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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19
KEEL SHELLED BY
GERMAN CRUISER
American Troops On Rhine
Get Full Battle
Equipment

Chancellor Kapp resigns in favor
of Ebert, London is informed.
Kiel is bombarded by German
cruiser, 400 reported killed when
workmen's quarters are raked by ma
Wy guns.
German monarchists, believing Su-
prenfe Council will not reopen hostili-
ties, plan jointly with Russian Soviets
to invade Russian Poland.
Revolt hands Germany over to
Bolsheviki, says French Communists
whose prediction is echoed by mod
crates in Paris.
Ludendorff will reorganize the
Russian Soviet army.
Full field equipment is being is
sued to the $4,000 American SOL
diers on the Rhine.
Credit of $1,O00,O00,0OO to Ger
many proposed in Congress by New
York Representative.
Previous advices to State Depart
ment are borne out by revolution, in
that Junkers, military and industrial
groups planned coup to overthrow
Ebert and win economic control over
Russia. Washington believes if Kapp
fails another attempt will be made.
Chairman Kahn, of the House Mil
itary Committee, will ask Wilson to
fix the status of the Army of Occu-
patton.
The American Army of Occupation.
numbering $4,000 men, is being issu-
ed full field equipment under orders
issued before the German revolution
There have been no movements, how
ever, to reinforce any positions or any
military activities as we'll as those
concerned with policing the occu-
pied territory.
The total allied forces along the
Rhine are estimated at slightly more
than 100000 men.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19
MAY VOTE THIS WEEK
ON TREATY RATIFICATION

Washington, March 10 Senate
leaders worked today for an agree
ment to vote on ratification of the
Peace Treaty this week. so that the
pact might be sent to President VIII
son or laid aside to permit considera-
ton of other business.
If the ratification vote fails of the
necessary two-thirds majority, a mo-
ton to reconsider is expected imme-
diately probable by majority leaders,
in the hope of stampeding some OF
the opposition into changing their
votes 1t was admitted the situation
held many possibilities, in view OF
the urgent representations that have
been made for ratifying the treaty to
stabilize world conditions.
Adoption yesterday OF the substi-
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19
REAR ADMIRAL Sims
UNFOLDS WAR STORY
Fear Of Raid Against u. S.
Transports Brought
To Light

Washington, March ia hitherto
unpublished story OF wartime ankle.
ty in London and Washington lest
German battle cruisers atteihpt "a
forlorn hope raid agains: American
transports was disclosed today to the
Senate Naval Investigating Commit
tee by Rear Admiral Sims. Mes.
sages exchanged by Admiral Benson
Chief of Operations and Admiral
Sims in July, 1918, were presented by
the latter to correct implications"
which, he said, Secretary Daniels had
made to the committee that general
plans. and policies were none of my
business"
Included in plans formed by the
Navy Department to meet such raids
and rejected by Admiral Sims as i'm
practical" was a proposal to call on
Japan for a battle cruiser division to
serve with the American Atlantic
fleet.
Advised Use of Battleships.
In the spring of 1918, Admiral
Sims said, when the submarine men
ace had been overcome, naval Off
cials in London became apprehensive
that the Germans might as a last
venture, send out battle cruisers in
the hope of destroying an American
convoy.
Admiral Sims said he cabled that
everything possible would be done to
intercept raiding German cruisers,
but that there could not be any guar
antee that enemy battle cruisers
would not reach the open Atlantic
undetected. He advised guarding
United States troop conveys with bat
tleships.
"GOd Was With U.s."
Only the fact that God was with
us" saved early troop ship conveys
from German torpedoes, Admiral
Sims declared. Good luck" was
with the department, he insisted, as
the enemy had advance information
of the sailing of conveys and destroy
ers through the departments use of
an old and unsafe code. Data re-
garding the first convoy was thus
obtained by the enemy, he said, and
the transports De Kalb and Savan-
nah, carrying thousands of troops,
narrowly escaped destruction.
This was the sixth day on which
Admiral Sims has read to the commit
tee from his prepared statement, and
he does not expect to conclude it be-
fore Thursday. Officers who served
on his staff in Europe will follow
him.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19
MRS. BLACK ILL.

