumed name. but
even in such cases the man is given
charge against him has been dropped
when proper proof of his service has
been furnished. Other. errors have
been caused by men with foreign
names being drafted and called after
they had enlisted under an "Ameri-
canized' name, but most OF those
records have been cleared up.
In addition to those being sought
by the War Department there Is an
other class of draft evaders being
sought by the Department OF Justice.
In general. when man registered as
required by the draft law he became
subject to military law and could be
inducted into the military service
without further ado. But when he
failed to comply with the law requir-
ing him to register he became amena-
BILE to the civil courts and the De-
partment Of Justice took up the case.
There are certain other cases where
men who registered did not respond
to any further instructions and are
sought by the department, and rec
ords of more than $4,000 such men
have been furnished the Attorney
General by the draft records bureau
i to be used in prosecutions OF men
| who had been taken into custody.
Resume of Desertions.
Although the number of men want
ed for lodging the draft law. may
seem large, a comparison with the
total figures shows the percentage to
be very small indeed. In his final re-
port Provost General Crowder gives
the following resume:
Out of registration of 23,90S,57
men there We're reported 4S9,003 cases
of desertion, or total of 2.04 pei
| cent of the total registration. OF this
number II appears that Isl asa cases
| were accounted for by enlistment in
our own armies and those of our allies
and erroneous induction of aliens ano
l other registrants SO that the total OF
net desertions was reduced to 337, 7,6I9
or IA per cent of the total regis.ra.
tion. OF this last number 163.73s mer
have been apprehended and theil
balance of outstanding cases of de
neither been accounted for nor pun
the total registration. 1t therefore
ton of more than 23.0OO,O00 men bu
Ia per cent wrongfully sought t
escape the military obligation i'm
posed upon them by the selec:ive service
law, and that at the present time bu
l0.72 of / per cent of the entire regis
jtration group have failed to respont
TO the duty imposed upon them an,
have not yet been brought to justice.h' :
Evening star., 1920-06-13

HH YITH the completion of the
M final checking of the draft
" records by the War De-
partment some time in
July there will be inaugurated the
greatest man-hunt the country ever
saw. the quarry being some 10000
draft deserters. with reward of $50
Nor each that is turned over to proper
.1nilitary authorities.
When the list has been checked in
every possible way to eliminate the
tmen who were in the military or
naval service of the country 1t will be
made public, copies being spread
broadcast. and the chase will be on.
Already numerous private detective
agencies are getting ready to round
up as many of the deserters as pos
sible. and several have made vigorous
but ineffective attempts to get ad-
vance copies of the list now being
compiled.
In the meantime arrests are being
made daily. but these are of men
whose records are generally known.
One detective agency recently sent in
a list of forty men IT was ready to
deliver to the military authorities,
and more than half Of them proved
TO be men wanted for deSerting after
being drafted. When the men wanted
are arrested they will be tried by
courts martial and sentenced in ac-
Cerdance with regular military pro-
cedure.
24,OOOOO0 Names on File.
The work of picking out these men
has been the biggest task of its kind
ever undertaken by any government
There are on file with the draft rec.
ords division 100000 names, the
largest live" file in the world. One
insurance company has longer list
of names. but it includes several mil.
lion names of persons who have died
and is not nearly so voluminous. The
records. which are kept in the Engi
neer Corps buildings at Washington
barracks, take up the greater part Of
the floor space in thirteen building:
and fill 10000 steel drawers
It is the policy of the War Depart
ment to withdraw the cha rges'agains
any man who served in the Army
Navy or Marine Corps following hi'
alleged desertion. With so man!
names to handle and so many draf
boards working to enroll and classif!
f. the manhood of the country SOM
confusion was inevitable and ever.
effort has been made to prevent In
justice being done to any person o.
enormously publishing his name IL
the list of deserters.
In not few cases willful desertioI