Mrs. T. H. Black has been seriously
i'll for the past few days and her con-
dition became such Wednesday, that
DR.. Samuels, of Louisville, was called
He arrived here Wednesday night
and after an examination pronounced
the trouble as appendicitis and an
operation necessary. Under the cir
cumstances it was deemed best to
convey Mrs. Black to Louisville for
the operation. She was accordingly
taken to that City yesterday after
noon.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19
HARTFORD OHIO COUNTY, KENTUCKY FRIDAY, MARCH

tute reservation to Article X by a
vote of So to 26 removed the last OBJ
stacle to vote on the treaty itself,
although a number of other questions
remain to be settled first. Fourteen
Democrats voted with the majority,
but that number was less than half
Of the strength which arden: ratifica-
tionists had promised to deliver
Administration leaders seemed
without fear that their forces would
crumble sufficiently to enable the
Republicans to ratify the pact with
the Objectionable reservation to ar
ticle X, which President Wilson let
it be known through Senator Hitch
cock he would not accept.
The preamble to the treaty is one
of the minor questions to be consider
ed before the ratification vote is
taken. Another is Senato'
proposal that the. British protectorate
over Egypt should be regarded as
merely a measure to preserve the in
tegrity and independence of Egypt
during the war" which was to be
taken up today.
With the disposal of the Article x
qualification, the limit on debate ex-
PRED. In the opinion of most Sena-
tors, it will not be necessary to re-
strict speeches again.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19
YEGGMEN BUSY
WOODBURY. Bank Looted OF Securities
Stamps, $4,000 Gone.

Yeggman, believed to have been
the same who have operated in
various sections of the State in the
past four months, last night blew
open the vault of the Bank of Wood
burn, at WOODBURY., Warren County,
twelve miles south of Bowling Green
and rifled deposit boxes, escaping
with $4,000 in bonds and War Saw
lngs Stamps, $500 in cash, $500 in
postage stamps and $4,000 in notes.
The robbery is believed by Bow
ling Green authorities and the bank
officials to have been committed by
four men who passed through Bow
ling Green in a Cadillac automobi.1
without license tag at 1:15 O'Clock
this morning. The men stopped al
rae Imperial Garage for water AMI
then proceeded north, according TO
Henry Owens.
Bank officials have offered a re-
ward of 1000 for the apprehension
of the safe blowers.
Door Blasted Open.
The cracksmen drilled through the
combination of the vault and then
blow the door open with nitroglycer-
in. Safety deposit boxes were pried
open and their contents removed
Money, bonds and war-savings stamps
were taken, while insurance policies
property deeds and other papers were
discarded and strewn on the floor.
The bank safe was. not tempered
with. 1t contained $4,000.
Six hundred dollars worth of
postage stamps belonged to the post
Office. Mrs. Virgie Potter is post
master. Postoffice inspectors were
informed of the circumstances. The
thieves overlooked $26 belonging to
the Government.
Twenty-Five safety deposit boxes
in the vault were ransacked.
The robbery was discovered by the
bank cashier. The only person up
all night at WOODBURY. was Clint Hob
dy, the railroad telegraph operator.
Several persons reported having
heard noise that resembled the slam
Of a door during the night. but they
al; thought it was caused by the wind.
Residents of WOODBURY. were una
ware of the operation of the robbers
until the theft was discovered this
morning. The case has caused muca
excitement in the community.
The robbery was the eighth vault
and safe blown by yeggmen in Ken
lucky in four months. In addition
an unsuccessful attempt was made
TO rob a bank at Adairville. The
amount of loot obtained from all
operations is estimated at $5O'OOO.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19
R. R. Commission TO
Be UTILITIES BOARD
Will Have Jurisdiction Over
Steam Boats, Tele-
graph &c.

Frankfort, KY, March 16.-The
State Railroad Commission will be-
come practically a public utilities
commission under bills enacted today
and favored by Governor Morrow.
The House this morning, on motion
OF Representative Richardson, called
out and passed the Senate bill Civ
ing the commission Jurisdiction over
joint freight rates and then concur
red in Senate amendments to the
Lazarus bill giving it jurisdiction
over rates and service of telephone.
telegraph, steamboat, express and ma
tural gas lines.
Representative McLellen opposed
the Joint Rates bill and Representa-
tive Lazarus opposed any action ov-
erruling the Rules Committee Rep
resentative Meyers endeavored to
commite the Lazarus bill. and after
ward to have it considered in Com
mittee of the Whole, but failed in
both
Governor Morrow this morning
signed the Smith bill creating sys-
TEN of State highways and the bill
requiring railroads fifty miles long
to give passenger service each way
daily.
After concurring in Senate amend
ments to the bill regulating traffic
and placing a horsepower tax on
automobiles, the House this after
noon rescinded it's action and re-
fused to concur in the provision for
the compensation of County Clerks
for issuing licenses, and the bill was
sent to conference. Speaker Bos-
worth appointed Representatives
Neel, Carlo and Bryson to represent
the House. The House bill included
compensation to the Clerk of 40
cents for each license to be taken
out of the license fee. The Senate
amendment changed the Clerks COM
pensation and would require the au-
tomobile owner to pay it, in addition
to the license fee.
NIussel Shell Question Up.
The mussel shell question came up
again in the House in the form of a
joint resolution offered by Repre-
sentative Huntsman, author of the
defeated mussel shell bill. The reso-
luton recites that Indiana concerns
are mining coal under the bed of the
Ohio River, within the jurisdiction
of Kentucky, and mussel she'll fish
ers are gathering mussel shells from
the river. 1t directs the Tax Com
mission to close the field as far as
low-water mark on the Indiana shore,
to take such proceedings as are neces-
sary to protect the interests of the
State in these resources, and to make
report to the next General Assem-
bly,, recommending legislation for
their conservation and the produc-
tion of revenue.
After a bitter debate, in which
Representatives from several Ohio
River counties spoke against the res
olution, it was adopted, 81 to "a.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19
ALLIED FORCES ARE
IN CONSTANTINOPLE

Constantinople, March 16.-Con-
stantinople was occupied this morn
ing by Allied forces under Gen. Sir
George F. Milne of the British army.
This long looked for military DEMON
stration by the Allies against Turkey
was carried out with only one unto
ward happening, a serious clash at
the War Office, where the Turks re-
sisted the Allied Troops. ~ t
An exchange of shots resulted in
which several Punjabi of the British
East Indian forces and few of the
Turks were killed.
The excitement caused by the oc-
cupation quieted down before dark
ness, which brought absolute calm.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19

sibly into a state OF anarchy and Civ
ing the Communists the opportunity
they had long waited to foist tho
Soviet doctrines upon Germany.
Grave situation Avoided.
The situation for a time was
fraught with alarming possibilities,
particularly II the strike should ex-
tend to the railroads. The i'm
mediate consequence of this would
have been the speedy starvation of
Berlin. The most liberal estimates
placed Berlin's food supply at less
than eight days.
This state of affairs was recogniz-
ed in all its seriousness also by the
Ebert government. Therefore, hope
is e1stsrtained here that an agreement
will be reached by the two contending
governments and that the streets OF
Berlin will soon be cleared Of wire
entanglements, machine guns and
armed troops.
Altho this counter-revolution has
thus far been the most orderly of any
in the history of a great country, ~
has not passed without the clashing
of arms and bloodshed. In various
cities fighting has occurred. partlci-
pated in both by mobs and by troops.
and today several persons were killed
and others wounded in disorders in
the suberbs of Berlin when rifles and
machine guns were turned upon the
crowds.
Hand grenades also were exploded
in front of the headquarters of Cen.
Won Luttwitz, the reactionary minis
ter of defense, but did no great dam
age, indicating merely the spirit of
opposition.
Much interest should attach to the
meeting of the National Assembly
which has been called for Tuesday at
Stuttgart. The action of the assem-
bly,, If the meeting is held, should
have a potent effect in clearing up
the grave situation which has arisen
in the past few days.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19
VOL. XXXII.
REVOLT IN GERMANY
OF SHORT DURATION
New Cabinet, Early Elec-
tons With People
Voting Promise

Berlin, March 15.-In fighting to-
day at Dortmund, Westphalia, sew
eral persons were killed or wounded.
The big smelling works there are
completely idle.
II is stated that a Soviet govern
ment has been proclaimed in Bochum
and Essen. Frankfort-on-Main is re-
ported to be in the hands of the work
ers. Workmen have stormed the
railway station at Hanover.
The workers at Chemnitz, Saxony'
have formed a provisional committee
of action consisting of three Socia-
lists. three Independents and three
Communists. The committee dis
armed the volunteers battalion and
the home guard and removed the
bourgeoisie from the security guard.
Three thousand armed workmen oc-
cupied the railway station, postoffice
and town hall and have assumed pow
er in the surrounding towns. The
publication of burgeoisie newspapers
has been forbidden.
The government of the principally
of Reuss has been deposed and the
establishment of a Soviet republic
there is expected.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19
WAR DEPARTMENT INSISTS
1--we SOLDIER Is dead"

Haverhill. Mass. March 1S.-Altho
the parents of Adolph f.. Roy. re-
turned overseas soldier, now work
ing in local factory, have previous
ly notified the government thaetheir
son. reported by the War Department
as being dead, is very much alive,
the government apparently insists
that he is dead.
They forwarded to the parents, as
the nearest of kin" French war
memorial awarded Roy.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19
MRS HANNAH PARK

Mrs. Hannah Park died at the
home of her son. John Park, of Red
Hill, Daviess County, Monday after
noon, after being in poor health for
several years. tubercular trouble
being the direct cause of her death
The remains were buried Tuesday at
Red Hill.
Mrs. Park was the widow of~Wil-
liam II. Park, who preceded her in
death some years ago. The family
formerly resided in this county, near
Beda, and have large aamber OF
surviving friends and relatives
throughout the County.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19
YOUNG SOLDIER DEAD.

Earl Kirby young soldier, sta
toned at Camp Knox, died the lat
ter part of last week, from the effects
of measles, followed by pneumonia.
The Remains were conveyed to Rock.
port Sunday and thence to South Hill.
Butler county, where the interment
took place Monday.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19

Berlin. March 15.-The counter
revolution in Germany appears to-
night to have reached the end OF the
road. There is a strong probability
that shortly one government will be
in control and that President Ebert
will come back to Berlin with mis-
ministers.
A basis of agreement between the
government set up by DR.. Wolflgang
Kapp, as chancellor, and the govern
ment of President Ebert is enunciated
in declaration issued by the present
Berlin government today. Announce
ment is made that negotiations with
a settlement in view have been open
ed between the two governments at
the instance Of President Ebert, and
his associates. There is, however
no direct confirmation of this from
Ebert. who is understood to be at
Stuttgart.
Briefly. Chancellor Kapp is agreea-
HE TO the continuance in office of the
present imperial president Fried
rich Ebert; he renounces the forma-
finn Of a new ministry and places the
direction of affairs in the hands OF
the under secretaries OF state
The agreement as set forth by
Chancellor Kapp provides for cabi-
net. which shall include professional
ministers" or experts; elections with
In two months for members of the
Reichstag and the Prussian Nation
al Assembly, and subsequently an
election for Imperial President by
the peopIe-until which time Ebert
shall hold the reins of power.
Strike Considered Crime.
One significant clause in the pro-
nunciamento says. "The new and OLD
governments shalf-issue joint dec
laration that under present conditions
a qeneral strike is a crime against
the German people" Herein lies the
exclamation of the proposed settle
ment for the general strike, as often
before, has proved an effective weap'
on. Germany already has felt its
sinister effect, for the strike in Berlm
and many of the other principal cities
Of the country Immediately cut OIL
supplies. means of transportation
light and heat
II was President Ebert and his
ministers who called upon the Soclai'
,s,s the workmen and all the people
20 declare a general strike, and there
was an instant and effective response
40 this call. Labor fiercely resisted
the usurpation of the reactloAers
government. A vast number OF men
,eft their work and serious disorders
occurred in various parts OF the couh'
,ry Chancellor Kapp and MS sup
,or,ers announced that they woulo
doal harshly with strikes or positive
Resistance TO the existing order IL
parlin. One of the leaders OF tn'
counter revolution, voicing the sent,
mant of the others, said I'VE won
,,nuckle down to the Socialists ano
workmen, who think they can rui
the country.
Notwithstanding the government
p threats of drastic measures IL MAJ
heen evident that neither Dr. hapi
nor Mai. Gen Won Luettwitz was wiz WIZ
,ng 10 nut their warnings to the test
n,ooSshed would then have been in
eyitable, plunging the country pos
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Raymond Chick, Beaver Dam, to
Muriel Martin. Beaver Dam.
Aaron Atkins, Rockport, to Ruth b.
Dunn, Roekport.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-19
FOR SALE.

My house and lot in Hartford, Ky
The price is right
3Otf LOUIS T. RILEY.
The Washington times., 1920-10-15
When?
"Next Great War"
Any Match Might Light It.

We may not be far from that much discussed incident
"the next great war"
An able advsnturer named Wrange Is fighting the
Russian government in the south The French, naturally
want get from Russia thirty thousand million francs
lent the Gear Thsy In favor OF anybody that u
against Lenns government which won't pay the thirty
thousand millions
W 1t is reported that General Weygand. able French
general viii be sent to direct the operations Of Wrangsl
against Trotxky, head Of the Russian army.
that happens it will be declaration Of war by
France upon Russia.
II 1t turns out believe that Russia is on the
verge Of another revolution and Of chaos and that little
energy by Wrangel directed BY France will push Bolshe
vsm over the abyss-then, well and good for France.
But if it is still true Napoleon greater than Wey-
gand discovered that Russia In tho end unbeatable
monster Of power, the story will be different
It is well for this country that 1t is not bound by any
League Of Nations to step into the breach with and
money in friends should find themselves in another
European and unable again to get out without Ame
can assistance.
The Washington times., 1920-10-15
American Legion Is for Universal
Military Training

The convention of the American Legion the great
ona organization Of soldiers in the late has adopt
ed an admirable series of resolutions
With every one of it's fundamental policies the Hearst
newspapers in hearty accord Indeed every Of them
the Hearst newspapers have advocated earnestly in
and out Of season
The convention indorses universal military training
No better judges of the necessity Of nary training be
found than those who represent the American soldiers who
fought in our late war and who were of them.
The sentimental pacifist who makes his pacificsm
obsesson does not to understand that the choice is not
between mtarism of military training and mitarism al
all The choice necessarily between the tarsm Of uni
versal military training of citizen soldiers who part Of
the civil community always, and the mitarism Of profes
siona soldiers who part Of the civil community
The choice between citizen soldery and great pro
fessional army.
There two evils In the professional army-evs which
have inhered in professional army throughout history
matter what the military tactics of the age happened be
what the army happened be- The evil persisted
in the ancient armies before military discipline and before
the development of military tactics It continued through
the ancient world after military tactics had been highly
developed and great commanders equal to hal
rsen They evils which existed in the period of powder
and ball and cannon.
These two evils the fact that merely professional
army big enough to defend the nation against
redoubtable foreign enemy and is always big enough
destroy the liberties of the country which noushes this
viper at its breast.
On the other hand never in the history of the world
has army drawn from all the citizens overthrown the lib
critics of its country Always it has been the buwark of
governments from dangers within and without This is the
clear lesson of history. No man can ignore 1t.
The alternative universal military training great
professional standing army 1t will not suffice protect
from Of the great nations but will be sufficient in
the hands of bold and unscrupous clique to destroy
Constitutional liberties at any time.
The Washington times., 1920-10-15
"Traffic in Women and
Children"
Sounds Pleasant, Doesn't IT.

Article XIII of the Covenant of the War League of
Nations, says that the League will have:
GENERAL SUPERVISION OVER THE EXECU
TION OF AGREEMENTS WITH REGARD TO THE
TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND THE
TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS
DRUGS"
Mrs. Arthur L. Livermore attacking the War League
says quite reasonably that is disgrace for tho United
States to be mixed up in any league that directly or in
directly recognizes possible any execution of
regarding traffic in women, children and drugs"
r The supporters of the War League of Nations are
highly indignant at Mrs Lvermore who drags this little
skeleton out of the League Of Nations closet Perhaps they
will tell exactly in what KIND of agreements for dealing
in women children and drugs this country could legt
mately be interested.
& The average citizen will say that the best thing for
the country to do is to stay at home and mind its
business abolish the traffic in children that goes on under
the Of child labor here and let Europe attend to
its own trahicking